Aerial Acrobatic Peregrine Chicks - Click image to view larger!

Thanks for viewing/comments! I finally figure out how to use the AF on the Olympus to

shoot bird flying in the air and ... voila! Got this image this afternoon :-)

Excellent TmJ, good timing! Both birds seems to be in panic!!! Best regards!

Muito Obrigado Joao!  I've been having problem shooting flying bird with the Olympus and this shot is the result of my finding of how to change the focus zone to catch these flyers. It's very hard to get flying bird with mirrorless camera because the viewfinder is a TV screen and depending on where it focus the screen can be completed opaque even though the bird is right in front of the camera. I've found that the way to use mirrorless camera is that you always have to change your focus zone from one point, a few point or all point to get the viewfinder find the bird and focus better.  For this bird in the sky I use the whole screen point to find the bird, a big discovery for me. For DSLR's we always see what's there because we look at a mirror of the view and focusing point is never a problem.

Joao! BTW, very good observation about 'panic'. All this happens in probably 1/10th of a second when the two bird come together and hook talons and sometimes they got stuck together while falling down and I think that's where the panic comes in. This one is the fist of 3,4 shot that I got and the last one show the lock talons (just one leg unfortunately) much better but I've not gotten time to process more (too many birds.. too little time).  I am very happy with this shot in term of sharpness, bird's  pose  and on top of that I got it with my mirrorless camera - something I never thought possible a few days ago!

TmJ: thanks for the detailed explanation about the correct focus process, I understand and know how hard it is to photograph birds, especially when they are in movement (as you do in a perfect way!). I'm happy that you found the correct "tune" for your Olympus camera! Best regards!