Post your Birds in Flight

[mikew_RIP]

 

[mikew_RIP]

Camera
NIKON D750

Focal Length
300mm

Aperture
f/9

Exposure
1/800s

ISO
1600​

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[mikew_RIP]

Should not have taken pictures today,heavy cloud and very dull but i wanted to play

 

[Bourbon Neat]

After countless attempts this is posted. Swallow at 200 feet.

 

[Stoshowicz]

After countless attempts this is posted. Swallow at 200 feet.

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Better, Eastern kingbird.

 

[Bourbon Neat]

Better, Eastern kingbird.

LOL. Thanks, and I even knew that. No wonder I got it, swallows won't allow me to keep up.

 

[Felisek]

House martins. These little critters are bloody fast and very hard to catch. Here are a few of my futile attempts.

 

[Felisek]

And a little trick shot.

 

[Elliot87]

Nice shots @Felisek, the moon one is very cool. I think they're house martins not swallows but they're both tough to capture in flight, I've not managed it successfully with either yet.

 

[Felisek]

Thanks, Elliot. I'm not good with birds, really. A quick check confirms: swallows have much longer tails. House martins they are!

 

[Michael J.]

And a little trick shot.

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The Frank Sinatra's song comes in my mind - Fly Me To The Moon, which was original sung by Kaye Ballard known as "In Other Words"

 

[Kevin H]

And a little trick shot.

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Thats cool

 

[Woodyg3]

Formation flying.

 

[Felisek]

Thats cool

OK, it is time to admit I have been fooling you. This is actually a composite of two photos. However, both of them are taken in the same place, at the same time and at the same focal length. I just shifted the bird from one shot to another... :culpability:

 

[Stoshowicz]

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Shooting down from a pier was fun , Black skimmer.

 

[J-see]

 

[Kevin H]

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Great shot

 

[nzswift]

Southern Hemisphere Swallow

 

[wev]

 

[mikew_RIP]