I like how you managed to time it just right so his face caught some of the filtered sunlight.
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I like how you managed to time it just right so his face caught some of the filtered sunlight.
Tim, Denise, Andy, Lancer, John, and Joel....amazing shots, as usual for this thread. Very impressive.
I'll count these among "my" best bird photos. I was back in Idaho this past weekend and we spotted three Osprey and a Bald Eagle. The eagle was very far away, but here are a few pics of the Osprey. All 7D, 100-400L @ 400 mm, 1/1000, f/8, ISO 400
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Thanks for viewing....Brant
Great work Brant, love the eye contact in the last one.
Nice photos, did you try DxO's CA removal? It works wonders on CA and with a little HLS (if its really stuborn) you can completely elimenate the CA above.
Nothing good ever came out of anything without hard work,
John.
Edit---duplicate post...I thought it hadn't taken the first time....
Thanks Steve and John for your comments. Much appreciated.
John, I used DPP to process the photos from RAW to JPEG. I don't own DXO yet, but it is on my list. I didn't apply any CA adjustment in DPP. I will try that with these pics this weekend.
Thanks again,
Brant
BlueJay
1D3
300mm 2.8L + 1.4 TC
580 EXII + Better Beamer -2 1/3 stops
ISO 1000
f/4.5
1/320
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Nice shot every one!
shots took earlier this year.
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7D, 500mm 4.0
thanks for viewing!
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Are you entering that in Assignment 23?
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I guess it's a bit off the subject of the Assignment[:)], thank you Doc.!
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@raid, very nice grebe shot
Here are a few I took on a recent vacation to NC Outer Banks, near Cape Hatteras---I did post a few on a different string, but here are more from the series.
http://rwilliamsimaging.com/img/v27/p198895109-4.jpg
http://rwilliamsimaging.com/img/v27/p151281553-4.jpg
http://rwilliamsimaging.com/img/v31/p52379216-4.jpg
http://rwilliamsimaging.com/img/v27/p121539695-4.jpg
http://rwilliamsimaging.com/img/v1/p117439429-4.jpg
http://rwilliamsimaging.com/img/v27/p236688283-4.jpg
below isn't a great shot but I did find it interesting enough to share
http://rwilliamsimaging.com/img/v31/p745452968-4.jpg
Hope you like,
Bob
Nice set of Osprey shots, Bob, like the second one the best.
for the first shot, It maybe better if crop out the bird on the left, just my 2 cents.
Excellent shots Bob, what equipment were you using. Would like to know how close you could get (no not to the flying dolphins).
Good suggestion JJ. but I do wish I could have gotten both in focus--
http://rwilliamsimaging.com/img/v27/p198895109-4.jpg
@Raid, for the nest shots I could get as close as 20 feet, but usually had to back off a bit to improve angle and capture more of the scene. The inflight shots varied---sometimes I got lucky and some times I didn
1D3
500MM F/4
ISO 1000
F/10
1/1250
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Joel, thats a great shot. I love how it looks like the pelican is touching the water but it hasn
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Thanks Nick, this was taken from a pontoon boat with very early morning sun at my back, the lines are sun light reflected off the water.
The dark background is mangrove trees in the distance and I darkened it a little in photoshop but no flash was used.
What I believe is a Greater Sage-Grouse at Yellowstone.
I really had to much focal length with my 500mm to get the picture I wanted, the hen had two babies and I was not able to capture a good pic with all three of them together.
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Willet
1D3
500mm f/4
1/1250
ISO 400
f/8
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Joel, Great catch here and nicely composed---I love the intensity of this shot.
Thanks for sharing,
Bob
Great shots, Joel!
An image of a swallow from me this time.
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I noticed a place frequented by swallows, so I lay down on the ground, and spent some time there. Lying down almost without movements, I didn't look scary to the birds, and I took many images.
Canon 50D with Canon 100-400mm lens
Please visit my website www.tadasphotography.com
Any comments, critique, and questions are welcome.
Tadas,
Wonderful shot!! Great depth of field, composition, sharpness and color. Catchlight in the eye, and the bird is in action. Excellent.
Tadas, great shot and nice to see your picture again!
I have looked at your website too, and it is fantastic!!! there are bird shots that I really really like them, those are the awards for your hard work!
There are some phenomenal pictures in this thread... Joel, I love the swooping eagle - what shutter speed was that taken at? The photo just looks 'dangerous'!
Here's one from me of some slightly less dangerous birds.
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It was taken with a 50mm prime though, so I the one at the front was really about to bite me!
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Thanks Tadas. The swallow image is great....love the low angle.
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Thanks for the kind words...this is an Osprey, shutter speed was 1/1600
1D MK IV: 300mm f/2.8L IS + 1.4X @420mm, f/7.1 1/3200sec. ISO 400 CPL
I shot these while shooting surfing that's why the settings are the way they are!
American Oystercatcher:
Digging for Dinner!
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Look what I found!
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Ok, lets go wash the sand off!
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Who you looking at?
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C&C Welcome!
Rich
Thank you all for the comments!
The shots of an American Oystercatcher are really interesting, Richard, and they tell a story. I just would like them even more if they would have been taken from a low angle--the background would have been better.
Tadas,
I absolutely agree that a lower angle would have been much better. Your shot of the Swallow is a beautiful example of that.
I plead quilty on this one, because I had my monopod on and a waistbelt and I was afraid to get sand in everything. I think I may have a lower one from another (non-surfing day) to post, and then hopefully you can let me know what you think.
Thanks for the C&C. I also enjoyed looking through your website. Very nice work!
Rich
I would love to own a 500mm or 600mm so I was experimenting with the 2X extender to simulate 600mm. Of course the 2X extender slows down the AF and softens up the images a bit, but I'm trying to see how I like the 600mm range. It seems like I could really use the extra reach. The last photo is with the 1.4X extender.
1D-MKIV 300mm f/2.8L IS + 2X @600mm f/7.1 1/500sec- 1/1250sec, ISO 400 CPL
I definitely needed a faster SS on the 1st one. I let it drop to 1/500sec. by accident.
The American Oystercatcher's are very fast and they fly very erratically. I had a hard time tracking them with the 600mm angle of view, but I do like the reach.
They make very tight turns and then they dive down towards the water.
They were definitely going over the 5 MPH speed limit.
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C&C Welcome!
Thanks for viewing,
Rich
Image Stabilization really pays for itself at 600mm, I bet! I like how close his wing is to the water in the last shot.
Here's one from a trip to the local wetlands.
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And another. Lots of black and white from that day, I find the August greeny-yellow foliagecolours pretty unattractive.
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Richard,
I agree with you about the 600mm.....I am holding out (ie saving up) for the new version which is about the same size and weight of the current 500mm. I think with version 3 teleconverters it might make the 800mm obsolete.
Joel
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Another Osprey from South Carolina in May