Post your best bird shots!

[Joel Eade]

A few turkeys from Saturday....


Thanks for viewing...Brant

Nice shots, I especially like the first one.

[conropl]

Very nice shots Brant. Where is the snow?

[Kayaker72]

Thanks Pat....Parker River NWR is right on the ocean. It is actually a barrier island between Parker river and the Atlantic. So a combination of the proximity to the ocean and the fact that it had just finished raining (I think they are drying themselves in the pics) meant that there were only patches of snow....of course, I have ~6-8 in still at my house.

[Joel Eade]

Mallard Hen wing flap.

1D MKIV
500mm
Hand Held
ISO 800
1/2500
f/5.0

[canonclix]

Beautiful shot Joel!

[Joel Eade]

Beautiful shot Joel!

Thank you!

[Joel Eade]

Trying to catch song birds in flight for a hour or so this afternoon, this was the best I came up with. I find it very very hard to track their short fast fights back and forth to the bird feeders.

1D MKIV
500mm
ISO 2000
f/4.5
1/2500

[conropl]

Trying to catch song birds in flight for a hour or so this afternoon, this was the best I came up with. I find it very very hard to track their short fast fights back and forth to the bird feeders.

1D MKIV
500mm
ISO 2000
f/4.5
1/2500

Wow! At f/4.5 to DOF is not much to catch a fast bird in flight. At 10 feet the DOF is less that +/- 1/8" from nominal, and at 20 feet it is just over +/- 1/2". That would be hard to track. Impressive.

The malard was very nice also.

[Joel Eade]

Wow! At f/4.5 to DOF is not much to catch a fast bird in flight. At 10 feet the DOF is less that +/- 1/8" from nominal, and at 20 feet it is just over +/- 1/2". That would be hard to track. Impressive.

The malard was very nice also.

I was trying maximize shutter speed....didn't really stop to calculate the DOF....just another factor explaining why it's so hard to get focused on a small bird flying at close range!

[Kayaker72]

+1.....even the Hen is applauding