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02-20-2011, 09:33 PM
conropl

Re: Post your best bird shots!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joel Eade

Today was small bird day....

Joel,

I like your samll birds. They may not be the sharpest you have shot, but there is good action... kind of shows a little about the birds interaction and life (sometimes life is not so easy for them).

Pat
02-20-2011, 10:02 PM
bob williams

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Whoa, Joel, You have out done yourself with this shot. Your shots are always great, but this one really tells a story: Bad Breath, Momma is mad, go away, you name it---this shot is great. three thumbs up and a toast for this one. [Y][Y][Y][B]

Bob
02-20-2011, 10:09 PM
deltasun

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Just incredible shots, Joel...as always!
02-20-2011, 11:50 PM
JJphoto

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Great shots, Joel!, the third one is really a killer. love that action of those two little birds and the lighting looks very natural.
02-21-2011, 12:08 AM
JJphoto

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took this one this morning.

7D ,700mm 5.6, f6.3,1/2500, ISO 800

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02-21-2011, 12:12 AM
Joel Eade

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Thanks everyone for the kind words ... I had about 20 Goldfinches feeding at the same time so there were a few squabbles and I happened to catch one of them

They say timing is everything!

A little luck always helps too!
02-21-2011, 01:26 AM
ddt0725

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JJ & Joel - Your photos are always an extreme pleasure to view & the latest ones are keeping with that magical trend! Lighting, contrast, composition, sharpness ...always superb! Nothing is ever applied too much or too little with your photos.

Joel - I can't help but find that last one of yours pretty comical! Reminds me of a cartoon with the bird on the right saying in a human voice, "You spent HOW MUCH on another lens"! And the bird on theleft looking for an escape to save his life![:P]

Denise
02-21-2011, 04:33 AM
JJphoto

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thanks Denise for your kind words!

Quote:

Originally Posted by ddt0725

the bird on the right saying in a human voice, "You spent HOW MUCH on another lens"! And the bird on theleft looking for an escape to save his life![img]/emoticons/emotion-4.gif[/img]

Lol, that's so funny Denise but I thought the bird was saying "I'll kick you out if you buy one more damn lens!!!"[:D]
02-21-2011, 01:10 PM
Joel Eade

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Maybe I should add a conversation bubble and those quotes ... Canon wouldn
02-22-2011, 08:20 PM
Joel Eade

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Another Goldfinch from this past weekend.

1DMKIII

300mm 2.8L + 1.4TC II

Manual exposure, evaluative metering

580 EXII fill flash set to ETTL -2 2/3 stops

1/800

f/6.3

iso 1000

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02-24-2011, 03:43 PM
JJphoto

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well done with the flsh light, Joel.

I tried fill flash, this is the result. i used full power, but it seems like no big difference with or without flash[:O]

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thanks for viewing!
02-24-2011, 05:16 PM
Joel Eade

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JJ, really nice, a Ring Billed Gull?

Anyway it looks great, nice crop, great background, color looks natural to me ... well done!
02-24-2011, 09:49 PM
JJphoto

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Thanks Joel for the kind words!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joel Eade

a Ring Billed Gull

I guess it is. but this one looks different from others. it has a red circle around it's eyes.I'm not sure if it's common or not, but I only saw one like that. it looked a lot prettier than others.
02-24-2011, 10:22 PM
Bill W

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Haven't been around for awhile....things haven't changed much, you're all still taking some pretty amazing pix.

Here are a couple taken w/my newly acquired 500 f4 IS;

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Common (female) Merganser

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02-24-2011, 11:17 PM
JJphoto

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Hey!, nice to see you back Bill with some great shots!, congratulations on the new lens! the 500mm makes a lot of difference, doesn't it?![:D], but still too short[:(]
02-24-2011, 11:52 PM
eam73

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I believe this is juvenile red tailed hawk.

Canon 7d, canon 100-400mm at 300mm, f6.5, 1/250 sec, monopod

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02-25-2011, 12:41 PM
Bill W

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JJ....nice GBH, great lighting.

The GBHs will start rtning next month to the rookery....nest refurbishing/building, battles for the best sites and of course the obligatory squawking.

Just another reason for purchasing the 500, but you're right, it's not long enough......so I've started saving for a facsimile of the Hubble telescope. [:)]

Regards

Bill
02-25-2011, 12:50 PM
Bill W

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Joel.....nice action capture of the GFs....lots of patience and luck are needed to capture something different (other than a "portrait") w/small birds.

Regards

Bill
02-25-2011, 06:21 PM
Jayson

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Here are a couple I captured yesterday using my two Kenko 1.4x tc and my 70-200f4LIS. I really need to upgrade to a longer lens so I can use AF. Live view for trying to catch him flying and MF is no good.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_A...2_23_12973.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_A...2_23_12965.jpg

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02-25-2011, 07:06 PM
JJphoto

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Jayson, very nice shots, the second one is the best IMO, I like the head angle, eye looks very sharp. and yes, it's time for you to get a longer lens[:D]
02-25-2011, 10:45 PM
Joel Eade

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Bill, love the Merganser! Great sharpness and exposure as well as killer reflection...cool!
02-25-2011, 10:49 PM
Joel Eade

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Got home a little before dusk today, still very overcast but not raining .... the Cardinals were cooperating

1DMKIII

300mm 2.8L + 1.4 TC II

580 EX II ETTL -1 2/3 stops

1/640

f/5.6

iso 1000

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02-25-2011, 11:55 PM
eam73

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Canon 7d, Canon 100-400mm at 400mm, f7.1, iso 1000, 1/800s

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02-26-2011, 12:25 AM
bob williams

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Eam, Great shot, Very nice lighting----BTW, What kind of Bird is that?
02-26-2011, 12:29 AM
bob williams

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Joel, Very nice cardinal--Love the fill light. I have a couple of questions---

1. I noticed that your Shutter was at 1/640. I have always understood that you shoouldn
02-26-2011, 12:56 AM
Joel Eade

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Thanks Bob!

You
02-26-2011, 01:32 AM
bob williams

Re: Post your best bird shots!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joel Eade

Thanks Bob!

You're right about the sync speed ... with small birds at close range you would seldom get a sharp image with 1/250 sec so I always keep my flash on high speed sync.

And yes, I always take test shots (even when not using flash) and look at the image and the histogram to adjust exposure keeping in mind I am trying to keep my shutter speed and my depth of field appropriate for the image, hopefully without having to go too high with the iso but that is usually my last concern.

If I have a very cooperative subject sometimes I will take multiple shots and quickly move the f-stop or shutter speed up and down by 1/3 stop or so just so I have different exposures to choose from.

Joel
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Thanks for the info Joel, I love your work and really appreciate your willingness to share your techniques. I have learned so much from you----now if the hummers would just come back.........

Bob
02-26-2011, 07:11 AM
eam73

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Thanks Bob. It is a Hoopoe. I took it out-of-a-car near Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Unfortunately it never opened its crown which you
can see from this picture (NOT MINE) can be spectacular:

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02-26-2011, 11:18 PM
bob williams

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cool bird
02-27-2011, 03:48 AM
HDNitehawk

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A few from today

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02-27-2011, 04:37 AM
JJphoto

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Nice shorts Rick! I like the first one the best, great pose, sharpness composition and background. I also like the last one, a quality bird with lots of details in flight. the third one could be a killer if that branch doesn
02-27-2011, 10:43 PM
Joel Eade

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Visited a well known waterfowl winter hang out here in Kentucky ... took the with the IDMKIII + 300mm + 1.4 TC hand held without flash

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02-27-2011, 11:12 PM
Andy Stringer

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Hey Joel, you posted some birds I actually recognise from the UK for a change.

I've not posted in this thread for a while, mostly because we've had a bad winter over here and I haven't seen many interesting birds lately. However, I still have some shots from my polar adventures that I haven't shared yet, so here are some birds of the Southern Ocean:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5124/...3bedc69f_b.jpg
Antarctic Petrel, 5D Mark II, EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM @ 400mm, f/7.1, 1/500s, ISO 100

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5081/...3e71b848_b.jpg
Light Mantled Sooty Albatross, 5D Mark II, EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM @ 400mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO 100

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5002/...45c57a96_b.jpg
Kelp Gull, 5D Mark II, EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM @ 400mm, f/8, 1/1600s, ISO 100

The first two were taken from the moving deck of a ship during a typically rough crossing of the Drake Passage.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5290/...ee023696_b.jpg
Drake Passage, EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM @ 28mm, f/8, 1/80s, ISO 100
02-27-2011, 11:24 PM
Steve U

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Nice pics Andy, the first two appear as though they are going to fly out of my monitor.
02-27-2011, 11:37 PM
bob williams

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Andy, Nice to see you back---and your pictures tooo. That first one is stunning. I also took the liberty of looking at your flickr page----Wow, you have some really nice stuff there---you have been holding out on us[;)]. Can't wait to see more.

Bob
02-28-2011, 01:17 AM
JJphoto

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nice shots Joel and Andy ,enjoying watch them very much!

I guess I have finally figured out how to post pictures online without loss much color and sharpness[:D]

here are some recent shots

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thanks for viewing!
02-28-2011, 01:54 AM
Steve U

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Really nice work JJ, that gull is a very good image.
02-28-2011, 05:16 PM
Joel Eade

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A Mourning Dove during a snow storm coming in for a landing on my platform feeder ( I cloned the corner of the feeder out of the image)

1DMKIII

300mm 2.8L + 1.4TC II

Tripod

Manual exposure

580 EXII + Better Beamer manual at 1/4 power

1/1250

f/5.6

iso 1000

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02-28-2011, 05:18 PM
Joel Eade

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JJ .... very nice images .... I like all of them ....looks like you are getting to know that 500 quite well !!!

I am hoping by 2012 I can swing getting the new 600.
02-28-2011, 05:48 PM
HDNitehawk

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JJphoto

I guess I have finally figured out how to post pictures online without loss much color and sharpness

JJ, That set looks really good and sharp. I like the way the sun plays on the bottom one.

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