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Continuing the "post your best... theme", post your best bird shots!
I'll start with this one: (It's resized so sharpness is not as good as in the original)
Green Heron, shot at a Japanese Garden in FL.
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Well Nate has too many to choose from I guess... LOL
This's going to be my favorite thread [:-)].
This is the most recent image that I made. I believe I posted in the "Post Your Best Nature Shots" thread.
http://www.pscvn.org/members/308/11-...8-11-54_PM.jpg
Canon 40D, EF 500mm f/4L IS USM, f/5.6, 1/2000, ISO 400. Manual Exposure, Handheld.
Nate,
great shot nate...
Well, It's not a Nate shot, But I was pretty happy with this one, the Heron, let me get within 30 feet of him.
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"Well, It's not a Nate shot, But I was pretty happy with this one, the Heron, let me get within 30 feet of him."
it's pretty darn good though.
I think this is a black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax). It was sitting very intently by the edge of the pond, staring into the water. Although shot at the zoo, it was wild (unbanded).
5D2 + 300/4L IS @ f/6.3 @ 1/60s @ ISO 320
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Great Photos so far! Here is mine from a beautiful morning in the Tetons.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2450/...d693c3f5_b.jpg
Tom
Love this shot wicker---the focus on the eye is great.
Really great shot Nate - truly amazing. The other shots are also great guys, really great job.
Nate, we've asked before and if I'm not mistaken we haven't got your reply (you probably missed it).
So I'll try again: generally, how far are you from the birds?
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Hi Oren, sorry I missed your question![:)]. That's a tough one to answer, I generally don't pay attention to how close I am to the subject, because my subjects are ranging from giant white pelican to tiny bufflehead, so I just try to fill the frame as much as possible, I also try not to post any images that are over 50% cropped.
The osprey shot is about 75% of the original image and the following GBH shot is fullframe
http://www.pscvn.org/members/308/7-5...8-53-12_PM.jpg
Canon 40D, EF 400mm f5/6L USM, f/6.3, 1/3200, ISO 250, -1 Exp. Comp, handheld
Nate,
Some great shots here......
Nate; in general, what metering method do you use?
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk hand held shot w/40D, 100-400 at 400mm, f10, ISO 200, shutter 1/500th, metering spot.
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90% of the time I use Manual Exposure and when I use Aperture Value I use Evaluative Metering.
Kool Cooper Hawlk shot Bill, good exposure, pose and head angle, background too clutter though
Nate,
Thanks for your input Nate.
I agree about the background, but I like to let the viewer of my pix to know what surroundings I'm in also. LOL When I print this pic I'll PS the background for a more pleasant bokeh.
Here's one taken a few weeks ago in a Raptor workshop I participated in....I rented the 70-200 2.8 IS for this shoot. As you can see the pix' bokeh (untouched) is much better, but it was a controlled setting and I didn't have to traipse thru brambles to capture the Kestrel. I feel as if I was cheating. [;)]
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/e...relperched.jpg
Thanks again
Bill
A bluebird in my backyard.
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All right, so I posted this before. But I don't have a camera, so can't take any new pictures right now. This picture is uncropped.
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Enjoy,
John.
Eared Grebe
Canon 40D, EF 500mm f/4L IS USM, f/5.6, 1/2000, ISO 250, Manual Exposure, Handheld.
[:)]
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Taken during the Blizzard of 2009....actually, if you live north of Boston it was just a regular old snow storm...we rec'd 5".
BJ waiting his turn at the feeding station.....
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/e...Jayinstorm.jpg
Finally got a good shot of a male wood duck, these guys along with the madarin ducks are very skittish, it's tough to get a frontal shot of them. Thanks for viewing everyone!
40D & 500 f/4L IS, f/4, 1/320, ISO 400, handheld
http://www.pscvn.org/members/308/12-...3-26-44_PM.jpg
Run of the mill ...
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Nate....that's a beauty and HAND HELD. Have you been going to the gym....LOL.
I know your pain, they visit a small bog pond in the spring and maintain a distance beyond the max for the 100-400.
Thanks for sharing
Bill
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2561/...e426c512de.jpg
I know I've posted this somewhere before. This was spring of 2009. view large to see feather detail
Canon AV-1 with either 200 or 400 speed FujiFilm. An FD mount 50mm 1.8 was used. I'm not sure what the aperture or shutter speed was.
I consider myself lucky to snag a shot such as this. haha. Great photos everyone!
Itheone, I specifically like your bluebird in the backyard!
-Rodger
Not exactly up to the standard of the rest of the pictures here, but here is one of my favorites of a heron taking flight.
XSi, EF-S 18-55IS, F-11, 1/250, ISO 200
Any comments/criticism welcome.
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Fledging great horned owl, Fish Creek Park, Calgary Alberta, June 2009
Strange... my picture got cut off on the right side. Oh well, I'm new to this. I'm quite inspired by all the other postings --- very nice everyone!
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Originally Posted by Jonathan Huyer
Did you resize it to 800 pixels wide? I believe that is the maximum width that will post.
The part that was shown was nice though [H].
Stephen
Funny, I was just thinking "nice unusual composition" on the owl pic. Oh, well... [H]
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Originally Posted by Sinh Nhut Nguyen
Wow, Nate! That is a great shot. The saturation and sharpness are just so intensely beautiful. I really enjoy your shots, each better than the last. This may be one of my favorites so far. Almost unfair, the seemingly endless supply of avian species available to you within reach of the mighty 500 f/4.
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Originally Posted by NFLD Stephen
I very well could be horribly mistaken, but I think the width limit is 600px. :)
-Rodger
Ran across this guy out in the Arizona desert.
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great shots everyone!
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Here's the owl again, at 480 pixels wide.
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Originally Posted by Rodger
It is 800 pixels. The only reason I know is that I received a message on this when I joined this forum (very recently). It says "For display in the forums, size your images to 800px (or less) in width. The limits for uploading files to the site are currently set to 1024k max per image and 5120k max overall". [;)]
Stephen
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Here is another one from me.
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This was taken with my 600mm with a 2X and cropped about 25%! Thats a hell alot of millimters!
Cheers,
John.
John,
That's a helluva shot at that focal length. How did you get it so stable? Was the shutter speed super high?
All I was using was a 25$ tripod thats so unstable that I kept it unlocked and used 1/500th of a second and pulled it down one stop so noise won't take over the image. I got very good at handholding this lens! It was over cast so there wasn't that much light.
Jonn.
This little fellow came over to check me out the other day. 400D, 300L f/4 with 1.4x T/C. Tv 1/40 Av5.6 ISO200.
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