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#3,081
Synkka said:
rpt said:
My muse is back! Yes, Mr. Hawk payed us a visit today. He came to cool his feet as you can see. I took 88 snaps. Various combinations of 100-400L and the 70-200L with and without the 1.4x. This one is with my 5D3, 100-400L+1.4xiii - so @540mm. 1/320, f8, ISO 320. I have not wiped off the EXIF so you can examine it.

I am entirely satisfied with both the lenses with and without the 1.4xiii. I have noticed that when the pictures are not sharp it is due to shake. AFMA values with and without the 1.4xiii is the same for both lenses! So AFMA of the 1.4xiii is 0. I am happy. :)
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A great muse, very inspirational, love the shot :)
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Thanks! This hawk made so much noise that I had to go and take pictures. He stayed in the garden for over an hour until I got too close :)

I guess he figured I was not going to harm him and flew off only after I got to within about 4 mt of him.
 
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#3,082
ERHP said:
Waiting for a Northern Harrier to do some passes from under a pine tree and had a little Junco stop by to say hi. Unfortunately the Harrier never came as close as I had hoped.
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Beautiful colors. The background colors are perfect for the bird. 8)
 
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#3,083
Click said:
ERHP said:
Waiting for a Northern Harrier to do some passes from under a pine tree and had a little Junco stop by to say hi. Unfortunately the Harrier never came as close as I had hoped.
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Beautiful colors. The background colors are perfect for the bird. 8)
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The bokeh, colors and contrast are wonderful in this image!
 
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#3,084
rpt said:
My muse is back! Yes, Mr. Hawk payed us a visit today. He came to cool his feet as you can see. I took 88 snaps. Various combinations of 100-400L and the 70-200L with and without the 1.4x. This one is with my 5D3, 100-400L+1.4xiii - so @540mm. 1/320, f8, ISO 320. I have not wiped off the EXIF so you can examine it.

I am entirely satisfied with both the lenses with and without the 1.4xiii. I have noticed that when the pictures are not sharp it is due to shake. AFMA values with and without the 1.4xiii is the same for both lenses! So AFMA of the 1.4xiii is 0. I am happy. :)
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Very nice RPT! I like the lighting too!
 
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#3,089
Been enjoying all the great shots, but it's not as much fun having nothing to contribute. However, today my fortunes changed a little. I'll be seeing these guys until all my berries are gone - in two days maybe! They're amazing eaters.

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Jack
 

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#3,092
Jack Douglas said:
Been enjoying all the great shots, but it's not as much fun having nothing to contribute. However, today my fortunes changed a little. I'll be seeing these guys until all my berries are gone - in two days maybe! They're amazing eaters.

6D 300 X2 800th F16 ISO 1250

Jack
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Very nice picture Jack. Beautiful bird.
 
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#3,094
Jack Douglas said:
Been enjoying all the great shots, but it's not as much fun having nothing to contribute. However, today my fortunes changed a little. I'll be seeing these guys until all my berries are gone - in two days maybe! They're amazing eaters.

6D 300 X2 800th F16 ISO 1250

Jack
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I love when the Cedar Waxwings come in to town Jack! They are always so busy and eating Japanese Plums around here like they're going out of style! One of my favorite birds, they are very attractive! Good luck! :D
 
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#3,096
rpt said:
Synkka said:
Finally got a good shot of a red back fairy wren, I am pretty happy with these two shots. 70-300L at f5.6

red-back-fairy-wren by Synkka~, on Flickr

red-back-fairy-wren hidden by Synkka~, on Flickr
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Nice shots! What was the distance to the bird? with a 70-300 it had to be close. How did you manage that?
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about 2-3m away from me, and just patience and luck. I go to this one area most weekends there are plenty of them around at the moment. He stayed there for about a minute which is a lot longer than most wrens, then a dog ran up to me and started licking me which i think scared him off. I think part of the fun with only shooting with a 300mm lens is just trying to sneak up on the birds (not very well most of the time).
 
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#3,097
Krob78 said:
mackguyver said:
One of my favorites so far for 2013:
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Hey Mack, this is a great image! Do you have a version with his feet in the frame? That is the only thing missing for me, it's a great capture! :)
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Thanks and no unfortunately not. He flew right in front of me and was already past me by the time I was able to zoom out. I think it still works, but sure, it would be nice to have his feet!
 
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#3,098

Ashy Thrush (Geokichla cinerea) by alabang, on Flickr

The Ashy Thrush (Geokichla cinerea) is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashy_Thrush

Location: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mesa_Ecopark

Settings: 1/100 ƒ/4 ISO 640 500mm

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Story behind the photo:

I arrived late in the morning at La Mesa Ecopark to take more photos of the Indigo Banded Kingfisher (IBKF) this time with my father. At the site of the IBKF we saw fellow bird photogs Steve, Professor Reuel and his cousin Speedy who told us that the IBKF has already fed and flew off elsewhere. We chatted a bit talking shop and my father left to look for other birds up the trail. 10 mins later Speedy saw an Ashy Trush (the bird photographed above) so nearing to us that I thought he misidentified it.

What I found unusual was that the Ashy Trush was so out in the open and near a well traveled dirt trail. Taking advantage of the extra light by the bird's decision to forage for earthworms out in the open we pictured the young one there. We were all pleasantly surprised that it decided to jump onto the stick with its prey. My good friend Steve got it with food in mouth, sadly I wasn't. But I did get the shot above. :)

Time was Ashy Trush were a very difficult bird to find much less photograph but thankfully with time and people being respectful to the bird they have become more accommodating to people's desire to see them in the eco park.
 
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