Birds In Flight ... A Couple From Today

[jprzybyla]

Black-bellied Whistling Duck... Nikon D7000, Nikon 55-300mm AF-S VRII, 1/2000, f/5.6, ISO 360, 0 EV



Great White Egret... Nikon D7000, Nikon 55-300mm AF-S VRII, 1/2000, f/5.6, ISO 320, 0 EV



Osprey... Nikon D7000, Nikon 55-300mm AF-S VRII, 1/2000, f/5.6, ISO 360, 0 EV



Cattle Egrets... Nikon D7000, Nikon 55-300mm AF-S VRII, 1/2000, f/5.6, ISO 400, 0 EV



C&C welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

[Bobobird]

Very good efforts. Sightly soft probably due to the distance involved - happens to me all the time.

[jprzybyla]

Very good efforts. Sightly soft probably due to the distance involved - happens to me all the time.

Hi Bobo, thanks for the comment and viewing. I hear you about softness in flying birds. The camera panning, the bird flying, and autofocus trying to keep up all make it difficult. Most high end cameras do a pretty good job.

[Ken Curtis]

I like the top image the best. It's quite clear (except as others noted) and colorful.

I know there are no do-overs, but wonder how the bottom image with the three birds would look if you rotated the image so they appeared to be flying on a diagonal instead of horizontally. I don't know if that would look natural or not. Just a thought if you feel like it.