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[Joel Eade]

Male Eastern Bluebird



5D MKIV
700mm
Tv mode
1/1600
f/5.6
ISO 2500
Spot metering
Exposure bias + 1/3 EV

[sedwards]

Wow , very nice Joel !
I have a ton of those poses , but none are in focus ha ha ha.

[Joel Eade]

Wow , very nice Joel !
I have a ton of those poses , but none are in focus ha ha ha.

Thanks! I know what you mean about a lot of out of focus birds.....the keeper rate is quite low.

[Joel Eade]

Male Eastern Towhee




5D MKIV
700mm
Tv mode @ 1/800
f/5.6
ISO 2500
Exposure bias +1/3 EV

[Joel Eade]

Another cooperative BlueJay.

Their mood is quite variable. Some days they will pose for several seconds and other days they are in constant motion and you cannot get a good image :-)



5D MKIV
700mm
Tv mode @ 1/1600
f/5.6
auto ISO @ 2000
exposure bias + 1/3EV
no flash

[sedwards]

I was finally able to get a shot I like of a Red-winged Blackbird . The sun was starting to get a little high but I think it still came out alright.
5dIII 400mm f5.6
f7.1 , 1/1600
iso 640

5D3_3845 by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

[Joel Eade]

Beautiful image....love the pose. Not easy to get detail in the blacks without over-exposing the reds.....well done.

[sedwards]

I've been moving my setup around trying to line up with a better background. It will be much easier once things start tuning green.
the exif is reporting 400mm at f5.6 but I taped the pins in the teleconverter to be able to use all the focus points. It works "ok" for a still subject but that's about all it can be used for. Still pretty helpful for framing.
1DIV 400 mm+1.4x
1/500 , f8
iso 1600
_DIV43351 by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

[Joel Eade]

I've been moving my setup around trying to line up with a better background. It will be much easier once things start tuning green.
the exif is reporting 400mm at f5.6 but I taped the pins in the teleconverter to be able to use all the focus points. It works "ok" for a still subject but that's about all it can be used for. Still pretty helpful for framing.
1DIV 400 mm+1.4x
1/500 , f8
iso 1600
_DIV43351 by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

Really nice. Love the details, the perch and the background....good execution!!

[Dave Throgmartin]

The work shown here is consistently unbelievable. There are wonderful talents here with great determination. This photo does not really belong from a content standpoint, but it my first capture of a lesser scaup and I thought worthy of sharing.

2017_04_22_18460_LR_upd_5x5 by dthrog00, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing.
Dave