Bird Thread

Some truly incredible images in here!

Couple of my latest ( managed to tear myself away from my macro lens for 30 seconds!!! )


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/253/4...7bd65622a2.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/230/4...4298bb2648.jpg

Peahen to go with the georgeous peacock above

One of the frequent visitors to our backyard fountain.
I don't know what kind of bird it is but, they sing...
well....like birds!

http://members.cox.net/mailiwontread/bird.jpg

20D with a 70-300mm IS on a recent trip to kenya.

http://www.philshoebottom.co.uk/Phot...nya/Bird-1.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/222/4...88f4ec50_o.jpg

Hi folks,

I´ve been seeing these guys around Lima, I was out trying out my macro lens, but this guy kept showing up as if to say, "Hi, I´m here, you can take pictures of me if you want", so I dug out the 200-500. Didn´t use the tripod, and it has no IS, so not super sharp, but I´m learning :o .

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...n/Birds27a.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...n/Birds24a.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...n/Birds24a.jpg

Sorry about the double exposure :confused: :D , memory failed me again. Here´s more.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...n/Birds11a.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...in/Birds1a.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...in/Birds8a.jpg

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Originally Posted by shoey

20D with a 70-300mm IS on a recent trip to kenya.

http://www.philshoebottom.co.uk/Phot...nya/Bird-1.jpg

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holy crap thats a nice photo. :eek: a little desaturated though don;t you think ?

here are my first meagre attempts.

Hi, anybody know if it´s possible to edit posts? I don´t see any way to do it, didn´t sleep much last night, thinking about my dumb post from yesterday.

Anyway, here are a few more of birds that live here in Lima.

Patillo (Pahteeyoh)

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...f/Patillo1.jpg


A Peruvian vulture:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...f/Vulture1.jpg


Don´t know what this is:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...f/Birds18w.jpg


Finch?

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...ellowBird1.jpg


?

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...f/Birds30w.jpg

Fidlin, to edit your own post, just click the "edit" button that is in the bottom left corner. If you want to change more than the words, click "Go Advanced" in the window that pops up.

I haven't seen any "dumb" posts from you, though. I enjoy seeing your pics. Bird shots are so hard.

Hi Toriaj,
Thanks for the tip, but I don´t see an Edit button anywhere on my screen :eek: .

Also thanks for the kind words, I am totally in the early learning stages of phototgraphy, but I think I´m learning. Great shots everybody!

Hmm. Look directly under the words in your own post. (Not at the top or bottom of the screen. Inside the large box that holds your text in your post. If you start at the top of your post window, where it says the day you joined, that you live in Lima, Peru, and the number of your posts, just go directly down past your writing to the bottom of the box.) There in the right bottom corner there should be two orange buttons. One says "edit," the other says, "quote." I hope that helps!

New to the forum, thought I'd start with a few pictures. I've been working on bird shots for a month or so. These are a few of my better attempts.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/232/4...c4a9c22f_b.jpg
200mm - 1/320 - f8

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/220/4...29a8677c_o.jpg
98mm - 1/250 - f9

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/188/4...63657dfe_o.jpg
280mm - 1/200 - f7.1

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/226/4...6cd95f30_o.jpg
195mm - 1/125 - f6.3

Hi again, Toriaj,

Nope, there are no buttons, except the Quote button, and, there is nowhere that says the day I joined, Lima, number of posts, nothing :eek: . I think the power sucking aliens took some of the data from my page.

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Originally Posted by toriaj

Hmm. Look directly under the words in your own post. (Not at the top or bottom of the screen. Inside the large box that holds your text in your post. If you start at the top of your post window, where it says the day you joined, that you live in Lima, Peru, and the number of your posts, just go directly down past your writing to the bottom of the box.) There in the right bottom corner there should be two orange buttons. One says "edit," the other says, "quote." I hope that helps!

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Excellent shots, JC4! I love the detail. Some of them look a little underexposed, but that could be fixed in PP. Welcome to the forum!

Well, fidlin, it seems weird that you'd have a "Quote" button but no "Edit" button. You are looking at your OWN post, not anyone else's, right? Because there is no "Edit" button for someone else's post. And you are logged in when you are looking, right?

If you have those things covered, maybe you could try posting in the "DCRP Site Feedback" thread. You might even get Jeff to answer, if you do. Good luck!

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Originally Posted by toriaj

Excellent shots, JC4! I love the detail. Some of them look a little underexposed, but that could be fixed in PP. Welcome to the forum!

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Thanks.

Getting the exposure right has been a learning experience(on going). The background is always different than the birds, and if I use weighted metering the darker birds don't read properly either. I thought I had these adjusted fairly well, which do you think look underexposed?

Also, I have a copy of ColorVision on order, since I think my monitor is off. My monitor is definetly bright, especially compared to my printers. Maybe that's why your seeing them as underexposed, when I thought they were close?

HA! Well, DUH, dummy here wasn´t logged on when he was looking for the EDIT button :o . Ok, so now I see all the things you mentioned. Thanks much for your help.

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Originally Posted by toriaj

Well, fidlin, it seems weird that you'd have a "Quote" button but no "Edit" button. You are looking at your OWN post, not anyone else's, right? Because there is no "Edit" button for someone else's post. And you are logged in when you are looking, right?

If you have those things covered, maybe you could try posting in the "DCRP Site Feedback" thread. You might even get Jeff to answer, if you do. Good luck!

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This little guy (gal?) was taking a puddle bath when I heard him fluttering away. I ran for my camera which had a 70-300 on it, and when I got back outside he was sunning himself in the late day sun. He didn't seem to care the least that I was shooting away just feet below him!!! Any feedback is welcome, thnx!

Great shots in this thread...I'm learning so much from this site, it's amazing!

I'm glad you figured it out :) Now show us more shots!

Kite on a tower

Taken at full wide. He's hardly visible.

http://ic3.deviantart.com/fs14/i/200..._by_avi777.jpg

Taken at 12x. Looks like a kite for sure.
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs15/i/20..._by_avi777.jpg

If only I had the DH1758, there would have been another pic. :D

That´s what they call these around here. I don´t understand a word these people are saying :( .

These are in back of a Peruvian fish market, where the fisherman come in and sell their fish right there on the beach. The pelicans hang around waiting for peope to feed them - they look healthy to me.


http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9.../Pelicans2.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9.../Pelicans3.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...ff/People1.jpg

I thought this was one of our regular neighborhood red-tailed hawks, until it got closer and I saw it was a turkey vulture. Flying over the school parking lot.

After lunch, the birds fly into the cafeteria to feast on what the students leave behind

holy crap ! :eek: a TURKEY VULTURE :confused: flying over your carpark ? you got some pretty exotic birdlife over there mate. :)

The campus of the high school I work at borders a small section of national park (the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.) So, we get all kinds of wild life: hawks, ravens, lots of other birds, red fox, coyotes, deer, etc. I was in the parking lot just after lunch, hoping to get some shots of a hawk. This is the first time I've ever seen one of these buggers, though. Amazing the amount and variety of wild life less than 10 miles from a major city!

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h2...s/DSCN0229.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h2...s/DSCN0230.jpg

(wave) long time lurker.

Took these a couple weeks ago at REGI (Raptor Education Group Inc.) a private, non-profit bird-of-prey rehabilitation center in Northern Wisconsin. Canon Rebel XTi + Canon 70-200 f/4L IS, all images at 200mm.

http://homepage.mac.com/andrewbw/regi_eagle.jpg
A bald eagle rescued from the Exxon Valdez spill in Prince William Sound. ISO100, f/8, 1/200

http://homepage.mac.com/andrewbw/regi_hawk.jpg
Red-tailed hawk. Was shot and left for dead, lost an eye. ISO100, f/4, 1/1000

http://homepage.mac.com/andrewbw/regi_le owl.jpg
Long-eared owl. ISO100, f/5.6, 1/160

http://homepage.mac.com/andrewbw/regi_tiny owl.jpg
Saw-Whet owl, about five inches tall. As a baby, nest was felled by a logger. Injuries prevented release.
ISO 100, f/9, 1/100

1.What kind of bird it is...?:rolleyes: :)
2.These are birds too,right?:) :D

Saw these two 'playing' around out back yesterday. Didn't have a TC on my 70-200, so they're cropped pretty bad, but I thought still worth sharing.


ISO 100 - 200mm - f5.0 - 1/640
http://lh5.google.com/image/JCaputo4...0/IMG_5952.jpg

ISO 100 - 200mm - f5.6 - 1/640
http://lh3.google.com/image/JCaputo4...0/IMG_5959.jpg

Andrew--love the owl pictures!
Elena--the baby ducks are adorable and I really like the composition and texture.

Thirsty and looking for stones to fill the tank

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs17/i/20..._by_avi777.jpg

he lives in the raspberry tree across the street.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9.../Cardinal1.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9.../Cardinal2.jpg

He likes the oleander tree too.

A few from a trip to the Zoo this week:

ISO 400 - 98mm - f/5.0 - 1/60
http://lh5.google.com/image/JCaputo4...0/IMG_5989.jpg

ISO 200 - 280mm - f/5.6 - 1/200
http://lh5.google.com/image/JCaputo4...0/IMG_6186.jpg

ISO 200 - 170mm - f/5.6 - 1/200
http://lh5.google.com/image/JCaputo4...0/IMG_6228.jpg

ISO 200 - 245mm - f/5.6 - 1/50
http://lh4.google.com/image/JCaputo4...0/IMG_6240.jpg

Snapped this yesterday. This is the first time that I have ever seen a heron catch a fish.

I´ve been told these are Peruvian vultures.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...uff/Birds3.jpg


Some fairly common sea birds.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...uff/Birds2.jpg


An even more common sea bird.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...uff/Birds1.jpg

Caught this one mid-squawk

Originally I adjusted the contrast on this and cropped out the cigarette butts. But then it just looked boring, so I left it untouched. All it needs is a black hat and a trenchcoat. :p

Regards,
Bill

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...3/e99d5257.jpg

These are not exotic birds, but they are in their natural habitat.

http://x33.xanga.com/976d7a2a0313312.../b88190759.jpg

http://x39.xanga.com/1f5d4b2bd333012.../b88190451.jpg