Post your best bird shots!

[Joel Eade]

It is very addicting ... I will be out of the game for a couple days due to my daughter's wedding tomorrow but will hopefully post some more images early next week .... here's one last image from today


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[ddt0725]

Beautiful hb pics!!! I put my feeders away a few weeks ago when I hadn't seen any in quite awhile ...you guys are making me want to bring them back out & hope they make at least one more return visit!


The shot below isn't the sharpest but I love the large wing spread and the fact that I didn't clip any of it off! []

[ddt0725]

[bob williams]

It is very addicting ... I will be out of the game for a couple days due to my daughter's wedding tomorrow but will hopefully post some more images early next week .... here's one last image from today

Yes it is. I am going to be able to feed my habit today andgo out and shoot some of these little guys. I put a bamboo curtain up across my back porch to limit some of the morning sun so I am hoping it will help with the ghosting when I shoot in the AM---we'll see. Maybe I'll get some shots posted this afternoon if all goes well.


On a side note: I have seen a lot more H-bird activity this last week---up to twenty birds fighting over the feeders when I normally only have two or three. Are others out there seeing a big increasein activity? I am hoping this will increase opportunity, but they really seem to do more fighting than eating. Well see[:S]


BTW----another great shot Joel---I really have to work on my post processing.


Bob

[ddt0725]

Sorry I keep going against the latest theme here! HB feeder going back out today ...wish me luck with it!


In the meantime ...

[bob williams]

Denise, This is the "birds" string[] Post away. Nice shot, Cool duck, what is it?? I love the rich green plants and algea and the old tree branch--it really gives this shot character.


Nice Job.


Bob

[bob williams]

Well, I didn't have much luck yesterday, fought the the sun and had a great deal of ghosting in almost all of my shots, plus I was having some flash problems. I tried to use the IR triggering on the 580 ex II and 2 430 exII's but really inconsistant flash output if they triggered at all---so it was back to the pocket wizards for me early this am.I also tried out a new feeder prop I made and it worked very well. I was actually able to remove the feeder from the prop and replace it with some flowers and the birds seemed to like it (of course the flowers were charged with sugar water). Here are a couple from this AM.


7D, 500 f4l, tripod, remote trigger, 1 camera mounted flash, 2 stand mounted flashes (one on bird and one on background)


ISO 400, f11, 1/125, everything manual








Thanks for looking and commenting


Bob

[ddt0725]

Bob, I think these are some of your best hb shots yet!! They are SO MUCH BETTER with flowers in the shot!! Truly beautiful!


Denise

[bob williams]

Bob, I think these are some of your best hb shots yet!! They are SO MUCH BETTER with flowers in the shot!! Truly beautiful!


Denise
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I agree Denise, the flowers just seem to do the trick---you well know that I have been struggling to get flowers in the shot, but I made another pvc contraption yesterday and it really seemed to work for me and the birds this morning (less than an hour of shooting)---and it was cheap. Wow---"Cheap and Functional"; you don't hear those two words used in the same sentence on this forum very often[]


Thanks again for your comments---


Bob

[Lancer]

Here are a couple shots from my favorite Mexican Restaurant


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