This a sparrow picture from my bird feeder setup. You can tell it is late fall, everything is brown now!
2012_11_25_1529_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr
Dave
This a sparrow picture from my bird feeder setup. You can tell it is late fall, everything is brown now!
2012_11_25_1529_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr
Dave
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Nice one Dave! I like the pose, good eye contact and very sharp. Well done.
Thanks Joel. Here are a few bird in flight images from a recent trip to the Bahamas. Taking bird pictures from a cruise ship is much easier than on land!
No 1 Gull w/ Shore Background (60D & 135L)
2012_11_13_1113_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr
No 2 Gull in Descent (60D & 135L)
2012_11_13_1099_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr
No 3 Soaring (60D, 135L & 1.4 EX II)
2012_11_13_1038_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr
Thanks for viewing.
Dave
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Those are nice too! I like the second one best due to the angle (ie bird flying towards you) It looks like it is a little too dark and has an overall blue-ish color cast but the sharpness is spot on and I love the background as well.
Gila Flickers dont have that black cresent on the breast. Gilded flicker might be a possibility (maybe that's what you meant), which look similar to northern flickers, but I would still say its a northern mostly just because of the range that is typical of gilded flickers.
The head can vary in Northern flickers from brown as you see in this one, to more grey, and males will have red on the back of the head.
Either way though, its pretty.
I believe you're right Nick....I think it's a Gilded Flicker
Thanks Joel and Bob. I liked the first one best too because I like the background.
Dave
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I haven't been out much lately. After the heavy rains last week, I went to a creel nearby to see how the water levels had risen, and if any birds were around.
Water had risen and was very muddy, and light was still very grey, and some birds were around:
Mallard variation
101 _MG_7553 by ahab1372, on Flickr
101 _MG_7552 by ahab1372, on Flickr
and here, just for fun, I closed the aperture to f/16 and 1/20s to test the IS on the 70-300L. Some sharpening on the bird. Fortunately, the bird moved very quickly or not at all
101 _MG_7568 by ahab1372, on Flickr
Last edited by ahab1372; 12-09-2012 at 05:39 AM.
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