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[Renegade Runner]

Canada Goose

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

[Jackson_Bill]

trumpeter swan
7D, 500mm f4L, 1/1000, 7.1

[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

[scrappydog]

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.

[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... 

[Steve Williams]

Here is one of the first images I shot with the 7D back in 2010.  70-200 f/4L IS


Jonathan says Hi by Jaw's Dad, on Flickr

[Kernuak]

@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.

Doing a bit of digging, I think it can only be either a peregrine falcon or a prairie falcon, but I'm no expert, especially on North American birds. Looking at the distribution though, neither really quite fits, although I would say the peregrine is the closest match in terms of geography.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregrine_Falcon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie_Falcon

[serendipidy]

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.

Beautiful bird. Nice job. I love my 7D and 100-400mmL.