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Here is a male eclipse mallard that let me get fairly close. Taken at Osage Beach Missouri. A900/80-200 2.8



Edited by Copperhead - 30 August 2010 at 08:02

LOL!

Bad hair day!!! Great work Stan.

A couple from me:

Chirruping Wedgebill (Psophodes cristatus) 12243

A member of the elusive Whipbird genus, the Chirruping Wedgebill is a bird that makes you work to get a picture of it. First of all, it lives only in the harsh, deep outback country of northern South Australia and far western New South Wales and Queensland. Secondly, this bird has a very advanced camera lens detector. If you are lucky enough to spot one close enough to get a shot, you definitely only have a few seconds before it disappears into the bushes. You had better hope you have the right settings already configured, because it is definitely a 'see, point, shoot, pray' job.

Camera Make: SONY
Camera Model: DSLR-A200
Lens: 300mm F4
Mode: Aperture-priority AE
Focal Length: 420 mm
Aperture: f/6.3
Exposure Time: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
ISO: 200
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo female (Calyptorynchus banksii)

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos are regular summer visitors to where we are staying at the moment. Fortunately, their call is a little less raucous than their screeching Sulphur-crested cousins!! Like most birds, they are a joy to have around but, as with all the Black-Cockatoos, they are a right bugger to get a good shot of!

Camera Make: SONY
Camera Model: DSLR-A200
Lens: 300mm F4
Mode: Aperture-priority AE
Focal Length: 420 mm
Aperture: f/6.3
Exposure Time: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
ISO: 400

I have been lurking these bird threads for more than two years now. You have all been a great inspiration to me and I have truly seen some amazing bird photos here through all the threads. So thank you all for that!

I think it's finally time for me to post my first photos here and contribute some myself. These were taken during the summer using A700 and Min400G lens.

Red-backed Shrike


Redstart


White Wagtail


Great Spotted Woodpecker

Thank you Geardown, I appreciate it. I have to add though that I do not have many more photos of the same quality. These were most of the ones I like. But I'm sure I'll get more and more now that I have gotten more used to my equipment.

Since you like the one of the Shrike, maybe you could give me input on which one you like better of the first one and this one where I moved just a little bit to get a different background?



Edited by Uthen - 30 August 2010 at 12:52

Thanks for your input Geardown. I agree with what you say about the background.

I must say that your photo of the kite from a couple of days ago is amazing! I've been trying to capture birds of prey in flight on at least ten different occasions now now but I have never taken anything close to that. The pose, lighting and composition is just great. Well done!

Spettmeis (Sitta europaea)
a-900, HS200mm (2xconverter) , ISO1000 ,f8.0


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