Birds Birds in Flight Thread - Post Your Shots Here

iamdlewis · May 1, 2025

AlphaWorld said:
Big Bird from the Muppets, yes, 1/100 probably fine. Big bird like an ostrich or an emu, not so much - they can move fairly quickly

Big Bird is from Sesame Street. You get to keep your childhood since Sesame Street and the Muppets would have been exported to you.
Would you really call an ostrich/emu moving at 9.8m/s2 flight?

AlphaWorld · May 1, 2025

iamdlewis said:
Big Bird is from Sesame Street. You get to keep your childhood since Sesame Street and the Muppets would have been exported to you.
Would you really call an ostrich/emu moving at 9.8m/s2 flight?

You mention a very specific acceleration: 9.8 m/s2 - that sounds like a plummet more than flight

I’ve tried to photograph a female ostrich dancing, and you definitely need a higher shutter speed for that. 1/1000 wasn’t fast enough.

THXGEEK · May 2, 2025

Doves in my backyard.

ILCE-7CR
300.0 mm
ƒ/5.6
1/2000 sec
ISO 2000

ILCE-7CR
400.0 mm
ƒ/5.6
1/2000 sec
ISO 2000

Slug · Wednesday at 8:16 AM

Forest Raven escorting a Wedge-tailed Eagle out of its territory!

ILCE-1
FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
400.0 mm
ƒ/8
1/2500 sec
ISO 500

THXGEEK · Thursday at 8:53 PM

In astronomy, it's traditional to post a 'first light' report of the new telescope you just acquired. In that spirit, I offer the first pics captured with my new A1II.