Birders

I was thinking the same thing, Bayard...With a couple prompts added to a camera's software processing, simply and perfectly. Yep, "almost...," just a split-second before the camera lens shattered like Ella's amplified voice...

GREAT shot you posted, OP--you really rocked that "bird in flight" perhaps way beyond the limits of visual acuity and cognitive belief. Is that you, Bayard, explaining the natural world's chaos theory, Professor Malcom? Wish this brain now wouldn't have to consider "almost."

Absolutely no disrespect to the OP - I'm absolutely convinced, a reality believer, that shot is absolutely and really beautiful...