Post your best bird shots!

[Joel Eade]

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[Raid]

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"]<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"]<span style="font-size: small;"]Typical&hellip;.. A bloody Photographer turns up and I&rsquo;ve got food stuck in my teeth!<o></o>
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[bob williams]

@raid, very nice grebe shot

[bob williams]

Here are a few I took on a recent vacation to NC Outer Banks, near Cape Hatteras---I did post a few on a different string, but here are more from the series.




















below isn't a great shot but I did find it interesting enough to share








Hope you like,





Bob

[JJphoto]

Nice set of Osprey shots, Bob, like the second one the best.


for the first shot, It maybe better if crop out the bird on the left, just my 2 cents.

[Raid]

Excellent shots Bob, what equipment were you using. Would like to know how close you could get (no not to the flying dolphins).

[bob williams]

Good suggestion JJ. but I do wish I could have gotten both in focus--

[bob williams]

@Raid, for the nest shots I could get as close as 20 feet, but usually had to back off a bit to improve angle and capture more of the scene. The inflight shots varied---sometimes I got lucky and some times I didn

[Joel Eade]

1D3


500MM F/4


ISO 1000


F/10


1/1250


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[nvitalephotography]

Joel, thats a great shot. I love how it looks like the pelican is touching the water but it hasn