Post your best bird shots!

[Joel Eade]

Nice tufted titmouse. You really should think about self publishing a bird book.

Thanks...sounds like a fun project, perhaps a good "New Year's Resolution"

[Joel Eade]

A Male Downy Woodpecker

1DMKIV
700mm
f/5.6
ISO 400
1/3200
No flash

[M_Six]

100% crop from a 70-300L. 400 ISO

[ahab1372]

Not a bad lens, is it?

[thekingb]

Not a bad lens, is it?

I certainly love mine!

[M_Six]

The lens is awesome. And the 6D allows very large crops. Much more so than the 7D, I think.

[DavidEccleston]

All my dogsled shots were 70-300L as well. It's fantastic, easily recommended unless you need the f/2.8.

[Dave Throgmartin]

Joel,

I have a bird book for my local area called "Birds of Illinois Field Guide" by Stan Tekiela. It is a great resource for me to identify birds. Mr. Tekiela is also a nature photographer and does a great job, but even a lot of his pictures fall a fair deal short of yours. I don't know how lucrative the bird book business is, but your images would certainly appear to quality.

This is the link for his book: http://www.amazon.com/Birds-Illinois.../dp/1885061749

Dave

[Joel Eade]

Joel,

I have a bird book for my local area called "Birds of Illinois Field Guide" by Stan Tekiela. It is a great resource for me to identify birds. Mr. Tekiela is also a photographer and does a great job, but even a lot of his pictures fall a fair deal short of yours. I don't know how lucrative the bird book business is, but your images would certainly appear to quality.

This is the link for his book: http://www.amazon.com/Birds-Illinois.../dp/1885061749

Dave

Thanks for the kind words Dave. I know nothing about the book business either but I think it would be fun to create one

[thekingb]

A first for me. Tricolored Heron. 7D and EF 70-300L.