BIRD IN FLIGHT ONLY -- share your BIF photos here
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I captured this goldfinch in flight last Sunday, shooting through a rather thick window (5DIV, 1/3200s, 400mm, f/4). If you have never seen a goldfinch in flight, they take off faster than anything I have ever seen. This one dived from much higher up and I just managed to catch him.
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Alan, you goldfinches are prettier than ours I'd say. V impressive through glass!! I'm guessing that locking on would be highly unlikely with 560 or 800. That's where 400 and higher MP really shines.
Jack
Jack
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Cog said:
Nice capture Cog / Vladimir,
it just makes you think the heron lands on the gull's back - the two gull's of which you can see the eyes looking positively shocked
Wiebe.
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AlanF said:
Very good capture Alan, the colours of this bird really show perfectly in this picture (despite the window
)Wiebe.
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Jack Douglas said:
Our goldfinches are very pretty - our most colourful birds after the kingfisher. Their population has mushroomed because of garden feeders. They thrive on niger seeds. I have regularly 4 on our feeder. You are right about the bare 400mm; it focusses much faster than at 560/800 with TCs and hasn that extra field of view. Frequently, my best shot has been on the edge of a frame, which I would have lost at 560/800mm trying to pan fast enough. And, the 5DIV focusses fast.
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Large number of Snow geese.
1DX_3525 by Ryan Kelly, on Flickr
1DX_3571 by Ryan Kelly, on Flickr
1DX_3564 by Ryan Kelly, on Flickr
1DX_3525 by Ryan Kelly, on Flickr1DX_3571 by Ryan Kelly, on Flickr1DX_3564 by Ryan Kelly, on Flickr
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Hi Folks.
Lots of great shots, here is one of mine, not too good but I don't get many shots of BIF so here is what I have!
Exif says it was about 650m away! I have just noticed that it was ISO6400 and I didn't use prime noise reduction (first time using DxO Photo Lab and hadn't checked all the settings!) so I will try to process it again and see if the result is better!
SE0A7190_DxO by Graham Stretch, on Flickr
Cheers, Graham.
Lots of great shots, here is one of mine, not too good but I don't get many shots of BIF so here is what I have!
Exif says it was about 650m away! I have just noticed that it was ISO6400 and I didn't use prime noise reduction (first time using DxO Photo Lab and hadn't checked all the settings!) so I will try to process it again and see if the result is better!
SE0A7190_DxO by Graham Stretch, on FlickrCheers, Graham.
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Hey Ryan, cool shots. May I suggest framing/cropping it so that the background is the same and doesn't have the split in it (either all trees or all sky and not half tree/half sky)? Like the first shot.
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ethanz said:
I like the second one with the dual backgrounds -- I think the top/bottom contrast is visually interesting. All I could suggest on that shot is to see if it's possible to get a bit more blue and/or texture out of the sky background, and make it less a field of off-white. The third one's dark background is too indistinct for my taste.
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We had some wonderfully warm weather (for New England) at the beginning of the month, and I was able to get out to Plum Island for a couple of hours.
"Great Egret over Grass"
EOS 1D X, EF 600mm f/4L IS II + EF 1.4x III Extender, 1/2000 s, f/6.3, ISO 640
"Great Egret over Water"
EOS 1D X, EF 600mm f/4L IS II + EF 1.4x III Extender, 1/2000 s, f/6.3, ISO 640
Thanks for looking!
"Great Egret over Grass"
EOS 1D X, EF 600mm f/4L IS II + EF 1.4x III Extender, 1/2000 s, f/6.3, ISO 640
"Great Egret over Water"
EOS 1D X, EF 600mm f/4L IS II + EF 1.4x III Extender, 1/2000 s, f/6.3, ISO 640
Thanks for looking!
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