Post your best bird shots!

[Dave Johnston]

(note the eagle did not succeed)

Eagle went and forgot how to 'murica!

Great to have the story though!

Dave.

[Joel Eade]

Mourning Dove
1DX
500mm
ISO 3200
f/4.5
1/500

[dsiegel5151]

[Joel Eade]

Very nice images of the Cowbirds, the light is so soft and you got great detail.....awesome!

[dsiegel5151]

Very nice images of the Cowbirds, the light is so soft and you got great detail.....awesome!

Yeah, I have about 40 Cowbirds in my backyard at all hours right now, so I've been playing all day. The males are tough. I can't get their heads and bodies both exposed without the heads ending up overly "shiny." When I get their heads right, their bodies are just shadows (like above). My 40d retains about zero shadow detail (especially at over 300 iso), so I think this might be as good as I can get with my current setup.

I just put an offer in on a house with a much nicer backyard for bird photography (not a requirement for the house...I'm just getting lucky). The lighting is very uniform thanks to some big trees. Unfortunately, this house is bigger than my current house so I'm going to have to blow some money on furniture (not my idea) if my bid is accepted, and thus, my next camera upgrade will be pushed back even further

[Dave Throgmartin]

I wonder if the T3i would be better for backyard birding than the 40D?

Dave

[dsiegel5151]

I wonder if the T3i would be better for backyard birding than the 40D?

Dave

Maybe, but my T3i sits on top of my personal microscope at work or is in the hands of one of my students 100% of the time.

[Joel Eade]

Tufted Titmouse.....testing the 1DX AF at f/8....it is a little slow but it does work and the images are sharp with the 2X TCIII

1DX
500mm f/4 + 2X TC III
ISO 1600
f/8
1/250
1 430 EXII flash placed about 3 feet from the right side of the perch and set to 1/16 power (triggered with pocket wizards}

[Mark Elberson]

Love that light Joel

[Photog82]

I wouldn't say that this is my best bird shot, just my latest that I took with my new 70-300L lens. I'm hoping to get more opportunities to test out the lens. In the larger linked version you can see the snow being flicked off.