Post your best bird shots!

[Richard Lane]

"Bird Whisperer," Beautiful Gallery!


I have the other combo that you are considering; namely the Gitzo 3541LS and the Wimberly II Gimbal Head and it's a great combo.


The tripod is Very Solid, light and it folds up fairly small. The 3541LS is a little too tall for me (I'm 59 inches tall) ) while shooting horizontally when the legs are fully extended so I leave the lower legs partially retracted in those situations (a slight pain) , however that extra vertical reach is necessary when shooting upwards, since the viewfinder is lowered as the lens points skyward, therefore you need the extra height during setup. The Wimberly II is very well made, smooth and effortless and highly recommended as well.


I can't comment on the smoothness of the Induro as I've never tried it, however the number markings on the Induro head looks nice. If you have any other questions on my setup, please feel free to contact me privately.


Rich

[Tadas N.]

Yellow Wagtail


Canon 50D


Canon 100-400mm


Shot in Lithuania, about one hour before sunset.


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Any comments, critiques or questions are welcome.

[Joel Eade]

Tadas N.


Very nice image, great light. The image is sharp, the head angle is good. The food in the beak really adds to the overal image. the background is good as well.


Not much to critique, is the catchlight in the eye natural or from a flash?


I also wonder what it would look like with just a little more room at top and bottom.


Great work,


Joel

[Joel Eade]

PS....Is this a one-legged bird?


Joel

[HiFiGuy1]

Tadas N.,


The only thing I can say is wrong with your shot is that I didn't take it! Nice job. I really like pretty much everything about it, as so eloquently stated by Joel already.

[JJphoto]

Tadas N.


pretty much everything looks nice, there is really nothing more I can say, well done!

[Tadas N.]

Thank you for the comments!





Joel,


This picture was made without flash, the sun reflects in the eye. And this wagtail has two legs, just one leg blotted out the other one in the picture.

[Sinh Nhut Nguyen]

The image is awesome Tadas N. I really like it, all the elements are perfect - from the background to the perch to the head angle to the composition to the colors . This definitely makes a great prints. A work of art!

[deltasun]

Found an older photo, practicing AI Servo with this bird. Can anyone help identify?

[Iguide]

Crow form what little can be seen for distinguishing markings.


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