Since time immemorial humans have turned their eyes skyward in awe of birds in flight.. Unfortunately, when aircraft and birds attempt to use the same airspace at the same time, collisions occur. On 3 April 1912 aviator Calbraith Rogers, the first person to fly across the continental U.S., became the first person to die as a result his aircraft striking a bird. The cost in human lives lost, approximately 200 in the USA since 1960, best illustrates the challenge of responsibly managing wildlife near airports.
Based on Info. from: http://wildlife.pr.erau.edu/EnglishManual/Chap1.pdf
Canon EOS-10D, 1/1000 sec. @ f13, ISO 400.
Post-processed in Photoshop7.
Bird and plane photographed in the airspace over Washington-Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C.
25 responses
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Candice Erwin said (22 Feb 2008):
wow how lucky are you to get such a shot. I do hope it is a real one not a edited one. So cool though.
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Cobie O'Donoghue gave props (22 Feb 2008):
Fantastic! I love this!
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Farras Abdelnour said (23 Feb 2008):
Beautiful, beautiful composition. I frequent the park near Washington National, where I photograph airplanes landing and taking off. This is a beautiful photo. What lens did you use?
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Sean Sullivan said (23 Feb 2008):
This is very clever, and i like it with this theme, very well thought out, i also hope it is real!!! very nice!
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Matthew Carter said (23 Feb 2008):
VERY NicE soooo lucky sososososoooooo lucky!!
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Stephen Bond said (24 Feb 2008):
Wow. What incredible timing.
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Hussain Al-Mufleh said (28 Feb 2008):
Man..... no comment
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Michael Brummett gave props (28 Feb 2008):
Great capture.
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Tyron Ryan Cruz gave props (28 Feb 2008):
Excellent shot, David! Very nice contrast between the two subject. Perfect for the theme :)
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Jessica Kuligowski gave props (29 Feb 2008):
Well composed! Nice job!
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Iso gave props (2 Mar 2008):
Yes yes yes, it's rock's ! Very nice capture !!!
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Matt Sprague said (2 Mar 2008):
very very nice, must have taken a while to finally pull that shot off, you have my vote
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Jessica Brumbaugh said (3 Mar 2008):
amazing.
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Matt Keller gave props (4 Mar 2008):
Nice!!! Probably can't get much closer to the theme than this one.
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Mark Gilliland gave props (16 Mar 2008):
great shot-got my vote
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Janice Mezzacappa said (18 Mar 2008):
Incredible!!! Perfect for the theme.
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Meggie Schwendemann gave props (18 Mar 2008):
and YEAH !!!
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Jon-Erik Kroon said (18 Mar 2008):
This photo inspired me for the mere reason I thought of the works of Leonardo d' Vinci and his inspirations from birds leading to doodles and sketches of flying machines. The image is proof of your eye in tune with your image making machine. Of course its a real bird for you knew when to press the shutter button...cause the gull is gliding..no blur! Leonardo would of been proud of your image! Bravo!!!!
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Logan Marshall-Green gave props (18 Mar 2008):
Predator and prey... its great!!!!! Got my vote
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Colin Beck-Mackay said (28 Mar 2008):
"Bird and plane photographed in the airspace over Washington-Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C."...simultaneously?
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Kevin Knol said (1 Apr 2008):
I really hope its not edited, because it rocks.
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Nicholas Freeman gave props (8 Apr 2008):
Oh, wow.... that shot is amazing... i adore it.
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Farras Abdelnour added a link (23 Sep 2008):
this beautiful work has inspired me this photo i shot recently. (www.jpgmag.com)
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Mal Stewart gave props (17 Oct 2008):
Great image David.
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Jamie gave props (6 Nov 2008):
that is amazing!
