In Flight...

    Camera/Lens: Nikon D200 w/ 80-400mm D f/4.5-5.6 VR
    Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
    Aperture: f/5.6
    Focal Length: 400 mm
    ISO Speed: 400

    (2006_0317_200_0390)

    Comments and faves

    1. Fotomom, caribb, globalglenn, dee_r, and 33 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. RS_Photography [deleted] (76 months ago | reply)

      WOW, great capture Jon! Love the last one trying to catch up with the 2 other ones, very nice picture :-)

    3. Fotomom (76 months ago | reply)

      Man-o-man-o-man! That is so beautiful and the light is fantastic.

    4. John Ulen Photography (76 months ago | reply)

      I have tried this shot many times, but never gotten results like this. Bravo!

    5. caribb (76 months ago | reply)

      Oh man that's just beautiful!! Wonderful shot.

    6. ArthurJo (76 months ago | reply)

      great moment.

    7. dee_r (76 months ago | reply)

      stunning moment, captured just right. instant fave

    8. [ angela ] (76 months ago | reply)

      Wonderful!

    9. Lida Rose (76 months ago | reply)

      Excellent work!!!

    10. Jeannot7 (76 months ago | reply)

      Wow beautiful capture. Excellent shot.

    11. Berryblue (76 months ago | reply)

      Gorgeous flight capture!

    12. Jimbo1239 (76 months ago | reply)

      Excellent as always Jon. The middle Mallard is especially sharp. (I always get their backsides cause they usually fly away from me !!!)

    13. solodad300 (76 months ago | reply)

      Amazing focus.

    14. apey dawn (76 months ago | reply)

      wonderful!

    15. RobDurfee (76 months ago | reply)

      Amazing Shot of a difficult subject. Well done. I have yet to have any success at shooting birds in flight.

    16. Double Exposure1 (76 months ago | reply)

      This immediately felt like it was good enough to go to favorites and so it shall. Superb.

    17. Noinnebcd (76 months ago | reply)

      Awesome shot. Fyi....Ducks in flight always remind of Klingon Bird of Prey warships. :)

    18. Double Exposure1 (76 months ago | reply)

      I second the klingon observation.

    19. somesai (76 months ago | reply)

      gorgeous, they look like a reflection of each other.

    20. ShawnXian (Busy Healing!) (76 months ago | reply)

      O! Art on the wing!
      Beautiful shot!

    21. Jeff Clow (76 months ago | reply)

      What an absolutely STUNNING piece of photo magic....and an incredible nature image.

      My compliments - EXTREMELY well shot....!

    22. Nikographer [Jon] (76 months ago | reply)

      Thanks everyone. I appreciate the comments/favs.

      I'm surprised it came out like it did at 400mm and 1/160th handheld (with VR)... I took a bunch of shots and on this one I got lucky. Many others were not framed right, ie partial birds, and others were blurry.

    23. Mr Gourmand (75 months ago | reply)

      Wonderful light

    24. Marrrcelll (68 months ago | reply)

      Incredible!
      Great DoF.

    25. Lionoche (67 months ago | reply)

      Great shot !

      La danse des canards...

    26. Pandora Vancouver (61 months ago | reply)

      Very beautiful image. Great catch.

    27. Sohailsk™ (60 months ago | reply)

      gorgeous shot.

    28. mirrormarek (55 months ago | reply)

      Excellent photo.
      See some more Flying bird

    29. Jishnu Nandy (38 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Bokeh Photography, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

      Bokeh Comment Code
      This Is An Excellent Bokeh Image
      Please Tag Your Photo "Bokeh Photography"

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