Show your Bird Portraits

AlanF · Mar 27, 2022

Maximilian said:
A siskin. One again in bad light

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Siskins are difficult to photo, they rarely pose.

Maximilian · Mar 27, 2022

AlanF said:
Siskins are difficult to photo, they rarely pose.

Thanks for your kind words, Alan

HenryL · Mar 27, 2022

Hey everyone, it's been a while for me posting anything! I spent 5 weeks in Florida, between February and March. As always, Florida bird photography is incredible! I will keep it to a few small galleries too not take up too much on here, however I made a long post on my website if you're interested in seeing the majority of 300+ photos I edited from the trip. All photos taken with 7D mk ll and either EF 600 F4 ll or EF 100-400 ll, with and without 1.4x lll. I'm back in Wisconsin now and focusing on the spring migration.

Jeremy

Well done Jeremy, looks like it was a great trip. Thank you for sharing!

jmeyer · Mar 27, 2022

Thank you everyone! Yes, it was an awesome vacation and very fun. It wasn't exclusively for birds, rather an escape from the Wisconsin winter and me working in it!

Jeremy

Maximilian · Mar 27, 2022

Ever seen a heron doing sunbathing?
It spread its wings several times, so it really must have been sunbathing

Click · Mar 27, 2022

Nice shots, Maximilian.

AlanF · Mar 27, 2022

I put the RF 100-500mm + RF 2x on the R6 this evening, and got another Chiffchaff in my garden

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Click · Mar 27, 2022

I really like the 2nd one. Nicely done, Alan.

AlanF · Mar 28, 2022

Something I have never seen before, a Green Woodpecker displaying, and in my back garden. They characteristically have an upright pose and rotate their heads, making loud noises. Not such a drab bird. (1000mm/R5).

Click · Mar 28, 2022

Nice shots, Alan.

becceric · Mar 29, 2022

Maximilian said:
My first crested tit.
Couldn't avoid the twig. Don't like to remove something like that in PP - could have been difficult, though.

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Maximilian said:
My first crested tit.
Couldn't avoid the twig. Don't like to remove something like that in PP - could have been difficult, though.

Maximilian, for an exercise in twig removal, I gave it a try on the image. I briefly posted the results, then realized I had not requested your permission, and removed the image. It was a poor choice on my part, and I hope you will accept my apology.

Maximilian · Mar 30, 2022

becceric said:
Maximilian, for an exercise in twig removal, I gave it a try on the image. I briefly posted the results, then realized I had not requested your permission, and removed the image. It was a poor choice on my part, and I hope you will accept my apology.

Thank you very much for your apology. Nothing much to hesitate.
I enjoy input and advice from each of you.
And I would be interested to see your result, so please repost it, if you like.
The next time please ask first.
But for me everything is okay now.

Maximilian · Mar 30, 2022

AlanF said:
Something I have never seen before, a Green Woodpecker displaying, and in my back garden. They characteristically have an upright pose and rotate their heads, making loud noises. Not such a drab bird. (1000mm/R5).

Their warning call is pretty irritating.
Wait until they peck deep holes in your lawn

I still like them, though.

AlanF · Mar 30, 2022

Maximilian said:
Their warning call is pretty irritating.
Wait until they peck deep holes in your lawn
I still like them, though.

They have pecked deep holes, but I no longer call it a "lawn"! It's now "wilded".

Maximilian · Mar 30, 2022

Some heron closeups, only slight cropping @560 mm (100-400LII+1.4x):

Click · Mar 30, 2022

I especially like the second one. Very nice portrait.

Maximilian · Mar 30, 2022

Click said:
I especially like the second one. Very nice portrait.

Same here!
The first one was quite difficult as the heron was walking by and the sun was shining through the tree (change of light and shadow).

becceric · Mar 30, 2022

Maximilian said:
Thank you very much for your apology. Nothing much to hesitate.
I enjoy input and advice from each of you.
And I would be interested to see your result, so please repost it, if you like.
The next time please ask first.
But for me everything is okay now.

Thank, you Maximillian. I definitely will request permission in the future.
I don't think the results are too bad, but I couldn't figure out what to do with the "garbled" area to the left of the bird. If a solution strikes me, I may attempt to clean that up.

jmeyer · Mar 30, 2022

In Wisconsin, the month of March starts spring migration with waterfowl arriving first. Here are a few of the ducks I photographed this month. All taken with 7D mkll / EF600 F4 ll / 1.4x lll

Jeremy