Post your best bird shots!

[Steve U]

Nice shot Steve and glad to hear you are enjoying some sunshine! I remember singing the Kookaburra song in school as a kid & never knew what one looked like! Now I know & now I know I'm going to have that song stuck in my head for the rest of the day! [img]/emoticons/emotion-4.gif[/img]




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Denise
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"Merry merry king of the bush is heee." I even sound tone deaf when I type.


Nice in flight shots. You're good, Denise.

[JJphoto]

A juvenile kookaburra, what do you think?

I think it's very good! Steve, what a lovey juvenile Kookaburra that can't be find here in California. I like the DOF you planned, very sharp, i like the pose of the bird too.


maybe there is a little overexposed on the whites IMO and you may want to leave more space on the right side because bird is facing right. usually we want direct front lighting for bird shots, but it's not available all the time. you may want some fill light in this lighting condition IMO.

[Steve U]

maybe there is a little overexposed on the whites IMO and you may want to leave more space on the right side because bird is facing right. usually we want direct front lighting for bird shots, but it's not available all the time. you may want some fill light in this lighting condition IMO.
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Thanks JJ, that is the feedback I need to try and lift my pics to the next level. I could have worked on some fill light and the way he was facing didn't occur to me.


More to work on, I appreciate your comments.

[Steve U]

It is hard to avoid eye contact with a baby owl. Heh heh they are cute.


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This is a Tawny Frogmouth, apparantly.


Thanks for viewing,


Steve

[Kayaker72]

As always, great pictures everyone. Here are some Blue Jays from my back yard.


All pictures are Canon 7D, 100-400L, 400mm, 1/160, f/5.6, ISO 400 (cropped from original)


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Thanks for viewing. C&amp;C's welcome.

[Joel Eade]

Hey Denise,


I really like the framing on your second Gull image ... hope you don't mind ...but I couldn't help looking at it closer. I did some processing with Shadows/Highlights and unsharp mask which really makes it pop I think. Well done on this one !!


Joel





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[ddt0725]

I don't mind at all, Joel!!! Thank you very much for the much needed improvement![Y]

Denise

[Joel Eade]

Here's another one from our recent rainy weekend .... I like the water beads on the bird's head. Used off camera flash due to poor ambient light.


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[Steve U]

Nice shot Joel, wise investment with the 300 by the looks, obvious in this photo and even more so by recent MKll pre-order prices.


Nice PP on the gull as well.

[Kayaker72]

Agreed, very nice picture indeed.