I often enjoy the challenge of capturing small birds in flight, this image of a Greenfinch was taken at my feeding station. Greenfinch are very aggressive when it comes to food and will attack each other to get a turn on the feeders. I focus on the feeders and then wait for the birds to hover around them, hit rate is very low but very rewarding when you nail one.
No remote or infrared triggers used,just good old eye and shutter button coordination :)
Techs: 1/3200 @ F4.5 EC-2/3 ISO 200 1D MK11 N 500F4 Tripod + Gimbal head Focus - servo- ring of fire
Nice hand-eye coordination and pre-planning of your image. Love the wing position, dangling feet, and open beak. I would place the bird further right in the frame; it's too centered as presented.