Show your Bird Portraits

[AlanF]

I feel a bit of Tit for mixing up my tits. Of course you are correct.

Here are a few of my favourite tits.
Blue, Longtailed, Bearded, Coal, Great, and Marsh. Got plenty of work to do to get better pics and more species.

 

[Click]

Beautiful series, Alan.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Alan, my father often said, good enough, while my mother would say unacceptable.

Jack

 

[Jack Douglas]

Well, if he took the first one while digging - it's my favorite: it says DEDICATION!

ISv if only I could shoot that bird while digging!! I have fantasized about owning property in Costa Rica since returning and I turn green thinking about where you are shooting. Hmm, why no green envy emoji?

Jack

 

[ISv]

Here are a few of my favourite tits.
Blue, Longtailed, Bearded, Coal, Great, and Marsh. Got plenty of work to do to get better pics and more species.View attachment 184712View attachment 184713View attachment 184714View attachment 184715View attachment 184716View attachment 184717

Very nice collection Alan!

 

[Hector1970]

Siskin

 

[Click]

Very nice shot, Hector.

 

[privatebydesign]

I have never seen booby from so close. There are 3 species nesting on tiny islets around Oahu but all these are preserved territories, you are not suppose to land there. Otherwise boobies are very easy to approach (the reason for the name I think). My best photo of Brown Booby according to the exif file is taken from 133.35 meters (obviously the infinity point of the lens: it says the same even if I take a photo of the nearby island miles away...).
So, the light is basic but the distance to the object matters too (here I mean the small letters text under your photo)!
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I was on a boat and about 14 of them took up residence on the bow of the boat for the day, so I suppose they approached us!

 

[dpc]

Baby house sparrow resting during its first solo.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Processing repetitive photos and culling and came across this one - Red-legged Honney-creeper M, which I kind of like.

Jack

 

[jprusa]

Baby house sparrow resting during its first solo.View attachment 184723

You can see the disappointment in his eyes, first flight to the feeder and it is empty.

 

[Click]

WOW Beautiful shot, Jack. Well done!

 

[AlanF]

Skylark numbers have dramatically declined and the bird is on the red list as endangered. We have a local meadow where they are active, fortunately. They live hidden on the ground, and soar, hover and sing. Here are some more shots, from the 400 DO II `+ 1.4xTC on the 5DSR. The one on the wing is actually in flight and not hovering, showing once again the 5DSR is pretty competent for BIF.

 

[Click]

Nice pictures, Alan. I especially like the first one.

 

[IslanderMV]

Male Least Tern trying to entice a female with a scrumptious fish.

 

[IslanderMV]

Common Tern Pair prancing as part of pair bonding.

 

[Mikehit]

Common Tern Pair prancing as part of pair bonding.View attachment 184751

I like that one, Jeff - it really shows bird behaviour.

 

[Mikehit]

Skylark numbers have dramatically declined and the bird is on the red list as endangered. We have a local meadow where they are active, fortunately. They live hidden on the ground, and soar, hover and sing. Here are some more shots, from the 400 DO II `+ 1.4xTC on the 5DSR. The one on the wing is actually in flight and not hovering, showing once again the 5DSR is pretty competent for BIF.

The first one is a great portrait, Alan.

 

[Click]

Very nice pictures, Jeff

 

[bhf3737]

Cliff swallows. EOS-R with Sigma 60-600mm, handheld. @600mm, f/6.3, ISO 800, 1/2000sec.