Show your Bird Portraits
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Here are a couple of hummers from this weekend. I have a bumper crop this year, but only the females would approach the feeder once I set-up the kit. 5DMKIII + 300 2.8L II w 25 mm ext tube, 1/200, ISO360, f11 - 4 flashes all at 1/16 power (2X430EX, 1X580EX, 1X600EX - mounted on lens). I also tried a few w/o stopping the wing motion w all the flashes - just using the 5DMKIII w a 600 mm f4 II and 1.4X w the 600EX and betterbeamer. I think I'm hooked on the detail you can see when you stop the motion w flash, but the set-up does inhibit the birds a bit. Hopefully the males will 'man-up' next w/e.
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Canon 1Dx & 300mm f/2.8L IS II + 2x III:
Nice, I followed the one on our pond fishing for an hour hoping for a catch, but his luck fishing was like mine.
Canon 1Dx & 300mm f/2.8L IS II + 2x III:
Nice, I followed the one on our pond fishing for an hour hoping for a catch, but his luck fishing was like mine.
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niteclicks said:
my feeders don't have a perch, so the birds tend to hover, feed, back-off and hover. This gives me a chance to get a shot w/o the feeder in the image - maybe give that a try. I will try putting natural flowers in place of the feeder too once I get them used to me agin this year. By putting nectar in the natural flowers w a small syringe, you can get better feeding shots. Here's one from last year that was staged this way.
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Thanks for the kind words. Sometimes things just don't turn out well. I have a great Blue Heron that feeds every evening in my back yard, but as soon as I go outside he flies off.... and I shot a whole bunch of shots of geese landing.... WITH THE WRONG FOCUS POINT!!!! This one is almost in focus, but the rest were really far off... At least it helps with experience and learning.Click said:Great shots Don. It's always a pleasure to look at your pictures.
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Okay, it's been 4 years and I'm still learning, but here's my contribution to the topic. I'm no where near what a professional can do, but I did enjoy taking these. I would like to know what you think about the composition though.
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Well, since this thread is called "Show your Bird Portraits", I thought I'd do just that. Here are some spotted sandpiper portraits:
See more at my site.
This guy was in hardcore nest protection mode, doing everything he could to attract my attention from the high pitched squeaks coming from the bushes. Well, since he wouldn't get much more than about 15 feet away from me, it offered an ideal opportunity to get some great closeup shots!
See more at my site.
This guy was in hardcore nest protection mode, doing everything he could to attract my attention from the high pitched squeaks coming from the bushes. Well, since he wouldn't get much more than about 15 feet away from me, it offered an ideal opportunity to get some great closeup shots!
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jrista said:Well, since this thread is called "Show your Bird Portraits", I thought I'd do just that. Here are some spotted sandpiper portraits:
This guy was in hardcore nest protection mode, doing everything he could to attract my attention from the high pitched squeaks coming from the bushes. Well, since he wouldn't get much more than about 15 feet away from me, it offered an ideal opportunity to get some great closeup shots!
Beautiful shots jrista. 8)
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Click said:jrista said:Well, since this thread is called "Show your Bird Portraits", I thought I'd do just that. Here are some spotted sandpiper portraits:
This guy was in hardcore nest protection mode, doing everything he could to attract my attention from the high pitched squeaks coming from the bushes. Well, since he wouldn't get much more than about 15 feet away from me, it offered an ideal opportunity to get some great closeup shots!
Beautiful shots jrista. 8)
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