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[9VIII]

Some Great Horned Owls moved into the neighborhood this February, I get to say hello to Mrs. Owl every time I go for a walk. Sometimes you see Mr. Owl hunting, I probably just need to head out with a camera more often to catch the right moment.

 

[9VIII]

I also managed to catch a Robin at just the right angle through the trees:

And here's another Robin from pretty close to MFD on the 400f5.6.

 

[9VIII]

I managed to get a nice picture of four different types of ducks all in the same pond.
At the back is a Northern Pintail, then a pair of Canvasbacks, then Mallards, and the bottom pair is Blue-Winged Teals.

(I'm using a copy of the "Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Western North America" in order to identify things, it should make a nice game to find examples of every bird in the book.)

Another shot of the Canvasback:

Blue Winged Teal

 

[Jack Douglas]

I don't see any photos??

Jack

 

[TheJock]

So I went out yesterday to test my new 600L IS USM, I used my 70D as I was also after some smaller species.
This was my priority target species, the Superb Starling, taken in Sharjah University here in the UAE.

70D + 600L, 1/2500, f6.3, auto ISO (500).

 

[Click]

Nice picture, Stewart.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Nice picture, Stewart.

You must be dancing a jig now! V nice.

Jack

 

[Northstar]

So I went out yesterday to test my new 600L IS USM, I used my 70D as I was also after some smaller species.
This was my priority target species, the Superb Starling, taken in Sharjah University here in the UAE.

70D + 600L, 1/2500, f6.3, auto ISO (500).

nice shot!!

 

[Northstar]

Baldy and Juvenile on my neighbor’s Chimney!

1dx with 300mm 2.8 and 1.4 ext.

 

[Mikehit]

Nice pairing, Northstar

 

[Jack Douglas]

Nice pairing, Northstar

V nice. Where is this that eagles sit on chimneys?

My friend posed for me a few minutes ago.

Jack

 

[Click]

Very nice. Well done, Jack.

 

[clbayley]

Female blackbird posing in the first sun I have seen in a while.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Thanks click.

That's a sweet looking BB, CL.

Jack

 

[Click]

Female blackbird posing in the first sun I have seen in a while.

Lovely shot. Nicely done, clbayley.

 

[Grant Atkinson]

Nice pairing, Northstar

V nice. Where is this that eagles sit on chimneys?

My friend posed for me a few minutes ago.

Jack

Like the pileated woodpecker shot Jack, details look good and colours are rich

 

[Jack Douglas]

Nice pairing, Northstar

V nice. Where is this that eagles sit on chimneys?

My friend posed for me a few minutes ago.

Jack

Like the pileated woodpecker shot Jack, details look good and colours are rich

Thanks for the comment Grant. I'm one of those who tries very hard to get it right but am far from expert at this. The complaints I had seem to primarily revolve around too high expectations of AI servo in low/poor light using the outer focus points at the 400 X2's full open Fstop. Sure helps one's sanity to finally be getting decent shots ... and at pretty high ISOs.

Jack

 

[Don Haines]

Female blackbird posing in the first sun I have seen in a while.

very nice!

 

[bjd]

Obviously a very heavy Bird:
European whinchat by Diane and Brian Dorling, auf Flickr
Cheers Brian

 

[bjd]

Just a Duck:
Reflection by Diane and Brian Dorling, auf Flickr
Cheers Brian