Post your best bird shots!

JJPhoto, with regard to screenshots....


On a PC I think you can hit the PrintScrn key, then open Paint....under Edit hit paste....you can then save it as a JPEG


On a MAC I think you hit Control /Shift / F3 and it will automatically put the screenshot on your desktop as a .png file


Then you can open the file in PP and edit / crop ....etc......etc...


Joel

thank you Joel! that really helps.





Kayaker, these are nice shots! I like the osprey in flight very much, really great eye contact! it would be perfect if the wing tip didn't get clipped.

So much helpful information in this thread! Thanks everyone.


Here's one of my favorite bird shots, taken at the local zoo here in Upstate NY.


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3461/...76d2e3cc_z.jpg
Prey by C Double W, on Flickr

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Originally Posted by JJphoto

Kayaker, these are nice shots! I like the osprey in flight very much, really great eye contact! it would be perfect if the wing tip didn't get clipped.

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Thanks JJ. [:D]I have to admit, I don't think clipping the wing was running through my mind at the time....more like "he knows I am too big, right?" [:P]That is the most I've tracked a bird. Lesson learned for meis topull back on the zoom a little quicker next time.


Thanks again, Brant

Ok, here is my submission for the week:


http://rwilliamsimaging.com/img/s9/v14/p466952345-4.jpg


Not great, But I couldn't resist showing all those turkey lovers what a real set of drumbsticks look like [:P]. Sandhill Crane

really nice Bob, I think it

I agree, Sandhills are gorgeous...I love the gold and grey tones on the wings

Thanks Joel, JJ, They are fun birds to shoot and around here--southwest NM, is a wintering site for them, its an annual thing that I always look forward to. But I have to admit, I find them very challenging to shoot and really capture thier colors. They are fairly shy birds and getting with a 100 yards of them isn't to hard, but 50 yards is tough. Also, shooting them against a blue or blue/grey sky isn't normally complimentary for them, thats why I try and shoot inflight with the landscape in the background-----But... they don't follow direction very well---kinda of like two year olds. Here are some of my favorites of these birds---some you may have seen before.


http://rwilliamsimaging.com/img/s8/v10/p291365012-4.jpg


http://rwilliamsimaging.com/img/s7/v7/p313638546-4.jpg





http://rwilliamsimaging.com/img/s8/v10/p263347896-4.jpg





http://rwilliamsimaging.com/img/s9/v15/p23036467-4.jpg


http://rwilliamsimaging.com/img/s8/v11/p257048341-5.jpg


http://rwilliamsimaging.com/img/s7/v8/p308874218-4.jpg


http://rwilliamsimaging.com/img/s9/v0/p300629828-5.jpg

Nice Sandies, Bob. Some suggestions, hope you don't mind... you gotta keep the horizon straight and birds need to fly toward you or at least parrell to you, not away [:D]. I need to make a pilgrimage to Bosque Del Apache [:D], any serious bird photographer has to go there at least once inhis or her life right?


http://lh6.ggpht.com/_uxe7FqpWNN4/TO.../IMG_6075c.jpg


Osprey and Rainbow Trout


Taken at 7AM, Canon 7D + EF 500mm f/4L IS USM, f/4, 1/2000, ISO 1600, Manual Exposure, Tripod.


Thanks for viewing and please feel free to critique, comment and question. I'm open to anything [:D]


Nate,

@Joel, Nice Composition and creamy bokeh on the Egret shot.


Rich