Post your best bird shots!

[Joel Eade]

And yet another Bosque image....sorry....decided to take Nik Silver Efex for a spin!

It seems to make really nice B&W conversions.

[bob williams]

And yet another Bosque image....sorry....decided to take Nik Silver Efex for a spin!

It seems to make really nice B&W conversions.

NIce work Joel, and the silver efx pro really did a nice job with this shot. But personaly, I like the color version better. Although the B&W version really brings out the detail in the wings and feathers.

[Joel Eade]

Thanks Bob, I generally like color better as well ... here's a backyard visitor this morning, we have about 1/2" of snow and it's 25 degrees.

[bob williams]

Thanks Bob, I generally like color better as well ... here's a backyard visitor this morning, we have about 1/2" of snow and it's 25 degrees.

Joel, This is a great shot---The clouds in the eye are just icing on the cake---nice shot

[Kombi]

Thanks Bob, I generally like color better as well ... here's a backyard visitor this morning, we have about 1/2" of snow and it's 25 degrees.

Fantastic.

Browsed though this thread a few times now, I am in awe of how many fantastic bird shots there are.
It inspired me to try some. Rented a Canon EF 100-400mm lens for the weekend to play with. Took the dog to the park and played.

I now have even more respect for bird photos - there was only a couple chickadees and 1 woodpecker, but of the 50 or so shots I took only one is.. half decent.
Not same league as people here, but my best so far.



Edit: Shot with canon T2i, Lens 100-400mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec, ISO 800, hand held

[dsiegel5151]

P.s. the only reason my friend and I found such a great Barred Owl, sitting right next to the road at eye level, and not scared of cars was b/c the Heavens opened up and said, "you guys are idiots. It's 15 degrees out here. You aren't even wearing gloves. Here's an owl for your effort." This was our second eagle trip of the year and we have still not come up with a keeper eagle in 2012.

[Joel Eade]

Fantastic.

Browsed though this thread a few times now, I am in awe of how many fantastic bird shots there are.
It inspired me to try some. Rented a Canon EF 100-400mm lens for the weekend to play with. Took the dog to the park and played.

I now have even more respect for bird photos - there was only a couple chickadees and 1 woodpecker, but of the 50 or so shots I took only one is.. half decent.
Not same league as people here, but my best so far.
Edit: Shot with canon T2i, Lens 100-400mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec, ISO 800, hand held

Your Chickadee image is very nice: a good pose with good exposure and sharpness. Probably 1 good keeper out of 50 isn't too bad a ratio especially just starting out and using a lens you're not practiced with. If you are really wanting to get into it consider the 400 f/5.6L lens....super sharp, fast AF, light and easy to handle.