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[Click]

Golden Eagle. Canon 7D, 70-200 F/2.8 II, 200mm, F/5.6, 1/1000s, ISO 640, Manfrotto 501 HDV, Hide.

Beautiful. I really like this picture. Well done BigBrother.

 

[BigBrother]

Thank you, Click

 

[BigBrother]

Golden Eagle and rabbit. Canon 7D, 70-200 F/2.8 IS II, 170mm, 1/4000, F/5.6 ISO 640

 

[mycanonphotos]

Turkey Vulture 70-200 IS II 200mm f2.8 1/1600 iso 640 +1ev

 

[Eldar]

White backed vulture taking off, having eaten the remains of a baboon.

1DX, 200-400 f4L IS 1.4x

 

[Isaac Grant]

Here are a few BIF shots from this summer with the Canon 7d2 and the Sigma 150-600 C. I think the combo makes a great all around birding lens and is more than capable of capturing fast moving birds. Just some shots of a few different species including my favorite BIF target, the Purple Martin.

Purple Martin 244mm, F8, ISO 800, SS 1/2000, +1
Purple Martin by Isaac Grant, on Flickr

403mm, F8, ISO 400, SS 1/2500
Willet by Isaac Grant, on Flickr

Purple Martin 252mm, F8, ISO 640, SS 1/1600, +2/3
Purple Martin by Isaac Grant, on Flickr

Purple Martin 293mm, F8, ISO 800, SS 1/2000, +1
Purple Martin by Isaac Grant, on Flickr

Barn Swallow 324mm, F8, ISO 640, SS 1/1250, +2/3
Barn Swallow by Isaac Grant, on Flickr

Common Tern 150mm, F8, ISO 400, SS 1/2000
Common Tern by Isaac Grant, on Flickr

 

[Click]

Very nice series, Isaac. I especially like the second picture. Well done, Sir.

 

[Isaac Grant]

Very nice series, Isaac. I especially like the second picture. Well done, Sir.

Here are a few other birds flying with waves from this year. Canon 7d2 and Sigma 150-600 C.

Common Tern
Common Tern by Isaac Grant, on Flickr

Sanderling
Sanderling by Isaac Grant, on Flickr

American Oystercatcher
American Oystercatcher by Isaac Grant, on Flickr

 

[Click]

Beautiful pictures! 8)

 

[Loswr]

"Egret Umbrella"

EOS 1D X, EF 600mm f/4L IS II + EF 1.4x III Extender, 1/2500 s, f/6.3, ISO 500

 

[Click]

Lovely shot, Neuro. 8)

 

[NancyP]

Neuroanatomist, that's a lovely photo of the egret on several levels - color is exceptional, backlit feathers excellent, as are the pose and the water drops coming off the egret's feet. This photo goes well beyond the usual BIF photo. COngrats!

 

[rpt]

Neuroanatomist, that's a lovely photo of the egret on several levels - color is exceptional, backlit feathers excellent, as are the pose and the water drops coming off the egret's feet. This photo goes well beyond the usual BIF photo. COngrats!

+1

Lovely picture.

 

[Loswr]

Thanks, All!

 

[Eldar]

Great shot John!
Here is a panning shot of an African brown snake eagle. Ideally I should have used an even slower shutter speed, but then everything got blurred. Gave a kind of ghost bird look though. (post processing is not very thorough, so a more polished version may be made later).

5DSR, 200-400 f4L IS 1.4x @560mm
1/125s, f7.1, ISO100

 

[Click]

Cool shot!

Well done Eldar.

 

[Isaac Grant]

A few of my favorite BIF target, the Purple Martin. I have so many shots of these guys. These are just showing some different angles. Canon 7d2 and Sigma 150-600 C.

Purple Martin by Isaac Grant, on Flickr

Purple Martin by Isaac Grant, on Flickr

Purple Martin by Isaac Grant, on Flickr

 

[Click]

I really like the first picture. Nicely done Isaac.

 

[Isaac Grant]

I really like the first picture. Nicely done Isaac.

Thank you. I have loads of shots of Martins. There were times that I would take 1000 shots and keep just a few. And it was not because they were out of focus, just because I already had 15 of a very similar pose. So after a while I tried getting unique poses. The first one is one of my favorites that I got of them this summer.

These are also shots that are a bit different and the types I was out after. All with the Canon 7d2 and Sigma 150-600C.

Purple Martin by Isaac Grant, on Flickr

Purple Martin by Isaac Grant, on Flickr

Purple Martin by Isaac Grant, on Flickr

Purple Martin by Isaac Grant, on Flickr

 

[StudentOfLight]

I was out shooting landscape with my Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 in the Stellenbosch winelands when this Yellow-Billed Kite snuck up on me. I just flipped my camera in C3 (AI servo, High speed continuous, 1/800s @ f/11, ISO 800)

This is by no means the best lens for birds and not the ideal settings either but I'm pleased I managed to get a couple of nice image out of the burst.