Post your best bird shots!

[Joel Eade]

Beautiful photo, BelGer and Joel, well what can I say ...absolutely perfect shot, again!!


Wattled Crane ...
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<p sizset="39" sizcache="6"]Thanks Denise.
<p sizset="39" sizcache="6"]Ithink this Crane photo is very nice, it looks like it has lots of detail and sharpness....it would really pop if you reduce noise in thre background then just bump the brightness and contrast a little and also remove the out of focus stem of grass that intersects the bird's bill.
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[ddt0725]

Thanks, Joel. I removed the grass ok but just can

[Joel Eade]

Denise, I took a crack at it to see if what I told you was OK, I used shadows/highlights to bring out some detail in the blacks, also there were some blown out whites on top of the head that I could not completely recover, I then did a levels adjustment and a brightness adjustment. I cloned out the grass stem and ran Topaz Denoise on the whole image....


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[ddt0725]

It looks much better ...thank much, Joel!!


Denise

[DLS]

great action shot Joel! show us more.
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Same camera and lens combo as above


ISO 800


f/7.1


1/1600


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Holy shnikees!......Amazing shots Joel! National Geo stuff you captured there!


Got any more???


Damian

[JJphoto]

Hey Joel, when you say "..... to start with", I knew you have some better stuff coming!


the size of the fish looks pretty good to me, i used to go fishing every weekend......., great bird pictures and good sized fish, man! this was like ....heaven......, wish i can attend your "workshop" someday.... keep the good stuff coming!


ps, was that a stripped bass,BTW?

[Fast Glass]

Here is one I got yesterday, this is probably the best lit bird shot I have to date. It was overcast with the flash set to 1/16 power with the better beamer.


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I'm not sure what kind it is, House Wren?


Awesome shots Joel!!! I want AF! The only thing I would do differently is saturate it a little more. But great all the same.



Cheers,


John.

[Sinh Nhut Nguyen]

Nice shot of the wren John, great sharpness and beautiful bokeh, head angle could be better. I like it!

[nvitalephotography]

I'm not sure what kind it is, House Wren?

House wrens lack that prominent white eyebrow this bird has. Its a Bewick's Wren.





Great photograph though.





Cheers,


Nick

[btaylor]

John - good to see you're giving that saturation slider a work out again [] That's a great shot mate, well done.


Joel - those shots are wonderful.





Here's one from me - another wren I think.


I know it's often nice to crop out branches etc to get rid of distractions but I think it gives the shot some context in this case so I didn't bother.


5D II, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS @ ISO 1000, f/2.8, 200mm, 1/160 sec.



Wren (of some sort) by Ben__Taylor, on Flickr





Ben