Post your best bird shots!

[Jayson]

This is a composite image (stack) of a Male and Female Hairy Woodpecker. I had them both visiting my setup this morning and while browsing through the images I noticed that the way they had perched would make a neat composite so I used the same techniques as you would to stack images for a macro shot and it turned out pretty cool I think.

1D MKIV
500mm
ISO 2000
f/4.0
1/250

Fantastic work and images Joel! I think it turned out awesome!

[Joel Eade]

Thanks guys!

Here is one from today...a Red Bellied Woodpecker

1d4
500mm
ISO 1000
f/4.0
1/640

[bob williams]

Another Great Looking woodpecker Joel. Here is one from the BDP this morning; But first, I have to tell you (Joel) that earlier this week a mountain lion killed a deer at the opening of the boardwalk that you took that great landscape/waterscape shot from. Earlier this month, One took down a full grown elk cow about 200 yards away from that boardwalk. Just thought you would like to know.

Sandhill Crane
7d,500,iso 800, f5.6 , 1/2500th, early morning



OK, one more:

[Joel Eade]

Very very nice Sandhills....love the flight shot with the mountains in the BG Are the crane pools on the road in already flooded?

Wow.....a mountain lion kill, that's a bit scary!

[bob williams]

Are the crane pools on the road in already flooded?

Yep, quite a few cranes and ducks were in them as well.

[Joel Eade]

Some more shots from last weekend with some added effects for fun

[neuroanatomist]

Went out on an Audubon birding excursion the day before Sandy came through. It was a pretty poor day for it - drizzle or light rain most of the day, and pretty windy.

This is an 'Ipswich' Savannah Sparrow:


EOS 1D X, EF 600mm f/4L IS II + EF 2x III Extender, 1/500 s, f/8, ISO 1600


Below is an American Bittern, captured with the 600 II + 2xIII combo, handheld at 1/1600 s, f/8, ISO 3200.

[Jayson]

Some more shots from last weekend with some added effects for fun

Awesome!

[Jayson]

Went out on an Audubon birding excursion the day before Sandy came through. It was a pretty poor day for it - drizzle or light rain most of the day, and pretty windy.

This is an 'Ipswich' Savannah Sparrow:


EOS 1D X, EF 600mm f/4L IS II + EF 2x III Extender, 1/500 s, f/8, ISO 1600


Below is an American Bittern, captured with the 600 II + 2xIII combo, handheld at 1/1600 s, f/8, ISO 3200.

Great Sparrow and gotta love the reach of the 600mm with 2x tc.

[JJphoto]

@Joel, nice pp effect, very artistic!!!
@John, lots of details and quality blurry of background with 600mm+2x tc iii, great higher iso performance, very impressive!! teasing me, teasing me!!!