Post your best bird shots!

It's overcast and gloomy in south central Ky today, makes for very moody images.

Northern Cardinal
1DX
500mm + 2XTC
ISO 3200
f/8
1/640
580EXII + Better Beamer at 1/16 power

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....08632664-5.jpg

Silly goose! 7D and EF 70-300L
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Silly goose indeed. I think (s)he's on pot.

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Originally Posted by DavidEccleston

Silly goose indeed. I think (s)he's on pot.

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;)

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Owls by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr

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An ex-frog by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr

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Red Wing Peekaboo by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr

Love those Owls!!! Still on top of my wish list:rolleyes:

Red Bellied Woodpecker

1DX
1000mm
ISO 3200
f/8
1/1000

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....83502564-5.jpg

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Originally Posted by Joel Eade

Love those Owls!!! Still on top of my wish list:rolleyes:

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First time I've seen a wild owl. Luckily people were there to point out where they were. ;) They were *far*. That's using the 7D + 70-300L @ 300mm, so 480mm. Originally I cropped them and resized them to 900 px tall, like all my other pics, but they're very nearly 100% crops (like originally 930 and 960 or something after crop). Because of that, the quality wasn't the best, so I downsized them to 600 px tall, and stuck two together.

If you fly up here, with a nice big long lens, I'll show you where to find them. :)

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Originally Posted by DavidEccleston

If you fly up here, with a nice big long lens, I'll show you where to find them. :)

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Sounds like a fun trip ..... When is the best time?

If you want my personal guided tour, a weekend. I can supply a map if you'd rather not wait. They look pretty big to me. They might leave the nest pretty soon.

A few other pics from the day's outing. The Heron and Wood Duck are similarly focal length limited as the owls were, which is why I didn't upload them the first time... They weren't worth one of my precious 200 flickr slots. Seeing as how that's no longer an issue, I can share some less than ideal shots. I didn't even *try* to take a picture of the beaver swimming past the heron. It's a pretty busy little pond.

I realize the gosling shots would benefit from laying down on the ground, but no. It was muddy and I was carrying two cameras and a spare lens. I'll leave those shots to people with vari-angle screens or some sort of gosling related income. That's got to be pretty niche, and I wouldn't want to cut into your sales.

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Black Crowned Night Heron by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr

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Wood Duck by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr

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Gosling by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr

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Synchronized Feeding by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr

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Canada Goose by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr