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[shutterwideshut]

"Please scratch my itchy back"
Canon EOS 7D + Canon EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM


Please scratch my itchy back by [shutterwideshut] on Flickr

[Mendolera]

Melbourne, AU

[Mendolera]

Along Great Ocean Road...

[Krob78]

Canon7D with f/2.8 300mm II + 2xTC, iso 400, 1/320 - 1/500  f/5.6

These are at the limits of resolution as the kingfisher was quite far away. I was hand holding the light combo with the 300mm + 2xTC. The kingfisher hovered with head dead still, dived and came up with his catch.

That first image is really cool Alan!    For just a split second, I thought you had a hummer there!  Nice job!  Hard to catch these fast as rocket little guys!

[Krob78]

Female House Finch caught with Prickly Pear juice on its beak..I just love how the bokeh effect came out on this one !


House Finch caught Red Handed, I mean Beaked! by Revup67, on Flickr

yep, that's a nice bokeh!

[Renegade Runner]

Canada Goose

Rebel T1i, 70-300 L, f/5.6, 1/3200, iso 1600

[Renegade Runner]

Cattle Egret

Rebel
f/5
1/250
iso 800

Cool image... He seems to be very intense... Too bad so dark out at that time or heavy shade, sunlight would have lit up his coloring really nice.  I do like his interesting pose!  Nice image Renegade!

Thanks.  I also liked the pose.  Unfortunately it was dark

[Renegade Runner]

Grey Necked Crowned Crane

Rebel, f/5, 1/200, iso 500

[atosk930]

@Kernuak. Yes it is a pigeon. The wood it is perched on top of is a very old, weathered telephone pole. From there I saw him fly off to a larger pine tree if that helps.

Not sure if I've ever shared this one with the group here. I also realize that it's not a hawk after educating myself. I shot this in northern New Jersey. Can anyone ID it?

edit: had trouble with the insert tool the first few times

Is that a pigeon it's feasting on? That would help to size it. It's definitely a falcon, but I'm not sure it is quite big enough for a peregrine, plus I'm not familiar with North American distribution. The hood doesn't look as distinct as normal, but it could be a juvenile bird or it could be the angle.

[Krob78]

The Crane is beautiful Ren... Wish we had some of those down here in Florida!  You guys have quite a variety of owls as well, no?

Grey Necked Crowned Crane

Rebel, f/5, 1/200, iso 500

[steven kessel]

Pyrrhuloxia.  EOS 7D, 100-400 4-5.6 L IS, hand held, ISO 320 cropped in PhotoShop, white balance adjusted slightly to account for low late afternoon sunlight.

[96Brigadier]

Pyrrhuloxia.  EOS 7D, 100-400 4-5.6 L IS, hand held, ISO 320 cropped in PhotoShop, white balance adjusted slightly to account for low late afternoon sunlight.

How did you do the sharpening?  I can see an outline all the way around the bird that is much noisier than the rest of the picture, I presume that's from whatever sharpening technique you used.

[steven kessel]

I don't think I sharpened this one.  It's possible that I did a bit of noise reduction on the background and perhaps the much noisier outline you see is the area inside my outline of the bird.  But, honestly, I don't see it, your eyes are better than mine.

[Krob78]

The Crane is beautiful Ren... Wish we had some of those down here in Florida!

There are quite a few at the Animal Kingdom park at Disney World and the Animal Kingdom Lodge savannas.  They are beautiful.

Indeed!  I prefer not to pay the almost $100 to go see them... I would prefer to find them in the wild, although, we certainly have our share of excellent Avian.. 

[Krob78]

I don't think I sharpened this one.  It's possible that I did a bit of noise reduction on the background and perhaps the much noisier outline you see is the area inside my outline of the bird.  But, honestly, I don't see it, your eyes are better than mine.

I see it.  I was thinking maybe setting the radius at around 1.4 or a little less may fix it.  Then again, shooting with the 100-400mm, maybe not quite as tight a crop would reduce the affect.  Nice work though, wouldn't have thought it was a low light image!  Good job on the handheld too...