Post your best bird shots!

[Joel Eade]

Eastern Bluebird
1D MKIV
700mm
Tripod + Wimberly II Gimbal
ISO 1600
f/5.6
1/320

[conropl]

Eastern Bluebird

Pretty bird, nice perch, and beautiful shot.

[Joel Eade]

Pretty bird, nice perch, and beautiful shot.

Thank you.

[Joel Eade]

American Goldfinch

[bob williams]

Joel, Love the comp on this goldfinch shot; The seperation between subject and back ground is outstanding and the background is buttery smooth.....but the quality seems below your normal standards---at least on what I am viewing. The bird seems to lack your normal detail (although the eye is tack sharp) and blown whites in the flowers tend to distract from the subject. Please try and work this shot again--It has the potential to be a "Home and Gardens" cover shot.

Bob

[Joel Eade]

Joel, Love the comp on this goldfinch shot; The seperation between subject and back ground is outstanding and the background is buttery smooth.....but the quality seems below your normal standards---at least on what I am viewing. The bird seems to lack your normal detail (although the eye is tack sharp) and blown whites in the flowers tend to distract from the subject. Please try and work this shot again--It has the potential to be a "Home and Gardens" cover shot.

Bob

Thanks Jayson and Bob.....you guys are right, should have used higher f-stop to get to flowers in focus more and prevent the highlights from being too hot...not much I can do except try the setup again...the Blackberry blooms won't be here long.