Male Downy Woodpecker
1DX
500mm
ISO 3200
f/7.1
1/1600
Male Downy Woodpecker
1DX
500mm
ISO 3200
f/7.1
1/1600
Male Northern Cardinal
1DX
500mm
iso 2000
f/5
1/1600
Joel, if you didn't post pictures of your setup in the past, I would assume you were shooting professionally prepared taxidermy in front of a backdrop in a studio. I just got around to setting feeders up at my new house. Maybe I will start shooting birds again.
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Female Northern Cardinal
1DX
500mm
ISO 3200
f/5
1/640
Same bird and same EXIF data, different perch.
Something a little different....European Starling
1DX
500mm
ISO 1600
f/6.3
1/800
Snow brings the birds to the feeders in large numbers....all the usual suspects are here today.
A few from today:
Male Cardinal-7197 by westmichigan, on Flickr
Female Cardinal-6992 by westmichigan, on Flickr
Blue Jay-7271 by westmichigan, on Flickr
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Beautiful Pat. The falling snow makes it so nice.