I forgot i had this one. Its an Ibis. Not afraid of me at all. I took this one with the 100-300 on landscape setting at ISO of 200 on tripod.
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I forgot i had this one. Its an Ibis. Not afraid of me at all. I took this one with the 100-300 on landscape setting at ISO of 200 on tripod.
Cool ospreys BE!!! I'd be afraid they would swoop down and grab me...lol! Here's another pic... a lil duckling
Tamron 75-300mmLD @ f/11, 1/250s, ISO200, 300mm
See I knew we needed a bird thread...
Thanks to all so far...great shots! Keep them comming.
Bald Eagle. Where is the Chick?
The Chick is experiencing technical difficulties at the moment. Her computer is acting up, should be fixed very soon. She just today took my 100-300 and started using it on her camera :( oh well, That means i have to buy me a new Telephoto. :D
In the meantime, here's an Ospreys chick. :rolleyes:
My condolences, and congratualtions. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bald Eagle
I took this at the park. I was lucky to catch the bird in mid-shake.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...bird_shake.jpg
These birds were shot at MONTERRAY, CALIFORNIA.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...r21/chirpy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...1/seagull1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...21/seagul2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...brown_bird.jpg
It looks like Geoff has already set up a bird thread. Sorry, I looked but didn't see it. I'm not sure how we combine the two, but maybe we can get Jeff to do that, and then sticky it as well.
Jeff...
Seems a little out of focus, or very highly cropped. A good capture none the less.Quote:
Originally Posted by hg999uk
Which lens were you using?
GeorgeQuote:
Originally Posted by George Riehm
It is very highly cropped (you don't want to see my washing hanging on the rest of the washing line do you)
It was the 18-70mm kit lens I'd just finished unpacking the camera and lens when this little fella turn up to see what was going on.
This is a blackbird who been a visitor to our garden for the last 4-5 years
HG
Thanks. Like I said, good shot, sans washline. ;) Especially right out of the box.Quote:
Originally Posted by hg999uk
We have a version of the blackbird here called the cow bird. I'll try and get a shot of one. They frequent the area where I live due to the small dairies and horse farms, but they are kind of "skitish" around people.
Fastest way? I wonder...
Nikon Coolpix 775
/MJ
http://medlem.spray.se/photos/
nice shot. I would take the Seagull, gas prices are outrageous. ;)
http://img242.echo.cx/img242/9796/copyof029293db.jpg
Purple Martin feeding time.
http://img242.echo.cx/img242/3271/copyof057576uq.jpg
A baby Robin
More like a scene from "The Birds". :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Maddox
A turtledove taken at about forty meters (130 ft) with the Sony V3 in back of a telescope.
I think this is a White Ibis
Canon 350D w/ Tamrom 75-300 @ f/9.0, 300mm, 1/800s, ISO 100
Here is a pic I took this morning, let me know how to improve :) Camera is KodaK DX6490
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/100_5827.jpg
Love the Pelican and the family on the water. Isnt there a saying that, One Bird in the bush is worth more than 2 in the air? ;) heres mine.
Outside of a longer lens, or slight crop (only maybe), this seems well composed and executed.Quote:
Originally Posted by linncountysports
Can we get some camera info? (just edit the original post to add the information)
Spending the weekend in the Pt. Reyes area gave me quite an appreciation of wildlife. I was able to get some decent to excellent shots of many birds. I'll post two of my favorites because I took both shots only 5 minutes apart with my FZ15. They were taken at Bodega Head (40 miles north of Pt. Reyes maybe).
This first shot is of a Golden-crowned sparrow. I was walking the head and caught this bird out of my eye and snapped a shot. I think the zoom was at an equvialent of 300 mm or so. It wasn't quite a 10X zoom on the FZ15. The bird was quite close.
Erik
... after that sparrow flew away, I walked forward only to find a Great Blue Heron standing on the trail. It let me approach to an extent. As I got closer it flew around me and stood on the path behind me. That was good because the first shots I took, the bird was too much in the sun. The second landing also gave me a chance to catch the bird in flight when it took off again. The shot below is when the bird took off. This heron is quite a big bird. No zoom at all with my FZ15.
That's quite a difference in bird size in a matter of maybe 100 feet.
Erik
Looks like a pose to me. See what a little bird seed bribe can do? Good shot of an otherwise skitish bird. Looks like it should be in a bird guide book.Quote:
Originally Posted by emalvick
Over the 3 days I was over there I couldn't believe how many times birds seemed to pose for me. That heron stood there for quite a while before it flew walking at me away from me, sideways etc... That little sparrow turned like that just as I was ready to snap the photo. Even a whale shot (posted in another thread) seemed perfect.Quote:
Originally Posted by George Riehm
I also have to laugh because I had a dozen shots of this turkey vulture (down the hill from the sparrow and heron) that was sitting on a post. As I sat up to take some shots, it spread its wings and turned 90 degrees from side to side as if to give me a a variety of poses to choose from. It must have been stretching because it never moved and promptly went back to sleep. Never-the-less, I got some great bird shots.
Here is the Turkey Vulture and a Lesser Goldfinch. The Goldfinches never sit still long enough or close enough like that sparrow (although that was a rare instance too). Both of these birds were quite far. I think both shots I'm posting were in the digital zoom on my FZ15. I always take a couple digital zoom shots with all the full optical zoom to see whether they will be worth cropping for 4 X 6's or 5 X 7's prints later on. However, I haven't done that yet, so here are the digitally zoomed shots.
Erik
Sometimes you just get lucky, and are in the right place at the right time. This Canyon Raven (Grand Canyon) followed me as soon as the camera came out. I didn't need a bribe as he/she already had a beak full.Quote:
Originally Posted by emalvick
D70 with Sigma 18-125 DC f7.1, 1/800, ISO200, 125mm.
Here's an Osprey that is nesting in downtown Winter Park, Fl., on top of a utility pole with the main street on one side and the railroad on the other. She has two chicks in the nest with just one showing in the shot.
They are fledglings and are receiving flying lessons
D70, Nikkor 70-300mm with 2x TC with tripod.
300mm F/5.6 1/160 ISO 200 IR Shutter release
Nice Osprey shot, We take a lot of pics of Ospreys in Winter Haven and Bartow. hope you like
Heres a crop from a recent day out pic at Waddon Ponds
(Same day as the Pigeon and the Goose)
A-200
Thank you BE. Your Ospreys are so sharpQuote:
Originally Posted by Bald Eagle
Charlie
Geoff, I like how you got all 3 birds in the shot with the Swan in the foreground, nice photo.
Charles, They have some very nice Osprey nest in Cypress Gardens, believe it or not. These were taken with my Canon D60 on a tripod using my 100-300 telephoto with 2x converter with a remote shutter release cable. ISO of 100 at f5.6, thanks for the kind words.
It WOULD make a very nice sticky, you have my vote. :)
Here's a Magellanic Penguin with chicks in Punta Tombo, Argentina
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...a/Penguin1.jpg
This is what those chicks look like a month later:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...a/penguin2.jpg
This is from Peninsula Valdez, Argentina
glennaa, very nice photos, thanks for sharing, :)
A seagull taking a piece of bread - Bariloche, Argentina
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...aa/seagull.jpg
Taken with a Canon G5
Took this pic today at Desoto park. I guess the pelican thought he had a good perch.
glennaa:
what a great pic with the G5... I could never get a pic like that with my G5, dunno why...hehe. Awesome shot though!!!
the bald eagle`s chick:
Nice shot of the pelicans. they sure do have a big wingspan!