Common Nighthawk

[Jan Wegener]

one more from me :)

Taken in South Texas, Mark IIn + 600 IS + 580 Ex II @ -2/3 handheld :)

http://www.vogelfotografien.de/Test/night.jpg

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

No better image of a flying Nighthawk showing top side is available on the market I guess :)
Really nice image Jan. :)

Szimi

[Lorant Voros]

Hi Jan. I have never seen a BIF shot of the Nighthawk. Very nice pose and the action is nicely frozen. Can you tell us more about the conditions and the camera info? Thank you.

[Jan Wegener]

sure :)
It was the time of the year when they do their display flight. At some places they were all over the streets. It's pretty amazing what a noise they can make with their wings while flying.

With this one I got lucky and he(?) came really close.

I used F 6.3 Iso 400 and 1/2000

[c.w. moynihan]

Yup, your cornered the market for flight shots of this species Jan. Love it !

[Karl Egressy]

Fantastic flight shot, Jan.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Not at all an easy shot, PERFECT pose and stunning detail! COngratualtions!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very cool find and banking pose. It looks a bit oversharpened on my monitor.

[Simon Bennett]

Fabulous image.