Both are excellent captures and compelling images. I especially like the first shot, which shows her "casting off" from the branch. She looks almost like a diver, launching off the high platform.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 3:44 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > I’m fascinated with moments in flight. They reveal much about something we > can’t see very well without the aid of a camera, because it happens so fast. > > In the first picture, a female sparrow pushes off from a perch. She seems > to be launching with a huge effort and instant velocity, as she shows > motion blur at 1/1000th second. > > https://www.photo.net/photo/18409841/3394 > > In another pic, a male sparrow is captured in flight. His wings are > probably moving at least as fast as the hummingbirds, although common > belief would have it otherwise. Both this sparrow and the hummingbird were > shot at 1.1000th of a second, and here we see at least as much motion blur > as in the hummingbird pic. Of course, this is a small sample, but I find it > interesting. > > https://www.photo.net/photo/18409840/3359 > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
