Post your best bird shots!

[Joel Eade]

Male Cardinal....same EXIF data as the previous image.

I got a good deal on 2 Einsteins, 2 umbrellas, 2 soft boxes and 2 portable batteries so I am trying them out in the back yard. The birds don't seem to mind!

[Joel Eade]

These are also images I took yesterday using the Einstein flash units and a softbox. Compared to a camera mounted speedlight the larger, softer light source with a very short flash duration seems to help capture feather detail nicely with slower shutter speeds.

[Bill W]

[Joel Eade]

Sweet!

[neuroanatomist]

Great shot, Bill!

[sedwards]

Mourning Dove
7DII
560mm
f9
iso 800
1/1000
430 EXII +better beamer 1/64 power

Mourning Dove by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

[Joel Eade]

Mourning Dove
7DII
560mm
f9
iso 800
1/1000
430 EXII +better beamer 1/64 power

Mourning Dove by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

I think Doves are often overlooked. They have a lot of subtle colors that are beautiful. You did well here...nice sharp image and the flash at low power looks natural....don't you just love the better beamer?

[dsiegel5151]

American Robin family:

[clemmb]

Image01232 by Mark Clem, on Flickr

[sedwards]

not great quality but this is the closest i can get to this guy. i found a nest while out fishing and its only accessible by boat , of course the wind was howling and the boat bobbing but i got a couple of decent shots. these are cropped quite a bit because he was about 250 feet away.
7dII
400mm @ f5.6
iso 500
1/3200
0V8A6542 by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr
0V8A6543 by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr