Post your best bird shots!

[dsiegel5151]

Finally got a Tufted Titmouse today, and a Black-capped Chickadee as well.

[Rocco]

..those are great! Someday I'll actually put my 400 5.6L to good use. The bald eagles will be here before I am ready. I need to start shooting some birds. What do you guys shoot? 1/1600 sec for BIF?

[Joel Eade]

These are super sharp and very well done, excellent work!!!

[Joel Eade]

..those are great! Someday I'll actually put my 400 5.6L to good use. The bald eagles will be here before I am ready. I need to start shooting some birds. What do you guys shoot? 1/1600 sec for BIF?

Yes, you will want all the shutter speed possible. If you have the light go as high as you can even 1/5000!!

[Don Burkett]

Really nice series Dustin. The creamy backgrounds really allow the feather detail to come through on these.

[Joel Eade]

Recent Downy Woodpecker image from the back yard, a gray overcast day so had to use a higher ISO to get adequate shutter speed

1D3
500mm f/4L
Manual mode, evaluative metering, central AF point only
Tripod
ISO 1000
f/5.6
1/500
580 EXII + better beamer ETTL -2 1/3 stops

See my other images : http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio.com/

[ddt0725]

IMG_5228 by Denise Trocio, on Flickr

[Joel Eade]

Nice Junco Denise! Great pose and head angle....only thing I see is that the critical focus point seems to be midway back on the body.

[ddt0725]

Thanks, Joel! Now that you mention it, you are correct ...I looked back and my focus point was not on his eye as I had thought! So much for my dependable hand holding abilities with the 100-400mm!

I think these are alittle better as fars as correct focus goes ...



Male Northern Cardinal by Denise Trocio, on Flickr


Female Dark-eyed Junco by Denise Trocio, on Flickr

[Joel Eade]

Denise, I agree, these are really nice and I like the framing too. On the male cardinal see if you can do a little dodging on his eye so the iris just slightly more visible. I think that would really add some impact. Good work!!