Post your best bird shots!

[Brendan7]

yeah, I sure do wish I could have retained some d-tail in that white patch. Nice edit, Joel, I'll work on it []


One more:


I believe a ringbilled gull, f/7.1, 1/1000, ISO 400. Manual, handheld.


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Crap, that didn't sharpen too well. Whatever [:P]


C&C welcome


Brendan

[YellowJacket]

Shot this great egret in-flight today. Hope you like.


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50D 70-200L F4 IS @ F4 1/6400 iso 250


Best,


-james

[Fast Glass]

Hey Joel,


I edited your picture, I felt that it need a little "digital snap" so to speak. Hope you like it.


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Here is one of mine.


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John.

[Bill W]

John....what PP did you perform on Joel's capture?

[Sheiky]

To be honest John, I think you over-saturate your pictures sometimes. I like the original more, but that's my personal idea of it.


Jan

[Fast Glass]

I just used DDP to add levels and tone curve with a small amount of saturation increase. Yeah I think I went overboard with the saturation on the goose shot. I think I will tone down the saturation on alot of my shots. Something closer to what Joel's images is like, after I edited it. I think the original image was not quite true to life contrast or saturation. But mine is slightly more contrasty and saturatedthan real life, just the way I like it....[:$]


John.

[Brendan7]

I caught these geese behind my house...


7D + 300 f/4L IS, don't have EXIF w/ me... (Image is B&W)


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C&C anyone?


brendan

[DavidEccleston]

To be honest John, I think you over-saturate your pictures sometimes

I agree that his pics are often over-saturated for most people's liking, however I *love* what he did to Joel's hawk. He really brought out the colors without going overboard.

[Brendan7]

I think the saturation is just John's style. Oh well I love that goose John. It's a Greylag Goose, right?


Anywho, one more from me. Hope nobody minds, I realize I've kinda hijacked this thread with my photos. WAIT it's my own thread....[:|]


Mallard, 7D + 300 f/4L IS USM @ f9, 1/320, ISO 640. Manual Exposure, Handheld. (I believe thats the correct EXIF, i'll check)


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C&C Wellcome


brendan

[Shea Design]

Just wanted to add to the thread, not really reply or quote? So we'll see how this goes (formats).


Don't usually photograph Gulls, too easy - but this one was just so close I could not resist and I wanted to TEST post anyway:








300mm f/4 with 1.4 Extndr, (f/16 1/250th iso 250)


-Shea