Post your best bird shots!

[Joel Eade]

Bill, love the Merganser! Great sharpness and exposure as well as killer reflection...cool!

[Joel Eade]

Got home a little before dusk today, still very overcast but not raining .... the Cardinals were cooperating


1DMKIII


300mm 2.8L + 1.4 TC II


580 EX II ETTL -1 2/3 stops


1/640


f/5.6


iso 1000





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[eam73]

Canon 7d, Canon 100-400mm at 400mm, f7.1, iso 1000, 1/800s


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[bob williams]

Eam, Great shot, Very nice lighting----BTW, What kind of Bird is that?

[bob williams]

Joel, Very nice cardinal--Love the fill light. I have a couple of questions---


1. I noticed that your Shutter was at 1/640. I have always understood that you shoouldn

[Joel Eade]

Thanks Bob!


You

[bob williams]

Thanks Bob!


You're right about the sync speed ... with small birds at close range you would seldom get a sharp image with 1/250 sec so I always keep my flash on high speed sync.


And yes, I always take test shots (even when not using flash) and look at the image and the histogram to adjust exposure keeping in mind I am trying to keep my shutter speed and my depth of field appropriate for the image, hopefully without having to go too high with the iso but that is usually my last concern.


If I have a very cooperative subject sometimes I will take multiple shots and quickly move the f-stop or shutter speed up and down by 1/3 stop or so just so I have different exposures to choose from.


Joel
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Thanks for the info Joel, I love your work and really appreciate your willingness to share your techniques. I have learned so much from you----now if the hummers would just come back.........





Bob

[eam73]

Thanks Bob. It is a Hoopoe. I took it out-of-a-car near Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Unfortunately it never opened its crown which you
can see from this picture (NOT MINE) can be spectacular:


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[bob williams]

cool bird

[HDNitehawk]

A few from today





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