Caught In Flight
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** I guess we all take birds ability to fly for granted, I still think the fact that they can defy the gravity that holds us to the ground is pretty extraordinary . Most birds do look perfectly adapted to the activity of flight, Gannets come to mind . There are some birds however that really do not look like flight is part of their nature . These flamingoes fall into this category they look perfect in a lake but flying !!. Of course they fly perfectly well and to see a group of them over ones head is a remarkable sight.
The photograph is from 2018 at the pont de Gau reserve in the Camargue
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Two combined captures of mine.
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A Roseate Spoonbill passes over-head between me and the setting sun.
This photo was quite accidental - I was facing away from the setting sun, taking photos of birds in flight headed to their roosting areas in the wetlands. I saw this big shadow, turned around and this spoonbill was passing behind me - also headed to the wetlands for the night - but the lone spoonbill - the ibis were in huge numbers, as were the cattle egrets - the wetlands borders the cattle ranches. Other birds in pretty good numbers were great egrets, snowy egrets, blue herons, there were a few Great Herons, some Green Herons and Night Herons. There were also a lot of Anhingas. I saw two hawks and various smaller birds.
A Short-eared Owl quartering a field.
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This American wigeon was about to cross the path at Commonwealth Lake, when a pedestrian approached. So it took flight to hurry across.
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a pied Kingfisher (ceryle rudis) in flight along the Zambesi riverbanks
photo made from a small boat.
caprivi strip,Namibia
tips and tricks...i use M mode camera and here i made a little mistake.F5.6 isnt correct,best choice should be in this case F6.3-F7.1...probably i was looking for something else and i saw this guy.1/4000 is good...of course the wrong F5.6 gave me a better and cleaner background
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Another photo of a dragonfly in flight but with a dark background this time
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A thank you to Pexels for the background. This is two photos layered together. My photo is of the birds on the wires.
Osprey in glide flight looking for a meal
It's worth looking at this enlarged to see the intensity of this bird of preys gaze.
Other photos of this same bird / same flight are in the comments below.
A cold Lake Michigan is the backdrop as this beautiful drake flies past me in winter. That green head and blue wing always strikes me with its beauty!
This cormorant was working one part of the lake, then evidently was dissatisfied, so moved to the west end. Fortunately for me, I was well situated for the flight.
As my planned trip to the Farne Islands was cancelled this year I have been looking through some old images not previously posted.
When coming in to land with a mouth full of eels, wings splayed and undercarriage down they provide a great photographic opportunity.
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