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[Click]

Beautiful series, jmeyer. I especially like the 5th and 6th.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Beautiful series, jmeyer. I especially like the 5th and 6th.

Great shots. Like #1 because it sounds good.

Jack

 

[jmeyer]

Beautiful series, jmeyer. I especially like the 5th and 6th.

Great shots. Like #1 because it sounds good.

Jack

Thank you Click and Jack!

 

[applecider]

Red wing blackbird eating craneflies on a lawn area.
EF 100-400 mii at 400 5.6 iso 3200.

Crane flies are both a lawn pest and the big bug that gets confused with giant mosquitos when they get into the house.

Two views better beamer caused shadows

 

[falcnr]

A few images of wild prairie falcon and bald eagles taken with the new 1DX 2 and 400mm f2.8 IS MKII hand held.

 

[Click]

A few images of wild prairie falcon and bald eagles taken with the new 1DX 2 and 400mm f2.8 IS MKII hand held.

Great pictures, falcnr. I especially like the first and second one. Well done.

 

[falcnr]

A few images of wild prairie falcon and bald eagles taken with the new 1DX 2 and 400mm f2.8 IS MKII hand held.

Great pictures, falcnr. I especially like the first and second one. Well done.

Thanks Click.

 

[Flamingtree]

A few images of wild prairie falcon and bald eagles taken with the new 1DX 2 and 400mm f2.8 IS MKII hand held.

I love the bottom image, the expression is awesome.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Red wing blackbird eating craneflies on a lawn area.
EF 100-400 mii at 400 5.6 iso 3200.

Crane flies are both a lawn pest and the big bug that gets confused with giant mosquitos when they get into the house.

Two views better beamer caused shadows

Is it my eyes or is there a diagonal line kind of pattern to the grass (magnified viewing)??

Jack

 

[serendipidy]

A few images of wild prairie falcon and bald eagles taken with the new 1DX 2 and 400mm f2.8 IS MKII hand held.

I love the bottom image, the expression is awesome.

+1... Me too

 

[serendipidy]

A couple from yesterday.
Juvenile Mallard ducklings by Eric Johnson, on Flickr
Juvenile Mallard ducklings by Eric Johnson, on Flickr

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Serendipidy.
Lovely shots, nicely done.

Cheers, Graham.

A couple from yesterday.

 

[tom r]

The two chicks from the hummingbird nest I posted a couple weeks ago have now hatched and are almost ready to leave the nest. 6D 70-200 mkii + 2x tele mkiii

 

[Jack Douglas]

Very nice tom r. Talk about a small home!

Jack

 

[falcnr]

A few images of wild prairie falcon and bald eagles taken with the new 1DX 2 and 400mm f2.8 IS MKII hand held.

I love the bottom image, the expression is awesome.

yes it say's "if he comes any closer I will give him a whack on his head"
certainly has a look of focus and determination.
The truth is we were banding the young at the nest with government bands to track movement etc and while
my friend was hanging over the cliff I was capturing the images of the parents defending the nest site. They give plenty of photo opportunities ...and yes once or twice i get hit of not paying attention.

The eagle shots were from a recent trip to BC coast

 

[serendipidy]

Hi Serendipidy.
Lovely shots, nicely done.

Cheers, Graham.

A couple from yesterday.

Thank you, Graham.

 

[Click]

The two chicks from the hummingbird nest I posted a couple weeks ago have now hatched and are almost ready to leave the nest. 6D 70-200 mkii + 2x tele mkiii

Very nice pictures, Tom.

 

[AlanF]

A sparrowhawk sitting above my bird feeders this afternoon. Sigma 150-600mm at f/6.3, 1/100s 600mm and 5DS R hand held. Fortunately, I didn't see any feathers.

 

[Eldar]

Nice hawk Alan!

I was out, looking for a very very rare kingfisher, at least here in Norway. I briefly saw it, amongst all the leaves, but was unable to get a decent shot. Instead I got a fishing Red-breasted merganser. Very cool bird, but to swallow a flounder was too much for her.

This is shot with the 1DX-II and the 600 f4L IS II + 2xIII extender. I posted a couple of others over on the 1DX-II thread. It is of great help to be able to use all AF points, also at f8.0. It makes framing and following a subject so much easier.

 

[AlanF]

Nice shot too Eldar! We'll be joining you outside the EU now.