Post your best bird shots!

[Joel Eade]

JJPhoto, with regard to screenshots....


On a PC I think you can hit the PrintScrn key, then open Paint....under Edit hit paste....you can then save it as a JPEG


On a MAC I think you hit Control /Shift / F3 and it will automatically put the screenshot on your desktop as a .png file


Then you can open the file in PP and edit / crop ....etc......etc...


Joel

[JJphoto]

thank you Joel! that really helps.





Kayaker, these are nice shots! I like the osprey in flight very much, really great eye contact! it would be perfect if the wing tip didn't get clipped.

[ChrisW]

So much helpful information in this thread! Thanks everyone.


Here's one of my favorite bird shots, taken at the local zoo here in Upstate NY.



Prey by C Double W, on Flickr

[Kayaker72]

Kayaker, these are nice shots! I like the osprey in flight very much, really great eye contact! it would be perfect if the wing tip didn't get clipped.

Thanks JJ. []I have to admit, I don't think clipping the wing was running through my mind at the time....more like "he knows I am too big, right?" [:P]That is the most I've tracked a bird. Lesson learned for meis topull back on the zoom a little quicker next time.


Thanks again, Brant

[bob williams]

Ok, here is my submission for the week:





Not great, But I couldn't resist showing all those turkey lovers what a real set of drumbsticks look like [:P]. Sandhill Crane

[JJphoto]

really nice Bob, I think it

[Joel Eade]

I agree, Sandhills are gorgeous...I love the gold and grey tones on the wings

[bob williams]

Thanks Joel, JJ, They are fun birds to shoot and around here--southwest NM, is a wintering site for them, its an annual thing that I always look forward to. But I have to admit, I find them very challenging to shoot and really capture thier colors. They are fairly shy birds and getting with a 100 yards of them isn't to hard, but 50 yards is tough. Also, shooting them against a blue or blue/grey sky isn't normally complimentary for them, thats why I try and shoot inflight with the landscape in the background-----But... they don't follow direction very well---kinda of like two year olds. Here are some of my favorites of these birds---some you may have seen before.

[Sinh Nhut Nguyen]

Nice Sandies, Bob. Some suggestions, hope you don't mind... you gotta keep the horizon straight and birds need to fly toward you or at least parrell to you, not away []. I need to make a pilgrimage to Bosque Del Apache [], any serious bird photographer has to go there at least once inhis or her life right?





Osprey and Rainbow Trout


Taken at 7AM, Canon 7D + EF 500mm f/4L IS USM, f/4, 1/2000, ISO 1600, Manual Exposure, Tripod.


Thanks for viewing and please feel free to critique, comment and question. I'm open to anything []


Nate,

[Richard Lane]

@Joel, Nice Composition and creamy bokeh on the Egret shot.


Rich