Mid-Air Collision

Gallery: AvianPosted July 24, 2010208 views5 comments

A Brahminy Kite and a Black Kite locked on to the same flying termite and then ...... BANG !!!

The flying termite is visible as a blurred patch in front of the talons of the Kite on top. I have used a relatively slower shutter to get the motion blur. This is best viewed in large size

EXIF
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Canon 7D + 100-400

210 mm
f/6.3
1/250 sec
100 ISO
+0.66 Exp Comp ( Matrix Metering )
Shutter Priority, Handheld

Regards
S. Das

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Basil Greber on July 24, 2010 at 4:03 PM

Ouch. Great shot, great timing. I like the degree of blur you've obtained in this shot. Positioning of the birds in the frame also works well for me.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on July 25, 2010 at 12:39 AM

OOps. Rare moment captured very well. The slight blur of the one kite enhances the feeling of the collision. Did they both fly away from this unfortunate event? Reminds me of some video footage I saw a few years ago of two skydivers colliding mid air.

Registered on January 28, 2005, 879 Posts, 12098 Comments

Comment posted by Subharghya Das on July 25, 2010 at 12:58 AM

@Gary - Birds are masters of air unlike us :) These collisions don't hinder them in any way .. They flew away and continued the termite hunt after this :)

Registered on March 18, 2009, 26 Posts, 195 Comments

Comment posted by Carol Hyman on July 25, 2010 at 1:53 AM

WOW! What a capture!

An incredible action shot.

Carol

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on July 25, 2010 at 2:22 PM

An interesting shot. I typically like these blur shots but here imho it detracts as I can't really see what's going on and I think I would have liked it better if the action were frozen with a fast shutter speed, but that's personal taste.

Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments