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[cooldood]

GBH

 

[Click]

Nice sequence.

 

[bendilts]

My very first hummingbird caught in the wild! In Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah.

 

[Click]

Nice series, bendiltz. Well done.

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[cooldood]

My very first hummingbird caught in the wild! In Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah.
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How did you do it?

 

[bendilts]

How did you do it?

This was the RF 100-500 on the R5. 1/3200s to believe on all these, which ended up pretty noisy due to low light, but Photoshop rescued them no problem. I saw a hummingbird at this bunch of flowers and just hung out there until I managed to capture one. I wasn't even sure I'd gotten any usable shots until I got back on the computer.

 

[cooldood]

Is there an amphibian in flight thread? LOL

 

[snudel]

Junger Nachtreiher, der auf der Roten Liste steht und von dem es in Deutschland nur noch 20-40 Brutpaare gibt. Ich freue mich total über die Sichtung.

 

[Click]

Very nice shots, snudel.

 

[AlanF]

Lapwings, R5 + 1000mm. I love to see their iridescent colours, and I a to get this shot with the sun in the right place. The R5 focussed well even at 1000mm f/14.

 

[Del Paso]

Lapwings, R5 + 1000mm. I love to see their iridescent colours, and I a to get this shot with the sun in the right place. The R5 focussed well even at 1000mm f/14.

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More than I've seen (and heard ) in two years in Alsace, sadly!
They used to be so numerous...

 

[AlanF]

More than I've seen (and heard ) in two years in Alsace, sadly!
They used to be so numerous...

In that case, here is a shot from my wife with the R7+ RF 100-400mm.

 

[Click]

Very nice shots, Alan.

 

[AlanF]

I just managed to catch this Cormorant on the R5 and keep it in frame. Had to reduce it to post!

 

[Click]

Perfect focus. Nice shot!

 

[shire_guy]

I just managed to catch this Cormorant on the R5 and keep it in frame. Had to reduce it to post!

Great shot !

 

[Loswr]

A few from an outing this weekend. These were at Parker River National Wildlife Reserve (aka Plum Island), a good local destination for birding. Unusually, I did not see any great blue herons this outing, typically there are a few along the marshes. Lots of egrets, as usual.

"Snowy Egret Wingbeat"

EOS R3, EF 600mm f/4L IS II + 1.4xIII, 1/2500 s, f/5.6, ISO 640

"Snowy Egret"

EOS R3, EF 600mm f/4L IS II + 1.4xIII, 1/2500 s, f/5.6, ISO 200

"Great Egret"

EOS R3, EF 600mm f/4L IS II + 1.4xIII, 1/2500 s, f/5.6, ISO 200

"Prepare for Landing"

EOS R3, EF 600mm f/4L IS II + 1.4xIII, 1/2500 s, f/6.3, ISO 400

"Warbler Alighting"

EOS R3, EF 600mm f/4L IS II + 1.4xIII, 1/2500 s, f/6.3, ISO 640

"Take-out for Lunch" – bonus shot because of the behavior. I have seen plenty of birds of prey flying in slow circles from updraft to updraft as they migrate or as they search for prey. But once prey is caught, I typically see them travel more directly to a roost to eat. This osprey was a fair distance away, circling slowly closer, then overhead, then off into the distance, carrying lunch the whole time. Tomorrow I'll be driving several towns over to get the best quality locally-caught lobsters...maybe this osprey was in a similar situation.

EOS R3, EF 600mm f/4L IS II + 1.4xIII, 1/2500 s, f/5.6, ISO 320

Thanks for looking!

 

[Click]

Very nice shots, Neuro. Well done, Sir!

 

[danfaz]

Gray Flycatcher?

 

[Click]

I can't help you identify it, but I really like this shot. Nicely done, danfaz.