Post your best bird shots!

[bob williams]

Nice work Bob....our Ruby Throats as so competitive they would never share a feeder like that.

The young Cardinals are molting into adult plumage and they are hungry! I had 6 at one time on the feeder today.

1D4
500mm
ISO 1600
f/4.0
1/400
580EXII + Better Beamer 1/32 power

Love the shot Joel, But I have a question----Did you give up on ETTL? I noticed you shot at 1/32 flash vs -2 2/3---What prompted the switch?

[Joel Eade]

Love the shot Joel, But I have a question----Did you give up on ETTL? I noticed you shot at 1/32 flash vs -2 2/3---What prompted the switch?

Well....it was actually a boo-boo....I failed to check my settings beforehand and I had left the flash set on manual for the HB's. I shot a couple frames of the Cardinal without flash and it (the histogram) looked a little underexposed so I reached up and flipped it on and took a few more frames while it was posing nicely.

After the bird left I looked at the settings and it was on manual 1/32, it worked pretty well though

[Richard Lane]

Hey Bob, I'm really loving the flowers, background and colors on those!

Joel, another great shot and I'm loving the mohawk!

[Joel Eade]

A pair of Mourning Doves taken this morning

1DMKIV
500mm
ISO 1600
f/4.0
1/640
No flash

[Joel Eade]

Downy Woodpecker from my backyard setup, rainy morning today so slower shutter speed and high ISO needed.

1D4
500mm
ISO 1600
f/4.0
1/160

[bob williams]

Nice shots Joel, Looks like you have all kinds of youngsters in your back yard.

Here are some more hummers from this morning. I was trying to change it up a bit, so I combined natural and printed background and really stretched the imagination with the flowers----the flowers are almost all gone around here.

Both shots: 7D, 500mm, 1/250th, ISO 200, F16, 4 flashes @1/32nd power.

I didn't really care for this one, but this is the only bird that would come close to this flower:





And one with out flowers:



P.S. I hit my 100. You can see the entire collection here: http://rwilliamsimaging.com/hummingbirds

Thanks for looking

[Jayson]

P.S. I hit my 100. You can see the entire collection here: http://rwilliamsimaging.com/hummingbirds

Thanks for looking

Bob that is one heck of a collection! Congrats on your 100!

[Raid]

A pair of Mourning Doves taken this morning

1DMKIV
500mm
ISO 1600
f/4.0
1/640
No flash

Joel

I don't how I feel about this one. It looks a little spooky

[bob williams]

Joel

I don't how I feel about this one. It looks a little spooky

it's THE BIRDS

[Steve U]

Nice shots Joel, Looks like you have all kinds of youngsters in your back yard.

Here are some more hummers from this morning. I was trying to change it up a bit, so I combined natural and printed background and really stretched the imagination with the flowers----the flowers are almost all gone around here.

Both shots: 7D, 500mm, 1/250th, ISO 200, F16, 4 flashes @1/32nd power.

I didn't really care for this one, but this is the only bird that would come close to this flower:





And one with out flowers:



P.S. I hit my 100. You can see the entire collection here: http://rwilliamsimaging.com/hummingbirds

Thanks for looking

Congrats Bob, great collection. Your flash setup gives incredible results, beautiful subject isolation in this series. Superb.