Post your best bird shots!

[Lancer]

Tadas N., I really like your picture of the coot. Great color


Bill W., great shot of the hawk.


Thanks for the advice, I wish I could have gotten eye level with the birds I was taking pictures of but they are privately owned and the closest I could get a clear shot is standing over them from a boardwalk in their pond. I hope in the future I can get the chance to get better shots since their owner is customer of where I work and he's very happy that I enjoy taking pictures of all his birds.


Here's another shot of the same black swan, which seemed to enjoy my presence compared to the other geese, ducks, and swans.


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Here's a shot I recently took of some Purple Martins around their bird house.


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Any thoughts or advice are appreciated since I am just learning photography with a SLR camera.

[Joel Eade]

A Blue Jay from the backyard setup


1D3


300 2.8L + 1.4 tc


iso 1000


f/7.1


1/160


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[Bill W]

Joel....an obstreperous (still using thesaurus for your pix []) visitor all year round, but they make great photo ops....beautiful shot!

[Joel Eade]

Osprey nest ... look closely and you can see the chicks hiding


1D3


300 2.8L


iso 800


1/1000


f/7.1


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[Tadas N.]

Thanks for your comments!


And Joel... It

[Jayson]

Wow! This thread gets better every time I pull it up. There are some fantastic shots on here. Not nearly up to the quality of the previous post, but I am learning with a telephoto prime. Hope no one minds all the pictures.


Western Kingbird








Eastern Kingbird








Female Northern Cardinal








Baby American Tree Sparrow, I believe





Red-Winged Blackbird








Common Grackle

[Joel Eade]

Thanks Bill and Tadas for the nice comments. I think all the regular participants in this thread are posting images that demonstrate improvement over time. I am seriously considering putting together some type of "workshop" for song bird photography in Kentucky or perhaps the Ospreys in South Carolina. I have never done such a thing but I think it would be fun and really cool to meet some of the group in person.





This is a gull taken from a pontoon boat at Santee Cooper lake in South Carolina, took this with my trusty old 40D + 70-200mm 2.8L at 125mm iso 800 f/6.3 1/4000


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[thekingb]

I spent some time at an Osprey's nest with 3 youngins hoping to capture some interesting interactions between the birds. I got nothing interesting, and the mother was clearly aware of my presence nearby. At one point she rose up, turned, and, well, I can only describe the view as a mother Osprey mooning a photographer! Oh well. Osprey 1, Photographer 0.


7D and EF 70-300L at 300mm, better beamer.


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[Bill W]

The juvenile Red-tails are still hanging out behind the house.


This shot is from this morning, 7/5, hand holding the 7D w/the 500mm and 1.4x.


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Thanks for looking


Bill

[Joel Eade]

Cormorant


1D3


420mm


f/6.3


1/1250


ISO 400





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