Birds in flight
Birds in flight
It’s Friday. And that means it’s After-Before Friday from Stacy at Visual venturing. It’s also the See beautiful blog hop today. I thought today would be perfect for some photos of birds in flight from our trip to the Sonoran desert museum the other day.
First, ABFriday. Not every photo of birds flying right over your head can be perfect. I choose this photo of this Harris’s hawk because I just love the idea behind it. He was moving fast, and I only caught the tail end. I converted the photo to black and white in Lightroom, took the clarity all the way to 100% and added a little bit of vignette.
You can see all the After-Before Friday posts at this link
I love to watch birds soar and fly, especially the large raptors. They are just beautiful.
No more words today, just enjoy the birds in flight.
Wow! These photos are stunning! Thank you for sharing this great set of photos Mary!
Thanks. I love taking photos of wildlife and this was a great way to do that.
Awesome flight shots and the raptors are beautiful! Have a happy weekend!
Oh Mary….if I tried to capture these raptors in flight, every shot would be blurry and not so elegant. You seized the moment of a great ballet,never to be performed the same way again. And I LOVE BOTH of your renditions of the hawk! The drama of the black and white, but the intensity of the blue sky in the second…and those CLAWS…a raw sight!
Thank you for the beauty! Anita
Again simply stunning and we so enjoy seeing them. We of course have nothing like it over here so it is a real treat. Have a fabulous Friday.
Best wishes Molly
Wow! What awesome birds in flight photos! Check out those wingspans!! Happy Seeing Beautiful!!
Stunning shots! Thank wingspan is amazing!
Wow! Those pictures are incredible!! Thank you so much for seeing beautiful with us. Simply by joining our blog hop you’ve allowed us to donate another $5 to The Lantern House Homeless Shelter in honor of Goose’s 15th birthday! Happy seeing beautiful!
those shots are amazing. Makes me want to fly along with them. Can’t complain about the hawks we’ve seen out here in our neck of the woods. We are having a fake spring time here. Everything is coming out of dormancy; so hopefully a late freeze won’t take away fruit this year. Wish we were going to the art show in Carefree.
my goodness. just beautiful!
Oh My Goodness is that incredibly beautiful. WOW. I am left Seeing Beautiful.
Blessings,
Goose
These are amazing images. I think my favourite is the last one where, despite the busy bg the owl still pops.
Beautiful as always. You really have such an eye for this.
Amazing series, and I really love the ending image of the Great Horned owl!
Wow these are stunning photos! I really like the first one of the Harris hawk flying over your head, I think it’s really unique and speaks. Beautiful!
So beautiful!
I love birds! These raptures are just gorgeous! I like your AB Friday image, with it’s little feet all tucked in for flight. Great images! :D
Those first two photos had Mom laughing. She loves them but finds them really funny.
Wonderful wonderful! What a treat to see! Thanks for sharing as these sights are so few and far between here!
So beautiful!
oh my they are amazing!
Truly stunning! I love that last owl, but then again, I love them all! I am still amazed that birds can perch on cactus spines!
Super photos, Mary! I would have loved to have been there with you!
Beautiful photos of predators on wings.
They are so majestic, and what wonderful photos you got of them. I love the first ones since you can really see how they carry their talons when they fly.
Mary, love all these fabulous photos! And love the story behind your ABF image. Great, fun capture :)
Great shots – I love the cactus top one, but the owls are my favourites.
Cheers – Stewart M – Melbourne
WOW!!!!…:)JP
Hi Mary,
When I saw mention of this post on Twitter, I couldn’t resist — I’m such a goof for anything bird-related. Your beautiful photos have not disappointed!
Thanks for the fun views.
Josie
Thanks so much. And thanks for stopping to say hi.
Holy cow Mary! These are incredible! You are such an amazing photographer. That top one was just so cool too. I love that you captured just the tail end. Great shot. But, all of them were awesome. I am blown away by your talent.
Amazing photos, you have a good eye and a steady hand. Really stunning!