Show your Bird Portraits

[JMZawodny]

I put the 500mm f/4L II with the 1.4x III on my 1Dx2 and went out on the deck this afternoon. Almost immediately this female Bobwhite flew up very close by. So close in fact that I had to back up in order to get the whole bird in the frame. We have not had Bobwhites in our neighborhood for the last 15 years. They were quite common before that. Glad to have them back again.

This is a simple crop of an otherwise unadjusted jpeg straight from the camera. Handheld at ISO 1600, f/10, and 1/256 sec.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Can't complain about that can you. I put my order in today but realistically I don't think the purchase will happen until September holiday time. You guys are making me impatient!

Still house and garden bound but my friend comes by regularly to pose so I couldn't resist .... just another Pileated woodpecker shot.

Jack

 

[JMZawodny]

Before I backed up a little, I snapped a real bird portrait. Once again, just a simple crop of the jpeg file right out of the camera.

@Jack, you'll love it.

 

[lion rock]

Beautiful portrait, JMZawodny.
Glad to see your pileated again, never get tired of them. I hear them lots, but remain out of sight. Saw a couple of red bellied this morning as I left the house for work. They were trying to out call each other. Just too far for my measly 70-200.
Keep them coming!!! Please!
-r

 

[Click]

Can't complain about that can you. I put my order in today but realistically I don't think the purchase will happen until September holiday time. You guys are making me impatient!

Still house and garden bound but my friend comes by regularly to pose so I couldn't resist .... just another Pileated woodpecker shot.

Jack

Very nice shot, Jack.

 

[serendipidy]

Can't complain about that can you. I put my order in today but realistically I don't think the purchase will happen until September holiday time. You guys are making me impatient!

Still house and garden bound but my friend comes by regularly to pose so I couldn't resist .... just another Pileated woodpecker shot.

Jack

Beautiful bird...nice capture, Jack!

 

[serendipidy]

Before I backed up a little, I snapped a real bird portrait. Once again, just a simple crop of the jpeg file right out of the camera.

@Jack, you'll love it.

JMZ
Fantastic...tack sharp and wonderful detail and color. 8)

 

[Jack Douglas]

Thanks guys. You know I try to restrain myself.

I just wish I could locate the nest.

Jack

 

[Jack Douglas]

Before I backed up a little, I snapped a real bird portrait. Once again, just a simple crop of the jpeg file right out of the camera.

@Jack, you'll love it.

It will indeed be easy to love. When I try to use all AF points with my 6D to shoot the Pileated flying it's as if the 6D has no brain compared to the 1D4. If I hadn't used the 1D4 I'd be assigning 100% of the blame on me.

Jack

 

[Cog]

Nice portraits on this page!

More heron and coot pics:

 

[Cog]

This is just a Canada goose in a park, but he looked really bossy.

 

[dpc]

Posted this elsewhere but it goes here, too. Yellow-headed blackbird. Sigma 150-600mm Contemporary at 600mm.

 

[dpc]

Ditto

 

[dpc]

Eared grebes

 

[dpc]

Female yellow-headed blackbird gathering nesting material.

 

[dpc]

Male yellow-headed blackbird ruffling its feathers.

 

[Kerry B]

African Fish Eagle with catfish, taken in the Marsh area of the Masai Mara. Canon 5d mmiii, 300f2.8 mmii with 1.4 extender.

 

[Click]

African Fish Eagle with catfish, taken in the Marsh area of the Masai Mara. Canon 5d mmiii, 300f2.8 mmii with 1.4 extender.

Beautiful shot. Well done, Kerry.

 

[Kerry B]

African Fish Eagle with catfish, taken in the Marsh area of the Masai Mara. Canon 5d mmiii, 300f2.8 mmii with 1.4 extender.

Beautiful shot. Well done, Kerry.

Thanks Click

 

[Jack Douglas]

African Fish Eagle with catfish, taken in the Marsh area of the Masai Mara. Canon 5d mmiii, 300f2.8 mmii with 1.4 extender.

Beautiful shot. Well done, Kerry.

Nice shots from all and especially this one.

Jack