Birds Birds in Flight Thread - Post Your Shots Here

[Ziggy]

Brown Falcon launching, Black Swan at dawn, Welcome Swallows contesting a perch

• ILCE-9
• FE 400mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 5000

• ILCE-9
• FE 400mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 6400

• ILCE-9
• FE 400mm F2.8 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 560.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/1250 sec
• ISO 1000

 

[Vistabonden]

Nice shots

 

[Vistabonden]

Some Hummingbirds coming to the feeder. A6400 w/Sigma 100-400. All uncropped. The last 3 have identical exif: F6.3, 1/2000, 282mm. Why the double exposure look on two?View attachment 1380View attachment 1381View attachment 1382View attachment 1383

Hi lorelei37 ! as to double exposure look, I guess you are using silent/electronic shutter ? When shooting fast motion with electronic shutter you may get such effects , called rolling shutter distortion . Here's a link to an article about it : https://enthusiastphotoblog.com/silent-shutter-banding/
Have a nice day !
Greetings from Norway,
Arnstein

 

[lorelei37]

Hi lorelei37 ! as to double exposure look, I guess you are using silent/electronic shutter ? When shooting fast motion with electronic shutter you may get such effects , called rolling shutter distortion . Here's a link to an article about it : https://enthusiastphotoblog.com/silent-shutter-banding/
Have a nice day !
Greetings from Norway,
Arnstein

Yes, thank you! Another member suggested rolling shutter and I determined exactly what you say. The effect is not always a bad thing I think

 

[Ziggy]

An immature Crimson Rosella - one of Australia's parrots. It loses the green as an adult as you can see in the background bird.
It just had a bath; you can see the droplets being flicked off.

• ILCE-9
• FE 400mm F2.8 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 560.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/1600 sec
• ISO 4000

 

[dragonsdreams]

An easy BIF (slow flying) heron at Pittsford reserve last week. Pleased it came out sharpish at 1/1000 was using mode 3 on the 200-600mm for change to see if it worked any better for me. A bit far away for much detail but okay for me.

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 832.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 320

 

[Ziggy]

An easy BIF (slow flying) heron at Pittsford reserve last week. Pleased it came out sharpish at 1/1000 was using mode 3 on the 200-600mm for change to see if it worked any better for me. A bit far away for much detail but okay for me.View attachment 1915

Good light and detail. Pity you couldn't get it a bit earlier.
Big water birds often don't need much shutter speed - a few seconds at 10fps will likely throw up something usable.

 

[Ziggy]

The Australian Reed-Warbler is a small shy fast-moving bird.

I squatted for half an hour persuading this one I was no immediate threat and it came out of the reed thicket.

• ILCE-9
• FE 400mm F2.8 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 560.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/1500 sec
• ISO 320

• ILCE-9
• FE 400mm F2.8 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 560.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 500

 

[Drewid]

Looking through these posts, I promise I'm going to try harder!

• ILCE-7RM3
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 500

 

[Drewid]

An immature Crimson Rosella - one of Australia's parrots. It loses the green as an adult as you can see in the background bird.
It just had a bath; you can see the droplets being flicked off.

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f4 as well! Great shot Ziggy!

 

[Ziggy]

f4 as well! Great shot Ziggy!

Thanks Drewid.
Lotta luck in that. I opt for low DOF for static birds to reduce distractions. This guy happened to take off and the focus happened to work lol.

 

[Alain]

Royal Tern flyby, Encinitas, California.

• ILCE-6400
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 125

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Juvenile Kittiwake at Bempton Cliffs. Still working through shots from August

 

[Ziggy]

Looking through these posts, I promise I'm going to try harder!

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We've all got great collections of rumps.

 

[Ziggy]

This is a two-year old Pacific Gull that obligingly circled around a headland near a township. So it was accustomed to featherless bipeds.

Denmark, Western Australia. Taken with the FE 100-400 & 1.4 TC.

• ILCE-9
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 560.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/3000 sec
• ISO 640

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

This is a two-year old Pacific Gull that obligingly circled around a headland near a township. So it was accustomed to featherless bipeds.

Denmark, Western Australia. Taken with the FE 100-400 & 1.4 TC.

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Interesting shutter speed...

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

As Ziggy mentioned rump shots... Juvenile Gannet at Bempton Cliffs

 

[Ziggy]

Interesting shutter speed...

I saw experts recommend high speeds when I was learning and adopted that one as a default.
For large birds or gliding birds I may go slower to keep the ISO down (not for noise but for dynamic range). So eg 1/1500 for herons, egrets snd the like.
Slower to get some wing blur too. Eg 1/2000s with a bee-eater.
Default for the big lens is 1/4000s to deal with camera movement.
All handheld.

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

I saw experts recommend high speeds when I was learning and adopted that one as a default.
For large birds or gliding birds I may go slower to keep the ISO down (not for noise but for dynamic range). So eg 1/1500 for herons, egrets snd the like.
Slower to get some wing blur too. Eg 1/2000s with a bee-eater.
Default for the big lens is 1/4000s to deal with camera movement.
All handheld.

Yeah, but 3000? You must have your EV steps set differently to me, as I go 1/2500th - 1/3200th

 

[Ziggy]

Oh, yeah, sometimes it's 3200s. An undocumented feature.

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Oh, yeah, sometimes it's 3200s. An undocumented feature.

If your EV steps are set at 0.5 you get 1/3000th instead of 1/3200th if they are set at 0.3. I always shoot 0.3. I had to go and test this out after I read your reply.

 

[Ziggy]

I use .3 and get either of those speeds showing as options with S priority. Not sure with M.

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

That's odd. Very odd. I do only use manual though.

 

[Arakkalanoop]

The Touch

• Arakkalanoop
• Sep 30, 2020

Seagull touches water on flight

This shot is taken with A6400 + 55-210

 

[Ziggy]

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

• ILCE-9
• FE 400mm F2.8 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 560.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 1000

 

[Ziggy]

Swamp Harriers
The adults are shy and do a 180 the second they see you, even at a distance.
Immatures are more curious.

• ILCE-9
• FE 400mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/3000 sec
• ISO 250

• ILCE-9
• FE 400mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/3000 sec
• ISO 250

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Kestrel at huge distance and cropped in. Got to love the cropping power on such a high res sensor.

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 800

 

[seuadr]

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

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That's a great shot, they have such an immense wingspan.

 

[seuadr]

That's a great shot, they have such an immense wingspan.

thanks! he made it look so effortless