Post your best bird shots!

[Joel Eade]

BlueJay


1DMKIII


300mm 2.8L + 1.4TCII


580 EXII ETTL -2 stops + better beamer


manual mode


iso 1000


1/400


f/6.3





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[Richard Lane]

Joel, Nice bluejay shot!





Rich

[Richard Lane]

MK IV 300mm f/2.8L IS +1.4X @420mm f/7.1 1/1600sec ISO 200 CPL


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C&amp;C always welcome!


Rich

[Bill W]

Rich....nice captures of a Brant goose. I only get to see them during migration and I haven

[Bill W]

I'm a little late....mea culpa.....in saying thank you to Bob, Steve U, Denise (my flickr shots) and Rich concerning some earlier shots. I do appreciate your comments folks...again, thank you.


Regards


Bill

[Joel Eade]

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C&amp;C always welcome!


Rich
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Rich,


I like the first one best, the light is at a better angle to show the underwing detail and the bird is not flying away from you as much. I would try to crop a little tighter and lighten the eye a bit as already suggested. (If you have photoshop the dodge tool works well for this)


Joel

[Richard Lane]

Thank you Bill and Joel!


Your suggestions are greatly appreciated!


I've never used the burn or dodge tool, but I did buy Photoshop last year (Cyber Monday Sale), so I think it's about time that I spend some time learning how to use the program.


I'm not happy with the feather detail either and I would love a longer lens, as some of theses are cropped slighlty. My new thing is trying to walk around with the 300mm + 2x @600mm to see if that is the correct focal lenghth for me or if it will be the 500mm. I will wait for Version II either way.


Rich

[HDNitehawk]

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Thank you Bill and Joel!


Your suggestions are greatly appreciated!


I've never used the burn or dodge tool, but I did buy Photoshop last year (Cyber Monday Sale), so I think it's about time that I spend some time learning how to use the program.


Rich
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Rich


I had one observation as well. The First is the best with the sun hitting the underside of the bird. But the color's look dull to me like you took the saturation down. Maybe that is the true color of this bird, but I would have thought the brownish feathers would have had more of a brassy color to them.


Rick

[Richard Lane]

Hi Rick,


I don't think I touched the saturation. This bird is actually brown, black and white. I can post the original and some other pictures of the bird on the ground in good lighting. I believe I adjusted the exposure, highlights and WB slightly in Aperture 3.


I remember the sky was very, very, blue (almost too blue, perhaps from the CPL) with a slight magenta tint, so I warmed it up slightly and turned the magenta down a tick or two on the slider. When I increase the exposure and highlights, I then get grainy brown feathers.


I need a lot of work on my PP. I really appreciate everyones contributions, as I would really like to get better. I'm used to exposing for uniforms and jerseys, not feathers! [:P]


Rich

[Richard Lane]

...The First is the best with the sun hitting the underside of the bird. But the color's look dull to me like you took the saturation down. Maybe that is the true color of this bird, but I would have thought the brownish feathers would have had more of a brassy color to them.

MK IV 300mm +1.4X @420mm


Here is the "original #1 from above post" Brant Goose (Thanks Bill) in flight straight out of the camera, without any PP. Maybe, I should stop trying to fix my images? []








Here's what they look like floating. @600mm f/7.1 1/800sec ISO 800 CPL












Easier Pickin's when they're on the ground, as he's checking me out with the "Big White Lens." @600mm f/7.1 1/320sec ISO 800 CPL






I think these are all the same type of Brant Goose?


Rich