Post your best bird shots!

[neuroanatomist]

"Mockingbird's Glare"



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EOS 7D, EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6<span style="color: #ff0000;"]L IS USM @ 400mm, 1/640 s, f/5.6, ISO 200

[Bill W]

John....sorry, I can

[bob williams]

John, Very nice shot of the mockingbird. Did you achieve that wonderful bokeh via camera settings and distance or did you give it a little assistance in post?


Bob

[neuroanatomist]

John, Very nice shot of the mockingbird. Did you achieve that wonderful bokeh via camera settings and distance or did you give it a little assistance in post?

Thanks, Bob! No PP, just good old-fashioned optics - long lens, close focal length, distant background. I agree - sometimes the 100-400mm can have a bit of a 'rough' bokeh, but not in this shot.

[Joel Eade]

Roseate Spoonbill in flight. From my Florida trip Sept 2010 with a rental 500mm f/4 iso 400 f/7.1 1/1250


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[bob williams]

Her is one from the other day when I was experimenting with some new backgrounds. The back grounds (from the Walmart fabric department) are now garage rags, but I thought this was worth sharing since I finally got a flower in the pic.


7D, 500mm, iso 250, f13, 1/100, 3 flashes set at 1/16


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[dsiegel5151]

Not near as nice as Bob's Humming Bird above, but here's a couple Purple Martins and some Geese:

[Joel Eade]

Baby Osprey from my trip to South Carolina in May.





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