Post your best bird shots!

[Joel Eade]

Despite the 22 degree weather I went out to the lake about 10 miles from home to try some flight shots on gulls ... it was overcast gray skies so the background is boring but I got some nice images.


1DMKIII


300mm 2.8L + 1.4TC II


Hand Held


Manual mode


Evaluative metering


ISO 1600


1/1600


f/6.3


580 EXII + Better Beamer ETTL mode





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[Fast Glass]

1/1600

580 EXII + Better Beamer ETTL mode

How did you get to sync the 580 to such a fast shutter speed?


John.

[smith365]

I set my camera up on a remote timer to get a few shots of the mockingbird in my backyard. The sun was going down and I had to push the exposure about 1.5 stops in post, which explains the extra grain.





<span style="font-size: x-small;"]Canon 7d


<span style="font-size: x-small;"]EF 70-200 f/4<span style="color: #ff0000;"]L<span style="color: #000000;"] <span style="color: #000000;"]USM (200mm)



<span style="font-size: x-small;"]<span style="color: #ff0000;"]<span style="color: #000000;"]<span style="color: #000000;"]Remote Timer


<span style="font-size: x-small;"]<span style="color: #ff0000;"]<span style="color: #000000;"]<span style="color: #000000;"]Manual Mode


<span style="font-size: x-small;"]<span style="color: #ff0000;"]<span style="color: #000000;"]<span style="color: #000000;"]ISO 640


<span style="font-size: x-small;"]<span style="color: #ff0000;"]<span style="color: #000000;"]<span style="color: #000000;"]1/200


<span style="color: #ff0000;"]<span style="color: #000000;"]<span style="color: #000000;"]<span style="font-size: x-small;"]f/6.3


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[JJphoto]

thanks Joel for the camera information. it's a good price, but still $2000 is a lot of money, I'm getting very good result from 7D now, so I'd like to stick with it now, if I got a 1D body, can I resist a version II lens? hm.... dangerous!


I just can't resist to post two more shots I got yesterday, the IQ.... I just can't get that with the 300mm





and this is the most beautiful GBH I have ever seen!





the IQ posted on this forum is not as good as on my Mac[]


thanks for viewing!

[JJphoto]

JJ, every time I look at your latest pictures I have to go and check the current deals on the 500mm lens.

well every time I see your pictures here, it makes me want to take a trip like that tomorrow[]


nice shots Andy!, I was wondering those bluish color of the ice was from PP or it was like that in real world?

[JJphoto]

Despite the 22 degree weather I went out to the lake about 10 miles from home to try some flight shots on gulls

nice! and I guess Denise will have to go out and shoot some birds too despite the weather[]


anyway, I feel so lucky living in California, it's pretty warm here and I'm having a trip to La Jolla to shoot those brown pelican tomorrow[]

[Andy Stringer]

I was wondering those bluish color of the ice was from PP or it was like that in real world?

JJ,the ice really was blue. I increased the contrast slightly but didn't mess with the white balance or saturation at all.

The ice had broken offa nearby glacier, and glacier ice usually has a blue or green tint. Try this link for an explanation: http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2010/12/blue-glacier-ice.html

Here's another example that shows the difference in colour between the glacier ice and the snow in the background. To avoid going too far off topic, I made sure to choose an example with some more kittiwakes.


5D Mark II, EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM @ 105mm, f/8, 1/320s, ISO 100

[Joel Eade]

<p style="padding-left: 30px;"]John,
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"]I turn on high speed sync on the flash ... I know at such extreme shutter speeds it may not be providing much effect ... but I was shooting some other stuff with slower speeds as well.
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"]Joel

[dhesling]

One more from New Smyrna Beach, FL


EXIF intact


Thanks for looking, Dan


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[Joel Eade]

JJphoto ...


nice GBH shot , I love the background, if had moved slightly yo your left or maybe made a slight sound to get him looking at you it would have been killer. ALso some NR on the background will make it better..... that 500mm lens has turned you on brother!!!


Keep on keepin