Show your Bird Portraits

[serendipidy]

Harry the Terminator said he'd be back! Caught a big one an hour ago. Also, my Brazilian Cardinal friend usually appears for a bread handout whenever Harry and I are fishing.

7D, 100-400L, f/7.1, handheld, ISO 320

 

[Click]

Feeding time for your friends.


Very nice shots Serendipidy. 8) I especially like the first one. Nice job.

 

[Northstar]

Great Blue Heron in the morning light

Click, nice shot. Sharp with nice colors and creamy bokeh. Well done shot of a majestic bird.

I agree with these serendipity...very nice Click!

 

[Click]

I agree with these serendipity...very nice Click!

Thank you Nothstar.

 

[Click]

Black-crowned Night-Heron, Juvenile

 

[steven kessel]

Nice juvenile heron! Give us some data on that shot, please.

 

[Click]

Thanks Steven.

I took this picture around 6:30 in the morning while kayaking.
For this shot, I used a 7D and a Canon 500 f4L with monopod. EXIF 1/400 f8 ISO 200

I often combine kayaking and photography.

 

[serendipidy]

Black-crowned Night-Heron, Juvenile

That's a great photo, Click. Well done.

 

[Click]

Thank you my friend


One day, he will be like Harry the Terminator ;D

 

[AlanF]

Harry the Terminator said he'd be back! Caught a big one an hour ago. Also, my Brazilian Cardinal friend usually appears for a bread handout whenever Harry and I are fishing.

7D, 100-400L, f/7.1, handheld, ISO 320

How close were you for that remarkable shot, and how did you get that close?

 

[serendipidy]

Harry the Terminator said he'd be back! Caught a big one an hour ago. Also, my Brazilian Cardinal friend usually appears for a bread handout whenever Harry and I are fishing.

7D, 100-400L, f/7.1, handheld, ISO 320

How close were you for that remarkable shot, and how did you get that close?

Thanks, Alan for the kind words. I was probably about 7-10 feet or so, and was above him several feet. In this area, the canal ditch has a concrete slope down to the waters edge where I toss bread crumbs. When he gets a fish, he quickly runs up away from the water and away from me. I move off the bridge and onto the ground above him. He is cautious and so I move slow enough not to spook him too much. I can usually get about 8-12 feet and then start shooting. I cropped this 400mm shot somewhat to emphasize the fish more. No other heron will let me get closer than 20-30 feet, but this guy gets close because he knows I will get him easy fish ;D

 

[lion rock]

Click and especially Serendipidy,
Your bird portraits are finest. Keep them coming!
-r

 

[Click]

Thanks for the kind words lion rock.

 

[serendipidy]

Thanks, lion rock

 

[serendipidy]

Great Frigatebird...soaring a long way away. 7D, 100-400L @ 400mm, f/5.6, ISO 320, handheld and heavily cropped.

 

[Mr Bean]

Eastern Yellow Robin.
Trying a slightly new technique this weekend, an on-camera fill flash, to give better light in the shadows, without overdoing it. When it works, it works well. The biggest downside is the birds are put off by the flash going off. Oh well....
5D3 + 300mm f4 with 1.4x TCIII + 580EXII

 

[Click]

Eastern Yellow Robin.
Trying a slightly new technique this weekend, an on-camera fill flash, to give better light in the shadows, without overdoing it. When it works, it works well. The biggest downside is the birds are put off by the flash going off. Oh well....

Nice job with the flash. It's not to much and fill the shadow. Well done.

 

[Click]

Female Mallard in the morning light / 7D+ 500 f4L 1/400 f8 ISO 200

 

[Mr Bean]

Eastern Yellow Robin.
Trying a slightly new technique this weekend, an on-camera fill flash, to give better light in the shadows, without overdoing it. When it works, it works well. The biggest downside is the birds are put off by the flash going off. Oh well....

Nice job with the flash. It's not to much and fill the shadow. Well done.

Thanks Click. Using fill flash with birding is new for me (I've seen it done, but it often looks over cooked IMHO).

The little blighter moved his head, just as the pic was taken, so, its ever so slightly blurred (the body is tack sharp). I suspect it was pre-flash going off, before the main flash kicked in. And considering the shutter speed was 1/60th

I think it looks balanced, partly because the background light was more like 1/1000sec and the foreground was 1/60sec. Oh well, things to learn, things to try

 

[Mr Bean]

Black-crowned Night-Heron, Juvenile

Just saw this one. Love the detail. Hmm, the more I see images taken with 500-600 big whites, the more I feel I can justify one, next year