Post your best bird shots!

First post to TDP.com forums! Cheers to everyone whose posted thus far. Fast Glass and Nate, your work inspired me to start posting (and go hunting for birds). I hope I don't break to many newb rules.


Here are 3 to get me started...


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50D 70-200L F4 IS Shot @ F7.1 1/1000200mm iso 400


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50D 70-200L F4 IS Shot @F9 1/1000169mm iso 400


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50D 70-200L F4 IS Shot @F6.3 1/1250200mm iso 400


Be kind! :)


-James

Great pictures Yellow Jacket. I really like your backgrouds. Here's one more from my park trip.


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James, your shots are very good. I really like the colors and compostion. A couple of caveats; the tone curve is perfect except the bright highlights, use levels to bring them down a bit, use your lens wide open and blur the background more, they are not bad in this case but in other situations it can be very distracting. Overal great shots.


Jason, your shot isgreat the way it is. Great job.


One from me.


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John.

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"]Thanks very much John and Jason for the compliments. I do agree about shooting wide open, that day I was feeling adventurous [:D].<o:p></o:p>


<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"]As homage to Nate, I found a local duck pond with wood ducks and mandarins... absolutely beautiful. I'll post a few wood ducks and then tease my mandarins [;)].<o:p></o:p>





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50D 70-200L F4 IS @ F4 1/640 iso 250


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50D 70-200L F4 IS @ F4 1/250 iso 250


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50D 70-200L F4 IS @ F4 1/640 iso 250


Cheers,


-james

Nice wood duck pic's....I think they would be even more spectacular taken from alower angle but the exposure looks good and the colors are very nice...well done.


Here's another backyard beauty.......40D, 300mm 2.8 + 1.4 x TC....[img]/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.32.28/IMG_5F00_4330.jpg[/img]

Great shots James - I particularly like the second one. That 70-200 f/4 IS is a really great lens as long as you can get close enough for wildlife. I agree it would be improved with a lower point of view but they're spot on otherwise.


Joel - that'sa fantastic shot also. Just goes to show how well the 1.4x TC retains the quality of photos.


Good stuff guys, Ben.

Especially if you're fortunate enough to be able to stack that TC onto the back of a 300mm f/2.8! I think I could mock up a TC with playdough and the bottom of a coke bottle and it would look good through that lens.

I'm not a birder by any stretch of the imagination, but I do check on this thread periodically, and I just want to say that so many people's photos have blown me away. There are too many to list, but to all of you, fantastic work! I'm seeing alot more great shots recently that capture my attention and look amazing.


So, big props to all of you! Keep up the amazing work!

Thanks Ben &amp; Joel. Here is one shot at a lower angle.


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50D 70-200L F4 IS @ F4 1/250 iso 250


Best,


-james

Now you're talkin' !! The angle is much better, the only thing with this particular shot is the birds head angle isn't parallel to the camera and his eye looks funky because it's partially closed, the effect of being down on the bird's level is a much better composition IMHO.