Post your best bird shots!

[banman1]

hi rich,thanks for the compliments.i took this with a canon 50d with 100-400 l at 1/800 f5.6 and at 400mm.i liveby dover delaware and ive been trying to get a pict of the bald eagle for 5 years lol.i have a few more ill post soon hope you like them.....thanks again rod

[banman1]

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[banman1]

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[JJphoto]

JJ,


Nice Contrast and creamy bokeh! I also like that the bird is looking into the frame.


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Thank you Rich!


yes, this is how you can tell the differences between my 300mm 2.8 and 400mm 5.6.

[Richard Lane]

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Very Nice John!


The 100-400mm does it again. I like this frame filling shot and I especially like the sharpness and clarityof the eye, as well asthe blue sky peaking through andbelow the curvature of the beak.


Rich

[Joel Eade]

Banman1,





I like the 1st eagle image best....it looks maybe a little over-sharpened and I would change the crop to minimize the perch and add some to the top and some to the left side to give the bird a space to look into.


On the second one you lost the shadows too much, you reprocess and work with the shadow/highlights adjustment.





Joel

[Joel Eade]

Neuroanatomist,


The hawk portrait is very nice, sharp with good colors, the only critique I can offer would be maybe to dodge the dark are below and in front of the eye and perhaps add some to right and crop some from the left to get the eye out of the center of the frame.


Joel

[Joel Eade]

A White Ibis from my recent one day Florida excursion


EOS 1D MKIII


500mm f/4L IS USM


Evaluative metering -2/3 stops


ISO 400


f/8


1/2000 sec





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[neuroanatomist]

Neuroanatomist,


The hawk portrait is very nice, sharp with good colors, the only critique I can offer would be maybe to dodge the dark are below and in front of the eye and perhaps add some to right and crop some from the left to get the eye out of the center of the frame.


Joel

Thanks for your feedback, Joel! I tend not to make specific photoshop-type adjustments, but you're right that this shot could use it. Under 'normal' circumstances (shooting people), I'd just add some fill flash - but I didn't think he'd appreciate that!


I can crop some from the left to get the eye out of the center...but I can't add anything to the right - the shot is uncropped.

[JJphoto]

Joel, nice shot, everything looks just perfect to me, sharpness, color, pose, compose ....., only one thing, could it be better if it had narrower DoF?