Post your best bird shots!

[Jayson]

[Bill W]

baby birds are about the ugliest....you made the best of your photo op Jayson...nice shot.

female ABE feeding eaglets

[Joel Eade]

Nice shots jays and Bill (more Eagles.....)

Here is the mate to the female cardinal I posted earlier

[Bill W]

This morning's m RTHB

[Joel Eade]

This morning's m RTHB

Incredible details! Great image.

[Joel Eade]

The breeding pairs of woodpeckers are now bringing newly fledged young ones to the back yard.

This is a juvenile male Hairy Woodpecker

1DX
700m
iso 1600
f/6.3
1/400

[sedwards]

ive been trying to get a bird on a perch with a nice background like Joel . the perch is a bit far and i cant push the iso as high as i would like but its not to bad.
how do you use a better beamer and not get steel eye ?
70d
400mm
iso 800
f5.6
1/400
IMG_7813 by sedwards679, on Flickr

[Joel Eade]

ive been trying to get a bird on a perch with a nice background like Joel . the perch is a bit far and i cant push the iso as high as i would like but its not to bad.
how do you use a better beamer and not get steel eye ?
IMG_7813 by sedwards679, on Flickr

You just need an old Christmas tree holder and a bird feeder.....you can put the perch wherever you want

When using a Better Beamer I have my flash on a bracket so the light source is probably 8-10 inches above the center of the lens. Additionally it helps to use a very low power on the flash. You can dial it in manually....I typically use 1/16 power or lower. Also you can use ETTL....I typically use -2 to -3 stops.

I put together a little primer on backyard setups for birds. It's posted in the tips section.

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/P...etup-Tips.aspx

[Bill W]

Stuart, the pic looks very good, especially the bokeh. Bokeh was one of the issues I had w/the 100-400. Now just have your subject looking at you saying cheese.

Joel, thanks for "appreciating" the ABE (and HBs) pix....the ABE pix are a little harsh, for the eaglets didn't offer any photo ops until mid-morning, but you take what they give you. And thanks for your tips link....very detailed.

Perches; my outdoor studio perches for the song birds...far L perch to far R perch....are 20 feet apart and I'm able to shoot from my office window w/a camo curtain. Thanks for your input on this subject also.

[ddt0725]

Love the baby bird shot, Jayson!

I really don't do much birding anymore but still grab a shot when the spontaneous op arises. Here's one I shot last summer ...still waiting for some hb's to return to my backyard this year ...


Female Hummingbird by Denise Trocio (D Trocio Photography), on Flickr