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[Krob78]

Yellow Rumped Warbler~

Fabulous shots Ken, all of them.
Where were they taken? There's certainly a great diversity there, must be a lot of food available.
Cheers Brian

Thank you very much Brian! Most of these ones were taken near my home in Mount Dora, FL. All of these last ones were on Lake Dora... Lots of Alligators too! Mating season and they are going crazy! They're all over the place.. Saw a Great Blue Heron standing on top of one a couple days ago, pounding the gator's head with his beak!! Sadly, I was on a quick run to pick the kids up from school and didn't have any gear with me... I never think of pulling out my iPhone for a quick photo, that would have worked I suppose...

Funny to see anyway!

 

[bjd]

I call this bub "Fat Boy".

Hopefully he will not explode

Hmmm, so what would be the correct shutter timing required to capture that?
Questions, questions, questions.......

 

[jrista]

I call this bub "Fat Boy".

Hopefully he will not explode

He did take one hell of a dump before he flew off the sandbar later on...do we call that "exploding"?

I call this bub "Fat Boy".

Hopefully he will not explode

Hmmm, so what would be the correct shutter timing required to capture that?
Questions, questions, questions.......

Hmm...you know me. We COULD get into that...physics and math and all...and a nasty, roiling, stinky white liquid mass floating through the air... (Might be a bit graphic for even this forum, though! )

 

[jrista]

Bald Eagle in Flight
1/1600th
f/5.6
ISO 160

You've got a knack for birds in flight. All of these, the eagles, the osprey, really great shots.

Jon, Thank you, you're very kind! That's a fantastic pelican image btw! I have had a couple White Pelican opps in the last two days but they are just a little too far out with my 100-400m on my FF. I think they wouldn't be much better on my 7d either... Someone gave me a lead on some nearby, so maybe tomorrow!

Thanks again for your kind words!

Yeah, 400mm on FF is a bit short. I don't think I could go lower than 600mm on FF. That is one of the reasons I value the 7D...it really gets you that needed reach in a pinch. I can't wait to plop a 600mm on my 7D. Even with the added reach, 400mm on the 7D still means I have to get close enough often enough that birds move away, or fly off. Having ~970mm equivalent would allow me to sit outside that bubble of comfort and get even better shots (sharper lens, wider aperture, lower ISO.)

I call this bub "Fat Boy". I've been trying to get a shot of a pelican like this for a while now...one finally presented the perfect opportunity:


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Picture Perfect!!

Thanks!

 

[billmarsh]

Seagull trout fishing at North Park in Gibsonia, Pa.
Canon 7D
Canon 100-400@ 400 mm 5.6
1/1250 sec @ f8 HH

 

[serendipidy]

Seagull trout fishing at North Park in Gibsonia, Pa.
Canon 7D
Canon 100-400@ 400 mm 5.6
1/1250 sec @ f8 HH

Nice capture (for both of you)

 

[serendipidy]

The Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) taken today.
7D, 100-400 @400, f/7.1, 1/500s handheld. PP in DPP and cropped.

 

[applecider]

A flowering cherry tree near Portland OR was full of these probably immature rufous or Allen's hummingbirds.

Throats showed no color at all.

1dx at 4000 f 5.6 iso 1250 better beamer for some.

 

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A flowering cherry tree near Portland OR was full of these probably immature rufous or Allen's hummingbirds.

Awesome. Great shots. They're so fast.

 

[rpt]

A flowering cherry tree near Portland OR was full of these probably immature rufous or Allen's hummingbirds.

Throats showed no color at all.

1dx at 4000 f 5.6 iso 1250 better beamer for some.

Lovely shot! Could you describe the method you used?

 

[serendipidy]

A flowering cherry tree near Portland OR was full of these probably immature rufous or Allen's hummingbirds.

Throats showed no color at all.

1dx at 4000 f 5.6 iso 1250 better beamer for some.

Lovely shot! Could you describe the method you used?

+1...beautiful! 8)

I really love hummingbird photos. Unfortunately, there are no hummingbirds in Hawaii :'(

 

[applecider]

Thank you for the kind comments.

My technique is to go alone so no one is bugging me to to move on , the full exif is on flkr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/56580542@N05/8687860452/#in/photostream .

I was shooting manual with shutter at 4000 iso at 1250 and f at 5.6, given enough light I'd lower iso and raise shutter and f stop. Using a canon 600 rt flash with the better beamer on high speed sync ettl mode, power adjusted up one stop. My idea was just to fill in the shadows with the flash as opposed to using it to stop action. Put the sun behind me and would hold on the wing flutter until there was a clean shot, then tried to shot singles to let the flash keep up. The shot below was the same as previous posted sans flash. Flash really makes the shot pop.

 

[Rienzphotoz]

Bloody Mynah Fight PART 1:
Last Thursday afternoon (beside my office window), 2 pairs of Mynah birds (total 4 ... might be husband wife team) were having a brutal fight ... one Mynah bird had the wing of another one in its claw and twisting it, as if to tear it off ... just would not let go, it was as if I was watching UFC ... it looked quite brutal, but luckily they all flew off in the end. Anyway, here are some pics of that fight. Images made with Nikon D7000 + 18-300 VR at 300mm, 1/500 sec, f/8, ISO 1600

 

[Rienzphotoz]

Bloody Mynah Fight PART 2:
Last Thursday afternoon (beside my office window), 2 pairs of Mynah birds (total 4 ... might be husband wife team) were having a brutal fight ... one Mynah bird had the wing of another one in its claw and twisting it, as if to tear it off ... just would not let go, it was as if I was watching UFC ... it looked quite brutal, but luckily they all flew off in the end. Anyway, here are some pics of that fight. Images made with Nikon D7000 + 18-300 VR at 300mm, 1/500 sec, f/8, ISO 1600

 

[Rienzphotoz]

Bloody Mynah Fight PART 3:
Last Thursday afternoon (beside my office window), 2 pairs of Mynah birds (total 4 ... might be husband wife team) were having a brutal fight ... one Mynah bird had the wing of another one in its claw and twisting it, as if to tear it off ... just would not let go, it was as if I was watching UFC ... it looked quite brutal, but luckily they all flew off in the end. Anyway, here are some pics of that fight. Images made with Nikon D7000 + 18-300 VR at 300mm, 1/500 sec, f/8, ISO 1600

 

[Rienzphotoz]

Bloody Mynah Fight PART 4:
Last Thursday afternoon (beside my office window), 2 pairs of Mynah birds (total 4 ... might be husband wife team) were having a brutal fight ... one Mynah bird had the wing of another one in its claw and twisting it, as if to tear it off ... just would not let go, it was as if I was watching UFC ... it looked quite brutal, but luckily they all flew off in the end. Anyway, here are some pics of that fight. Images made with Nikon D7000 + 18-300 VR at 300mm, 1/500 sec, f/8, ISO 1600

 

[serendipidy]

Glad they all survived. Birds (especially mynahs) can be pretty vicious...related to the dinosaurs I think. Nice shots documenting the battle.

 

[rpt]

Wow! Never seen mainahs fight like that! Great pics.

 

[Rienzphotoz]

Wow! Never seen mainahs fight like that! Great pics.

Thanks ... neither have I seen any birds fight like that ... these Mynahs were just crazy ... I seriously thought one of them would die but luckily they all seem to have survived.

 

[rpt]

Wow! Never seen mainahs fight like that! Great pics.

Thanks ... neither have I seen any birds fight like that ... these Mynahs were just crazy ... I seriously thought one of them would die but luckily they all seem to have survived.

Nevertheless, great pics! Well, even though you took it with that "N" camera! Bah! Or should I say "khalliwalli!"