Head or Tail

Phil K · Apr 30, 2007

I always want to capture some good directly head on in flight shots but the birds don't want to cooperate. Looking back at my collection this past winters, I can only find several, and none are real good. Better examples :

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But it seems that I have a lot more of birds flying away showing me the tails.

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And this guy even dared to show me some white stuff.

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Please feel free to add your head or tail shots to this thread.

JenGrace · Apr 30, 2007

Aahhh, the curse of the butt shot.

Here's a peacock that snubbed me a while back.

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Gale · Apr 30, 2007

You have some real good shots Phil
The Great Egret and Heron look so funny head on:>)))
The feathers and wings on the GGH are so beautiful .. Super shot really.
All very nice flight shots

SamIAM · Apr 30, 2007

Great shots Phil. Last one is funny.
p.s. I remember you posting some Kites in flight. Want to see some of those.

Louis Champan · Apr 30, 2007

Some very nice captures here Phil.
Louie

Yvette · Apr 30, 2007

Great shots Phil. Second one is my favorite.

Baxter · Apr 30, 2007

Cool shots Phil. Here are a few.

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hangin tree · Apr 30, 2007

I've got a few of those tail shot as well Phil

Panos Kazanelis · Apr 30, 2007

Great shots Phil! You really nailed that BIFs ha :smile:

Frits · Apr 30, 2007

Aiii, you're morphing into a regular birder Phil - very nice!!!
If you end up finding that you don't really use your Ai-S 58mm f/1.2 anymore, just send it my way (I'll pay for postage)...:biggrin:

Phil K · Apr 30, 2007

JenW said:
Aahhh, the curse of the butt shot.

Here's a peacock that snubbed me a while back.

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Thanks Jen. That's a beautiful backside. :biggrin:

Gale said:
You have some real good shots Phil
The Great Egret and Heron look so funny head on:>)))
The feathers and wings on the GGH are so beautiful .. Super shot really.
All very nice flight shots

Thank you very much Gale.

SamIAM said:
Great shots Phil. Last one is funny.
p.s. I remember you posting some Kites in flight. Want to see some of those.

Thanks Sam. Yes, I have some Kite shots but none are sharp, as they never come near when I have a camera.

I am working on it and will post once I get a good one.

Phil K · Apr 30, 2007

Louis Champan said:
Some very nice captures here Phil.
Louie

Thank you very much Louie. I appreciate that.

Yvette said:
Great shots Phil. Second one is my favorite.

Thanks a lot Yvette. I am also happy with that one and it's taken with the S5 Pro in the first week I had the camera.

Baxter said:
Cool shots Phil. Here are a few.

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Thanks Hunter. Beautiful shots.

Phil K · Apr 30, 2007

hangin tree said:
I've got a few of those tail shot as well Phil

Gary, do share some with us when you have time.

Panos Kazanelis said:
Great shots Phil! You really nailed that BIFs ha :smile:

Thanks Panos. And there are many that I didn't nail it.

Frits said:
Aiii, you're morphing into a regular birder Phil - very nice!!!
If you end up finding that you don't really use your Ai-S 58mm f/1.2 anymore, just send it my way (I'll pay for postage)...:biggrin:

Thanks Frits, for the comment and the reminder. The Noct is happily sitting in my bag, being used once in a while and not gathering dust. :biggrin:

woundedmallard · May 1, 2007

Nice shots Phil. Love the "head on's", I always blow those!

radz · May 1, 2007

Nice oneS..

Phil K · May 1, 2007

woundedmallard said:
Nice shots Phil. Love the "head on's", I always blow those!

Thank you Thomas. I also have a lot blown ones.

radz said:
Nice oneS..

Thank you very much Rathika.

raymond j barlow · May 1, 2007

nice shot Phil... head on shots don't come easy, right place, right time., I don't have too many.

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take good care.

Phil K · May 1, 2007

raymond j barlow said:
nice shot Phil... head on shots don't come easy, right place, right time., I don't have too many.

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take good care.

Wow, Raymond! These are beautiful images.