Show your Bird Portraits

[grilled_rooster]

This tiny Päpaka (mud crab) looks to be escaping from the Poaka (Pied Stilt) only to fall in the fire
Ōrewa Estuary this morning
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Love the composition

 

[Deleted]

My wife took some shots of a Goldfinch (European not American) with the R6 and RF 100-400mm. I stitched them together to make a gif. The R6 and RF 100-400mm have revived her interest

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She has done a fine job sir.

 

[DanP]

Double-crested Cormorant flashing.

 

[ISv]

Double-crested Cormorant flashing.View attachment 202131

Hmm... Did you mean double Cormorant?

 

[Chig]

Love the composition

Thanks

 

[Click]

Nice reflection. Well done, DanP.

 

[AlanF]

Couple of ducks from today and yesterday; Male and female Pochard R6 + RF 100-400m followed by R5 + 100-500 @700mm, and male and female Wigeon (R5 500mm).

 

[Click]

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

 

[DanP]

Swim or sink?

 

[Click]

This one is not a BIF, it's a BUW.

 

[AlanF]

This Cormorant flew so close it must count as a Portrait (R5 500mm)

 

[Nemorino]

Beautiful shot, Alan!
After Your recommendation I got the RF 100-400 and now I tried DxO Deepprime.
And I like it so far! Thank You, @AlanF !


Both R5 and RF100-400 @ f/8, Iso8000, 1/2000s

 

[AlanF]

Beautiful shot, Alan!
After Your recommendation I got the RF 100-400 and now I tried DxO Deepprime.
And I like it so far! Thank You, @AlanF !

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Both R5 and RF100-400 @ f/8, Iso8000, 1/2000s

Nice shots. New software has transformed what we can make into acceptable images.

 

[Click]

This Cormorant flew so close it must count as a Portrait (R5 500mm)

Nice portrait. Well done, Alan.

 

[Click]

Cute little fellow. Nicely done, Nemorino.

 

[Nemorino]

New software has transformed what we can make into acceptable images.

100% agree!
This and new sensors make slower lenses usable. The combination of size, weight and price of the RF100-400 is very sweet. Oh, I forgot the mfd! Looking forward to try some DIF!

 

[ISv]

100% agree!
This and new sensors make slower lenses usable. The combination of size, weight and price of the RF100-400 is very sweet. Oh, I forgot the mfd! Looking forward to try some DIF!

"This and new sensors make slower lenses usable" - I would add the crop cameras...

 

[ISv]

Today I went to shoot interesting plant at UH campus. If I was strictly after birds this little fellow will never pop up on such a background ! I didn't have the time to change the settings - I was shooting the plant, just changed the focus point and adjusted in PP. Windy!!!

 

[Click]

Lovely shots, ISv.

 

[ERHP]

Spent several weeks in Florida visiting family and while I never made it out to any of the NWR's or parks, still found some interesting subjects. This White Eyed Vireo emerged onto a fairly open branch for a quick look around.

R5 RF600 f/4 w/1.4X 1/160 : f/8 : ISO 1000