Post your best bird shots!

[Joel Eade]

Thanks Joel. I haven't seen what I think is a Hairy in awhile. It looked a lot like a Downy, but was much larger, I'd ballpark it around 8-9 inches. Also, as it flew off, the wound was distinctively different from the downys.

Some recent shots of birds in my backyard:

6S0A7173 by kayaker72, on Flickr

6S0A7079 by kayaker72, on Flickr

6S0A7057 by kayaker72, on Flickr

6S0A7045 by kayaker72, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing! Brant

By your description that probably was a Hairy WP .... they are fairly elusive around here and tend to make infrequent and very brief visits to the suet feeder. Nice set of pics by the way.... love that Ruby Throated HB. What body and lens did you use on that one?

[DavidEccleston]

Nice set Brant. Joel is finally getting some competition again.

Joel, for the Hummingbird, he used a 5D4, 500mm F4L IS II + 1.4x Extender III (Flickr shows it below the image, along with exposure settings).

[Kayaker72]

Nice set Brant. Joel is finally getting some competition again.

Joel, for the Hummingbird, he used a 5D4, 500mm F4L IS II + 1.4x Extender III (Flickr shows it below the image, along with exposure settings).

Whoa, whoa, whoa....let's not get crazy here. I am still learning.

But, thanks

And yes, I am pretty exclusively using the 5DIV with the 500 f/4 II with 1.4x extender. Overall, a very nice set up. I've tried the 2x extender a bit, and it is actually a bit too much reach for my feeder, and the AF speed takes a bit too much of a hit for birds in trees behind my feeder. It has worked well in the past. Last year I got a few good HB pics when the HB was predictably working over a Butterfly bush in my yard.

I have thought about a higher frame rate camera, but, honestly, I am already sorting through enough images. If this was critical for me, sure, but 7 fps (which I've timed and is closer to 6 fps) isn't awful for taking 10-15 minutes a day and watching the birds in my backyard.

While we are at it....from May...just processing now:

Indigo bunting

6S0A5632 by kayaker72, on Flickr


Goldfinch (landed on top of my feeder, but the best shot I have, it hasn't been back that I have seen since this visit)

6S0A6339 by kayaker72, on Flickr

[Kayaker72]

A couple RTHBs

6S0A8082 by kayaker72, on Flickr

Small-7392 by kayaker72, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing...Brant

[Kayaker72]

I believe this is a juvenile Hairy Woodpecker.

6S0A9048 by kayaker72, on Flickr

6S0A9033 by kayaker72, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing...
Brant

[Joel Eade]

I believe this is a juvenile Hairy Woodpecker.

6S0A9048 by kayaker72, on Flickr

6S0A9033 by kayaker72, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing...
Brant

I think you're correct ..... cute little guy, great images too!!!

[Kayaker72]

hmmm....old camera still seems to work

Juvenile Red Bellied Woodpecker

6S0A8957 by kayaker72, on Flickr

Blue Jay

6S0A8829 by kayaker72, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing! Brant

[Jonathan Huyer]

hmmm....old camera still seems to work

Thanks for viewing! Brant

Ha ha yes it sure does --- and the operator might even know a thing or two about how to use it properly too . Goes to prove in the midst of all this excitement about new cameras, that the "old" stuff out there is also still really good.

[Kayaker72]

Yep...but it does help when the old gear includes a 500 f/4 II. That thing is a beauty.

Just some more evidence....

6S0A9543-SAI by kayaker72, on Flickr

[Minerve101]

Today I got up courage to try some BIF shots. This is HARD!! (but I suppose everyone already knows that).
Also got a few amusing shots of birds being birds. Whenever I try any bird shots, I get deeper appreciation for the quality of the work posted by the stalwarts in this forum.


2G2A1723 by dfwatsoneuro, on Flickr

Get off my branch! by dfwatsoneuro, on Flickr

All right, will choose this branch! by dfwatsoneuro, on Flickr

Spaghetti dinner by dfwatsoneuro, on Flickr