Show your Bird Portraits

[rpt]

My favourite part about wildlife photography is the thrill of the hunt. This guy has been hanging around my house for 3 weeks...taunting me, but always flying away when I grab the camera. Today, I was patient, and lucky and got him. Such a feeling of satisfaction.

Lovely shot!

 

[kodakrome]

Hi kodakrome,

Nice pictures.

Thanks, Click!

 

[Jack Douglas]

I guess we're all hunters at heart.

Jack

 

[Mikehit]

My favourite part about wildlife photography is the thrill of the hunt. This guy has been hanging around my house for 3 weeks...taunting me, but always flying away when I grab the camera. Today, I was patient, and lucky and got him. Such a feeling of satisfaction.

Beautiful!
The background complements the bird nicely and the colours are so rich

 

[Cog]

I guess we're all hunters at heart.

Jack

+1
The word for "doing wild life photography" in my language literary means "photohuniting"

 

[tron]

I guess we're all hunters at heart.

Jack

+1
The word for "doing wild life photography" in my language literary means "photohuniting"

+1 Except it's harmless for our "targets"

 

[lion rock]

Catch and release?
-r

I guess we're all hunters at heart.

Jack

+1
The word for "doing wild life photography" in my language literary means "photohuniting"

+1 Except it's harmless for our "targets"

 

[Jack Douglas]

Catch and release?
-r

I guess we're all hunters at heart.

Jack

+1
The word for "doing wild life photography" in my language literary means "photohuniting"

+1 Except it's harmless for our "targets"

Does that mean you like fishing? Or you are chasing butterflies?

Jack

 

[lion rock]

I do.
A day out on the lake on a boat is most excellent, catching a fish is the cream.
-r

Catch and release?
-r

I guess we're all hunters at heart.

Jack

+1
The word for "doing wild life photography" in my language literary means "photohuniting"

+1 Except it's harmless for our "targets"

Does that mean you like fishing? Or you are chasing butterflies?

Jack

 

[dpc]

Not sure what hawk this is. Possibly a dark morph ferruginous? If anyone knows, please inform me.

 

[AlanF]

Hornbills in the wild. The male black hornbill is from the 400mm DO II +2xTC at 800mm on the 5dIV, the Rhinoceros Hornbill from my wife's 100-400mm II on the 5DSR at 40m - it had to be pushed by +3ev as it was very underexposed. The 5DSR is damn good.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Not sure what hawk this is. Possibly a dark morph ferruginous? If anyone knows, please inform me.

I can't guess but I'll try to remember to do some checking. Now for a question, were you able to coax him off there to try some BIF? That would be fun!

Jack

 

[Jack Douglas]

Alan both are great but of course the second is the best. But they say you can't work Canon RAWs, not enough DR.

Jack

 

[Click]

@ dpc and Alan,

Very nice pictures, guys.

Keep posting.

 

[Click]

In this beautiful fall season, birds are starting to leave us for the winter.

I have found this one, while kayaking this morning.

 

[dpc]

In this beautiful fall season, birds are starting to leave us for the winter.

I have found this one, while kayaking this morning.

Excellent shot, Click. Great colour, contrast and sharpness. 8)

 

[dpc]

@ dpc and Alan,

Very nice pictures, guys.

Keep posting.

Thanks, Click! 8)

 

[dpc]

Not sure what hawk this is. Possibly a dark morph ferruginous? If anyone knows, please inform me.

I can't guess but I'll try to remember to do some checking. Now for a question, were you able to coax him off there to try some BIF? That would be fun!

Jack

Well, he just sat there looking around for ground squirrels I'd guess. I parked across the grid road from his perch, possibly 20 metres away (I'm not good at judging distances), but he didn't budge. He just eyed me occasionally. He eventually flew off. I didn't get a BIF because his nether regions were facing me.

 

[Click]

Excellent shot, Click. Great colour, contrast and sharpness. 8)

Thanks, dpc.

 

[Sharpening Iron]

I know that herons are a pretty common subject, so forgive me if they are considered trite, but it was a good day, so I thought I'd share a few.