Post your best bird shots!

[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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[Lancer]

Here's my first post on the forum.


I got my new Nikon D3000 a couple of weeks ago. I haven't taken a ton a pictures so far but here are two of my favorites so far.


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[Tadas N.]

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Hi all,

I haven't been here for some time... Joel's images, as always, are very hard to beat. Awesome images of Ospreys! And Bill, your shot of a raptor is great too!

These are the images from the last days. I don't have a car and my bicycle is broken now, so I'm stuck in my local area. But it's a good opportunity to make different photos of common birds, I think.So I was focused on the light for some time.

What do you think about these images? Questions, critique and comments are welcome. Also, you are welcome to my website:http://tadasphotography.com/

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The Nuthatch was lit by the setting sun while the forest was in a shadow.




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The Coot in the morning light.


Canon 50D, Canon 100-400mm, photographed in Lithuania.
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[Bill W]

Tadas......I like how you captured the nuthatch in the stream of light, very nice effect.


But I

[Bill W]

Nice one Joel....kind of reminds me of a Velociraptor from Jurassic Park.


How did you get this pic....I

[Joel Eade]

Nice one Joel....kind of reminds me of a Velociraptor from Jurassic Park.


How did you get this pic....I'm assuming you didn't climb a ladder to it's nest. If the nest is on the ground....isn't that unusual?

It was in a small Cypress tree and I was on a pontoon boat, there were actually many Osprey nests at just about eye level. I was surprised to see that they frequently choose small trees only 6-8 feet above the water.

[William]

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Sparrow (I think).

[Bill W]

Thanks Joel....that explains the eye level shot. I really didn't think you were crazy enough to climb up to the nest. []


William....nice capture of a tough action subject.


The Red tail hawk youngsters are still hanging around my backyard making numerous kills.....the banner birth year for the chipmunks is being greatly lowered....thankfully.


Here's a capture of one just after s/he's breakfast.


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Thanks for looking


Bill