Post your best bird shots!

[Joel Eade]

Very nice images of the Cowbirds, the light is so soft and you got great detail.....awesome!

[dsiegel5151]

Very nice images of the Cowbirds, the light is so soft and you got great detail.....awesome!

Yeah, I have about 40 Cowbirds in my backyard at all hours right now, so I've been playing all day. The males are tough. I can't get their heads and bodies both exposed without the heads ending up overly "shiny." When I get their heads right, their bodies are just shadows (like above). My 40d retains about zero shadow detail (especially at over 300 iso), so I think this might be as good as I can get with my current setup.

I just put an offer in on a house with a much nicer backyard for bird photography (not a requirement for the house...I'm just getting lucky). The lighting is very uniform thanks to some big trees. Unfortunately, this house is bigger than my current house so I'm going to have to blow some money on furniture (not my idea) if my bid is accepted, and thus, my next camera upgrade will be pushed back even further