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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.
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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
I agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by ahab1372
Sandhill Crane in flight, Ladd S. Gordon Wildlife Refuge
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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
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:))Quote:
Originally Posted by ahab1372
Amazing....maybe they should make the Northern Cardinal the State Bird in Illinois rather than Kentucky....I have never seen so many all together.Quote:
Originally Posted by M_Six
I notice you have the rodent invaders like we do too!
WOW!!! I never even see this many at one time in any of the nature preserves!! What the heck do you feed them to attract so many cardinals and blue jays too??? I have tried everything and have never been able to attract a woodpecker or blue jay! I only get one female and one male cardinal, a few chickadees, finches etc. ...oh, and of course the rodents with the furry tails!Quote:
Originally Posted by M_Six
My one very lonely cardinal ...
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7184/6...68396a0b_z.jpg
IMG_9946 by Denise Trocio, on Flickr
Joel,Quote:
Originally Posted by Joel Eade
I've been trying to learn post processing and made the updates below in PSE 10 to improve the highlight details. What do you think?
Dave
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7039/6...99cdcf2b5d.jpg
2012_02_05_2664 by dthrog00, on Flickr
I buy these 50lb bags of peanut pickouts (I assume peanuts that failed some sort of inspection for human consumption) from a local Prairieland Feeds store. I also buy 40lb bags of black oil sunflower. I feed them daily unless we're away.Quote:
Originally Posted by ddt0725
Here's a closer shot showing the peanut pickouts.
http://www.bimmermail.com/feeder/feeder-10-sm.jpg
Yes, and some of them get quite large.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joel Eade
http://bimmermail.com/critters/raccoon06-sm.jpg
Dave, the Female Downy looks wonderful on my MacBook Pro.....good detail in the whites and great sharpness. Very nicely done.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Throgmartin
Now get out there and put up a natural looking perch:)
I was in Louisville yesterday helping a friend with a photo shoot at the Kentucky Special Olympics State Basketball Tournament. I had some time in the late afternoon to stop at a city park that usually has some nice ducks.
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Boat Tailed Grackle
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I'm not claiming this is that great of a picture, but it does have a natural looking perch! I put it up last weekend... wire tied a branch near my deck. I should come up something better later, but this is a start. We didn't have any sun the whole weekend hence the bad lighting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joel Eade
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7194/6...07a3d206_z.jpg
2012_03_03_3221_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr
I like the perch, you just needed more light.....good work, looking forward to more!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Throgmartin
The hard part is I'm finding the birds aren't that crazy about sitting on the perch. They stop by the feeder, eat, and then fly back to the tree line 30-40 feet back. Decent opportunities to photo on the feeder or suet cakes are easily 7 or 8 to 1 to them stopping on the perch. It must be a matter of placement primarily I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joel Eade
Dave
I try to place the perch on the flight path from the trees to the feeder....you may also have to move the feeder to get everything working right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Throgmartin
Many times they will still fly straight to the feeder anyway, you just have to be patient and persistent.
I find they seem to like a perch that is simple....without so many little branches.
Another strategy is to use some type of hanging feeder and then when you put up a perch move the feeder right under it. Then move it back to it's original spot when you are done shooting.
This looked great on the camera LCD (sounds familiar?), but now I wish it had a little more DoF.
Fortunately the place (Alviso) is very close and has a lot of air traffic in the evening hours. The birds like the old salt ponds at the end of the SF bay.
Arnt
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7043/6...a1344eba_b.jpg
_MG_6968 - Version 2 by ahab1372, on Flickr
another one from the same day. The set on flickr shows how the conflict developed. The egret on the left was willing to give in, but the one on the right was still not satisfied.
Just wish the quality was a little better.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7176/6...58860ec5_b.jpg
_MG_7006 - Version 2 by ahab1372, on Flickr
nice shots Franco. Were these lucky shots while you were waiting for something else, or how did you get them? These birds usually don't sit in the same spot for long.
Arnt
Lol, I was actually just walking on the streets..then I saw them so I stalked them for a block and took a few shots of them behind some walls :) It was kinda lucky for me to take these shots.
An egret find lunch on my front hedge.
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Great capture for you and the Egret!!;)Quote:
Originally Posted by ChadS
Thanks (my bad grammar not withstanding). I used -2/3 exposure compensation and looking at the photo it appears I could have gone to -1 or even -4/3. White feathers don't exactly photograph well... The shadows help on the neck but not on the wings. Of course, not having to crop the middle 1.5 MP from my image would have been nice too...Quote:
Originally Posted by Joel Eade
Here are a couple of red-breasted and hooded merganzers from the other day. Rare that I can get this close to them.
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A few turkeys from Saturday....
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7188/6...51ab7eca_b.jpg
IMG_1673 small b by kayaker72, on Flickr
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IMG_1679 small by kayaker72, on Flickr
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IMG_1689 small by kayaker72, on Flickr
Thanks for viewing...Brant
Very nice shots Brant. Where is the snow?:confused:
Thanks Pat....Parker River NWR is right on the ocean. It is actually a barrier island between Parker river and the Atlantic. So a combination of the proximity to the ocean and the fact that it had just finished raining (I think they are drying themselves in the pics) meant that there were only patches of snow....of course, I have ~6-8 in still at my house.
Nice shots, I especially like the first one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kayaker72
Mallard Hen wing flap.
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Beautiful shot Joel!
+1.....even the Hen is applauding ;)
Thank you!Quote:
Originally Posted by 4mozasmiles