[Theme] 2 BIF's

[elsa hoffmann]

Birds in flight - but let's make it interesting and only post images with TWO birds (or more) and not just singletons

BIF means BIRDS IN FLIGHT and not BOGS (Birds on gound)

I seriously need to work on my "tecnique" but I find I am pretty slow in reaction

[Frank Fremerey]

Elsa. Get a D500. Never seen anything like this before.

[elsa hoffmann]

Elsa. Get a D500. Never seen anything like this before.

Sure Frank - send money 
good camera cant out-shoot a bad shooter

[Frank Fremerey]

Good camera plus good shooter wins ....  with time comes money.

[Airy]

Elsa, those birds in the first shot admirably kept posing while you were setting up your wet plate camera

So what did you say about your reaction times ?

[elsa hoffmann]

Elsa, those birds in the first shot admirably kept posing while you were setting up your wet plate camera

So what did you say about your reaction times ?

 

Airy - I find I take far too long to press the shutter when shooting birds - and also I find it near impossible to keep my finger shooting - I tend to have a built in thing that says I can only take 1 photo at a time. I just can not do it!! both these things cause me frustration and I miss the shots.

[armando_m]

Elsa

From the shots you shared you seem to be doing just fine

It takes patience and a bit of luck , a wee bit different than directing someone in the studio, the dang birds do not seem to get the concept about facing towards the  light

Cheers

This guys are slow and quite photogenic

[Matthew Currie]

For those of us with slow equipment, a shore dwelling frigatebird is a good candidate.  They're slow and easy to track. 

D3200 with 55-300 zoom.

[Matthew Currie]

sorry, wrong button - meant to modify above to mention that this was taken on Half Moon Island in Belize.

[elsa hoffmann]

Armando - I love the pelicans - they are just big flying boats those things...
Matthew - what are those birds? nicely caught in action!
I need practice!

[Matthew Currie]

Armando - I love the pelicans - they are just big flying boats those things...
Matthew - what are those birds? nicely caught in action!
I need practice!

The birds are magnificent frigatebirds.  You find them also on the Galapagos and elsewhere in South and Central America.  They are referred to as "kleptoparasitic," because they cannot dive for fish, so they attack other diving birds and steal their fish.  On Half Moon Caye in Belize, they share a nesting area with red-footed boobies, and the relationship is more or less peaceful, with the frigatebirds providing protection for a fee in stolen fish.  Think of them as sort of avian mobsters.

[Anthony]

Aerial piracy.

[armando_m]

Anthony , impressive action !

[Matthew Currie]

Not nearly as impressive a performance as above, but I kind of liked the way these ibises looked against the Spanish moss.  This is in Phinizy Swamp park near Augusta, GA.

[Frank Fremerey]

Anthony. Wow. These birds fight in perfect light all feathers wonderfully defined