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[Click]

Robin this afternoon.

Lovely. Nicely done, Alan.

 

[Vern]

beautiful owl shot, Sedwards.

Here's another snowy day bird from me. I like the result of tone-mapping this one.
5DMKIV, ISO 1000, 600 II + 1.4X III, f8, 1/500.

 

[AlanF]

Thanks Click!

 

[Aussie shooter]

I never get sick of seeing some of these pics. That Grey owl is beautiful

 

[7DmkI]

Taken by 7dmkI at ISO4000, grainy but not too bad (in my own opinion ).

 

[Click]

Here's another snowy day bird from me. I like the result of tone-mapping this one.
5DMKIV, ISO 1000, 600 II + 1.4X III, f8, 1/500.

Beautiful picture.

 

[bholliman]

This is one of three or four Downy Woodpeckers that are frequent visitors at our bird feeders this winter.

5DsR EF 300mm f/2.8 II with 1.4xiii extender. f/6.3, 1,600 ISO 640

2017_01_29_135022-0881 by Bryan Holliman, on Flickr

 

[Click]

This is one of three or four Downy Woodpeckers that are frequent visitors at our bird feeders this winter.

5DsR EF 300mm f/2.8 II with 1.4xiii extender. f/6.3, 1,600 ISO 640

Great shot. Well done, bholliman.

 

[bholliman]

I was able to find and get pretty close to this Great Grey Owl today. What an awesome bird 200mm only cropped from the sides

Excellent shot of an elusive raptor

 

[bholliman]

Eagles have been more common in northern Indiana over the past few years. This one was perched over the Wabash River near a county road.

5DsR 300mm f/2.8 II with 2.0xiii extender, f/6.3 @ 1/1000 ISO250

 

[Click]

Eagles have been more common in northern Indiana over the past few years. This one was perched over the Wabash River near a county road.

5DsR 300mm f/2.8 II with 2.0xiii extender, f/6.3 @ 1/1000 ISO250

Lovely light. Very nice picture.

 

[Mikehit]

Eagles have been more common in northern Indiana over the past few years. This one was perched over the Wabash River near a county road.

5DsR 300mm f/2.8 II with 2.0xiii extender, f/6.3 @ 1/1000 ISO250

Nice.
I would drop the 'Blacks' slider a bit to give some richness to the plumage.

 

[bholliman]

Eagles have been more common in northern Indiana over the past few years. This one was perched over the Wabash River near a county road.

5DsR 300mm f/2.8 II with 2.0xiii extender, f/6.3 @ 1/1000 ISO250

Great shot. Well done, bholliman.

Thanks Click!

Eagles have been more common in northern Indiana over the past few years. This one was perched over the Wabash River near a county road.
5DsR 300mm f/2.8 II with 2.0xiii extender, f/6.3 @ 1/1000 ISO250

Nice.
I would drop the 'Blacks' slider a bit to give some richness to the plumage.

Thanks for the tip Mikehit, I always struggle with processing adult bald eagles trying to make both the body and with head and tail feathers look right. I dropped the blacks slider as much as I could without clipping and added contrast to this version. Enough?

Any suggestions for PP on the sky? I hate backgrounds like this, but have never been successful trying to make them look better.

 

[Mikehit]

The lighting means it is always going to be tricky but that is definitely better.

 

[sedwards]

Sometimes you get the settings wrong but it still works.
I was trying to get a shot of this coot last year in florida and was having trouble exposing for the blacks without overexposing the water and the beak. i took a few shots at different exposures and got the beak just right but the bird was a little dark but easy to correct in post. The sky was bright overcast and the reflection made the water look white. I was pretty lucky there was no wind and no junk floating on the water. this is not the shot i had intended and only gave it a quick glance after taking it last year. While scrolling through old files I landed on it and thought it was worth editing.
5DIII 400mm , f7.1 , 1/500 , iso1600
5D3_99822 by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

 

[Mikehit]

That definitely works. A big ;D from me.

 

[Aussie shooter]

Some cute little ducklings to make everyone smile.

 

[auditom]

some shots from the last weekend @ Wisentgehege Springe in Germany.
All taken with my favorite combo 1DXII/EF 100-400L II and Extender 1.4III

 

[Click]

Very nice series, Tom. I especially like the first picture. Well done.

 

[dslrdummy]

1DXii, 100-400ii @ 400, f5.6, iso 1250, 1/1600