Airborne Nighthawk

Gallery: AvianPosted June 25, 201675 views6 comments

I finally managed to capture a decent image of these guys in flight. Their wing size continues to amaze me. They are very erratic fliers. It was pretty late, so I had to bump the ISO way up. I have been amazed at how well the 1DX Mark II handles high ISO. Amazing camera. Processed using Lightroom 6 and Photoshop CC 2014 along with Light Craft's LightZone. Comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 1DX Mark II
Canon 200-400 f4 L IS
f8.0
1/5000s
Focal Length 560mm (Teleconverter Engaged)
ISO 1600

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 25, 2016 at 4:19 PM

Excellent work, Jerry. Very tough conditions to get a flight shot and the detail in this one is very good. Great wing position and angle as well.

devil

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Raoul Breaux Jr on June 25, 2016 at 5:31 PM

Nicely done Jerry! Overall, this is a very nice image with really good detail in the large image and a nice evening sky and light as the background. Considering their erratic flight, you did a great job with that lens at 560mm.

Registered on April 27, 2016, 20 Posts, 142 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 26, 2016 at 11:16 AM

Fine catch - sharp, great wing position, bright eye - and an extremely difficult bird to even see, let alone cvatch in flight.
Excellent work!
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by May Haga on June 26, 2016 at 12:21 PM

Well done Jerry. I have still to capture a flight shot of these fast flyers.
May

Registered on February 22, 2007, 714 Posts, 8470 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on June 26, 2016 at 12:55 PM

Really nice Jerry. Not an easy species at all to get in flight. Love the wing position and clean BG. Great work!

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on June 26, 2016 at 1:39 PM

Congrats - a first one for me (to see that is) .... Very, very nice. You must be stoked, and rightfully so devil

, hans

Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments