Birds Birds in Flight Thread - Post Your Shots Here

[RogerSmith]

Struggle with heat haze, 88 degrees in the desert still, I was a few days early before a cold front. White faced ibis feeding in a field being flooded for agriculture

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 400-800mm F6.3-8 G OSS
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 1250

 

[sswildlife]

Golden Eagle In-Flight

• ILCE-9M3
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 218.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 4000

 

[Soundmike]

Great picture, but hope you don't mind me asking why is the iso so high. I've recently started manually putting in iso having used auto, just wondering what people's thoughts are.