Bob and Joel -- anytime I see your names on a post I immediately jump to see them. I love this latest series. Thanks for all the effort you put into this fine artwork -- I know it isn't easy. But please keep them coming!
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Bob and Joel -- anytime I see your names on a post I immediately jump to see them. I love this latest series. Thanks for all the effort you put into this fine artwork -- I know it isn't easy. But please keep them coming!
I'm no Joel :) but I finally got something other than gulls in the viewfinder:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8445/7...f3b35601_b.jpg
101 _MG_4970 by ahab1372, on Flickr
Very nice....great pose with good light and you nailed the sharpness....if you are so inclined, it could be markedly improved by removing the light pole and the bright tree trunks that interesect with bird. Also reduce the brightness of the guard rail. The bird wil really "pop" if you take away those distracting elements in the BG. Very well done, you have a great image here!
Thanks a lot Joel,
Yes, the background is distracting. I will give it a try this weekend with the clone brush in Apple Aperture. Sooner or later I'll have a look at Photoshop.
another one from the same day:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8295/7...2bf87cdb_b.jpg
101 _MG_4955 by ahab1372, on Flickr
Thanks for viewing
Ruby Throated Hummingbird preening during a storm
1D4
500mm
1/400
f/6.3
ISO 400
3 430EXII flashes at 1/32 power
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....08596816-5.jpg
Thanks Dave.
I applied some sharpening to the bird and a little blur the background. It was a little too rough and too close for f5.6.
For those interested, I just finished another entry on my Hummingbird Blog. The topic is backgrounds and can be accessed here: http://rwilliamsimaging.com/blog
I am always interested in feedback so please feel free to comment or critique here or on the blog itself.
Thanks,
Another image of the molting Northern Cardinal
1D4
500mm
ISO 1600
f/4.0
1/400
580EXII + Better Beamer 1/32 power manual
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....09888478-4.jpg
I like this and your most recent Hummer Joel. The bokeh, as always, is creamy smooth and a well detailed bird----but Iam not sure that is what this poor cardinal needs. I can honestly say, I don't think I have ever seen a cardinal molting--do they all look this rough or is this guy special?
I got a picture like that last year, and thought maybe it was a young one, but then I later read that they get like that from a mite or parisite that they tend to get. Not sure if that is the case or not. Here is one I took very simular (although it goes to show that Joel works hard to control background much better than I do... one of the many reasons his shots are so great) :
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6020/5...d2acd9c4_z.jpg
Cardinal in Mulberry Tree by westmichigan, on Flickr
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6146/5...29df3a37_z.jpg
Cardinal in Mulberry Tree (My Berry & you cannot have any) by westmichigan, on Flickr
Michigan, Kentucky, What do you guys do to your poor birds?:confused:
Another poor raggedy cardinal.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7263/7...2f5791f6_c.jpg
2012_07_29_7732_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr
Dave
Yep, but it is a great Photo:
Here is one of my "scruffy" bird shots of a Blackchinned Hummingbird---I call him my battle bird
http://rwilliamsimaging.com/img/s1/v...14662228-4.jpg
This one looks like it might be an illness, the other ones look like they are changing plummage, especially since the beak looks like it is changing from a dark brown to bright orange. I don't really know for sure....is there an ornithologist in the house?
From Wikipedia's article on Northern Cardinals:
Young birds, both male and female, show the coloring similar to the adult female until the fall, when they molt and grow adult feathers.[10]
(The footnote is from Cornell University Ornithology Depatment)
This morning's been a good one. I've setup a peanut feeder and am going some more variety now and was able to get a downy woodpecker on my perch.
#1 On perch but in the shadows
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8441/7...de066af1_c.jpg
2012_09_15_9496_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr
#2 In good light but on the feeder
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8031/7...125ea16e_c.jpg
2012_09_15_9514_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr
I'll keep at it and maybe I'll get him on the perch in better light?
Dave
Dave Very nice pics. I really like the first one---But.....the exposure is a little dark on my monitor---could you bump it up just a tad.
Nice shots,
Bob
Unless my monitor is calibrated just like Bobs I would have to agree. But a little more on the woodpecker than the background.
Nice shots,
John.
Nice work Dave, background is smooth too:).....just get some light on him! If you have a flash the Better Beamer works great for this situation.
Just for fun: A couple of shots of my drinking buddy.
http://rwilliamsimaging.com/img/s4/v...26512788-4.jpg
http://rwilliamsimaging.com/img/s1/v...26511634-4.jpg
Hilarious, Bob!! Nice to see she is watching her calories at least!!
Very creative and funny:)
Great Egret
1D4
500mm
ISO 400
f/8
1/2000
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....27449214-4.jpg
Thanks Bob....I took this one from the kitchen window, nearly at dark this evening. The HB's are extremely active now, probably feeding up for migration. They are perching very close to the feeders and aggressively guarding their turf. The BG is too busy but I like the detail, color and iridescence in this one.
1D4
500mm + 25mm extension tube
ISO 1250
f/6.3
1/200
580 EXII at 1/32 power (no better beamer, I was too close)
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....30546530-3.jpg
Joel, I like the shot--I think your right about the background---maybe a "little" busy, but I also have gotten to where I like some texture and environment in the background. The bird is nice---good head position, sharp, well exposed. You do have me wishing that I should have spent more time this year on the perched hummingbird shots--I had lots of opportunity, but failed to take advantage of it.
Again, nice shot--I hope the hummers keep you company for a few more weeks---Mine are all but gone.
Trying for some flight shots with black BG this afternoon, too rainy to put up a background so I aimed the flashes out of the kitchen window!
1DMKIV
500mm + 25mm ext. tube
1/200
f/10
ISO 200
4 Canon Speed Lights at 1/64 power
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....33026176-4.jpg
Stunning shots Joel and Bob! I love reviewing this thread. I saw my first ever wild humming bird on my deck this morning, but my youngest and I got so excited to see it that it took off and probably won't ever come back. If he does he is going to have a buffet!
This beautiful juvenille red-tailed hawk stopped in for a delicious meal of freshly caught chipmunk, right on one of our fenceposts.
"Dinner Time"
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8450/8...d62a4694_c.jpg
EOS 1D X, EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM @ 200mm, 1/60 s, f/2.8, ISO 125
Very nice John, and excellent detail.