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I often wonder...when you have a stunning BIF image like that, where are the rest of the series.Cog said:The eagle season has begun:
Conventional wisdom dictates that one has to be shooting in AI Servo while holding the shutter down until the buffer fills up. Is it conceivable that the AF just locked onto one image?
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Lovely image ... simple but something special about that pic with almost all the colors present in the image. Good shot.gbchriste said:Jack Douglas said:
It looks a lot like a Northern Mockingbird. The wing pattern and white circle around the eye are quite distinctive.
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/northern_mockingbird/id
I have them all over my yard. But the small yellow patch at the base of the wing is a little different from what I've seen at my home. For about 6 months, this one was sitting on the bed rail of my truck every morning when I came out to head to work.
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gbchriste, isn't it amazing how there are so many similarities as to drive you crazy! And the differences between sexes can be nonexistent or wild. The American Redstart is one of the best examples but in the ducks it's also dramatic. Guess that's why we love birds.
Since I'm trying to file all the birds appropriately I'm discovering many I didn't know I had like this Brown-headed Cowbird.
Since I'm trying to file all the birds appropriately I'm discovering many I didn't know I had like this Brown-headed Cowbird.
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We see lots of eagles posted here. And many of them are really good, some of them are even great, but this one is just awesome! Thanks for sharing!Cog said:The eagle season has begun:
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Sunset silhouette of a Western Grebe:
See more on my blog: Sunset Silhouettes
This was an attempt to fix photos that were taken backside of the bird (where the sun was opposite me, rather than at my back.) As one would expect, the dynamic range of my camera was blown, by many stops, so the birds ended up horribly underexposed. I decided to make the birds silhouettes and process for the water instead...the results turned out pretty good, if I may say so myself!
Canon EOS 7D
Canon EF 600mm f/4 L II IS
See more on my blog: Sunset Silhouettes
This was an attempt to fix photos that were taken backside of the bird (where the sun was opposite me, rather than at my back.) As one would expect, the dynamic range of my camera was blown, by many stops, so the birds ended up horribly underexposed. I decided to make the birds silhouettes and process for the water instead...the results turned out pretty good, if I may say so myself!
Canon EOS 7D
Canon EF 600mm f/4 L II IS
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jrista said:Sunset silhouette of a Western Grebe:
This was an attempt to fix photos that were taken backside of the bird (where the sun was opposite me, rather than at my back.) As one would expect, the dynamic range of my camera was blown, by many stops, so the birds ended up horribly underexposed. I decided to make the birds silhouettes and process for the water instead...the results turned out pretty good, if I may say so myself!
Beautiful!
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Don Haines said:jrista said:Sunset silhouette of a Western Grebe:
This was an attempt to fix photos that were taken backside of the bird (where the sun was opposite me, rather than at my back.) As one would expect, the dynamic range of my camera was blown, by many stops, so the birds ended up horribly underexposed. I decided to make the birds silhouettes and process for the water instead...the results turned out pretty good, if I may say so myself!
Beautiful!
God I love my 600mm lens...the thin DOF is just a thing of ultimate wonder... (I could NEVER have gotten that creamy boke in the water with my 100-400.) It's shots like this, razor sharp and yet creamy smooth, that make me remember why I spent an unholy dumptrucks worth of money on a lens... ;D
Here is another...love the effect of the orange sinlight scattering through the wave crests:
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WillT said:So many great shots. Here are a couple of mine
Excellent shots, both! I really love Cormorant eyes...that blue jewel. Wonderful shot of the Cormorant, too. I can't get within 100 feet of them here in Colorado...
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