Show your Bird Portraits

In the last weekends I was doing chaperone of my daughter - new for her trail with a lot of insects (she is using my backup camera with macro attached). Practically no interesting birds for me there... Today, since she is already familiar with the trail I got little bit further and got some shots of birds.
Lyson Albatross is in the breeding season already. My "friends" - the Snow Gees are still there (kind of dirty after the last rains). And one unexpected "bird" taking nap on the beach (sorry for posting it here but it doesn't make sense to post just one photo in other topic).

DSC_9198_DxO.jpgDSC_9219_DxO.jpgDSC_9332_DxO.jpgDSC_9343_DxO.jpgDSC_9518_DxO.jpgDSC_9532_DxO.jpg
 
  • Like
Reactions: 14 users
Upvote 0
Beautiful series, ISv. I really like the unexpected "bird".
a050.gif
 
  • Like
Reactions: 1 users
Upvote 0
I'm just coming out of hibernation! Starting off with a one footed Cardinal, he made it through the winter. :) Then a happy Sparrow with a big piece of peanut. And, a Blue Jay giving me the evil eye. :devilish:

CardinalOneFootMissing5693web.jpg

SparrowPeanut5643web.jpg

BlueJay5583Web.jpg
 
  • Like
Reactions: 12 users
Upvote 0
  • Like
Reactions: 1 users
Upvote 0
I love Great Blue Herons and have taken a couple of thousand pictures of them but I've never seem one with his feathers so perfectly aligned.

This guy was off in a field near one of our ferry landings enjoying the morning sun. It was early and very, very cold for us - probably 35 degrees.

EOS-R / 100-400L II @ 560 / F8 / 1/640 / ISO 125

EOSR4783 DxO-studio.jpg


EOSR4773 DxO-studio.jpg
 
  • Like
Reactions: 17 users
Upvote 0
Crows at two marinas - my favorite haunts.

5D4 / 100-400L w/1.4X III @ 560mm / F8 / 1/640 / ISO 600

BNV20643 DxO.jpg

5D4 / 100-400L w/1.4X III @ 560mm / F8 / 1/640 / ISO 200

BNV20269 DxO.jpg

5D4 / 100-400L w/1.4X III 560mm / F8 / 1/1250 / ISO 600

BNV23401 DxO.jpg
 
  • Like
Reactions: 9 users
Upvote 0
First Chiffchaff of the year for us. It was dancing around in a bush just for a few seconds. My wife got it with the 5DSR + 100-400mm II. She also got a female Chaffinch. The just discontinued 5DSR and the classic zoom still can hold their own.3Q7A2278-DxO_chiffchaff.jpg3Q7A2343-DxO_female_chaffinch_vg.jpg
 
  • Like
Reactions: 13 users
Upvote 0

A beast for subject detection and tracking performance for animals and people
Canon Inc. also confirms the EOS R5 supports advanced animal AF – recognising dogs, cats and birds, relying not only on the eyes of the animal but also the face and body for situations when the eyes are not visible.

Jack
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: 2 users
Upvote 0