High Flyers (Cygnus olor)

High Flyers (Cygnus olor)

Written by Webmaster Friday, 06 February 2009 00:00

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“The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply that they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.”        James Matthew Barrie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High Flyers (Cygnus olor)

We are used to seeing this beautiful bird swimming gracefully (usually in pairs) on lakes and rivers. On this particular occasion a flock of birds was visiting Sale Park. Suddenly we noticed a commotion and the birds flew off. It was an absolutely breathtaking experience to see these large animals flying high. You would have thought that their large body would make them awkward flyers yet their ability to cruise through the air was amazing.  As the birds were clearly playing (they were circling over the lake and landing again), we took a number of photos from different angles and distances. The ones we present in this album show a bird taking off and flying over the lake.

Photos by Marina Parha and George J. Reclos

Shooting Data:

1. Camera: Nikon D2X
Lens: Nikkor AF 80-200mm f/2.8 ED D @ 170 mm
Sensitivity: ISO 640
Shutter speed - aperture: 1/2500 sec - f/5.3, Shutter priority mode
Flash: no flash
Image: JPEG edited in Photoshop CS4, levels adjusted, saturation added and resized. Photo edited by Frank Panis.

2. Camera: Nikon D2X
Lens: Nikkor AF 80-200mm f/2.8 ED D @ 170 mm
Sensitivity: ISO 640
Shutter speed - aperture: 1/2500 sec - f/6, Shutter priority mode
Flash: no flash
Image: JPEG edited in Photoshop CS4, levels adjusted, sharpening added and resized.

3. Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: AF VR Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6 D ED @ 400 mm
Sensitivity: ISO 800
Shutter speed - aperture: 1/2500 sec - f/9, Shutter priority mode
Flash: SB-800 in i-TTL/BL/FP (high speed synchronization) mode
Image: JPEG edited in Photoshop CS4, levels adjusted, sharpening added and resized.

4. Camera: Nikon D2X
Lens: Nikkor AF 80-200mm f/2.8 ED D @ 170 mm
Sensitivity: ISO 640
Shutter speed - aperture: 1/2500 sec - f/5.3, Shutter priority mode
Flash: no flash
Image: JPEG edited in Photoshop CS4, levels adjusted, sharpening added and resized.

 

 

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