How to get this type of photo with flash?

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Saw these types of shots win photo contests and I'm wondering what is the technique with flash used here? How can I replicate it?

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Competition Categories — Bird Photographer of the Year

Find details of all the Bird Photographer of the Year competition categories.

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Winning Photos from the 2020 Bird Photographer of the Year Contest

The Bird Photographer of the Year (BPOTY) photo competition has announced the winners of the 2020 contest. The overall winner this year was Majed Alza’abi

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[John Navitsky]

search dslr camera trap

 

[StefanSC]

Also slow synchro and rear curtain flash.

 

[Wes Peterson]

Willing to bet the 1st pic is a mix of a constant light source and flash. 2nd pic is probably a mix also but with multiple flash pops. The constant light will attract the bugs for the bats.

 

[mdirvin]

Also slow synchro and rear curtain flash.

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[raptor photo]

Also slow synchro and rear curtain flash.

So I need to have a rear curtain flash with a long-ish shutter speed like 2 seconds, and a tripod. If I want the animal to be sharp multiple times in the photo, I need multiple flashes. Correct?

 

[joe43]

Here is the shooting data for the large bird in flight from the 2020 contest. Flash settings were not shown in Nikon NX Studio. I agree with other posters that Rear curtain flash (Nikon term) was used; Second curtain for Canon shooters. Nikon D5, 300mm, 1/8 sec, f 11, ISO 160. Jpeg image downloaded from 2020 BPOY website.

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attached scree shot for shooting data.

 

[Patrick M]

For future reference, for all readers of this thread, if using images from another source, please remember to acknowledge the source and provide a link to it. I already edited the initial thread.

 

[bleirer]

It's a little unclear what is allowed as far as copyright goes. Just because a photo is on a website does not make it public domain. Especially since those photos had a copyright in the metadata wouldn't one need the owners permission to duplicate them? I know there is fair use exception for certain things like critique and instruction, but even so posting a link would be better than copying the photo without permission. I am still unsure what is fair use or not. Maybe some legal experts can clarify?

 

[John Navitsky]

yes, you shouldn’t duplicate, you should link to them