These are wonderful!! Love the blue bird!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Joel Eade
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These are wonderful!! Love the blue bird!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Joel Eade
+1 on the bluebird shot, Joel!
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7243/7...101f83bc_z.jpg
Sandhill Crane by Denise Trocio ( www.dtrociophotography.com), on Flickr
Thanks saslls & Denise!
Wow the gold is really showing on the Sandhill, very cool. Is that from Horcon Marsh?
This is a snap shot of my backyard with a client on final approach :)
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No actually this one was taken at a marshy area in Illinois State Beach Park where I take my deer shots. He was the only one there and to be honest, what I saw there was sad. We had so little snow this winter and very little rain that the river area where I normally take shots of ducks, turtles, etc. was completely dried up! No wildlife in site :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Joel Eade
Bit of of dull day, and heavily cropped as it was from quite a distance
And also my first pic post
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I tried a different approach today with the camera on a tripod at the deck door and firing with a wireless shutter trigger. The end result is I was able to get closer. Both with 60D, 135L, and 1.4 ex II TC.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8154/7...fbff525f_z.jpg
2012_05_26_5437_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr
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2012_05_26_5435_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr
Dave
Truly beautiful shots, David!
Quite the exciting afternoon in my backyard today! My daughter & I had the three dogs in the yard when the 3 baby robins decided to take a much too early leap out of their nest! My cocker got ahold of one of them but we were able to free it unharmed. After we got the dogs back in the house, we tried for 2 hours to figure out what to do about these three little guys while mother & father were frantic nearby! I think every bird in the neighborhood was on the telephone line about us watching the events!
They could only fly for a few minutes about 3 feet above the ground. We tried to get them in a box but that didn't work. Eventually one took off down the driveway, one made it into the neighbors yard and the last one ...we are still not sure where he went!
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7226/7...f8c1d2dc_z.jpg
Baby Robin by Denise Trocio ( www.dtrociophotography.com), on Flickr
Best thing to do would be to leave them and let nature take its course, they will eventually learn to fly, even if they are stuck on the ground for a day or two.
Nice picture by the way
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Thanks! I needed to get them out of my yard so my dogs could still go outside. Two of them are currently between my garage and my neighbors where my dogs can't get to them but the parents can and still are feeding them.Quote:
Originally Posted by kickasskev
Little Green Heron from this morning. 7D and EF 70-300L
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7233/...1dc1f17e_c.jpg
photo by thekingb, on Flickr
Nice pics Denise & thekingb. I've never seen a Little Green Heron before.
Dave
Nice Cardinals....not always easy to get good detail on these...well done.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Throgmartin
Cute little Robin ... great image with the flowers Denise. Hope they all survive!Quote:
Originally Posted by thekingb
Thanks Dave! I haven't seen many. This morning, however, there was a pair at my pond. I really needed a 500mm lens (sigh). I watched one go fishing and got a couple shots of the catch, but they're not very good because of the distance. Here's one with the fish in his mouth.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Throgmartin
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7220/...e507a921_c.jpg
photo by thekingb, on Flickr
Nice heron shots! Most I believe stick around the same area so it looks like you may get many more chances!
Here's one of daddy robin bringing food to his wandering trio ...
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8164/7...44c8a1b1_z.jpg
Dinner is ready! by Denise Trocio ( www.dtrociophotography.com), on Flickr
Carolina Wren
1DMKIV
500mm+1.4TC
ISO 1000
f/5.6
1/200
580EXII 1/64th power + Better Beamer
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I really like this shot. You did well capturing the bird and his natural surroundings.Quote:
Originally Posted by thekingb
A couple more from this AM--
Says Phoebe, 7D, 500L, ISO 160, F8, 1/160th, FLahs with Better beamer, -2 1/3,
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Joel, Sorry, I missed this one---Very good. I love the colors in this birdQuote:
Originally Posted by Joel Eade
Thanks, I really like the Phoebe....they seemed really shy when I was there, how'd you get so close?Quote:
Originally Posted by bob williams
Bob, loving the creamy backgrounds. Great subject isolation! Superb capture.Quote:
Originally Posted by bob williams
Great shot Joel!Quote:
Originally Posted by Joel Eade
Nothing like a hungry baby to bring out the canibal in the birds. Great catch of dinner time!Quote:
Originally Posted by ddt0725
Actually, Thiey are pretty tolerant of people these days--I was standing about 15 feet from him when I shot this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joel Eade
Thanks Jayson.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jayson
Here is a BlackChinned Hummer I got this afternoon---FIrst time I have been able to get one to hit my target flower in two weeks.
http://rwilliamsimaging.com/img/s1/v...49002665-5.jpg
I don't know if some of you have already seen this guys work on flickr but he has some really amazing bird shots! HB photos of varieties that I never even heard of and many other variety of birds that are just gorgeous!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bdhixph...th/6854676043/
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Originally Posted by ddt0725
Wow, awesome stuff...Ecuador is THE place for hummingbirds ... 140 species or something like that ... let's go Bob:cool:
Thanks Bob!Quote:
Originally Posted by bob williams
i'm in:DQuote:
Originally Posted by joel eade
Get outta my territory! 7D & EF 70-300L.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7086/7...732bd4cf_c.jpg
get outta my territory! by thekingb, on Flickr
just back from St. Augustine, FL. took some bird shots there, share this one first
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/1163/img4824w.jpg
will share more later, thanks for viewing!
Great shot of a Great Egret & chicks ... lovely image with good detail in the whites. I wish for a little more room on top.Quote:
Originally Posted by JJphoto
Thanks Joel! I agree with you, I only had the 500mm with me, and in FL, 500mm sometimes is too long!:confused:
here are couple of more of that egret
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/4004/img4810d.jpg
http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/9704/img4751ug.jpg
thanks for viewing!
Those are really nice....would make gorgeous prints.Quote:
Originally Posted by JJphoto
You could add some canvas in photoshop on that first one but it would take some time to make it look right because of all the branches.
We had a rain storm this afternoon when I got home from work, this Red Bellied Woodpecker came to my setup shortly after it stopped.
1DMKIV
700mm
ISO 1000
f/5.6
1/250
580EXII at 1/128 power + better beamer
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....98826004-5.jpg
One more from today, same EXIF data as the RBW above.
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JJ, Great shots of the Egrets-----Must be nice when the 500 is "too much lens":rolleyes:
Joel, more cool shots as usual---is the latest a BlueJay? I really like that one.
Here is one of a Says Phoebe----I decided to play a little with PS--Can you Tell:confused:
http://rwilliamsimaging.com/img/s2/v51/p122336348-5.jpg
One question---Does this look over sharpened?
thanks Joel and Bob for your compliment!
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You could add some canvas in photoshop on that first one but it would take some time to make it look right because of all the branches.[/QUOTE]
Joel, I really don't have any idea what the canvas in PS is, maybe you can explain it a little?
and Bob, I would say your picture is a little over on my screen.
Bob it does look a tad, but did you make the background gray from a green one? The only reason I asked is you can see some bleeding from the green into the feathers of the bird in a couple spots. If your using CS5, refine the edge about 15 points then decomntaminate the layer (this takes away color bleed from green screens). I think you'd be good.Quote:
Originally Posted by bob williams
Using the crop tool you can extend the size of your image and then use "content aware" to fill in the added spaceQuote:
Originally Posted by JJphoto
http://www.natcoll.ac.nz/blog/photos...t-aware-scale/
First time photographing birds with my 55mm macro! Not the most handsome devil I've ever seen. :P
http://thebrownings.name/images/2012...rd-02-800x.jpg
Here is the 100% crop:
http://thebrownings.name/images/2012...05/bird-03.jpg
Can some of you birders explain to me why this guy let me get so close before he flew away?
This was at f/5.6 and ISO 2500 (probably more like ISO 5000 after white balancing). I think I should have bumped the ISO even higher and stopped down more. What do you think?