Post your best bird shots!

I figured it was photoshoped as well. I'm sure CS5 has the same merge functions as Elements, in which case these birds probably only saved you about 2 or 3 minutes. :)

Chipping Sparrow
1D MKIV
700mm
ISO 800
f/5.6
1/640
AV mode, evaluative metering + 1/3 stop

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....64447729-5.jpg

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Originally Posted by ddt0725

Thanks! It is actually just one shot, the three birds saved me a lot of time in CS5 though!

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That is cool. I thought it was multiple shots of one bird taking off from the bird house.

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One from the backyard this weekend.

Hi, I’ve become a big fan of this thread and all of its great bird portraits. Usually I’m only following the thread, but this Sunday morning I took a walk with my camera along the seaside close to my home and I thought I’d share some bird shots from that.

Normally I would use the 10-22 and/or the 24-105 lens on such a photo walk, but for some reason I decided to bring only the 70-200 this time. It didn’t take long until a swan family made me company, and one of the youngsters seemed particularly eager to get his(?) face on my photos. Of course I let him get his way.

First there's the typical swan portrait (I have lots of similar ones and don’t really know why I keep collecting them.)http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7194/7...174ee89d_z.jpg

Then another one that accentuates their really long necks
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7207/6...9b460c5b_z.jpg

What do you do if you’ve got a really long neck, no hands, and an itch on your chin? No problem, just wrap the neck around your body and use your toes for scratching.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7037/7...54c1e0a8_z.jpg

Finally a close-up face portrait. (The other ones were shot at around 70 mm, but this one is taken at 200 mm from a close distance.)
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5080/6...982b8286_z.jpg

Thanks for viewing!

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Hi, I’ve become a big fan of this thread and all of its great bird portraits. Usually I’m only following the thread, but this Sunday morning I took a walk with my camera along the seaside close to my home and I thought I’d share some bird shots from that.

Normally I would use the 10-22 and/or the 24-105 lens on such a photo walk, but for some reason I decided to bring only the 70-200 this time. It didn’t take long until a swan family made me company, and one of the youngsters seemed particularly eager to get his(?) face on my photos. Of course I let him get his way

Thanks for viewing!

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Those are nice Swan images, I like the close up best. Very sharp and detailed.

Blue Jay, my back yard setup
1D MKIV
700 mm
ISO 1000
f/6.3
1/320

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....84254714-5.jpg

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Originally Posted by M_Six

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

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Oh WOW. That is insane. I am jealous. I would have thought that was a joke with Photoshop for sure!

I need to get some of those peanut pieces. We get some cardinals and occasionally a blue-jay, but this looks like the place where Cardinals have to go wait in line to get their drivers licenses renewed or something.

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but this looks like the place where Cardinals have to go wait in line to get their drivers licenses renewed or something.

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That would be their.... Pilots licence renewed.

;) ah, thank you :D

This is from a small lake in Taiwan, I think it is a Kingfisher.
http://4mozasmiles.smugmug.com/Anima...03212924-M.jpg

60D, 1/1600, f/5.6, 70-200L II, 2x iii ext, 400mm, ISO 1600

This is from Kowloon Park in Hong Kong, not sure the name of the bird.
http://4mozasmiles.smugmug.com/Anima...03273406-M.jpg

60D, 1/500, f/8, 70-200L II, 2x iii ext, 400mm, ISO 640