male Ruby throated hummingbird in my backyard; 7D, 100-400 at 400, f6.3, 1/500, ISO 1250 on a tripod
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male Ruby throated hummingbird in my backyard; 7D, 100-400 at 400, f6.3, 1/500, ISO 1250 on a tripod
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4044/...4ec828b7_b.jpg
Very nice Bill!!
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Awesome photo, Bill!!
I just put out another hummingbird feeder yesterday so HOPEFULLY I will see one soon!
Denise
Correct! Male Hairy Woodpecker.
Bill,
Nice Ruby Throat Male, it looks like natural light too. Good pose, head angle and background. The crop is a bit tight maybe.
Lovely image overall. The focuson the head and gorget are good, the wing and body are a tad underexposed(hence the noise), a touch of fill flash could help.
The reds on the gorget may be a little hot, you might pull out more detail if you selectively desaturate the reds a little
Joel
Amazing shot!
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I'll second that!
Thank you for the kind words folks....glad you enjoyed. Next to raptors, the HBs are my favorite bird to capture.
Joel; thx for your c&c...you're correct it is natural light. Your input is appreciated.
Regards
Bill
Bill,
This is one I did 2 years ago using a 40D, 70-200 2.8L and [img]/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.32.28/IMG_5F00_9619.jpg[/img]3 flashes....I was just trying to learn how to synchronize the flashes and use them to stop axtion so I didn't concentrate on the background....since that time I haven't really been able to get back to work on hummingbirds...they are fascinating subjects.
thank you guys for all the compliment, I really appreciated.
Bill, really nice picture!
Double Crested Cormorant. 1D [img]/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.32.28/343V936212.jpg[/img]MKIII, 300mm 2.8 +1.4TC
Hand held from a fishing boat, 1/1250, f/8, iso 400. Comments and critiques welcome.
That's one awesome shot. Love how the separation from the background. Luckily the waves weren't too big so this guy could have his portrait taken. [;)] I tried snapping a shot in a boat one time, but it was crazy windy and about lost my gear!
Thanks Jason.
The bird separates from the background because of two filters I used in CS4: I ran Noise reduction and Gaussian blur on the background which makes the subject sort of stand out. Also I ran Unsharp mask on the bird and the perch which enhances that effect.
Joel
Hi all, I haven't posted here in ages, but finally managed to get a half decent shot of a Guillemot for you all to critique. Taken from a small rocking boat, so I only got about 10% of my shots in focus!
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400D, 300mmf4L IS, f5.6, 1/1250, ISO200
It's a nice serene shot. I like the water droplets around the beak.
Went on a little walk about at Morton Arboretum this afternoon with the spousal unit, and brought the 7D along, and just after we start our walk a falcon swoops down on my wife about 20 feet in front of me, and then lands on the tree 10 feet above her. And the lens on my 7D at that moment was the Canon 10-22, wouldn't you know... but, the falcon was most cooperative, and stayed put long enough for me to change to my Canon 200mm 2.8 L, which i almost left in the car. The falcon then stood there for 20 minutes as I took 200 plus photos, almost like he was posing. It was fairly dark, as the canopy was very thick where we were. So having the 2.8 really got me some great shots. As i am taking the last couple shots, I take my eye from the camera and look up just as he leaps from the tree and swoops right at me, and buzzes my head.
Moral is. Always have what you need when you need it!
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Here he is in one of the last shots, and he is starting to get pissed, I think the camera clicks were starting to bother him, he looks at me as if i am about to be lunch...
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Great photo cian -- I'll be going to Tofino, Canada in 3 days and will be seeing a LOT of these...I haven't seen one as brown as this, though.
Incredible exquisite shot. Really impressive!!! You think it is a falcon, which one? I wasn't sure so I looked it up in "Stokes Field to Birds" and I think it looks more like a Red Tailed Hawk. Hard to abe absolute becauseas you have just a frontal view.
Absolutely stunning photo. My $.02
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Hello everyone! This is my first post. [:)]And I'd like to show you one my photo, which I've taken in Garliava, Lithuania, 2010 06 15.
<span><span class="genmed"]I was coming home from the town when I saw Black redstar's family. So I fast went home to take the camera, then I ran back to the place where I had seen the birds. I was starting to think that they have gone but luckily I found them.
Black redstar
http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/6...donuodeges.jpg
Canon 50D, Canon 100-400mm
welcome, Tadas
this is a very very nice shot of birds in action! great timing, thanks for sharing.
Wow, lots of fun here lately, can't let you guys have all of it, gotta chip in..here it is[:D]
Black Skimmers skimming side by side.
7D + 500 f/4L IS, f/4.5, 1/2000, ISO 250, handheld@ San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary.
Thanks for viewing, all comments and critiques are welcome.
Nate,http://www.pscvn.org/members/308/6-2...9-33-44_PM.jpg
Hey everybody, great stuff and I need to chip in too. I've been doing quite a lot of shooting, way behind on posts. For those interested, I have moved my primary body over to a 7D from my 50D, so far it's been awesome. Also... I've been playing around with some nice glass too [:D]
MacMan... not sure what he\she was... awesome shots though. I would love for one to model for me as you did... I got dive-bombed last timea hawk gave me that look. Anywho, I have red-tail's around me and here are my favorite 3 captures (all within the last couple months).
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1434/...e448144b_b.jpg
Canon 7D 70-200 F4/L IS @ F4 1/1600 iso 200
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Canon 7D 300 F2.8/L IS @ F2.8 1/2000 iso 100
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1334/...6312d7d8_b.jpg
Canon 7D 500 F4/L IS @ F4 1/1250 iso 200
More to come soon. Cheers,
-james
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Tadas that is really great; very nice timing.
Nate, that's really nice. I would have used the 400 L to get wider framing (that's the best critique I could come up with...).
James....#3 is by far the best b/c of the composition regarding the bird. Did you rent those superteles? If you buy one get the 500 f/4 and not the 300 2.8, IMHO for birds you can save $3000 and get the 300 f/4.
brendan
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Tufted Titmouse portrait
Canon 40D 300mm 2.8L + 1.4TC 1/100 f/4.5 iso 640
I just love my 400mm 5.6! it makes me think selling my 300mm 2.8[:)]
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What was the shutter speed on that shot? It looks great
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You can always give it to me! [:P]
Graig
the shooting info was here AV 5.6 ,TV 1/1000, iso 200, evaluative metering with -1/3 compensation. and thanks for the kind words.
Brendan
Geeee, you are still thinking my 300mm2.8?!, that's scary![:@], I know you like Arthur Morris and remember he has said he prefer a longer slower lens over a shorter faster lens? I hope you listen to him so my 300mm will be safe[:D]
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I'm just playing. The real reason the 300 2.8 is nice is that it has superior sharpness, especially with TCs. At 500mm-800mm wide open apertures are really unusable sometimes, and the 300 + 1.4x/2x TC really offer no loss of IQ or usable aperture. And it is Canon's cheapest supertelephoto. Not that it's cheap, though [8o|]
Arthur Morris is amazing. Every time I see his images I think they're awesome and then he points out like 10 technical errors that I never would have seen.
got this one today, do you guys like the lighting or not? i know it's
very harsh though, I took it at noon. 7D, 400mm 5.6, -2 full stop
exposure compensation
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Hi JJ,
It does look a little too dark to me, -1 exp comp, probably would have been better. It's a little better to "slightly" over expose. I like to bracket the shot if I can with different exposure comp. settings, but that's harder with wildlife, because they don't always cooperate.
Were you using a polarizing filter too? Because if you were, then you probably need to add a little + exp. comp?
I love the composition, as well as the reflections on the bird from the water, and I do like the drama of the white bird with the dark background.
Nicely Done!
Rich
thank you for the comment, Rich
I have been struggling making proper exposure when shooting the white egrets. they are so white and reflect so much light.I'll try increase the exposure next time.I didn't use the polarizing filter BTW.
Hi Guys, love checking on this thread daily.
On this shot, is the red too distracting?
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Not at all IMO. Just makes the background a more interesting element.
Not at all IMO. Just makes the background a more interesting element.
I think the red is fine, it would be distracting if it was going through the subject.
John.
Thanks, guys...good point on the red not going through the subject.
Female Cinnamon Teal
Canon 7D + 500 f/4L IS, f/4, 1/1600, ISO 200, handheld
As shot, San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary golden lighting.
http://www.pscvn.org/members/308/7-5...7-48-29_AM.jpg
Comment, critique, questions are all appreciated
Nhut,