Killdeer in flight

[Duane Angles]

http://dangles.netfirms.com/killdeer1.jpg

These little guys are speedy and unpredictable in flight. Got lucky.

Canon 1D Mark IIN
Canon 500mm with 1.4x TC
1/2000 sec, f/8
Mode: Av
Metering: Evaluative
ISO: 400

[Sid Garige]

Very nice details Duane. Head angle and eye contact are wonderful.

[Steve Ashton]

Great work, that is one sharp shot.

[Del Cockroft]

An excellent shot. Super sharp and terrific eye contact. Well done.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great capture, angle and details. I only wish for a better wing position, either up or down.

[Linda Robbins]

You had to be fast to get this! Good flight angle . The position of the wings is not great, but it is an accomplishment just to catch them in flight.

[Dieter Schaefer]

Excellent, great angle.

[john crookes]

I love this image as I can never get them with a clean bg like this.

The wing position is pretty normal for these birds as they fly like a glider and do not usuall use full wing flaps all the way up and down but rather very short flaps to about this height and not much lower than mid body on the downflap

Excellent results here and I wish it were mine