Show your Bird Portraits

[scrappydog]

Here's a King Vulture.  Shot with a 60D and 70-200 f/2.8L II.

[gudun74]

The first 3 photos were taken with a 550D + 70-200 f4 L.
The next 4 were taken with a 550D + 70-300 L


Fierce hawk by gudun, on Flickr


Cute little trio by gudun, on Flickr


Angry frogmouth by gudun, on Flickr


Pigeon by gudun, on Flickr


Black swan by gudun, on Flickr


Ducks by gudun, on Flickr


Noisy Miner by gudun, on Flickr

[codewizpt]

This post has wonderful photos. My contribution is not to be taken seriously.
It was taken with a nifty fifty. The bird had just stolen part of my sandwich


Oceanário by MFV.pt, on Flickr

[scrappydog]

This post has wonderful photos. My contribution is not to be taken seriously.
It was taken with a nifty fifty. The bird had just stolen part of my sandwich

That is an awesome shot!

[pzeb]

Here are some of mine....

[pzeb]

and some more....

[revup67]

Wow - there are some truly amazing photos in this thread..if you like to shoot birds but are not familiar with their name (proper or otherwise) try using http://www.whatbird.com it has an excellent built in wizard

Here's a few I shot over the past 6 months - all photos shot in the wild - no zoo or otherwise with 7D + 400mm hand held:

Belted Kingfisher (difficult to capture..you get anywhere near these birds they fly about 100 yards away.  You go that direction they revert back to original starting point.  I had to creep up and hide to nab this one..oh the fun!


Snowy Egret


Cassin's Kingbird

[ScottyP]

Here are a few of mine:

Yellow Warbler

EOS 7D, EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM @ 400mm, 1/640 s, f/5.6, ISO 125

Broad-winged Hawk (juvenile)

EOS 7D, EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM @ 400mm, 1/640 s, f/5.6, ISO 160

Great Blue Heron

EOS 7D, EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM @ 400mm, 1/640 s, f/5.6, ISO 640

Bald Eagle

EOS 7D, EF 70-200mm f/2.8L II IS USM @ 200mm, 1/250 s, f/2.8, ISO 200

Eastern Towhee

EOS 7D, EF 70-200mm f/2.8L II IS USM + EF 2x II Extender @ 400mm, 1/160 s, f/5.6, ISO 3200

Pileated Woodpecker

EOS 7D, EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM @ 400mm, 1/640 s, f/5.6, ISO 1250

Northern Mockingbird

EOS 7D, EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM @ 400mm, 1/640 s, f/5.6, ISO 200

Canada Goose

EOS 7D, EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM @ 380mm, 1/500 s, f/5.6, ISO 1250

Thanks for looking!

Neuroanatomist-
In this category no less than in several others, your shots are very impressive.  Macro, xoom, bug, bird you have a real talent.

[munsoned]

I took the following at Great Falls National Park, Virginia side.  A lot of stalking went into taking these photos.  I found this really awesome spot that gave me all 3 of these pictures and more.  Shot with canon 5D II and 100-400 L.


Baby Ducks, Lost Down the Falls by Evan Animals, on Flickr


Black Vulture's Third Eyelid by Evan Animals, on Flickr


Heron fishing with Great Falls in Background by Evan Animals, on Flickr

[nicke]

Black-browed Albatross, Falkland Islands


King Penguin, South Georgia

[altenae]

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Thanks.
Edward van Altena
www.wildlife-photos.net

[keithfullermusic]

 Cardinal - Canon 50D 100mm

[keithfullermusic]

Cardinal, House Sparrow - Canon 50D 100mm

Bald Eagle, Red Tailed Hawk - Canon 50D 100-400mm

[ScottyP]

I wish I knew why a sparrow will sit on a bird feeder for half an hour, but a cardinal won't stay more than half a minute. 

When I saw him, he and his female mate were both right there perfectly positioned.  While I grabbed the camera and changed lenses, Mrs. Cardinal took off.  This was the only shot I got with the whole bird in the frame and in focus.

Now every time it snows I stalk back and forth past this window, but no more luck since then.

[scottkinfw]

Awesome!

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Thanks.
Edward van Altena
www.wildlife-photos.net