Post Your Best Nature Shots!

Hello everyone,


The terns have beenhere atBolsa Chica for the past 3 months - busy mating, courting and rasing chicks...


Some addition to this very popular thread


1. Elegant Terns Courting Ritual


40D & 400 f/5.6L, 1/1600, f/7.1, ISO 250


http://www.pscvn.org/members/308/7-1...9-14-08_PM.jpg


2. Forster's Tern feeding chicks, please view the larger version for this one.


40D & 400 f/5.6L, f/7.1, 1/2000, ISO 250


http://www.pscvn.org/members/308/7-2...0-46-08_PM.jpg


Thank you for viewing and commenting everyone. Your critiques help me improve and be a better photographer.


Nate,


Larger versions:


http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9505271&size=lg


http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9524132&size=lg

I don't mean to slight anybody else, but Nate, overall, you're the best bird photographer I know of.


Now, granted, I'm sheltered, but, rivals anything i've seen in a magazine.

Thanks for the encouragment Colin, I'm glad you like my work. I'm just lucky to live in an area where there are a few bird sanctuaries, hence more opportunities.


If you want to see great bird photography I recommend you checking out www.birdphotographers.net, I can only dream of some of those guys' work.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3431/...73ccce.jpg?v=0

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2529/...56722d.jpg?v=0

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2471/...0fd64d.jpg?v=0

Not necessarily my best just cool to me.


Owl in a lightning storm.


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Lightning flash lights up the background 580EXII @1/1 fills the Owl.


[img]/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.25.81/_5F00_MG_5F00_9697sm.jpg[/img]Few minutes later with just 580EXII no lightning.

Keith, dumb question, but how did you get the lightning and the flash in the picture?


I'm guessing long shutter speed (for the lightning) and 2nd curtain synch on the 580EXII?


Cool pictures!


One word for the second one: "EYESSSS" sick photo!

Thanks Roger!


it was a 1/2 second exposure, f/7.1 ISO 640, 40D 100-400 @400mm, second curtain. It was tough I was focusing in the dark waiting for lightning flashes for focus assist. It was about 100 feet away. I did move slightly closer for the second shot.

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Does this qualify as a "nature shot" ?