steven kessel said:Male Phainopepla, a common sight in southern Arizona during the cool months. People sometimes call these birds "black Cardinals" but they're actually related to flycatchers and not Cardinals.
5Diii, 100-400 f4-5.6 IS L @ 400mm, ISO 400, "M" setting, f7.1 @ 1/2000.
jrista said:Portrait of a Goose
First bird photography I've done in a while, from a couple weekends ago. It's been cold here in Colorado, VERY cold, teens and lower most of the time. Lot of snow lately as well...the past week and change has been one snow storm after another...we've got a solid, persistent foot everywhere. Having a slightly "warm" break in all the cold was nice, and gave me the opportunity to get back into bird photography, prep for the coming migration.
Canon EOS 5D III
Canon EF 600mm f/4 L II + 1.4x TC III
Gitzo GT3532LS + Jobu Pro II
In case anyone was wondering, this is why you spend $12,000 on a 600mm lens.Even with the 1.4x TC, the detail from 30+ feet away is just amazing.

Jack Douglas said:Looks like I've been missing out on a lot of very nice recent postings, not sure why.
Has anyone else run into the situation where email notifications don't come in spite of the thread showing notify as being active. I've deactivated-activated more than a few times and it'll work and then quit. It's not that I don't respond and then they stop. I am always faithful in responding. Today I saw it was a "popular" thread at the main page and said, "hey I've missed seeing that for a while, what's up"
Any ideas?
Jack
Jack Douglas said:A lot of help you are Graham!
Technology worked for your post since I un-notified and re-notified but what's the point of having it if it doesn't work reliably. Yes, I am spoiled.
Jack