Thanks Pat and Joel. I am guessing I was about 40 yards away... I cropped this shot a bit to make up the difference. I get my tips from a local email hotline for birders, and there have been a fair number of snowy sightings in the area. So I was anticipating success. Strangely enough, another vehicle ahead of me drove right past this bird and didn't even notice..! But maybe, unlike me, they were actually paying attention to the road.
Jonathan Huyer
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This is a silhouette I created of 4 Sandhill Cranes coming in for a landing at Bosque Del Apache, still working with all the images I took with the world's best Bosque Guide (Bob Williams)
Go ahead, rub it in JoelI got through my 2000 images in about 15 minutes, cause 1995 of them were garbage, yet you keep producing great shots like this from the tripstill working with all the images I took.
BTW, Thanks for the pitch. The season is almost over now, but I am really considering your idea for next season. Just think, Hbirds in the summer, Bosque in the fall, but what do I do in the winter and spring?
Great shot, and I love the vignette.
Bob
I think your exaggerating a little...I saw many of yours that were great.Originally Posted by bob williams
Go ahead, rub it in Joel
I got through my 2000 images in about 15 minutes, cause 1995 of them were garbage, yet you keep producing great shots like this from the trip
BTW, Thanks for the pitch. The season is almost over now, but I am really considering your idea for next season. Just think, Hbirds in the summer, Bosque in the fall, but what do I do in the winter and spring?
Great shot, and I love the vignette.
Winter and Spring = Williams Event Photography Inc.
I believe this an adult female downy woodpecker.
Shot information: 60D with 135L at f/4, 1/1600 second, 200 ISO, and post processed to crop and slightly adjust contrast. My in camera settings are 5,5,3,0.
Alternate cropping of the same shot:
Yep....a female Downy...you're right. Very sharp image. The whites might be a little hot (over-exposed) but otherwise it is really well done. I don't think I have ever seen any bird images with the 135mm f/2 lens.
Joel,
I've been trying to learn post processing and made the updates below in PSE 10 to improve the highlight details. What do you think?
Dave
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Dave, the Female Downy looks wonderful on my MacBook Pro.....good detail in the whites and great sharpness. Very nicely done.
Now get out there and put up a natural looking perch
I'm not claiming this is that great of a picture, but it does have a natural looking perch! I put it up last weekend... wire tied a branch near my deck. I should come up something better later, but this is a start. We didn't have any sun the whole weekend hence the bad lighting.Now get out there and put up a natural looking perch
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Thanks Joel.
The 135L is not the ideal tool for the job for birding in general, but will probably be my best bet for feeder work. I don't exactly fit the typical customer profile for that lens. I think most who own it have a decent number of high end lenses the 135L has a very particular niche. For me, I bought it to get the very best image quality and background separation possible on a variety of subjects without spending a huge sum of money. So far I am very pleased! My other lenses are EF-S 18-135, EF 75-300 USM III (should probably sell this one), and I gave my wife the EF-S 55-250, but still use it sometimes.
I really like the woodpecker image and think it may be one of the very best I've managed to take so far.
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