Birds Birds in Flight Thread - Post Your Shots Here

[spudhead]

• ILCE-1
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 800

 

[iamdlewis]

I do not know what this bird was, but it was very quick - quite a challenge to catch, and a pain to track! The light was rather dull, so I had to raise the exposure to get a hint of colour into the plumage.

Barn Swallow. I find that the Swallows and Swifts are the most fun to photograph in flight because of their quick redirections and changes in speed. Once you can track these well basically all other birds, other than hummingbirds, become fairly mundane.

 

[spudhead]

Sand martins tiny fast missiles

• ILCE-1
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 640

• ILCE-1
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 640

• ILCE-1
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 640

 

[Jeffrey]

An elegant Egret last week.

 

[spudhead]

An elegant Egret last week.

View attachment 77401

It would be nice to see the metadata

 

[Jeffrey]

It would be nice to see the metadata

Here ya go...:

 

[spudhead]

Here ya go...:

View attachment 77426

Thanks Jeffery it looks pretty much as I had thought

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

A practice with the newly acquired A1 yesterday. Not a special bird, the chip thief, but I like the pose.

• ILCE-1
• FE 400-800mm F6.3-8 G OSS
• 462.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 3200

 

[spudhead]

oyster catcher

• ILCE-1
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 1000

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Common Tern swooping past...

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 2000

 

[RogerSmith]

Allen's hummingbird

• ILCE-1
• FE 400mm F2.8 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 2000

 

[spudhead]

male kestrel with a kill a long range

• ILCE-1
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 3200

 

[AlphaWorld]

Birds in flight taken with the 50-150 GM on the A9 III. Not a long lens, so I had to be fairly close, and crop.

I do not know what this bird was, but it was very quick - quite a challenge to catch, and a pain to track! The light was rather dull, so I had to raise the exposure to get a hint of colour into the plumage.

View attachment 77155


Edited to add that the second bird looks like a New Holland Honeyeater. I don't know what the top one is, although someone suggested it might be a Welcome Swallow.

I returned to the hippo pool yesterday to try to get a better shot of these birds. Do you think this qualifies?

I had no luck catching them in flight over the pool (so very quick!!), but I got quite a few shots of them perched on that stick, and perseverance paid off: this shot of one taking off.

Shot with the 400-800 at 800mm, wide open at f/8, on the A9 III at 1/2000, ISO 10000. I did apply denoise, but it wasn't really needed. I had to drop the whites a lot to get any detail in the stick.

The blue and orange on its head is far clearer in this image.

Pretty clear that the birder has to return to the scene of the crime

 

[RogerSmith]

not a unique species in the least...

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 640

 

[AlphaWorld]

not a unique species in the least...
View attachment 77758

But you got it smiling - that’s rare!

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Common Tern exit....

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 1600

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 1600

 

[spudhead]

oyster catcher

• ILCE-1
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 640

 

[spudhead]

• ILCE-1
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 500

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Red Tailed Buzzard from a flying display today. I really only took shots to test the tracking on the A1, as I hadn't really had much chance yet. It hasn't missed a shot today.

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 3200

 

[AlphaWorld]

It's a seagull taking off. I cannot say what kind of gull. Maybe the black at the wingtips will identify it to someone?

This was fifth in sequence with the camera set to 15fps, so I guess 1/3 of a second from starting take off. Landing gear still coming up.

Shot on the 50-150mm at 150, f/2 (should probably try f/4 to get the wing tips sharp), on the A1 II at 1/2000, ISO 200 (fairly overcast day).

 

[GeffBourke]

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Great White Egret fly-by at Strumpshaw today.

• ILCE-1
• FE 400-800mm F6.3-8 G OSS
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 6400

 

[spudhead]

goosander shot early this year at long range

• ILCE-1
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 640

 

[spudhead]

sparrow

• ILCE-1
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 640

hawk

 

[Clide]

Ruby throated Hummingbirds.

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 140.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 4000

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 3200

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 1250

 

[Clide]

Ruby throated Hummingbirds.View attachment 78165View attachment 78166View attachment 78167

Thanks!

 

[Jeffrey]

A Double-Crested Cormorant at the Goleta Slough (CA) this morning. A1-2, 200-600, 1.4x.

 

[Clide]

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 640

 

[THXGEEK]

You know..... After looking at all of the other FREAKING AWESOME pics in this thread, I almost am embarrassed to post my meager excuses of pictures.

Well. Here they are anyway.

Pics from my local wildlife watering hole (aka suburban retaining pond).

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 400-800mm F6.3-8 G OSS
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 1250

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 400-800mm F6.3-8 G OSS
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 1600

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 400-800mm F6.3-8 G OSS
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 2000

• ILCE-1M2
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 1600

• ILCE-1M2
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 2000

• ILCE-1M2
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 1600

 

[spudhead]

black kite shot in Gibraltar huge crop only had 24-70 mounted had to change to mk1 70-200 fe no chance to change shutter speed so 400th,cross posting first shot pre crop

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS (SEL70200G)
• 191.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/400 sec
• ISO 200

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS (SEL70200G)
• 191.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/400 sec
• ISO 200

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS (SEL70200G)
• 191.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/400 sec
• ISO 200

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS (SEL70200G)
• 191.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/400 sec
• ISO 200

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS (SEL70200G)
• 191.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/400 sec
• ISO 250

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS (SEL70200G)
• 191.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/400 sec
• ISO 250

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS (SEL70200G)
• 191.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/400 sec
• ISO 200

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS (SEL70200G)
• 191.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/400 sec
• ISO 200