Show your Bird Portraits
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Just a tiny shot to show what you can get out of the R5 sensor. It's been terrible weather here and in the drizzle I could see a small bird hopping inside a bare tree, surrounded by twigs, 15m away. The plus of the EVF is that it lightens the scene so I could make out the bird, a female Chaffinch. Considering this bird is only 600px long and the gloom needed iso5000 and f/4 at 1/400 s and 400mm, it's a pretty clean shot. This would have needed iso16000 for my f/7.1 100-500mm.
I was laying on the beach photographing Red Knots when I seen this Piping Plover. Canon MarkIII, Canon 500mm Hand Held
The sun shone this morning and so it was a covid-lockdown-compatible walk with the 1.4xTC on the 100-500mm and R5 at 700mm, iso 1250, f/10 and 1/500s for a Blue Tit who perched for just a few seconds. I used point focus with this complicated background as I had to be quick. No way the lens and TC are being sent back.
Very nice shot Alan! Are the long tail Tits in your area as well? The Great Tits are also very beautiful .
The Longtailed Tits are here but I haven't got a close up this year yet. Here is a tiny shot of a distant one take on Friday with the 400mm DO II on the R5 and a nice close up of a Great Tit from the 100-400mm II on the R5 earlier at iso 8000
Here's another one, a Coal Tit from yesterday. I rarely see these tiny birds and it was in my apple tree, and I had to shoot it through ugly double glazing. Also, I was testing the 5DSR and it was so gloomy that it needed iso 6400 and f/4. This is a 100% crop from the centre, OK for the record.
Got a better shot today from outside and with the 2xTC on. Again, the bad light doesn't help and the bird doesn't keep still for more than a second or two.
The birds I see most frequently in my garden are Blue Tits, Great Tits, Longtailed Tits and now Coal Tits. Several finches; Goldfinch, Greenfinch and Chaffinch being the most common and now to my delight Bullfinches. Blackcaps occasionally, and Chiffchaffs will come in the spring. Two species of woodpeckers, the Great Spotted and Green, visit regularly, as does a Jay, and there is an abundance of Blackbirds, Dunnocks and Robins, and unfortunately, Magpies and Crows. Rare visitors like a Sparrowhawk and Little Egrets are welcome, and Buzzards circle overhead. Starlings and Woodpigeons are usually around. I don't like the pigeons because they are so skittish they scare the other birds into flying off when they see me.
The young Tricolored Heron had started following the fish out as the tidal inlet drained and would go several feet before pivoting around to scan for potential snacks. Of course it was too close for me to get everything in the frame @840.
R5 600 II w/1.4X 1/2500 : f/7.1 : ISO 1000
R5 600 II w/1.4X 1/2500 : f/7.1 : ISO 1000
A Magpie in flight while a flock of Canadian Geese flying at the background.
Never shot a magpie before, but even a pest like a magpie can become an interesting photo subject!
R5 + RF 800mm, 12FPS + a bit luck did really help.
Never shot a magpie before, but even a pest like a magpie can become an interesting photo subject!
R5 + RF 800mm, 12FPS + a bit luck did really help.
A Laughing Gull has been in my area since Saturday. Pretty uncommon in Wisconsin. Also a young male Harlequin Duck has been in the same area as well, also not very common. 7D mkll / EF600 f4 ll / 1.4xlll
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