Flight Shot

Gallery: AvianPosted April 10, 2017258 views13 comments

Here's the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher moving down the wire a few feet. The light wasn't as good on the underside of the wing, but other than that, I liked it. Once again a pretty large crop, since the fences are probably at least 30 feet from the road and, of course, the way the driver's side is set up you also have the extra lane in there.

7D2, Sigma 150-600 C @ 600 mm, hand held from truck, f/8, 1/2000, iso 640, manual exposure. Processed in LR & PS CC. Cropped to 7.5 MP before resizing. I added a little light to the shadows in post processing. Taken yesterday at 9:02 AM.

Comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on April 10, 2017 at 6:54 PM

What an unusual subject, in sharp focus, great background and exposure. No nits here. Just thanks for posting this.

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on April 10, 2017 at 7:15 PM

Nice color and BG Dennis. Love that peachy underwing color. Nice sharp detail for a large crop too.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 10, 2017 at 7:44 PM

Terrific shot!! Great pose, sharp enough, nice BG and mouth open!
Excellent!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on April 10, 2017 at 8:41 PM

Wonderful image. I'm so glad you were able to get these images and post them here.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on April 10, 2017 at 9:54 PM

Very nice flight shot Dennis. The tail is perfect for this species. Nice.

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on April 10, 2017 at 10:55 PM

Fine image and timing, Dennis. Gotta love that long scissor tail.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on April 11, 2017 at 2:03 PM

Great background and great view of that wonderful tail.

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Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on April 11, 2017 at 4:41 PM

Simply beautiful! I like it even better than the one taking off from the wire. Hoping to see more!

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Comment posted by David Schoen on April 11, 2017 at 6:51 PM

This is excellent Dennis. I like the way you cropped the image. Terrific detail, wing position, tail position, background, and color.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on April 11, 2017 at 8:12 PM

Nailed it Dennis. I liked the first one too but this is a very well photographed flight shot. Great light, background and detail. devil

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Comment posted by Jake Alletson on April 11, 2017 at 11:59 PM

A wonderful shot of an amazing bird. Well done!

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on April 12, 2017 at 12:05 AM

Terrific flight pose under excellent light. Love both the wing and tail spread, and the IQ held up well with the crop. Nice work Dennis.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 19, 2017 at 4:35 PM

Love this one Dennis! One of my favorites of yours. Great job!

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