A Swift BIF or two

[David Morison]

One of my long term BIF ambitions is the Swift, a bird so fast or distant I've never had a chance up to now. This morning the strong wind kept the insects down which meant the Swifts came down to catch them in flight. Still a good distance away but near enough to get a couple of usable shots, pretty large crops though:





I hope to get them nearer next time but the main problem is keeping these guided missiles in the frame as you pan so perhaps these are the best I'll ever get.

Canon 7D plus EF 400mm f5.6L - 1/1250 sec, f6.3

David

[Pops]

Re: A Swift BIF or two

Bet you could get quite dizzy trying to pan these

[escallonia]

Re: A Swift BIF or two

Well captured David you must be very fit? regards John.

[Weeman]

Re: A Swift BIF or two

Nice David I see the 7D is working well for you.

[iainmacd]

Re: A Swift BIF or two

Well captured indeed. I tried with Swallows the other day all the images either had no bird or a smudge in them.

[David Morison]

Re: A Swift BIF or two

Well captured indeed. I tried with Swallows the other day all the images either had no bird or a smudge in them.

Been there, done that, many times - just got lucky this time, perhaps the wind slowed them down a tad!

David

[Ian]

Re: A Swift BIF or two

Those are super captures - if you manage to improve on those you should really congratulate yourself!

Ian

[ringneck]

Re: A Swift BIF or two

Well captured indeed. I tried with Swallows the other day all the images either had no bird or a smudge in them.

And me...good "attempts" - they will do for me.

Keith