Post your best bird shots!

[Bill W]

Thanks Jayson.....actually I'd have to invest in a boat first. The nest is in the middle of a swamp....that's an old Great Blue Heron nest she taken over.


American Kestrel, Plum Island, MA captured w/a 7D, 500 w/1.4x, f6.3, ISO 400, 1/2000 using my car as a blind and stabilizer.


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Thanks for looking


Bill

[Joel Eade]

Nice Kestrel Bill, love the pose...well executed....birds of prey are very skittish here in Kentucky. A friend called me yesterday and said he thought there was a juvenile Eagle hanging around his farm pond and wanted me to attempt some photos. I went out today and it turned out to be an Osprey.


I took this hand held with 1dMKIII 300mm + 1.4 TC 1/2000 f/7.1 iso 400





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[JJphoto]

very nice bird shots guys!

A friend called me yesterday and said he thought there was a juvenile Eagle hanging around his farm pond and wanted me to attempt some photos. I went out today and it turned out to be an Osprey.

I'm not sure what I got Joel. I'v never seen a eagle in my area, so this is a Osprey too I guess but I thought it was a juvenile Eagle.


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same picture, one reduced noise and the other increased noise. just for fun.

[Fast Glass]

It's a Osprey. The highlights are blown out, you can try to recover them. But they are pretty bown out, trythe DxO trial. It has a very good exposure compensation and pulls highlights very well. If you haven't aready.


Also try cropping a bit tighter, it will give more impact.


I haven't had much time for birding lately and the weather is pretty poor, I'm tired of using 12,800 ISO![] Even if it's good for a 1.6. But 6,400 ISO is not to bad.


Cheers,


John.

[Bill W]

Nice Osprey shot Joel.


Yeah, the raptors are pretty skittish here also....this is only my 2nd capture of a Kestrel in the wild.


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[JJphoto]

thanks John, will give the DxO a try when I have time later.

[Bill W]

Lots of action at various bird locations; here's another Great Blue Heron pair.


7D, 500 w/1.4x, f7.1, 1/2000, ISO 400 on tripod


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Thanks for looking


Bill

[Steve U]

What a fun shot Bill, I like it. Is the wind blowing a gale here?


Steve

[Richard Lane]

Hey Bill, That is a very special and whimsical shot. I really love it!





This is the very shy.., Great Headless Egret!


MK IV 300mm f/2.8L IS with 2X @600mm f/6.3 1/1250sec ISO 1600 CPL









Even rarer is to catch this Great Headless Egret.., in flight!


MK IV 300mm f/2.8L IS with 2X @600mm f/6.3 1/1250sec ISO 160 CPL






Thanks for viewing!


C&C Welcome!


Rich

[Joel Eade]

Tufted Titmouse


1DMKIII


300mm 2.8L + 1.4 TC II


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iso 1000


f/6.3


1/160


manual mode