Airborne juncos battling

[A.M.D.A.]

Juncos apparently aren't very friendly toward each other when it comes to birdseed. Shot this yesterday.

Attachment 63792
PENTAX *ist D with SMC PENTAX-A* 300mm F4 lens. (MF-only).
1/1600 second @ F5.0
ISO 1600

Thanks for looking, any comments/suggestions greatly appreciated !

[Grandpaw]

I guess I'm going to need to try feeding the birds and see what I can get, Jeff

[Loupey]

A cool moment there. Nice posture by the male.

The female looks like she needs to pull up

[A.M.D.A.]

Thanks guys.

Loupey, in case you haven't guessed already, we're dealing with quite a bit of "perspective compression". The female junco ended up passing right under the other side of the seed plate. Male junco plopped straight back down to eat some more.

All this action happened in approximately 1/2 second, probably less. "Spray & Pray" was the main shooting technique used...

[Martin Brazil]

Spray and Pray often gives you nothing at all but when it works it gives some great shots such as this one. Well caught Alex.

[A.M.D.A.]

Thanks, Martin.

[mn shutterbug]

Super cool shot. Iove birdie action shots.

[A.M.D.A.]

Thanks, Mike.

[paulnj]

Very Nicely Captured!!!!!

[A.M.D.A.]

Thanks, Paul

[Pink Dragonfly]

Great action shot Must be so nice to have a garden....I'm jealous...

Mette

[A.M.D.A.]

Thanks for the reply, Mette.