Birds Birds in Flight Thread - Post Your Shots Here

[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

 

[iamdlewis]

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.

You have to start someplace. If it helps for most of us the one "good one" (subjective) we post there were probably a hundred others that are now no longer files.

 

[spudhead]

male kestrel in a dive

• ILCE-1
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 1600

 

[spudhead]

one from the a75r

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 571.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 500

 

[Jeffrey]

A blue Heron flies above the Pantanal region of Brazil.

 

[iamdlewis]

A blue Heron flies above the Pantanal region of Brazil.

You sure that isn't a Striated Heron?

 

[Jeffrey]

You sure that isn't a Striated Heron?

I'm not positive I named it correctly, but I also photographed Striated Herons and they are distinctly different.

Striated Heron: