Great close up with beautiful colors. Detail in the eye is awesome.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill W
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Great close up with beautiful colors. Detail in the eye is awesome.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill W
Western Blue Bird
Thanks for viewing and commeting
Nate
http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/...G_5225-2-2.jpg
Beautiful. Love the colors and the flowers on the perch really set it off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sinh Nhut Nguyen
Male and Female Northern Cardinal. He was feeding her sunflower seeds after removing the shell.....very romantic!
1D MKIV
700mm
ISO 1600
f/5.6
1/1000
580 EXII + Better Beamer @ 1/128 power
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....10595565-5.jpg
Great images happening in this thread. Nate, glad to see your back. Really like the photo. I agree with Joel, the flowers make that even better.
Joel, what a nice guy. Wonder if he was serving wine with dinner?
he is being romantic but it looks like she just said NO lol. great shot Joel !
Thanks guys for the comments and likes!
Joel, I really enjoy your song bird images, I think they are much more difficult to photograph then shore birds.
Very nice WBB Nate...the soft flowers do add to the photo's appeal.
Joel...great capture of this ritual of spring, but I'm not sure you've captured romance. Her facial expression looks a bit hostile to me :D
female Red-wing blackbird
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7350/...9cbe7623_z.jpg
click on photo for EXIF
Very nice Bill. I haven't seen a female yet this year. Maybe I'm not looking hard enough. Beautifully captured.
Thanks all for the kind words!
Gorgeous RWB Bill....good job on maintaining details n the blacks.
Thanks but I doubt it's any more challenging than what you are up to. It's just my only option for getting close to the local birds and since it's at home there is no travel time:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Sinh Nhut Nguyen
Eastern Bluebird, Male. Tried this one at f/4 and a little farther away from the camera so it's a little bigger crop. Details still held up well.
Wish I had a flowery perch like Nate but ....
1DMKIV
500mm
ISO 1000
f/4
1/800
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....93942970-5.jpg
morning dove. it took about 15 minutes on my belly in the long grass to get this close.
70d
400m
iso 1250
f/8
1/250
430 exII with better beamer
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5530/...14f3557c_b.jpgIMG_7384 by sedwards679, on Flickr
Nice Eastern Blue Bird Joel, great perch and bg.
Stuart, nice mourning dove, hopefully next time you can get it on a brach.
Bill, nice RWBB, great job on maintaining the black details. I think it's a juvenile male.
i was trying to get a shot of a robin on this post when this dude came by and chased him off lol. i wish my shutter speed would have been a bit higher but i wasnt expecting him.
70D
400mm
iso 1000
f/8
1/400
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5040/...6cb87709_b.jpgIMG_7400 by sedwards679, on Flickr
Stuart....I admire your patience and willingness to get dirty....very nice capture.
Joel....a very nice EBB and setting.
Nate.....it's a tough call, but I think you're correct. I did a little more research and came up w/this article that swayed me to your ID; http://www.birdfellow.com/journal/20...ged_blackbirds
Bill
Ahhh Bill, now that is a tough call after reading that article, I think you're right, it's a female RWBB.
Female WBB
http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/...SN_0423b-2.jpg
Per Joel's suggestion - I tried again (this time in CS6) to remove the OF branch in the Gold Finch, but it still looked horrible. I ended up averaging the background to remove the band left behind in the back ground, but then I lost the sharpness around the beak. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Goslings from yesterday:
1D X
70-200 II @ 190mm
f/2.8
1/2000
ISO 200
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5157/...38318ff0_b.jpgCS5O3644 by westmichigan, on Flickr
I use the clone stamp tool with very small size at first to separate the out of focus branch from the one in focus. then make the brush larger and reduce the opacity to gradually paint away the remaining areas and try to blend them with the BG. Then I go over that with the paint brush at a reduced opacity to further blend it inQuote:
Originally Posted by conropl
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Wow... thank you very much. I will work on it. I appreciate the advice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joel Eade
I am w/o a camera for a while, so I should have some time to finally sit at the computer and get through some RAW images that have been left unattended for far to long.
male Ruby-throated HB
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5197/...f2e55a81_z.jpg
Bill, nice pose, great details and colors.
Male Orange Bishop (Orange Weaver Finch)
These are originally from Northwest and Eastern Africa, they are quite established in Southern California.
http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/...G_7553-2-2.jpg
Beautiful capture of a beautiful bird Nate.....interesting origin. I'll have to do a little research to see how they arrived in the states.
male ABE takeoff
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5553/...fa5524c1e5.jpg
f ABE takeoff
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2915/...8b37b310_z.jpg
Standard is pretty high recently but I had a funny shot I wanted to share. I was in the wrong spot to get this guy, but got a lovely leg shot.
http://www.alderimages.com/img/s7/v160/p83647476-4.jpg
Have a lot of those butt shots myself Jayson.....
m RTHB at 1/125 shutter speed....just trying to maximize wing blur.
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5111/...64d17e50_z.jpg
Beauty of a shot and very sharp too. Do you mind sharing the EXIF data? Well done Bill.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill W
That's awesome you were able to get the head sharp at 1/125!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill W
Thanks Joel for the comment....if you click on the photo it takes you to Flickr. Flickr shows the EXIF info, if it isn't immediately visible, under the last comment you'll see the small letter i....click and the EXIF will appear.
EXIF for the ABE; f7.1, ISO 1250, shutter 1/2000 at 700mm
The slow shutter speed (I've captured a sharp head down to 1/60th) is practice for when the sun comes out....if ever :)....I face west when shooting and w/PM diffused backlighting, the slow shutter will reveal the pattern of the wings' stroke. Pretty cool in IMO.
I was having coffee one morning before the sun got above the trees and it was a bit overcast - a RBT HB was visiting the feeder next to our porch, the throat was pitch black, then as the sun started to shine "poof" ruby! Would have made a great video, but as I said, I was drinking coffee and the brain cells were just starting to spin up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill W
Here are two images from this morning....I usually prefer a faster shutter speed because the birds are not still very long but it was overcast so I was using a relatively slow shutter and still got a few keepers. EXIF is the same for both images.
1DX
700mm
Manual mode, evaluative metering + 1/3 stop
ISO 1600
f/5.6
1/125
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....90173170-5.jpg
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....32358778-5.jpg
peek-a-boo
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5487/...6d61fcbd_b.jpgpeek-a-boo by sedwards679, on Flickr
Eastern Bluebird
1DMKIV
700mm
ISO 1600
f/5.6
1/320
580 EXII + Better Beamer @ 1/64 power
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....22620311-5.jpg
One from yesterday....Red Bellied WP
1DX
700mm
ISO 3200
f/5.6
1/320
No flash
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....82195559-5.jpg
Another image of the same bird....she was being very cooperative:)
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....39011646-5.jpg
My first viewing of this year's ABE brood....there are 2 eaglets.
Mom overseeing the eaglet(s).
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3690/...8d23c32e_z.jpg
Proud parents; the female is in the back.
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5590/...cd0ca220_z.jpg
Bill.....you're really killin me with the Eagles....one of my favorite birds and also one I have not been able to get images of around here. I have been dreaming of going on one of the Alaska based photo workshops:)
BlueJay
1DX
500mm
ISO 3200
f/4.0
1/2000
No flash
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....83992702-5.jpg
One more BlueJay....they have been posing more than usual lately
1DX
500mm
ISO 3200
f/5.6
1/320
No flash
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....23793586-4.jpg