Show your Bird Portraits

[jprusa]

Great Blue Heron
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Beautiful shot Click!

 

[jprusa]

I didn't know what this small bird was this morning. But, Seek identified it as a Stonechat. I would have immediately recognised an adult bird but this is a juvenile, which has quite different colouring.

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While the Sedge Warbler was a great shot this one was my favorite .

 

[Click]

Beautiful shot Click!

Thank you so much jprusa.

 

[Dockland]

Not that rare or exotic, but how sweet...

 

[Maximilian]

... how sweet...

Too sweet - no, just kidding!

Great moment, great capture

 

[Click]

Beautiful shot,Dockland.

 

[Click]

Duck on the rocks

 

[Dockland]

Duck on the rocks
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I really do love your perspective. It's fantastic with the same level-feeling as the bird.

 

[Click]

Thank you Dockland.

This picture was taken from a kayak, that's why I can shot close to the water level.

 

[Dockland]

Thank you Dockland.

This picture was taken from a kayak, that's why I can shot close to the water level.

I'd love to try that, but I'm not that use to kayaks (or boats for that matter)

 

[Click]

It's not that hard, but you have to be confident to take your camera with you.

 

[HenryL]

It's not that hard, but you have to be confident to take your camera with you.

Yep, and a wide stable kayak helps too...

 

[Click]

Very nice shots, Henry.

 

[becceric]

Not that rare or exotic, but how sweet...

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My wife is in love...

 

[becceric]

Duck on the rocks
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Click, your photos make me wonder how many more times I’m allowed to “like” them. Does your kayak have extra room for one clumsy photographer?

 

[Click]

Better than that, I have another kayak for you.

Thank you for your kind words.

 

[Click]

Yep, and a wide stable kayak helps too...

Of course!

Mine is a very narrow composite sea kayak, but i'm confident, I have been kayaking for more than 25 years without accidental capsizing.

When I'm going out at sea for whale watching and the surf is rough, I simply do not take my photography gear with me. It's better to loose a great shot than damaging your gear, especially with salty water.

 

[usern4cr]

More backyard photos.
R5 & RF 800 f11 + 1.4x TC


American Robin:



House Finch:





Mourning Dove:







Tufted Titmouse:





Cheers.

 

[Click]

Lovely pictures. I especially like the 3rd and 7th picture. Well done!

 

[josephandrews222]

...June 24 backyard photos--Song Sparrow (1); House Finch (1); Northern Cardinal (2); House Wren (2); Turkey Vulture (2); House Wren (2)...

We have a nest of House Wrens in our back yard that is worth watching. Yesterday, while watching for these frisky, rather tiny birds...other birds showed up--including (a first to my knowledge) a Turkey Vulture. So the last two House Wren photos aim to supply some perspective on the relative sizes of the Turkey Vulture and the House Wrens...

5D Mark III; !00-400 II + 1.4xTC; ISO 800