Show your Bird Portraits

[AlanF]

Whaaaat Alan, not even 1600mm f/22? ? Nice photo of course!

Seriously, I prefer the RF 2x to the RF 1.4x on the 100-500mm, but the other way round with the 800mm f/11.

 

[HenryL]

Because of some crass comments about f/11 being so narrow and these lenses an abomination, I just nipped out and took a couple of evening shots with the 800mm f/11 + 1.4x @ 1120mm f/16 of a Blue Tit on my feeder, at over 13m (40ft) away. Here are two crops from the centre.


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What witchery is this??? Surely not possible with that abomination!!

Well done, sir. Well done!

 

[JPAZ]

Finally got out to find some feathered friends. Came across a little hummer, but he would not hum! I think he was playing a staring match with me. I could not hang around so I could only image him without him flying but he was a cute little thing (R5 + 100-500)

 

[JPAZ]

And, the Finches are back. (R5 with 100-500)

 

[JPAZ]

I think this is an immature Finch. His orange color is just coming in. (R5 with 100-500)

 

[DanP]

Not a great picture, but shows why blueberry growers are not fond of starlings.

 

[jprusa]

Because of some crass comments about f/11 being so narrow and these lenses an abomination, I just nipped out and took a couple of evening shots with the 800mm f/11 + 1.4x @ 1120mm f/16 of a Blue Tit on my feeder, at over 13m (40ft) away. Here are two crops from the centre.


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Great shot Alan!!

 

[Click]

Very nice series, JPAZ. I especially like the first picture.

 

[Click]

Not a great picture, but shows why blueberry growers are not fond of starlings.

Nice shot, DanP.

 

[usern4cr]

More from the Knoxville Zoo aviary.
(R5 + RF 100-500L)


Budgerigar:








Cockatiel:


Cheers.

 

[Click]

Beautiful birds. Nicely done, usern4cr.

 

[macrunning]

More from the Knoxville Zoo aviary.
(R5 + RF 100-500L)


Budgerigar:
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Cockatiel:
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Cheers.

Nice shots usern4cr. Great colors.

 

[usern4cr]

Beautiful birds. Nicely done, usern4cr.

Thanks, Click.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Haven't had time for much shooting but in the heat a week back or so the little remnant of a pond provided some fun.

Jack

 

[Click]

Very very nice series. Well done, Jack. Keep posting, my friend.

 

[jprusa]

Haven't had time for much shooting but in the heat a week back or so the little remnant of a pond provided some fun.

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Great shot Jack!

 

[Click]

Great Egret surrounded by aquatic flowers. It's very difficult to get details in their white feathers.

 

[usern4cr]

Great Egret surrounded by aquatic flowers. It's very difficult to get details in their white feathers.
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Nice photo, Click.

I've found that shots like this (to me) tend to really burn out the white(highlight) in the bird image since it's the only bright thing in the scene, and it's a small percentage of the area, and the rest is pretty dark. So unless you expose your shot at -2(or so) stops I end up with burnt out highlights which make seeing feather detail impossible. Some of my previous posts have a bit of burnout in the heads of birds from the sun since I didn't underexpose(or bracket) the image. I often try to bracket my exposures as -2, -1, 0 to avoid cases like this, but then I get triple the shots to wade through in post (and I already take too many) so it's a trade-off. Sometimes I just set it to -1/3 or -2/3 and take single exposures and tolerate a little loss of shadow in order to avoid most burnout and too many photos in post.

 

[Click]

Thank you so much for this information. I really appreciate your help.

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[josephandrews222]

Nice photo, Click.

I've found that shots like this (to me) tend to really burn out the white(highlight) in the bird image since it's the only bright thing in the scene, and it's a small percentage of the area, and the rest is pretty dark. So unless you expose your shot at -2(or so) stops I end up with burnt out highlights which make seeing feather detail impossible. Some of my previous posts have a bit of burnout in the heads of birds from the sun since I didn't underexpose(or bracket) the image. I often try to bracket my exposures as -2, -1, 0 to avoid cases like this, but then I get triple the shots to wade through in post (and I already take too many) so it's a trade-off. Sometimes I just set it to -1/3 or -2/3 and take single exposures and tolerate a little loss of shadow in order to avoid most burnout and too many photos in post.

Yes and yes.

If there's a better way, I'm all ears. What usern4cr has described is exactly what works best for me...and has worked best, to be honest, since I 'learned' a few things about photography using a (drum roll)...Canon S95.