Page 428 of 557 FirstFirst ... 328378418426427428429430438478528 ... LastLast
Results 4,271 to 4,280 of 5570

Thread: Post your best bird shots!

  1. #4271
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Location
    Central Kentucky
    Posts
    3,613
    Quote Originally Posted by ahab1372 View Post
    Joel,
    The background with the gradient came out really nice - the green adds a little punch of happiness to it.

    The bird looks great too!


    Arnt
    Thanks Arnt! I enjoyed yours as well, especially the 1st Egret image, the 2nd swallow and the Raven. Well done. I bet it's not easy to focus on a swallow in flight!

  2. #4272
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Location
    Central Kentucky
    Posts
    3,613
    Hairy Woodpecker, from the backyard this evening

    1DX
    700mm
    tripod
    manual mode, spot metering with +1 stop of exposure compensation
    ISO 3200
    f/5.6
    1/800


  3. #4273
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Location
    Santa Clara, CA, USA
    Posts
    694
    Quote Originally Posted by Joel Eade View Post
    Thanks Arnt! I enjoyed yours as well, especially the 1st Egret image, the 2nd swallow and the Raven. Well done. I bet it's not easy to focus on a swallow in flight!
    Thanks Joel,
    keeping the swallows in the viewfinder is already difficult enough . I was lucky that they stayed somewhat high above the ground and were flying slowly (slow for a swallow that is) against the wind for extended periods. Once they go into a dive and hunt lower to the ground - no chance. The 5DIII did a fairly good job with the focus if the settings are right and as long as I kept the AF points on the bird. I did tweak case 6 a bit for that.
    The images are heavily cropped to about 2MP. A longer lens ( I used the 70-300L) would help with the pixels on target, but I guess it would be even harder to keep the birds in the viewfinder.
    Arnt

  4. #4274
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Location
    Santa Clara, CA, USA
    Posts
    694
    Quote Originally Posted by Joel Eade View Post
    Hairy Woodpecker, from the backyard this evening

    1DX
    700mm
    tripod
    manual mode, spot metering with +1 stop of exposure compensation
    ISO 3200
    f/5.6
    1/800
    Joel,
    I know you pay a lot of attention to the background - but to you actually plan the gradients, maybe by adjusting perch and camera height?
    Looks great, even better than a unicolor background.
    Arnt

  5. #4275
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Location
    Central Kentucky
    Posts
    3,613
    Quote Originally Posted by ahab1372 View Post
    Joel,
    I know you pay a lot of attention to the background - but to you actually plan the gradients, maybe by adjusting perch and camera height?
    Looks great, even better than a unicolor background.
    Yes....that is what I have been trying lately by using the dead leaves in the woods and the green grass of the lawn, adjusting the perch height and camera angle

  6. #4276
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Location
    Central Kentucky
    Posts
    3,613
    I am gong through my memory cards and cleaning things up for spring.....this was a shot taken a few weeks ago....I wish I had not clipped the wings (I was too close for 500mm) but I like the reflection in the ice so I thought I would keep it. What would you do, keep or delete?

    1DX
    500mm
    ISO 640
    f/7.1
    1/4000


  7. #4277
    Senior Member Mark Elberson's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Location
    Medford, NJ
    Posts
    1,045
    Quote Originally Posted by Joel Eade View Post
    I am gong through my memory cards and cleaning things up for spring.....this was a shot taken a few weeks ago....I wish I had not clipped the wings (I was too close for 500mm) but I like the reflection in the ice so I thought I would keep it. What would you do, keep or delete?

    1DX
    500mm
    ISO 640
    f/7.1
    1/4000

    Keep :-)

    Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

  8. #4278
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Location
    Santa Clara, CA, USA
    Posts
    694
    Keep - it's just too funny. I would even crop in on the bird. The bird slipping is kind of funny, and makes the picture more than the reflection does, in my opinion
    Arnt

  9. #4279
    Senior Member conropl's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Location
    West Michigan
    Posts
    1,466
    Keep

    Pat

    Sent via taptalk
    5DS R, 1D X, 7D, Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6, 24mm f/1.4L II, 16-35mm f/4L IS, 24-105mm f/4L, 50mm f/1.8, 100mm Macro f/2.8L, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L, 580EX-II
    flickr

  10. #4280
    Super Moderator Kayaker72's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Location
    New Hampshire, USA
    Posts
    5,565
    Also keep....

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •