Post your best bird shots!

Nick,

Great owl!

Mark,

The eagles were so far away that you didn't have much of a shot. Nice effort though!

Dave

A Laughing Gull going for a stroll

1DX
700mm
Hand held
ISO 3200
f/7.1
1/1000
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....15781790-4.jpg

Red shouldered hawk

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8118/8...2ca8a9a9_c.jpg

Nice work....I love raptors.....wish I could get some close shots like this

Willett
1DX +500mm f4L IS USM + 1.4 TCII
Manual mode
ISO 3200
f/7.1
1/2000

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....18282154-4.jpg

Visiting Tampa to see the kids and Grand-daughter but can't resist the local birds:) ( I have a ton of baby pics too)

Brown Pelican
1DX
700mm
ISO 3200 (very overcast day)
f/7.1
1/2000

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....18294452-4.jpg

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Originally Posted by nvitalephotography

Red shouldered hawk

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8118/8...2ca8a9a9_c.jpg

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Tell us a little bit about this shot! Were you in a blind for this? What lens were you using? Crop any? This is one of the better Red-shouldered Hawk pictures that I have ever seen. Very natural looking (woodsy background), but with a narrow enough depth of field that the hawk really pops!

On another note, I showed this picture to one of my friends who is a bird enthusiast and he immediately said, "looks like he was in S. Florida based on the vegetation."

Finally captured a bird shot...

Ring-billed Gull during migration. They were eating some leftovers in the middle of the road. This one safely dodged a vehicle.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-2...07D_032344.jpg

Here is another.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-z...07D_032353.jpg

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Originally Posted by dsiegel5151

Tell us a little bit about this shot! Were you in a blind for this? What lens were you using? Crop any? This is one of the better Red-shouldered Hawk pictures that I have ever seen. Very natural looking (woodsy background), but with a narrow enough depth of field that the hawk really pops!

On another note, I showed this picture to one of my friends who is a bird enthusiast and he immediately said, "looks like he was in S. Florida based on the vegetation."

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Thanks!

Your friend is absolutely correct. This is in south Florida, which in itself makes getting close shots to wildlife like this easier than most other places.


I got this shot while driving a back road looking for wildlife. This hawk came and landed on a tree limb overhanging the edge of the road. So I just had to stop my car and get out.

shot with a 50d and 100-400mm lens @400mm 1/160th, f5.6 iso 500. Very minor crop and basic adjustments in post.