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Topic: Show us some bird shots... 10

Posted By: TBMike
Subject: Show us some bird shots... 10
Date Posted: 18 April 2008 at 00:51

Blue Great Egret eggs

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Posted By: machjakub
Date Posted: 18 April 2008 at 01:02

spring picture love-story (17th April)
House sparrow (Passer domesticus) intimity

5D + beercan
technical quality not the best, but for the moment...

Posted By: machjakub
Date Posted: 18 April 2008 at 01:04

Two more bird shots from this beautiful April
5D + beercan
#1 colared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

#2 Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
resized only, no croping

Posted By: brettania
Date Posted: 18 April 2008 at 02:48

Good start folks.

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Posted By: wross
Date Posted: 18 April 2008 at 03:53

One Canada Goose who is not camera shy...

a100, ISO 100, 28-135mm @135mm, 1/200 @ f5.6

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Posted By: NIKO
Date Posted: 18 April 2008 at 05:03

I have a few new shots...Well, Maybe more then a few.

Sparrow
Picture taken with Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D Camera and
Sigma APO 100-300mm F/4 EX DG Telephoto Zoom Lens at
300mm focal length, F/4, and 1/2000 sec exposure time.
ISO speed set at 200. Exposure Compensation -.7.
Metering Mode Center Weighted Average.

Bird (Unknown - What is it?)
Picture taken with Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D Camera and
Sigma APO 100-300mm F/4 EX DG Telephoto Zoom Lens at
300mm focal length, F/5.6, and 1/640 sec exposure time.
ISO speed set at 200. Exposure Compensation -.7.
Metering Mode Center Weighted Average.

Penguin
Picture taken with Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D Camera and
Sigma APO 100-300mm F/4 EX DG Telephoto Zoom Lens at
180mm focal length, F/5.6, and 1/400sec exposure time.
ISO speed set at 200. Exposure Compensation -.7.
Metering Mode Center Weighted Average.

Penguin Swimming
Picture taken with Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D Camera and
Sigma APO 100-300mm F/4 EX DG Telephoto Zoom Lens at
100mm focal length, F/5.6, and 1/500sec exposure time.
ISO speed set at 200. Exposure Compensation -.7.
Metering Mode Center Weighted Average.

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Posted By: wross
Date Posted: 18 April 2008 at 18:57

Just hangin' out in the garden with the locals...

a100, Tamron 17-50/2.8 @ 28mm, 1/800 @ f5.6

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Posted By: ianmarsh
Date Posted: 18 April 2008 at 19:25

No idea what these are, but I found them in Kew gardens yesterday. A700 with Min 200mm f2.8 plus 1.4 t/c

Posted By: Ausgezeichnet
Date Posted: 18 April 2008 at 20:24

@machjakub,

now he looks rather satisfied with himself - afterwards

nice shots!
regards,
Bernd

Posted By: Ausgezeichnet
Date Posted: 18 April 2008 at 20:27

@ ianmarsh,

I think it's called Guinea fowl - I think I saw similar birds in South Africa.
What do the specialists think?
regards,
Bernd

Posted By: RosieA100
Date Posted: 19 April 2008 at 09:10

I agree with Bernd, he looks like a Guinea Fowl to me too!

It was a stunning day today (except for the smell of smoke in the air) so I had some fun shooting some of the backyard locals!

Musk Lorikeet 1

Musk Lorikeet 2

Red Wattle Bird

This falcon flew over... locals weren't happy!!

And my friends the Rainbow Lorikeets have come back...

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16-35/2.8G, 50/1.7, 90 macro, Lensbaby Composer

Posted By: pauljg
Date Posted: 19 April 2008 at 09:36

@ianmarsh: these birds are indeed guineafowls which are nearly always monogamous. Probably these are of the type called the "helmeted guineafowl".

In the Netherlands they are kept also (they do not live here free!) and are called: parelhoen (literally translated into English: pearlhen)

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Posted By: brettania
Date Posted: 19 April 2008 at 09:44

Rosie

The first three seem a bit "light"; the last is spot on for colour depth, and a nice shot, like the one above.

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Posted By: tpetpe
Date Posted: 19 April 2008 at 21:48

Another one that is a bit too in your face...

tim

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Posted By: Fallenleafs
Date Posted: 20 April 2008 at 02:53

Posted By: RosieA100
Date Posted: 20 April 2008 at 04:17

Cam, I had to use AEL to get them as there was heavy shade and bright sun in the yard...

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16-35/2.8G, 50/1.7, 90 macro, Lensbaby Composer

Posted By: ActinicLight
Date Posted: 20 April 2008 at 04:37

This is my first post here I hope it is right and I hope it works???

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a100 Maxxum7
50f:1.7 50f:2.8macro CZ16-80f:3.5-4.5 35-70f:4lbc 35-105f:3.5-4.5 70-210f:4.0bc 75-300f:4.5-5.6bbc

Posted By: ActinicLight
Date Posted: 20 April 2008 at 04:50

Image Two Great Blue Heron

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50f:1.7 50f:2.8macro CZ16-80f:3.5-4.5 35-70f:4lbc 35-105f:3.5-4.5 70-210f:4.0bc 75-300f:4.5-5.6bbc

Posted By: RosieA100
Date Posted: 20 April 2008 at 04:50

I like the first one Paul, and WELCOME

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16-35/2.8G, 50/1.7, 90 macro, Lensbaby Composer

Posted By: ActinicLight
Date Posted: 20 April 2008 at 04:53

Image Three White Heron

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a100 Maxxum7
50f:1.7 50f:2.8macro CZ16-80f:3.5-4.5 35-70f:4lbc 35-105f:3.5-4.5 70-210f:4.0bc 75-300f:4.5-5.6bbc

Posted By: brettania
Date Posted: 20 April 2008 at 07:24

Nice ones tpetpe and Fallenleafs, and welcome ActinicLight -- I like your first and third.

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Posted By: Hobgoblin
Date Posted: 20 April 2008 at 08:23

Ausgezeichnet wrote:

@ ianmarsh,

I think it's called Guinea fowl - I think I saw similar birds in South Africa.
What do the specialists think?
regards,
Bernd

Defintely and without doubt a Guinea Fowl

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Posted By: ab012
Date Posted: 20 April 2008 at 09:00

actininlight thats a really great capture

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Bernard

fun fun fun

Posted By: gian
Date Posted: 20 April 2008 at 09:04

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Posted By: brettania
Date Posted: 20 April 2008 at 10:10

Good ones gian.

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Posted By: whitecat
Date Posted: 20 April 2008 at 10:51

Couple of friendly ducks, A100 and beercan

Posted By: tpetpe
Date Posted: 20 April 2008 at 12:35

Here you clean the darn house

Whatever you say honney

tim

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Posted By: ActinicLight
Date Posted: 20 April 2008 at 17:34

Thank You to All for the very warm welcome. I'm just happy to have been able to successfully post an image

Paul

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50f:1.7 50f:2.8macro CZ16-80f:3.5-4.5 35-70f:4lbc 35-105f:3.5-4.5 70-210f:4.0bc 75-300f:4.5-5.6bbc

Posted By: jagged
Date Posted: 20 April 2008 at 18:44

You looking at me?

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Posted By: gian
Date Posted: 20 April 2008 at 19:41

Yes, I'm loking at you.. so what?!

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Posted By: ASE
Date Posted: 21 April 2008 at 15:34

Hi everybody

First post here, I enjoy shooting nature, sunsets and birds (and sometimes candids), trying to improve those bird shots, I know this is not the critics corner but if you fell like C&C, just dont hold back, it is most welcome.

Most of the shots taken at Chester County, PA. Mostly no PP, rarely some cropping, Presently shooting with kit lenses, Sony 75-300mm. and Sony 18-70mm.

Cheers / ASE

1/100 sec, f 5.6, 300 mm, ISO 100.

Mallards, French Creek, Chester County, PA.

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A100, kit lenses (18-70mm, 75-300mm), 18-250, 28/2.8

Posted By: jpink
Date Posted: 21 April 2008 at 15:44

Posted By: k9tales
Date Posted: 21 April 2008 at 16:52

My first attempt at hand held with my Minolta 100-400.

f9.0 ISO 200 1/640 (crop in PS cs)

Posted By: ferretracer
Date Posted: 22 April 2008 at 03:46

White Throated Sparrow

ISO 400, F 6.3, 1/640, 460mm on Tammy 200-500

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Posted By: ASE
Date Posted: 22 April 2008 at 03:54

@ JPink

Thanks for warm welcome

I agree, Chester County is a great place to shoot. Last weekend at French Creek, w/in 3 hours, besides shooting fly fisherman, I was able to shoot redheaded woodpecker, blue heron, hawk and a beaver.

I will definitely post more at this wonderful forum .

Cheers / ASE

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A100, kit lenses (18-70mm, 75-300mm), 18-250, 28/2.8

Posted By: ASE
Date Posted: 22 April 2008 at 04:18

Redheaded woodpecker - 1

1/640 sec, F 8, 230mm, ISO 200

French Creek, Chester County PA.

Redheaded Woodpecker - 2

1/125 sec, F 8, 300mm, ISO 100, - 0.30 EV

French Creek, Chester County, PA

Redheaded Woodpecker - 3

1/500 sec, F 5.6, 280 mm, ISO 400

French Creek, Chester County, PA

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A100, kit lenses (18-70mm, 75-300mm), 18-250, 28/2.8

Posted By: stiuskr
Date Posted: 22 April 2008 at 04:39

Jagged! Gian!! Now you two play nice now!

that was too funny

jeez, I can't wait to contrib to this thread...

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a99M2 a99 a77 a700 KM7D|Min24/2.8 Min35/2 So50/1.4 So50/2.8 Min85/1.4G Tam90/2.8 Tam180/3.5|Tam17-50 CZ24-70G2 KM28-75D So70-200G1 So70-300G So70-400G1| SonyF60 AD200R2

Posted By: pallep
Date Posted: 22 April 2008 at 14:46

1/60 sec f/8 @500mm iso 800, lens resting on the back of an chair.

With exif.

Posted By: dilettante
Date Posted: 22 April 2008 at 17:03

pallep, that's incredible! Beautiful shot.

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Posted By: badlydrawnroy
Date Posted: 22 April 2008 at 18:12

Fantastic shot pallep, is this with the Tamron 200-500 ? any chance of seeing the exif please ?

Roy

Posted By: pallep
Date Posted: 22 April 2008 at 20:34

Edited the post the little pic have an intact exif,
Thx guys, yes it's with the tammy, it has the potential to make good pictures but it's not that easy ( at slow speeds), been experimenting with SSS on and off. Best results seem to come if I support the lens at the front (sss on) so I allow vertical movement of the camera.
The focus speed isn't that great either, used my beercan that's been inactive for a while and it felt lightning fast compared to the tammy. But I scared the birds with it's clonking focus sounds.

Posted By: IanMiddy
Date Posted: 22 April 2008 at 21:13

Agree - fantastic shot, pallep - is it a Bullfinch ?

[do you get a lot in Sweden - only I recall a similar shot (from Sweden, I think) as a finalist in last years "Wildlife photog of the year" exhibition]

IDM

Posted By: IanMiddy
Date Posted: 22 April 2008 at 21:15

It's amazing what you can see in someones back-garden:

A100 + Beercan

[Hasten to add that it was a captive bird !]

IDM

Posted By: ASE
Date Posted: 23 April 2008 at 02:44

Dove

1/320 sec, F 5.6., 300mm, ISO 400

Chester County. PA.

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A100, kit lenses (18-70mm, 75-300mm), 18-250, 28/2.8

Posted By: PBnbaByJ
Date Posted: 23 April 2008 at 03:08

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A700 X2
50MM 1.7
SAL-1118
2470Z
SAL-70200G
SAL-20TC
HVL F56AM X 2
LOWEPRO AW200 & AW300
Nikon 800 x2

Posted By: chrishurley
Date Posted: 23 April 2008 at 03:15

I captured these yesterday afternoon using my A700 w/ Sigma 50-500mm F4-6.3 APO RF (Bigma). I've had this lens for a few days and I'm really enjoying it. These shots don't compare to the others in this thread, but they are the best I've got so far. :)

"Hey buddy- have you got a spare worm that you're not using?"

"I can trade you this pine cone..."

"Well, hurry up and finish your pictures, then. I've got a worm to find"

Posted By: PBnbaByJ
Date Posted: 23 April 2008 at 03:15

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50MM 1.7
SAL-1118
2470Z
SAL-70200G
SAL-20TC
HVL F56AM X 2
LOWEPRO AW200 & AW300
Nikon 800 x2

Posted By: Dumont
Date Posted: 23 April 2008 at 05:12

Just another sparrow...

Sony DSLR-A700,Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX APO IF
1/200s f/6.3 at 200.0mm iso320
Heavily cropped from the original

Darren

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Posted By: Hanzzz
Date Posted: 23 April 2008 at 14:59

Here are some of my first shots with my A700 and 70-300 sigma DG APO:

they aren't that good yet, still need to practice a lot

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Posted By: Wētāpunga
Date Posted: 24 April 2008 at 03:15

Here's one from last year. A closeup of a red-crowned crane (Zhalong Reserve, Heilongjiang province).

I used my macro lens for this shot.

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Posted By: stiuskr
Date Posted: 24 April 2008 at 04:35

And people say to not bring a macro lens with you on a trip. Hah!

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Posted By: Wētāpunga
Date Posted: 24 April 2008 at 10:03

stiuskr wrote:

And people say to not bring a macro lens with you on a trip. Hah!

I've never left the macro behind. It's actually quite a versatile lens.

The bird was too close to use a longer prime. I'd like to get back there and put in some serious time with a camera.

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Posted By: LTTay
Date Posted: 24 April 2008 at 17:48

Nice one chthoniid! Yeah, my tammie 90/2.8 macro goes wherever I go too. Just wish it would AF faster, (sometimes I have to Point and Shoot) as I sometimes don't have the opportunity to manual focus properly...LOL!!
Lionel

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Posted By: LTTay
Date Posted: 24 April 2008 at 17:58

Sorry folks, been away for a bit, but managed to photograph these guys yesterday...

in flight, got blinded as it flew right past the sun overhead...

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Posted By: wross
Date Posted: 24 April 2008 at 18:29

LTTay, that last one is remarkable. It's almost an xray of the wing bone structure. Very cool.

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Posted By: LTTay
Date Posted: 24 April 2008 at 21:45

Thanks, here are two more that I got while photographing the egrets, but I processed it under a different WB, to get something more dramatic (I hope)Shot through thick underbrush.

and this...

Regards,
Lionel

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Posted By: ActinicLight
Date Posted: 25 April 2008 at 03:58

Here is a series of images taken over the past several months since I purchased my Sony A100 last May. Over the last year I have obtain several Minolta lenses to make up my kit but most all of these are taken using a Minolta 75-300 f:4.5/5.6 big beer can a really great lens design from the mid 1980's. All metal design and just wonderful optics. This is my second posting here and I hope you enjoy my images.

Hawk in poring rainfall 100% crop of original taken with Alpha100 and Minolta 75-300 f:4.5/5.6 big beer can through a glass panel door. Not a very good image but I really like the hawk.

Same hawk, tree, camera & lens but on a much nicer day. . . the moment of take off.

And yet another . . . I think it is getting a bit use to me being about the pastures of our farm.

A pair of Ibis.

I think this is an Egret but maybe somebody can identify it for me???

Not sure of this ones species either???

Flock of Plastic Pink Flamingos . . . Just for the fun of it, sorry I just had to share this one with you I just love the heck out of it and laugh whenever I come across it in my images
Alpha 100 CZ1680z DT f:3.5/4.5 lens

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Posted By: jbalpha
Date Posted: 26 April 2008 at 21:14

Posted By: gian
Date Posted: 27 April 2008 at 20:35

A700 + 200/2.8 + 2x | 400 mm : 1/1000 sec : f 8 : 400 ISO

A700 + 200/2.8 + 2x | 400 mm : 1/800 sec : f 8 : 640 ISO

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Posted By: HowieS
Date Posted: 28 April 2008 at 06:44

Greetings,
I have been lurking for a very long while, and this is my first post.
It is featuring our newly weaned peachface lovebird.
This fine creature is as yet unnamed, awaiting DNA gender test results.
I have worked to shrink the file without damaging the image, I hope it makes it to your monitors properly.

DOOOH! For some reason I can't put the image in this post after trying for WAY too long so here's the link...

http://picasaweb.google.com/bbnwow/HowieSPhotography/photo#5194146954892970898 - http://picasaweb.google.com/bbnwow/HowieSPhotography/photo#5194146954892970898

Min(O) 50/1.7, f/2.2, 1/80sec, minor PP in ACR>PSCS3 then lots of resizing effort to get below 800px but unable to post photo directly.

[MiPr: edited a bit to show the photo - see brettania's post on the next page for a link how I did this]

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Posted By: brettania
Date Posted: 28 April 2008 at 07:01

Howie -- http://www.dyxum.com/dforum//forum_posts.asp?TID=28010 - see this thread. There are specific tips on Picasa hotlinking http://www.dyxum.com/dforum//forum_posts.asp?TID=29642&PID=310390#310390 - here.

Here's your pic, and I have also put it in the post so that you can see what it looks like.

[MiPr: corrected the link to the photo]

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Posted By: brettania
Date Posted: 28 April 2008 at 09:00

Thanks mipr for the editing -- things are more complicated than I thought.

Posted By: ASE
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 20:03

Crested Duck

Actually the crest (feathers on top of the head) is an abnormality, some breeders breed for

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Posted By: ASE
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 20:04

Muscovy Duck

Ugly Bird ! . . .

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A100, kit lenses (18-70mm, 75-300mm), 18-250, 28/2.8

Posted By: pauljg
Date Posted: 30 April 2008 at 15:19

In contrast a very beautiful bird: the Golden pheasant, but very difficult to photograph because he kept running and jumping through the cage, I think to show a quiet female (which I forgot to photograph) how nimble he was:

#1: showing off his beautiful collar:

Dynax7d with borrowed Tamron 70-300mm at 300mm, f/5.6, 1/500s, ISO400

#2: close-up portrait:

Dynax7d with borrowed Tamron 70-300mm at 300mm, f/5.6, 1/50s, ISO400

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Posted By: LTTay
Date Posted: 30 April 2008 at 16:08

Wow, looks almost like a Pharaoh with the headdress on. Nice!

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Posted By: ASE
Date Posted: 30 April 2008 at 19:12

@Pauljg

A real beauty

Cheers / ASE

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Posted By: Wētāpunga
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 00:35

Here's a gannet, from Muriwai. It is a late afternoon shot. Used α700 and 300/4 G at f5.6.

#1

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Posted By: brettania
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 02:50

Nice catch chthoniid. Off from the gannet colony I presume.

Posted By: Wētāpunga
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 03:16

Yes- I took the northern-most platform so as to have the sun (mostly) behind me. I had the platform to myself for a couple of hours

Alas I did have to return before dusk, so no low-light shots of the sun-setting and West coast surf could be attempted...

Here's a couple more from the session:

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Posted By: tpetpe
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 08:28

Those gannets are wonderfull :).

When i was in London these things would literally eat out of your hand flying off to a perch about 1.5m away, now i am in Denmark it is well neigh impossible to get within 10 m of them.

tim

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Posted By: Frankman
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 11:33

Awesome shots of a great looking bird chthoniid. The golden pheasant is a stunning looking bird as weel Paul.

Frank

Posted By: Dipsausje
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 16:19

Chthoniid: That first gannet photo of yours is awesome, second and third are nice as well.

Anyone know what this is? My guess would be it's a Whitethroat but I'm not quite sure.

And a 100% crop of that picture:

BTW: Has anyone here ever been able to shoot a flying Barn Swallow. I made about 30 shots of them but 0 were acceptable. They keep changing their direction very fast.

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Posted By: pauljg
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 16:44

Hi Jelle:

With the help of the Dutch book "Zien is kennen" (english: "To see is to know") I could ascertain that this is indeed (in English) the whitethroat (in Dutch: grasmus).

I've never tried to photograph a flying barn swallow but can well imagine that that is very difficult indeed and that several ten-fold tries are necessary before you have one acceptable picture. Success with any further tries

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Posted By: jpink
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 17:07

Canadian Geese. Very common to our area.

Posted By: Wētāpunga
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 21:39

Thanks Frankman, tpetpe and Dipsausje. There are much fewer gannets at Muriwai this time of the year, but the compensation is fewer people

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Here's a couple more from a different perspective

Rest of gallery is here: http://chthoniid.zenfolio.com/p39656225 - zenfolio link

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Posted By: tpetpe
Date Posted: 03 May 2008 at 19:27

Here birdie birdie birdie... :).

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Posted By: Winwalloe
Date Posted: 03 May 2008 at 21:19

Took those earlier today.

This is a finch I guess ?

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Posted By: Winwalloe
Date Posted: 03 May 2008 at 21:21

This gotta be a blackbird :

Both shots with the 500 reflex and heavily cropped.

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Posted By: pauljg
Date Posted: 03 May 2008 at 21:47

@winwalloe: as far as I can see this is a female greenfinch, at least when I look in my birding book "Zien is Kennen"(in english: to see is to know)

and the second definitely is a male blackbird.

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Posted By: Winwalloe
Date Posted: 03 May 2008 at 22:55

Neat, thank you pauljg !

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Posted By: pauljg
Date Posted: 03 May 2008 at 23:05

I just noted that the translation of the birding book title is even nicer in french: Voir est Savoir!

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Posted By: SweetAsPepper
Date Posted: 03 May 2008 at 23:36

I don't know what these little birds are called in English, but here we call them 'fitis'. Hope you like them.
First good results with my new Sigma 300 f 1/2.8 + 1.4TC (Thanks to DAS)

Posted By: HPG
Date Posted: 03 May 2008 at 23:39

Small bird.
7D more Minolta 300 mm f4 with Vivitar 1.4X.

Posted By: brettania
Date Posted: 04 May 2008 at 01:06

Good shooting SweetAsPepper and HPG.

Posted By: ASE
Date Posted: 04 May 2008 at 18:42

Red Tailed Hawk in Flight

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Posted By: royd63uk
Date Posted: 04 May 2008 at 19:25

Taken with Tamron 18-200 and a700

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Posted By: Ausgezeichnet
Date Posted: 04 May 2008 at 20:54

@tpetpe_ nice heron portrait, pity he is not looking at us!
@HPG: super crisp shot! The 300/4 is just a super lens!
@winwalloe: these look very good! My own reflex is currently not that sharp somehow...
regards,
Bernd

Posted By: gian
Date Posted: 04 May 2008 at 23:09

A700 + 200/2.8 + TC 2x

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Posted By: Winwalloe
Date Posted: 05 May 2008 at 00:02

Ausgezeichnet wrote:

@winwalloe: these look very good! My own reflex is currently not that sharp somehow..

Thank you but don't be fooled by the PP, the lens isn't really sharp.

This one from today is better though. The bird was standing much closer and I didn't have to crop the shot as badly. But this lens definitely have big limitations.

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Posted By: momech
Date Posted: 05 May 2008 at 04:32

Roseate spoonibill with some early morning reflections in the background. The colors on these always look a little washed out by the time I've processed them for posting; maybe I should overdo the saturation a little bit before converting to JPEG??

Posted By: brettania
Date Posted: 05 May 2008 at 07:22

Not that I know this bird, but it looks pretty good like it is Roy -- you don't want to change it into a flamingo.

Posted By: momech
Date Posted: 05 May 2008 at 13:57

Thanks brettania. It's breeding season here, so their plumage has really bright, saturated colors; I think of it as "violent pink". I'll try a few things, but no species-change surgery, I promise.

Posted By: Frankman
Date Posted: 05 May 2008 at 15:31

It's good to see all the bird shots from the northern hemisphere now that the weather is warming up. However, with winter coming on, the variety of birds is rapidly diminshing. Here are a few from a quiet week:

Old faithful Honeyeaters:

and the only decent BIF I got on a recent shoot:

Frank

Posted By: ASE
Date Posted: 06 May 2008 at 04:39

Chipping Sparrow

Tiny little bird (crop fm original)

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Posted By: FineArt
Date Posted: 06 May 2008 at 06:28

Heron

Posted By: Bodack
Date Posted: 06 May 2008 at 08:12

Can't match it with the big guys but here is a couple of test shots with the A700 + Tamron 200-500.
Just got the A700 and everyone was telling me the first shots had to be a duck.

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Posted By: revdocjim
Date Posted: 06 May 2008 at 08:47

These aren't all the remarkable but I felt fortunate to capture them with an M42!

1. 1/1250s f/1.4 at 50.0mm iso200

2. 1/800s f/1.4 at 50.0mm iso200

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Posted By: Dirk
Date Posted: 06 May 2008 at 22:54

Nice pics in here again.
@ Frankman - finally warming up, no. of birds is increasing and light gets better by the day.

Posted By: Dirk
Date Posted: 06 May 2008 at 22:55

Here's one from yesterday. Shot with the new A350, straight out of cam jpg.

Swan without swan.

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