Post your best bird shots!

[Andy Stringer]

Conropl, those are two fantastic shots to start with. Welcom to the forum and thanks for sharing them with us. You did a good job on the exposure for the eagle - it can be hard to retain the detail in both the white and dark feathers. The owl is beautiful.

JJ, every time I look at your latest pictures I have to go and check the current deals on the 500mm lens. Sadly, the price here has just gone up £100 due to a tax rise. Until I get one, I have to remind myself what's possible with a kit lens and larger subjects, in this case kittiwakes shot handheld from an inflatable boat in Hornsund, Spitsbergen.


5D Mark II, EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM @ 105mm, f/8, 1/250s, ISO 100


5D Mark II, EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM @ 82mm, f/8, 1/400s, ISO 100 tightly cropped

No changes were made to the white balance, the ice really was that blue. I increased the blacks a little on the close-up shot.

[Fast Glass]

Andy, those shots are FANTASTIC. If you you got your hands a 500 or 600 you would give Nate a run for his money!


John.

[Joel Eade]

Despite the 22 degree weather I went out to the lake about 10 miles from home to try some flight shots on gulls ... it was overcast gray skies so the background is boring but I got some nice images.


1DMKIII


300mm 2.8L + 1.4TC II


Hand Held


Manual mode


Evaluative metering


ISO 1600


1/1600


f/6.3


580 EXII + Better Beamer ETTL mode





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[Fast Glass]

1/1600

580 EXII + Better Beamer ETTL mode

How did you get to sync the 580 to such a fast shutter speed?


John.

[smith365]

I set my camera up on a remote timer to get a few shots of the mockingbird in my backyard. The sun was going down and I had to push the exposure about 1.5 stops in post, which explains the extra grain.





<span style="font-size: x-small;"]Canon 7d


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<span style="font-size: x-small;"]<span style="color: #ff0000;"]<span style="color: #000000;"]<span style="color: #000000;"]Remote Timer


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<span style="font-size: x-small;"]<span style="color: #ff0000;"]<span style="color: #000000;"]<span style="color: #000000;"]1/200


<span style="color: #ff0000;"]<span style="color: #000000;"]<span style="color: #000000;"]<span style="font-size: x-small;"]f/6.3


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[JJphoto]

thanks Joel for the camera information. it's a good price, but still $2000 is a lot of money, I'm getting very good result from 7D now, so I'd like to stick with it now, if I got a 1D body, can I resist a version II lens? hm.... dangerous!


I just can't resist to post two more shots I got yesterday, the IQ.... I just can't get that with the 300mm





and this is the most beautiful GBH I have ever seen!





the IQ posted on this forum is not as good as on my Mac[]


thanks for viewing!

[JJphoto]

Despite the 22 degree weather I went out to the lake about 10 miles from home to try some flight shots on gulls

nice! and I guess Denise will have to go out and shoot some birds too despite the weather[]


anyway, I feel so lucky living in California, it's pretty warm here and I'm having a trip to La Jolla to shoot those brown pelican tomorrow[]

[JJphoto]

JJ, every time I look at your latest pictures I have to go and check the current deals on the 500mm lens.

well every time I see your pictures here, it makes me want to take a trip like that tomorrow[]


nice shots Andy!, I was wondering those bluish color of the ice was from PP or it was like that in real world?

[Andy Stringer]

I was wondering those bluish color of the ice was from PP or it was like that in real world?

JJ,the ice really was blue. I increased the contrast slightly but didn't mess with the white balance or saturation at all.

The ice had broken offa nearby glacier, and glacier ice usually has a blue or green tint. Try this link for an explanation: http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2010/12/blue-glacier-ice.html

Here's another example that shows the difference in colour between the glacier ice and the snow in the background. To avoid going too far off topic, I made sure to choose an example with some more kittiwakes.


5D Mark II, EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM @ 105mm, f/8, 1/320s, ISO 100

[Joel Eade]

<p style="padding-left: 30px;"]John,
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"]I turn on high speed sync on the flash ... I know at such extreme shutter speeds it may not be providing much effect ... but I was shooting some other stuff with slower speeds as well.
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"]Joel