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@MacPhlea

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« on: Saturday, July 20, 2013, 20:31:11 »

This is my first question in the 4D section... never thought I would ever have to do this but hopefully you'll understand why I have as i don't think their is an answer to it...

As some of you may be aware it's the IAT at Fairford today and as part of this the A380 was doing a fly past with the Red Arrows.  The Airbus and the Red Arrows began their Formation over Lyneham and I was duly there to capture the moment with my EOS 7D, 70-200mm lens with 2 x converter.  I took loads of photographs as the camera was set up on High speed (8 frames a second).

A lot of the pictures were average but two in particular caught my eye not because they were special but because of what they contained...





What you may have noticed is the dot moving from right to left between the two images - these images are taken less than 0.15 seconds apart so whatever it is, it's moving at speed

At first I thought is must be another aircraft or bird but when cropping image it doesn't appear to be any bird or plane I recognise....






Full cropping of the object show a fish shape and it's slightly freaked me out...





These photo's have not been manipulated in any way (aside from cropping) and I have the originals available...Any plane buffs out there with a rational explanation?!
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« Reply #5 on: Saturday, July 20, 2013, 20:40:17 »

A flying fish....
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« Reply #6 on: Saturday, July 20, 2013, 20:48:41 »

A bomb?
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« Reply #7 on: Saturday, July 20, 2013, 21:00:02 »

What focal length were the photos taken at? Just wondering if it might be a fly or something, but if you were at a really long focal length a fly moving across the lens would be massive.
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« Reply #8 on: Saturday, July 20, 2013, 21:02:41 »

Whatever it is, it's out of focus compared to the plane shots, so not in the same area of the sky.
I'd hazard a guess it's a bird (swallow or a swift, maybe)?
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« Reply #9 on: Saturday, July 20, 2013, 21:18:10 »

a fly on the camera lens?
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« Reply #10 on: Saturday, July 20, 2013, 21:46:41 »

An insect.




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« Reply #11 on: Saturday, July 20, 2013, 22:05:36 »

400mm F11
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« Reply #12 on: Saturday, July 20, 2013, 22:07:38 »

a fly on the camera lens?

If that were the case it would be in the same place for both photos...
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« Reply #13 on: Saturday, July 20, 2013, 22:08:39 »

Whatever it is, it's out of focus compared to the plane shots, so not in the same area of the sky.
I'd hazard a guess it's a bird (swallow or a swift, maybe)?
That was my initial thought... Just not seen a wingless variety before.. Cheesy
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« Reply #14 on: Saturday, July 20, 2013, 22:31:16 »

That was my initial thought... Just not seen a wingless variety before.. Cheesy

It's a bird. Could be a Skylark or a Swallow. Here's a bird with no wings: http://www.mountainproject.com/v/106177917
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