Birds Birds in Flight Thread - Post Your Shots Here

[THXGEEK]

Cardinal launching upwards....

• ILCE-1M2
• 194.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 10000

 

[AlphaWorld]

Well the blackbird is in flight. Probably should have cropped that silly deer out.

Oh. I had to blow that image up to 100% to see your points. Sneaky!

 

[iamdlewis]

I don't think this Osprey saw me

• ILCE-1M2
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 800

• ILCE-1M2
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 1600

Great Blue Heron

• ILCE-1M2
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 4000

Mallard

• ILCE-1M2
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 1000

 

[Clide]

After my initial setup of the A1 ii I took it out for a trial with the 400-800mm. Need to improve my shutter speed settings. Female Baltimore Oriole and a Brown Thrasher.

• 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
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 1600

 

[THXGEEK]

Gotta love new hardware!

Pics look great!

 

[Clide]

Gotta love new hardware!

Pics look great!

Thank you, the A1 ii is a beast of a camera. I am thinking of getting a side mounted gimble for my monopod to steady the set up. So far, all handheld. Gi

 

[THXGEEK]

Thank you, the A1 ii is a beast of a camera. I am thinking of getting a side mounted gimble for my monopod to steady the set up. So far, all handheld. Gi

I have a Sirui SVM-145 with a Wimberley MH-100 MonoGimbal Head. Works like a champ!

 

[THXGEEK]

I'm surprised at how few Blue Jays there are in my neighborhood. So it was a nice surprise to see this one under my birdfeeder!

LOVE the blue!

• ILCE-1M2
• 215.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/5000 sec
• ISO 12800

• ILCE-1M2
• 215.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/5000 sec
• ISO 12800

• ILCE-1M2
• 215.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/5000 sec
• ISO 10000

 

[iamdlewis]

I'm surprised at how few Blue Jays there are in my neighborhood. So it was a nice surprise to see this one under my birdfeeder!

Put out peanuts in the shells and they will show up.

 

[spudhead]

• ILCE-1
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 2000

 

[DavidN]

A few more shots of a hobby hunting dragonfly’s over the RSPB Radipole reedbeds. Amazing to watch.

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 640

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 640

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

 

[Riona.]

Hier een Torenvalk geschoten in de polder van Beverwijk NL.

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 800

 

[Clide]

Peregrine Falcon and chick. Taken aboard a modified lobster boat bobbing like a cork in Pigeon Bay, Maine

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 400-800mm F6.3-8 G OSS
• 765.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 800

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 400-800mm F6.3-8 G OSS
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 5000

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 400-800mm F6.3-8 G OSS
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 3200

 

[iamdlewis]

Barn Swallow

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 1600

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 2500

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 2000

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 1250

 

[iamdlewis]

Bobolink

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 3200

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 6400

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 5000

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 4000

 

[iamdlewis]

Last in couple from an outing over the weekend
Red-Winged Blackbird

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 3200

Eastern Meadowlark

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 415.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 3200

 

[Clide]

Coopers Hawk surprised me as it flew past me on my walk behind my home.

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 400-800mm F6.3-8 G OSS
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 8000

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 400-800mm F6.3-8 G OSS
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 5000

 

[Clix Pix]

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 840.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/1250 sec
• ISO 3200

 

[AlphaWorld]

I took the 50-150 f/2 to the zoo today. Strange weather - cold with a lot of cloud but gaps with sunlight.

None of these shots are monochrome - what you are seeing is the colours there were.

I was shooting with the 50-150 at f/2, and the A1 II at ISO 100. When I saw birds overhead, I didn't change settings, just lifted the camera and followed what turned out to be two crows, then just one. I'm showing you whole frames because I like the drama of the sky. The A1 II had to switch up to high shutter speeds because of the sunlight.

1/20000

Also 1/20000

1/16000

 

[Clix Pix]

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 840.0 mm
• ƒ/11
• 1/1250 sec
• ISO 2500

 

[dragonsdreams]

White tailed eagle ( j), Finland near the Russian border.

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/1600 sec
• ISO 400

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 467.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 2500

 

[Phil Vetra]

Rufus splashing about.

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 840.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 3200

 

[THXGEEK]

I finally had some time to make to make it down to the local wildlife watering hole.

Mallards on final approach....

• ILCE-1M2
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 1250

• ILCE-1M2
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 8000

 

[THXGEEK]

Heron with clearance for take-off..

• ILCE-1M2
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 5000

• ILCE-1M2
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 5000

• ILCE-1M2
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 5000

• ILCE-1M2
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 5000

• ILCE-1M2
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 6400

 

[RogerSmith]

Caspian Tern, Irvine CA

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 640

 

[spudhead]

heron a bit too close, not something that is a usual complaint from me

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

 

[spudhead]

male kestrel from yesterday

• ILCE-1
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 800

 

[Jeffrey]

GBH (perhaps a juvenile) at my nearby bird refuge. A1 II, 200-600, 1.4x

 

[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.

And a sequence taking flight - the clouds had gone by now, so these shots are at base ISO:

All of these images have been cropped down to 1500 x 1500 from the 6000x4000 frame of the A9 III - it's quite clear that the 50-150 wide open is a very sharp lens.


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.

 

[spudhead]

male kestrel re-edited from recently

• ILCE-1
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 800