Show your Bird Portraits

[chasinglight]

A Willet walking near the water in Perdido Key, FL.

5DM3 : 100-400 II @ 400mm : 1/800s : f/8 : ISO 640

 

[Kerry B]

Stop this whingeing about the inadequacies of the 5DS R. This is what it took on Saturday with a bare 300mm f/2.8 II attached. A gannet flying past. Some guy with a brand new 1DX II (dropped on the first day to bend the flashgun shoe) told me earlier that the Canon rep had advised him he would have to shoot on tripod to get the resolution from a 5DS R - it's equivalent to saying all APS-Cs require a tripod.

Alan that is one great shot, love the sharpness.

 

[Click]

A Willet walking near the water in Perdido Key, FL.

Very nice picture.

 

[AlanF]

Stop this whingeing about the inadequacies of the 5DS R. This is what it took on Saturday with a bare 300mm f/2.8 II attached. A gannet flying past. Some guy with a brand new 1DX II (dropped on the first day to bend the flashgun shoe) told me earlier that the Canon rep had advised him he would have to shoot on tripod to get the resolution from a 5DS R - it's equivalent to saying all APS-Cs require a tripod.

Alan that is one great shot, love the sharpness.

Thanks Kerry. The 300mm/2.8II on a 5DS R under the right conditions is about as sharp as you could ever get with present gear.

 

[jprusa]

7dM2 100-400 2

 

[Jack Douglas]

What a colorful bird. What is it? Very nice shot.

Jack

 

[jprusa]

What a colorful bird. What is it? Very nice shot.

Jack

Thanks Jack! Painted Bunting

 

[TheJock]

7dM2 100-400 2

Stunning little guy!! Great shot.

 

[jprusa]

7dM2 100-400 2

Stunning little guy!! Great shot.
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Thanks Stewart ]

 

[sedwards]

Still going through pictures from Florida last january.
Reddish Egret
5D3_0128 by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

 

[Jack Douglas]

sedwards, very nice.

Jack

 

[Click]

Very nice shot, Stuart.

 

[IslanderMV]

American Oystercatcher with a Scallop. ???

7D and 100-400mm

 

[Jack Douglas]

Very nice, and what's with the arm bands? Are they hired to catch oysters?

Jack

 

[fish_shooter]

A pair "flying portraits" done with the 1Dx2 and 100-400 Mk2.
Tom

 

[IslanderMV]

Very nice, and what's with the arm bands? Are they hired to catch oysters?

Jack

Har !
Scientists use them to track the birds. There is a site to report the location of a bird encounter.
It is a good use of all the gear you have, to help with bird science. Yellow tags indicate a bird in Massachusetts.
http://amoywg.org/

 

[Jack Douglas]

IslanderMV, thanks for that. It would be relatively rare for me to see a banded bird where I am but I'm sure they are doing similar work here.

fish_shooter, may I suggest a little higher resolution for posted photos to make them more enjoyable.

Jack

 

[nc0b]

I shot this today as I arrived at my at my rural home on the Pawnee Grassland east of Ft. Collins, CO. It was quite some distance in the sky above me as it flew around my acreage. 5DsR, 400mm f/5.6, 1/800, f/9 & ISO 400. Exposure set +2/3rd stop to compensate for the bright sky. It is a 100% crop that is significantly less than 1 megapixel. It is hard to get within a few hundred feet of my semi-resident raptor. If perched, it tends to take off as soon as it sees me.

 

[candyman]

I shot this today as I arrived at my at my rural home on the Pawnee Grassland east of Ft. Collins, CO. It was quite some distance in the sky above me as it flew around my acreage. 5DsR, 400mm f/5.6, 1/800, f/9 & ISO 400. Exposure set +2/3rd stop to compensate for the bright sky. It is a 100% crop that is significantly less than 1 megapixel. It is hard to get within a few hundred feet of my semi-resident raptor. If perched, it tends to take off as soon as it sees me.

That's a wonderful shot with the 5DsR at 1/800 handheld(I assume it's handheld)
So they don't come close but hey I wished I had them over my backyard

 

[Josjan]

King fisher