Post your best bird shots!

[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

[Joel Eade]

BlueJay


1DMKIII


300mm 2.8L + 1.4TCII


580 EXII ETTL -2 stops + better beamer


manual mode


iso 1000


1/400


f/6.3





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[Richard Lane]

Joel, Nice bluejay shot!





Rich

[Richard Lane]

MK IV 300mm f/2.8L IS +1.4X @420mm f/7.1 1/1600sec ISO 200 CPL


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C&amp;C always welcome!


Rich

[Bill W]

Rich....nice captures of a Brant goose. I only get to see them during migration and I haven

[Joel Eade]

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C&amp;C always welcome!


Rich
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Rich,


I like the first one best, the light is at a better angle to show the underwing detail and the bird is not flying away from you as much. I would try to crop a little tighter and lighten the eye a bit as already suggested. (If you have photoshop the dodge tool works well for this)


Joel

[Richard Lane]

Thank you Bill and Joel!


Your suggestions are greatly appreciated!


I've never used the burn or dodge tool, but I did buy Photoshop last year (Cyber Monday Sale), so I think it's about time that I spend some time learning how to use the program.


I'm not happy with the feather detail either and I would love a longer lens, as some of theses are cropped slighlty. My new thing is trying to walk around with the 300mm + 2x @600mm to see if that is the correct focal lenghth for me or if it will be the 500mm. I will wait for Version II either way.


Rich

[HDNitehawk]

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Thank you Bill and Joel!


Your suggestions are greatly appreciated!


I've never used the burn or dodge tool, but I did buy Photoshop last year (Cyber Monday Sale), so I think it's about time that I spend some time learning how to use the program.


Rich
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Rich


I had one observation as well. The First is the best with the sun hitting the underside of the bird. But the color's look dull to me like you took the saturation down. Maybe that is the true color of this bird, but I would have thought the brownish feathers would have had more of a brassy color to them.


Rick

[Bill W]

I'm a little late....mea culpa.....in saying thank you to Bob, Steve U, Denise (my flickr shots) and Rich concerning some earlier shots. I do appreciate your comments folks...again, thank you.


Regards


Bill