Post your best bird shots!

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Originally Posted by Tadas N.

Great shots, Joel!


An image of a swallow from me this time.

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Thanks Tadas. The swallow image is great....love the low angle.

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Originally Posted by w349

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'!

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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