Post your best bird shots!

[Joel Eade]

Denise, that Oriole is beautiful ... is that Audubon's Oriole? I have never seen one, awesome bird!

[ddt0725]

Denise, that Oriole is beautiful ... is that Audubon's Oriole? I have never seen one, awesome bird!

Thanks! Just a basic Baltimore Oriole, I believe.

[Joel Eade]

Thanks! Just a basic Baltimore Oriole, I believe.

Looks more yellow (like the Audubon's) than orange to me but I have never seen one at my house.

[HDNitehawk]

Bryan announced the interview with Brutus Ostling and his take on the new 1D X for birding. I found it to be interesting.

The link is here;
http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/...he_eos_1d_x.do

One thing you can draw from this interview, is what you can learn from his pictures. The second picture of an eagle on the page was taken with the 1D X and a 300mm F/2.8L II. No matter what gear you have, there is no substitute for getting incredibly close, which he had to do for this shot.

At present I agree with his take on the 2x extenders and the AF of the 1D X not focusing at F8 that it does not matter. However, when the II versions of the 500mm and 600mm come out my thinking may change.

[Joel Eade]

Bryan announced the interview with Brutus Ostling and his take on the new 1D X for birding. I found it to be interesting.

The link is here;
http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/...he_eos_1d_x.do

One thing you can draw from this interview, is what you can learn from his pictures. The second picture of an eagle on the page was taken with the 1D X and a 300mm F/2.8L II. No matter what gear you have, there is no substitute for getting incredibly close, which he had to do for this shot.

At present I agree with his take on the 2x extenders and the AF of the 1D X not focusing at F8 that it does not matter. However, when the II versions of the 500mm and 600mm come out my thinking may change.

I read the article too. It is very superficial and I wasn't all that impressed with images they showed. I was also surprised that there was no mention of the difference between full frame and 1.3 crop factor. Also no mention of the lack of AF at f/8. They show one image with the 800mm and of course you can't autofocus using even the 1.4TC on that lens. Of course if you can travel the world to the primo spots where it's easy to get close to birds then full frame is no issue.