POST YOUR BIRDS IN FLIGHT !!!

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #18889217
I'm always amazed how - on photos at least - they seem to float in the air almost without any effort. I wish we had them here.

Capn Jack wrote in post #18889243
I'm amazed at your barn swallow images, so nice and clean.

I thought pelicans lived in Europe since I saw them in London, in Hyde Park. But thinking on it, I don't recall seeing them in other parts of Europe, either. I assumed they were simply in places other than where I was.

Lame-Duck wrote in post #18888872
Perfect shot, Shalu. I love the birds pose, and the excellent blurred background. The eagle really stands out nicely.

vpsnpc wrote in post #18888909
Juvenile bald eagle
Outstanding shot

Candor wrote in post #18888099
Skimmer Skimming.

IMAGE LINK: https://www.mikeswildl​ife.com/Other/Birds/i-4FRsDwF/A

TedEllis wrote in post #18888549
BCNH in flight.


Enjoy.

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #18889215
Barn swallow

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #18889233
Here's a juvenile. Just as fast as the grown ups.

shalu wrote in post #18889277
Thank you very much, Mike and vpsnpc!

Barn swallow

EyeSpyEagle wrote in post #18889284
RT Hawk surveying what lies below....

Dallas, TX.
7/6/19

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #18889246
I think some species of pelican can be found in south-eastern parts of Europe, like in the Danube Delta. They probably like a nice warm climate?

belas wrote in post #18870960
Grey herons. Up to 300-350 are nesting on this platanus tree ! (Plus a few dozen Black-crowned Night-herons, Eurasian Jackdaws etc etc)

EyeSpyEagle wrote in post #18889280
Absolutely outstanding!

Lame-Duck wrote in post #18888408
These are both nice shots, but in my opinion they are a little dark (at least on my screen). You are not getting detail in the shadows. I shoot in manual mode, and take my exposure reading off the sky for birds in flight. If for example, the exposure setting from the sky reads an aperture setting of f/8, the shutter speed is 1/1600 of a sec, and the ISO was 200, I would make an over exposure setting of one and possibly two stops to achieve correct expose for my birds. It would tend to overexpose the sky some, but the bird would appear perfectly exposed with more detail in the shadows. My guess with the swallow and the stork would be about 1 stop more exposure. I'd stay at 1/1600 sec, and go to a f/5.6 for my aperture; with the ISO staying at 200. If that didn't quite work out, then I'd increase my ISO slightly. This is I get my exposures.

If I shoot in aperture mode, then I get my reading off the sky (like mentioned before), and adjust my exposure compensation to overexpose the sky by one or two stops, as necessary.

For white birds such as gulls and egrets, I find that I have to underexpose my sky reading, because the white birds will be drastically overexposed if I don't do that.