Post your best bird shots!

[Joel Eade]

Gorgeous bird....great detail and color on this shot!

[Dave Throgmartin]

This guy has been around so much I'm calling him "our neighborhood hawk"! Here I tried to get some shots during the golden light and liked this one.


2013_08_19_2866_LR_upd_8x10 by dthrog00, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing.
Dave

[Jonathan Huyer]

Wow that's ridiculously sharp..! The lighting is perfect and the glint in the eye tops it all off.

[Dave Throgmartin]

Thanks Jonathan, I've just recently tried some "dodge & burn" techniques and used it here to make the eyes look a bit better.

Dave

[Andy Stringer]

It must be autumn, the geese have arrived!


Pink-footed Geese by Andrew Stringer, on Flickr


Pink-footed Geese by Andrew Stringer, on Flickr

This was the first trip with my new EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM. For both of these shots, I also used the EF 2x III extender. Hopefully I'll be posting more soon.

[Andy Stringer]

One more from this afternoon. I had to go to ISO 8000 for this one.


Grey Heron by Andrew Stringer, on Flickr

[M_Six]

Saw this young bald eagle fishing today. He caught a small fish and just decided to eat it in flight.

[Joel Eade]

Hairy Woodpecker, my back yard set up

1D MKIV
500mm f/4L + 1.4 TC
ISO 1000
f/5.6
1/320

[Joel Eade]

Another backyard frequent flyer: Male Northern Cardinal

1D MKIV
500mm f/4L
ISO 1000
f/4
1/160

[qwRad]

Siberian Jay from my trip to Lapland a few weeks ago:


5D3 + 70-300L @ 300mm, 1/400th, f/5.6, ISO100

They are quite curious and fearless if you have treats in your hand and stay reasonably still: