Post your best bird shots!

[Jordan]

I have a few on my website: www.freshphotohawaii.com


I love the ones where they have fish in their mouths!











- Jordan Murphy


www.freshphotohawaii.com


Equipment: Canon 7D, 50D, EF 24-105 f/4 L IS USM, EF 100-400, Tokina 10-17mm fisheye, EF 50mm f/1.4 USM, EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro, Kenko extension tube 3pc set, 2 430EXII Speedlites, Manfrotto monopod and tripod with video pan head.

[Brendan7]

Hi all, great photos so far!


One Question for Nate: how much of your original photos do you crop? 25%? 10%? 50%? What is the final resolution, normally? thanks.


Here are a few from this weekend (I believe I have already posted some of them in other threads). I made a songbird set-up using dead branches near my birdfeeder and the results were awesome [][][]


thanks for viewing


comments, critique and questions welcome [H]


brendan b.





white breasted nuthatch


7D & 300/4L IS at f/5.6, 1/200 and ISO 320. Manual Exposure, Handheld


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Tufted Titmouse


f/5.6, 1/200, ISO 320. Manual Exposure, Handheld.


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Tufted Titmouse


Both shots at f/5.0, 1/200, ISO 400, Manual Exposure, Handheld.


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House Finch Male


f/5.6, 1/200, ISO 320, Manual E. Handheld


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White breasted nuthatch


f/5.6, 1/200, ISO 320. Manual E. Handheld.


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Another White breasted nuthatch


f/5.6, 1/200, ISO 400. Manual Exposure, Handheld.


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[Bill W]

Red-bellied woodpecker visiting suet feeder today in a snow storm.


40D, 100-400@ 400, ISO 640, f7.1, 1/320, tripod

[Sinh Nhut Nguyen]

Hi Brendan, I usually don't crop my images over 50%.


I woke up at 3:30am on Friday morning and drove to La Jolla in San Diego Countyto photograph California Brown Pelicans in breeding plumage.The famous La Jolla'sbrown pelicans attract photographers woldwide and while I was there I got to seeArthur Morris in personas he was conducting aworkshop.It looked like this season ends a little early this year, most of the pelicans bright red pouch has begun to fade.


Canon 40D + 500 f/4L IS, f/4.5, 1/1250, ISO 250, Manual Exposure, handheld, this image is fullframe []. I wish I had used the 400 f/5.6L because with the 40D and 500 I clipped the wing so many times

[HiFiGuy1]

Great shot, Nate, and I am so envious that you have the opportunity geographically to be around so many special species.


As far as using the 400, remember, quality over quantity! This is a great composition, in my opinion, and part of what makes the shot look so good is the resolved detail, which you may have lost a little with having to crop to this size from a 400 image. You may have more throwaways, but the keepers are KEEPERS!