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A Vision Of Flight Photography (AS IS ONLY) 2 per 24 hour period

From jets, airplanes, helicopters, hot air balloons, hang gliders to birds, kites, and insects, this group is for you! Just make sure the subject in your captures is In Flight!

Featured Work

Fine Day to Fly by Vicki Pelham

Enjoying this fine crisp morning in Las Cruces, New Mexico. / Featured in Live, Love & Dream – November 2009 / Featured in A Vision of Flight – November 2009 /
Butterfly Kite by Steven Squizzero

Taken at Colt State Park in Rhode Island with a Nikon D-40 with a 70-300 zoom lens.
moose-bird by LumenLux

Moose-bird is one of many nicknames of this Gray Jay. Every camper in the western United States would likely know the bird as camp-robber. According to Wikipedia entry, Gray Jays live in pairs, each defending a 25 hectares (62 acres) to 100 hectares (250 acres) permanent territory against its neighbors.
Flight by Alan Harman

Taken in Northern Netherlands in November 2009. Camera – EOS 350D / Aperture – F5.6 1/1600 / ISO – 400
Landing gear down by ChrisCoombes

This vulture is getting ready to land amongst the squabble of fighting vultures that have moved in to clean up a kill on the Maasai Mara in Kenya.
Humming Bird Hawk moth at Lavender by SWEEPER

Taken near Bergerac in France on this years tour of friends and relatives . One lavender bush covered with these and other varieties plus butterflies and even a Saw Fly . / Taken with Canon 40D , short extension tube , 100-400 IS canon zoom @ 500 iso plus a little fill in flash to give some substance to the wings .
Black Crowned Night Heron by Michael Moss

Redondo Beach, California Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II ,Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM 1/640s f/9.0 at 200.0mm iso200
Helicopter Biomymicry by troy gregory

A Dragon Fly in flight shows how much we depend on nature for development, inspiration, natures designs…Mt Lofty Botanical Gardens South Australia
Clear Sailing by Karen Checca

Taken on VMI’s parade ground, Lexington, VA. / Pentax K200D, 1/250, f/6.70, 100 ISO, 18mm FEATURED IN A VISION OF FLIGHT, THE PATCHWORK & ALPHABET SOUP (Letter B) GROUPS
Why walk when you can fly by Susannah Kotyk

Taken at the cold lake air show 2009 Dan Buchanan Dan was a New England home builder and flat-track motorcycle racer, and enjoyed the thrill of flying off mountain tops, when in 1981, he paralyzed his legs trying to land in stormy weather. Losing his ability to walk, he returned to college to pursue a career in mechanical engineering and worked in Silicon Valley, CA. Despite his handicap, Dan returned to flying within six months, and since then his tenacity and adventurous spirit has allowed him to accrue more than 2,800 hours of flight time in hang gliders and sailplanes. His recreational flights are typically 3-6 hours long thermal soaring as high as 18,000 feet over the western mountains. After his first air show performance at Medford, OR in 1989, his appearances increased each year, and now he shares his thrill of flight with millions of people around the world during his annual 25+ city Airshow tour. / Performing principally across North America, his international venues have included Australia (8 times), Japan, Thailand, El Salvador, The United Arab Emirates, Canada, and Mexico. Dan is also a Federally and State licensed pyrotechnician trained by Hollywood experts. He installs, wires and sequences all of the special effects on the fabric wing himself. Can you blame him? He is also a FAA Commercial Glider pilot, enjoying sailplane aerobatics and giving glider rides to friends at Minden, Nevada when not on the Airshow tour. Dan took instruction from Sky Sailing near San Diego, CA from airshow performer Brett Willat, whose school has one of the few “rudder hand control” equipped sailplanes in the US. http://www.skysailing.com Some of his other adventurous pursuits still include flat-water kayaking, SCUBA diving on wrecks and caves, and long distance ATV cross-desert riding and racing. When asked why he flies, Dan’s usual smiling response is, “I have to fly… I can’t walk!”
Blue Triangle by robmac

First shot with my canon 500D. managed to get this fast flying butterfly as it was about to lay some eggs on the tip of an advocado tree in the garden in Kuranda FNQ

Recent Work

You'd Shriek Too, If YOUR Tail Was On Fire by David McMahon

This RAAF F-111, in swing-wing mode, was an amazing sight as it performed a “dump and burn” display at the 2007 Australian International Air Show. There was just one problem. I was about half a kilometre away, on a shuttle bus for VLine train passengers. I shot this through the window of the bus, while still in my seat. I was lucky with the cloudy sky, because it really emphasised the silhouette of the jet, as well as the billowing flame. I do not crop, enhance or post-edit my images in any way. Shot with a Pentax K100D, using a Sigma 18-125mm lens. F11, 1/500 sec, ISO 200, focal length 125mm. Avalon2007-7911
Cairns Birdwing by robmac

The male Cairns birdwing just about to land on the lantana flowers, Taken in Kuranda FNQ
'Royal Spoonbill' by bowenite

Royal Spoonbill / (Platalea regia) Description / The Royal Spoon Bill has a black bill shaped like a spoon and very white feathers. It is a wading bird and has long legs for walking through water. Voice / It is a very quiet bird out of the breeding season. Food / It eats fish and other water animals, such as shellfish, crabs and frogs. It catches them by making a side-to-side movement with its bill. / / Nest / Its nest is an open platform of sticks in a tree. The female lays two or three eggs. The chicks hatch after 21 days. Habitat / The Royal Spoonbill lives in wetlands. It can be seen in the shallow parts of lakes and rivers. Behaviour / When they are breeding, long white feathers grow from the back of their heads. Photo taken with a Nikon D80 and Sigma 150-500 Zoom Lens.
Over the Crest by wmommameea

Turkey Vultures flying over the crest to catch a thermal. Mt adams in the background.
new horizons by wmommameea

flight over Mt Hood.
Starling Ballet by igotmeacanon

Canon 50d / kit lens 18-55 / f5.6 / iso 400 / 1/8000th sec
I Spy My Lunch by Jaxybelle

Seagull flying around on Manly Beach, checking out the lunch a Japanese tourist next to me is eating.
False Start! Who Jumped the Gun? by Chuck Gardner

Best viewed larger… As I approached these American Coot they took off racing across the water to put a safe distance between me and them. / Taken at the Royal Avenue wildlife lookout in Lane County, Oregon, with a Canon PowerShot SX10 IS on 11/19/2009, at TV 1/1002, AVF 5.72, ISO 80 and Focal length 100.00mm.
Against The Green by Virginia N. Fred

Whiel visiting the J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge in Sanibel Island, Florida with Kathy, Liz and Gouzelka we came across all these beautifl Buckeye Butterflies just resting along the side of the road, and of course I had to stop and take photos of them sinice I truly love butterflies they are / exquisite creatures. Enjoy Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi / Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/250Sec. / Av(Aperture Value) F8.0 / Metering Modes Centerweighted average metering / Exposure Compensation -1 / ISO Speed 100 / Lens EF-S60mm f/2.8 Macro USM / Focal Length 60.0 mm
Paragliding the gorge by wmommameea

Paragliding in the Gorge. Shot on Boudoin Mtn. in Washington using a Nikon D2H with a 50mm lens.
Flight over Mt Hood by wmommameea

Hangliding over Mt Hood in Oregon. Multiple exposure and post processed on computer. I like the movement of the shot..

A Vision Of Flight will be PHOTOGRAPHS – AS IS of kites, insects and birds; small and large and also images of hang gliders, paragliders, hot air balloons, airplanes, helicopters and jets. All images must show traveling or flying in the sky. No ground images or birds in trees, insects on flowers. All images must show the subject “in flight”. Please submit YOUR BEST PHOTOGRAPHY ~ AS IS, straight from the camera. There are many other groups for images using photoshop or layering. (as of June 6, 2009) NO PARTIAL IMAGES. We need to see the whole plane, kite, hot air balloon,etc.

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