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Beautiful shot, Islander. I prefer the original version. Well done.

 

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From this morning, a Killdeer.

 

[Nemorino]

From this morning, a Kildeer.

It has a red eye liner!
Great picture!

 

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Thank you Nemorino.

 

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As I was shooting my birds, a friendly spectator appeared...

 

[macrunning]

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As I was shooting my birds, a friendly spectator appeared...

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Cool pic of the fox.

 

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Thanks macrunning. I really like this little fellow.

 

[bhf3737]

Fun with the Photoshop '"Sky Replace" feature. I was trying to repurpose an old Snowy Owl photo I shot on an oceanside sandune.

I have the Lightroom/Photoshop subscription. I only occasionally use Photoshop. I was surprised how easy it was to use.

I guess it has only limited usability for birders, but it was enjoyable to use. The image was done using only using the presets and took seconds. Has anyone else tried it?
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How about these two pictures of the same subject?!

 

[JPAZ]

Godwits on the beach (R5 with 24-105 @ 105, iso 100, f / 7.1, 1/500sec)

 

[JPAZ]

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As I was shooting my birds, a friendly spectator appeared...

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The "peek-a-boo" duck is hiding . Sometimes a surprise critter make a wonderful shot. Nice images.

 

[AlanF]

Ruff @ 1000mm.

 

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The "peek-a-boo" duck is hiding . Sometimes a surprise critter make a wonderful shot. Nice images.

Thank you for the kind comments.


Very nice shots, JPAZ.

 

[JPAZ]

And another......

 

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Killdeer looking for breakfast

 

[IslanderMV]

And another......

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Nice shot - great detail. I think it is a Willet.

 

[JPAZ]

Nice shot - great detail. I think it is a Willet.

I‘ve been back and forth on Willet versus Godwit. You might be right. Lots of similarities between the two.

 

[AlanF]

I‘ve been back and forth on Willet versus Godwit. You might be right. Lots of similarities between the two.

It's a Willet

 

[JPAZ]

I appreciate the input of all in naming these birds. I think this is a Curlew but it could be a Wimbrel. Bokeh near the beak looked a bit strange to me. I think it is just an unfortunate effect of some debris in the "wrong spot" so I masked out behind the dune and added some more blur, (R5 with 100-500 @ 500, f/7.1; iso 125, 1/1000)

 

[ISv]

I somehow managed to post this in the wrong thread earlier! Not even sure how I got into that thread. Ah such is life.

Managed to catch this little male Anna's Hummingbird perched a top of our lilac tree yesterday singing away. Shot with Canon R5, RF 100-500 @ 500mm f/7.1 1/200th ISO 1250 and used DxO PureRaw in post.
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Beautiful photos! Not on lilac but it could be a local, common name.

 

[ISv]

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Nice photos but it's not a Godwit: That entirely black, straight bill doesn't belong to Godwit (plus other differences). I would try with Willet...
BTW it looks like you are on the West coast of North America - judging by the bill and some other features it should be subspecies inornata (the subspecies semipalmata is on the East Coast)? I'm not very sure on subspecies level!