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[Click]

Canon 17-40 lens @17mm on other kind of camera.

Awesome. 8) Well done Sunnystate.

 

[DominoDude]

Canon 17-40 lens @17mm on other kind of camera.

Oh, man! That is a remarkably beautiful shot by any standards.

 

[DominoDude]

Milano

That Red Kite is super sharp, and in a great light! Great work!

 

[nineyards]

Sandpiper I believe, although what kind I don't know, bird I.D sights list too many similar species for me to make a reliable pick, I would love to positively identify it so I can post it on my woefully under populated web site, any ideas?

 

[Don Haines]

Sandpiper I believe, although what kind I don't know, bird I.D sights list too many similar species for me to make a reliable pick, I would love to positively identify it so I can post it on my woefully under populated web site, any ideas?

When asking for an ID, if you let us know where in the world the picture was taken, you will get more and better answers....

I can't tell from the picture... were the legs yellow, orange, or dark?

 

[Crapking]

14Annapolis-8 by NAVBPhotos, on Flickr

 

[nineyards]

Sandpiper I believe, although what kind I don't know, bird I.D sights list too many similar species for me to make a reliable pick, I would love to positively identify it so I can post it on my woefully under populated web site, any ideas?

When asking for an ID, if you let us know where in the world the picture was taken, you will get more and better answers....

I can't tell from the picture... were the legs yellow, orange, or dark?

Oops, I made a mental note to do that too
Big Lake at Lois Hole Provincial Park near St. Albert Alberta, it was on October 21st, dark legs

 

[nineyards]

Sandpiper I believe, although what kind I don't know, bird I.D sights list too many similar species for me to make a reliable pick, I would love to positively identify it so I can post it on my woefully under populated web site, any ideas?

When asking for an ID, if you let us know where in the world the picture was taken, you will get more and better answers....

I can't tell from the picture... were the legs yellow, orange, or dark?

Oops, I made a mental note to do that too
Big Lake at Lois Hole Provincial Park near St. Albert Alberta, it was on October 21st, dark legs

Your comment made me realize that photo was much too dark so I adjusted the levels accordingly
Thanks for that

 

[Vern]

Vern, what a great collection you got there

Few shots from my front yard - no flash.

Nice capture of drinking behavior Dylan and thanks for the positive feedback from others. I sometimes shoot them w a multi-flash set-up to completely freeze the wings, but I think these feel more natural with a little blur. The fill-flash helps to bring out the colors in plumage, plus deal with any backlighting. Too bad the males were no where to be seen. I will try again once we have a cool day.

 

[DominoDude]

Sandpiper I believe, although what kind I don't know, bird I.D sights list too many similar species for me to make a reliable pick, I would love to positively identify it so I can post it on my woefully under populated web site, any ideas?

Nice shot!
To me this has some resemblance to a Curlew Sandpiper - Calidris ferruginea. Location, surroundings, time of year, other known bird species in the area, and a few other angles of the bird (leg colours, pattern and colouring of the back, or where size could be compared with other known birds) could have helped since I'm not at all familiar to your place.

 

[nineyards]

Sandpiper I believe, although what kind I don't know, bird I.D sights list too many similar species for me to make a reliable pick, I would love to positively identify it so I can post it on my woefully under populated web site, any ideas?

Nice shot!
To me this has some resemblance to a Curlew Sandpiper - Calidris ferruginea. Location, surroundings, time of year, other known bird species in the area, and a few other angles of the bird (leg colours, pattern and colouring of the back, or where size could be compared with other known birds) could have helped since I'm not at all familiar to your place.

That's the closest one I could see from googling your Curlew ID, the bill of the Curlew is the most similar to the one in the photo, I'll go with that and if I'm mistaken I'm sure someone will correct me, I appreciate your taking the time to help

Thanks
Vincent

 

[bwud]

One Anna's and two antagonistic Rufous Hummingbirds

 

[DominoDude]

Sandpiper I believe, although what kind I don't know, bird I.D sights list too many similar species for me to make a reliable pick, I would love to positively identify it so I can post it on my woefully under populated web site, any ideas?

Nice shot!
To me this has some resemblance to a Curlew Sandpiper - Calidris ferruginea. Location, surroundings, time of year, other known bird species in the area, and a few other angles of the bird (leg colours, pattern and colouring of the back, or where size could be compared with other known birds) could have helped since I'm not at all familiar to your place.

That's the closest one I could see from googling your Curlew ID, the bill of the Curlew is the most similar to the one in the photo, I'll go with that and if I'm mistaken I'm sure someone will correct me, I appreciate your taking the time to help

Thanks
Vincent

No problems, Vincent!
I often have trouble with identifying Tringas and Calidrises, and with some Gulls during their first years before they get their adult plumage (takes them 4 years). Having another set of eyes looking at things can often be the help that is needed to ID them.

Good luck with your birding, and may the light be with you and the shutter finger steady!

 

[Click]

One Anna's and two antagonistic Rufous Hummingbirds

Very nice first post. I really like your pictures.

Welcome to CR

 

[candyman]

One Anna's and two antagonistic Rufous Hummingbirds

Very nice first post. I really like your pictures.

Welcome to CR

+1 Wonderful!

 

[bwud]

One Anna's and two antagonistic Rufous Hummingbirds

Very nice first post. I really like your pictures.

Welcome to CR

+1 Wonderful!

Thanks, both of you. I'm having fun learning supertele. Got in cheap with the Tamron 150-600 (the Anna's is uncropped on a full frame, which is just crazy to me having previously only had up to 200mm), but suspect it may cost me in the long run

 

[Vern]

One Anna's and two antagonistic Rufous Hummingbirds

very nice capture of the competitive behavior - I haven't been lucky/skillful enough to get two in the frame and in focus…yet

 

[bwud]

One Anna's and two antagonistic Rufous Hummingbirds

very nice capture of the competitive behavior - I haven't been lucky/skillful enough to get two in the frame and in focus…yet

The one in flight is slightly OOF, but it's not objectionable. They're better aligned here, and motion is stopped since I caught the flying one at the end of the wingstroke, but it's not quite as dramatic.

That frame represents probably a week worth of hiding under a tree for an hour or so a day waiting around for the right moment

There are a lot of fight moments (hummingbirds, particularly rufous, are very territorial), but I was only ever to get both in frame with reasonable focus the one time (I have a lot where I have like 1/3 of the BIF in frame, or where they're both in flight and both OOF, heh).

Luck, and patience

 

[Click]

Another great shot bwud. Nicely done.

 

[jrista]

One Anna's and two antagonistic Rufous Hummingbirds

Wonderful shots! LOVE EM!