Post your best bird shots!

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Love the slightly angled profile on the downy woodpecker, Joel and amazing detail!!

@jeanduccass - Great timing on this shot ...fantastic! Welcome to the forums!!

Denise

Thanks Denise, I like this pose as well because it's a little different for a woodpecker.

I am still sorting images from my visit to NM with Bob williams (I know, I am slow) ...here is one I processed this morning.

1D4
500mm + 1.4TC
Manual mode, evaluative metering
Iso 400
f/5.6
1/3200

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....62776954-5.jpg

I finally got another shot for my "urban wildlife"

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7189/6...e1a38058_b.jpg
_MG_6583 - Version 2 by ahab1372, on Flickr

Arnt

after some thinking, I like the tighter crop better

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7047/6...900e87b2_b.jpg
_MG_6583 - Version 3 by ahab1372, on Flickr

Arnt

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Originally Posted by ahab1372

after some thinking, I like the tighter crop better
Arnt

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I agree.

Sandhill Crane in flight, Ladd S. Gordon Wildlife Refuge

1D MKIV
500mm + 1.4 TC
ISO 400
f/5.6
1/3200

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....22065091-5.jpg

Oh man, that's a whole other story than the urban wildlife that a beginner like me finds around the corner in a fountain.
Great shot!

Arnt

This was the scene out by my bird feeder just a few minutes ago. I boosted reds and blues and dropped the other colors to make the birds stand out. I think I have half the cardinal population of IL right here in my yard.

http://bimmermail.com/critters/birds06-sm.jpg

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Originally Posted by ahab1372

Oh man, that's a whole other story than the urban wildlife that a beginner like me finds around the corner in a fountain.
Great shot!

Arnt

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Thanks! It's alot different than what I get around my place too.....had to travel from KY to NM for this shot! (Thanks to Bob Williams:))