Flying Things

Whilst still convalescing from more surgery earlier this year, I’ve edited more photos of yesteryear. The theme of today’s post is that they’re all in flight. I’m sure other photographers have this experience, too, but on going through the old catalogues, I’d forgotten about several of these shots and like them more on this recent encounter than I did at the time.

The sequence below shows a coot bravely charging towards a heron that had just landed, whilst her chicks run around behind her in a panic.

Birds (mainly herons!) in Flight

I’ve just been looking at some bird edits from the last 12 months or so and collated what I think are my most successful bird in flight images to date. As mentioned previously on this blog, it’s something I’ve been trying to do more of and improve on.

It seems, I have a bit of a leaning towards the heron, which forms most of the images below. When I think about it, it’s obvious why - They’re big, they fly low and close, they fly slowly, and they’re not at all uncommon. Luckily for me there are at least four that like to hang around the lake near me. Even better, they omit a loud, high-pitched squawk before taking flight, as if to let you know to get your camera ready!