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AlanF

Desperately seeking birds
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ISO64

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American woodcock

And a photo that I would say was not possible: taken 25 minutes after sunset, bird is well camouflaged and, if it wasn't for its almost mechanical weeeeep sound, no way to see it. Once approximately located by the sound AF managed to find something to focus on, I did not see the bird, just that something changed against the background. The photo is cropped and half sized, strongly white balance corrected, sharpened is several passes. No noise reduction, except what DPP applies!
Oh, and for the next half hour the aerial show was fantastic, several males were competing. Good luck boys and gals, take good care of birdies to come!

Canon 7D2, 100-400L II @ 270 mm, ISO 6400, 0.25 s, f/5.6 + 0.33 EV, handheld

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Chig

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Orewa , New Zealand
Recent image I took at Orewa Estuary in Auckland NZ:
This Tarapunga (Red Billed Gull ) was having an argument with a Torea (South Island Pied Oystercatcher)
Early morning at the edge of the water channel at low tide.

Shot this with an EF400 (non IS) L f/2.8 and a 1.4x T.C on my 7Dii
I'd recently bought this lens very cheaply and was a bit put off by the weight (6.5kg) but I'm amazed at the optical performance of this 30 year old lens and now I understand why people love Great White lenses :cool:
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ISv

"The equipment that matters, is you"
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Here's a couple of shots from part of our road trip which included Dauphin Island, Alabama. The B&W are Laughing Gulls and the second image is a Sanderling.
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The Laughing Gulls are regular visitors here (in very small numbers! - like 1-3 birds per year for this Island) and I never crossed my path with them. Sanderlings are much more common!
BTW - what time of the year and where did you took that shot: That more brownish plumage is what I would like to know - transition to the breeding? I'm sure the bird on your photo is a Sanderling!



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ISv

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The migratory birds here are mostly in breeding plumage and ready to go North.
Today I got the Ruddy Turnstone and the Wandering Tattler...
For the Turnstones the most tasty food is obviously always hidden below the rocks! The Tattlers are not that colorful and the background is very different but they are just another migrant!

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