Post your best bird shots!

[DavidEccleston]

I figured it was photoshoped as well. I'm sure CS5 has the same merge functions as Elements, in which case these birds probably only saved you about 2 or 3 minutes.

[Joel Eade]

Chipping Sparrow
1D MKIV
700mm
ISO 800
f/5.6
1/640
AV mode, evaluative metering + 1/3 stop

[conropl]

Thanks! It is actually just one shot, the three birds saved me a lot of time in CS5 though!

That is cool. I thought it was multiple shots of one bird taking off from the bird house.

[bluesman]

One from the backyard this weekend.

[cls]

Hi, I’ve become a big fan of this thread and all of its great bird portraits. Usually I’m only following the thread, but this Sunday morning I took a walk with my camera along the seaside close to my home and I thought I’d share some bird shots from that.

Normally I would use the 10-22 and/or the 24-105 lens on such a photo walk, but for some reason I decided to bring only the 70-200 this time. It didn’t take long until a swan family made me company, and one of the youngsters seemed particularly eager to get his(?) face on my photos. Of course I let him get his way.

First there's the typical swan portrait (I have lots of similar ones and don’t really know why I keep collecting them.)

Then another one that accentuates their really long necks


What do you do if you’ve got a really long neck, no hands, and an itch on your chin? No problem, just wrap the neck around your body and use your toes for scratching.


Finally a close-up face portrait. (The other ones were shot at around 70 mm, but this one is taken at 200 mm from a close distance.)


Thanks for viewing!

[Joel Eade]

Hi, I’ve become a big fan of this thread and all of its great bird portraits. Usually I’m only following the thread, but this Sunday morning I took a walk with my camera along the seaside close to my home and I thought I’d share some bird shots from that.

Normally I would use the 10-22 and/or the 24-105 lens on such a photo walk, but for some reason I decided to bring only the 70-200 this time. It didn’t take long until a swan family made me company, and one of the youngsters seemed particularly eager to get his(?) face on my photos. Of course I let him get his way

Thanks for viewing!

Those are nice Swan images, I like the close up best. Very sharp and detailed.

[Joel Eade]

Blue Jay, my back yard setup
1D MKIV
700 mm
ISO 1000
f/6.3
1/320

[Scott Stephen]

This was the scene out by my bird feeder just a few minutes ago. I boosted reds and blues and dropped the other colors to make the birds stand out. I think I have half the cardinal population of IL right here in my yard.

Oh WOW. That is insane. I am jealous. I would have thought that was a joke with Photoshop for sure!

I need to get some of those peanut pieces. We get some cardinals and occasionally a blue-jay, but this looks like the place where Cardinals have to go wait in line to get their drivers licenses renewed or something.

[Dave Johnston]

but this looks like the place where Cardinals have to go wait in line to get their drivers licenses renewed or something.

That would be their.... Pilots licence renewed.

ah, thank you

[canonclix]

This is from a small lake in Taiwan, I think it is a Kingfisher.


60D, 1/1600, f/5.6, 70-200L II, 2x iii ext, 400mm, ISO 1600

This is from Kowloon Park in Hong Kong, not sure the name of the bird.


60D, 1/500, f/8, 70-200L II, 2x iii ext, 400mm, ISO 640