Show your Bird Portraits

[rpt]

Man! I really miss my 100-400L! Its in the shop again! (complain complain complain)

Can't wait to get it back. You guys have some fantastic shots there.

[revup67]

Love that stolen Hot Dog shot above -outstanding capture !

Here's a solo shot of the Bald Eagle prior to the two Eagles catching up


Bald Eagle - Manasquan Reservoir by Revup67, on Flickr

[GuyF]

nice shots Guy....have you tried the 300 2.8 w/ 2x extender?

Northstar,

Last week I used the Kenko 1.4x Pro DG 300 with the 300mm and got the attached shots (heavily cropped). Also have the Kenko DG 300 2x but rarely use it as you do lose a bit of sharpness with it. I might try it tomorrow if the light is good. I mainly got the 2x TC just for shots of the moon but you really need more than 600mm to do it properly! Now that's where I need 46mp+  .
I'll need to get FoCal soon to calibrate all my gear as the shots I was getting with the 1.4x TC aren't quite as sharp as I'd like - most other lenses are acceptable without AFMA but FoCal should only improve things. Then again it may be down to the fairly extreme cropping in these shots so I'm losing a bit of definition that way. I was using a 5D3 set to quiet continuous shutter realease (a benefit over the 1DX ) 9-point AF expansion and AF servo mode 5 for these shots so I'm assuming AFMA is required.

[coreyhkh]

Very nice shots, I really like the coot.

[GuyF]

Very nice shots, I really like the coot.

Thanks Corey! I'm no expert in this type of stuff but I hate how nature likes to mess with us by having birds requiring greater dynamic range than the 5D3 can handle! The attached shot of the coot below would either have had correctly exposed head and no detail (or "lifted" noisy detail) in the body or detail in the body but blown whites. I now expect someone to suggest getting a 1DX or Nikon thingma'bob to cope. Meh.

There isn't a great variety of birds where I live - I actually think the coolest thing about the shots is the reflected autumn colours in the water!

[Sad_Dave]

@RPT Thanks for the compliment
THe picture of the eagle portrait was taken with a Canon T1i,Lens Tamron 18 - 270mm at 200mm, f:7, 1/60 sek, iso400,

[fredericsiffert]

1DS03-20177.jpg par fredericsiffert.com, sur Flickr


1DS03-20060.jpg par fredericsiffert.com, sur Flickr


1DX-01136 par fredericsiffert.com, sur Flickr

[Slashp]

A few from a Great Heron (5DIII + Canon 135mm at f2, 1/2500 s)







John

[justawriter]

A downy woodpecker that was at a feeding site on the Sully's Hill National Wildlife Refuge in North Dakota.

[bjd]

Hmm,
well he's not quite as pretty as some of the others shown here, plus I had to shoot through
a fixed-pane window, but still he has a certain charm........

[Skermunkels]

A proud peacock strutting his stuff at the Amanzintoti bird sanctuary, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Canon D7, 100-400mm

[Skermunkels]

.. and an african Spoonbill taking a bath

[ooF Fighters]

contemplating a rock

[ooF Fighters]

A White faced Ibis and lunch

[candyman]

A White faced Ibis and lunch

Great shot. Life can be cruel.