Post your best bird shots!

[ahab1372]

A Mallard Hen .... from my trip to Louisville 2 weeks ago

1DMKIV
500mm
ISO 1600
f/4
1/640

Joel,
I never get tired of mallards, especially when you shoot them.

Arnt

[Joel Eade]

Joel,
I never get tired of mallards, especially when you shoot them.

Arnt

Thank You!!!!

[Joel Eade]

Young Wood Duck Hen
1DMKIV
500mm f/4L

[bob williams]

Young Wood Duck Hen
1DMKIV
500mm f/4L

Another nice shot Joel, But I have a question about this one and your previous duck shot. In these shots, the water and reflection around the bird look about as sharp as the bird. I know from your "lessons" that you like to seperate your subject from the back ground with a little gaussian blur. Do you also do this with the ducks in the water shots? if so, how do you keep the waves and reflection sharp?

Thanks

Bob

[Joel Eade]

Another nice shot Joel, But I have a question about this one and your previous duck shot. In these shots, the water and reflection around the bird look about as sharp as the bird. I know from your "lessons" that you like to seperate your subject from the back ground with a little gaussian blur. Do you also do this with the ducks in the water shots? if so, how do you keep the waves and reflection sharp?

Thanks

Bob

I use "quick mask" mode .... it allows you to "paint" a selection on your image then I blur or denoise the selected area only.

[bob williams]

I use "quick mask" mode .... it allows you to "paint" a selection on your image then I blur or denoise the selected area only.

Thanks Joel, How was the basketball camp last week?

[Joel Eade]

Thanks Joel, How was the basketball camp last week?

Very busy....I helped them shoot for about 6 hours on Tuesday. It's a 5 day camp with about 400 kids. They try to get action shots of all the kids the first 3 days then primarily sell photos on the last 2 days. He has 3 dye sublimation printers to make prints on site(4X6, 5X7 and 8X10) They are very fast and high quality. I talked to him on Thursday night and they sold almost $6000 up to that point. The camp runs for the next 2 weeks as well with a different group of kids each week. I might go back one more day if I can work it out.

[Mpieris]

Here are some of mine. All shot with my 5DII 70-200 f/2.8L. Let me know what you think good or bad. Also which is your favorite out of the group?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mazing_...ream/lightbox/
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[thekingb]

Let me know what you think good or bad. Also which is your favorite out of the group?
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The fourth shot is by far my favorite. The fifth is a nice composition. All of these shots seem to be in challenging light conditions, and the kingfisher?? isn't sharp. But in that fourth shot, you've captured some intense direct light right on the bird's face, and it is striking. Nice job! Contrast that one to the black bird with the bright background, where the bird has little detail.

A better Beamer flash accessory can help eliminate harsh shadows in some challenging light situations. http://www.amazon.com/X-Tender-Bette.../dp/B000SLNNG4

Did you have to crop in much?

[Steve U]

I don't post here very often and when I do, it is often a lorikeet, nothing has changed.
Well except for the Noisy Miner, which is a very territorial bird and a bit of a pest.



There's my lorikeet.
Thanks for viewing.