Show your Bird Portraits
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2n10 said:
Thanks, 2n10!
scyrene said:A bird I have been after for years - so common and yet so skittish - the (European) goldfinch! Pleased with this
1000mm, f/10.
That's a cool bird, nicely captured.
jrda2 said:
I like the second Great Horned Owl shot. It almost seems as if the tree is full of owl ears ;D The pheasant in the field is great composition.
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Eldar, that's a great pair of tit shots ;D. Sorry, but someone had to say it.
In all seriousness, the lighting, composition, and head angle on the second one is really nice.
In all seriousness, the lighting, composition, and head angle on the second one is really nice.
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Eldar said:
Very nice series of a lovely bird, Eldar. It's always fun when people follow up on a bird.
Below is what I've been following for the past few days. As I have neither the skill nor the inclination for doing camo shots, I've been shooting from what I hope is a respectful distance of about 3 meters. This does mean I don't get to see the inside of the nest but it's the perspective we humans usually get anyway. I for one am just happy to see it at all.
Flickr: Japanese White-eye & New Brood
6D+Tammy f/6.3 600 1/1000 ISO 4000
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Thanks Macguyver! This is the only tit shooting I´m allowed to do ...mackguyver said:
These little birds are working in cycles with their nest. They work like maniacs for about 10-15 minutes, then they go off somewhere to rest and eat for about 10-15 minutes and then they continue. During every break I could move a little closer. It took me about two hours to get close enough to skip the extenders. This one was probably shot 7-8 meters from the nest, so I did not have to crop very much.
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Thanks Hank. Yours is a great shot. How do you manage to get so close, without scaring off the bird?HankMD said:Eldar said:
Very nice series of a lovely bird, Eldar. It's always fun when people follow up on a bird.
Below is what I've been following for the past few days. As I have neither the skill nor the inclination for doing camo shots, I've been shooting from what I hope is a respectful distance of about 3 meters. This does mean I don't get to see the inside of the nest but it's the perspective we humans usually get anyway. I for one am just happy to see it at all.
Flickr: Japanese White-eye & New Brood
6D+Tammy f/6.3 600 1/1000 ISO 4000
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Eldar said:
Thanks, Eldar. It helps A LOT that the Japanese White-eye is well-adapted to the urban park environment, and that the particular tree is right next to a walkway with people coming and going pretty much throughout the day. To them I was probably just another guy with a stick (monopod) standing next to a park bench...for a long time. My concern was less with disturbing the nest than attracting attention from passersby.
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That explains it. The willow tit lives in the high mountain birch forrest and can live its entire life without being close to any human being, so they are easier scared off.HankMD said:
I have posted a couple on the BIF thread, but I am happy enough with them to also republish one here. The reason for chasing this little fellow was to get shots of just when it jumps off from the tree. When I bird jumps off, before it has retracted its legs, you can either get a very energetic take-off look or, in the other end of the scale, you get this hanging-in-the-air almost ballet like posture. This one is one of the latter. (The thing in its beacon is carved wood from the nest room his carving in the trunk, which he disposes of in safe distance from the tree).
It was very difficult to nail focus, because it is extremely fast. The 1DX AF never picked up the bird in the air, so I had to get the bird´s jump off within the focal plane I had set. I think I shot about 200 take offs and I managed to get an app. 10% keeper rate from a focus perspective and about 25% of these had a good posture. To me this was exactly what I was looking for and the bokeh is amongst the best I have ever managed to get, so I was happy
1DX, 600mm f4L IS II
1/4000s, f11, ISO4000
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