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[Kerry B]

Beautiful shot Kerry. Lovely bird.

Thanks Click

 

[Cog]

 

[Vern]

I was lucky today and spotted a barred owl fishing in Morgan Creek while walking my dog. I rushed home and came back w my camera and amazingly it was still there. 5DMKIII + 600 f4 II + Better beamer (note redeye in the one I didn't fix in post), f5.6, ISO 800.

 

[Vern]

Two more of the barred owl, one with the 600 + 1.4X III at f8 and the other w just the 600 at f5.6 - both ISO800.

 

[Click]

Very nice series Vern. I especially like the last picture.

 

[Vern]

Very nice series Vern. I especially like the last picture.

Thanks Click - I wasn't sure about the lighting in that last location, but I like the setting. Here's one before I put on the 1.4X.

 

[Kerry B]

Love the images Vern, great series.

 

[jrista]

Heard a bit of a "cooing commotion" outside earlier today. Slide my curtain aside just a little, and saw a couple of Mourning Doves mating. They had this cute little ritual: Preen, Cuddle, Kiss, Mate. They "did it" about a dozen times.

I have a blog forthcoming, but here are a couple of shots that I've quickly processed. I had no time to really set up, so I just grabbed my lens (only thing readily available was my 600mm, and they were RIGHT there on the railing of my deck, so apologies for the tight crop...these are all mostly 100% full frames), stuck it to the sill of my sliding glass door to my deck, and started shooting...no real artistic flare here, just a small little documentary of a cute dove couple in cute little dove love.

Enjoy! :-*

 

[ERHP]

Cool owl series Vern! Like the 3rd and 4th ones the best.

Jrista, really like the last 'cuddle' shot! Can't wait to see the whole series!

 

[Click]

...no real artistic flare here, just a small little documentary of a cute dove couple in cute little dove love.

Cute. I really like the third and the last picture. Well done.

 

[Kerry B]

Heavy crop of Black Headed Heron

 

[dpc]

Yellow headed blackbird

 

[dpc]

Red-winged blackbird

 

[dpc]

Coot

 

[dpc]

Peacock

 

[dpc]

I'm calling this a dark-eyed (Oregon) junco.
I really like the snowflakes.
7D, 500 f4, 1/500, f5.6

Nice shot!

 

[Click]

Very nice series dpc.

 

[Click]

Heavy crop of Black Headed Heron

Nicely done Kerry.

 

[dpc]

Very nice series dpc.

Thanks!

 

[jrista]

One of my dove photos just hit the first page of popular on 500px. First time any of my photos have gotten quite that far. Given that it was a from-the-hip shot without ANY planning or artistic goals whatsoever, I'm pretty stunned:

http://500px.com/photo/66945531?from=popular

UPDATE: Now it's the first image in the second row of the popular page! Pulse is 99.7. I wonder if it will hit the top row before it's pulse is knocked back at 24hrs...