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Two photos....dierct from camera followed by PP - little crop and contrast increase in Microsoft Office Picture Manager
This time ISO was 3200!









and a great opportunity wasted -


Undoubtedly the f stop has to be taken care of.

Regards,

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Canon DSLRs: 7D, 5D2, 1D, 600D, 450D full spectrum, 300D IR mod
Lenses: EF 35/2, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 135/2+SF, 28-80 V, 70-300L, 100-400L, TS-E 24/3.5L, MP-E 65, EF-S 15-85 IS
3rd party: Zeiss 2/50 makro, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300 f/2.8 OS, Celestron 1325/13
Tinies: Sony HX9V.

Now that's a great shot! Sharp, nice contrast, still everything to see - beautiful blacky



A little less impressive: A cormorant getting up from the water:



Canon EOS 500D
Canon EF 100-400mm 4.5-5.6L IS USM @ 300mm
F5.6
ISO 400
1/1000 sec

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Canon EOS 500D + Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm 4L IS USM + EF 100-400mm 4.5-5.6L IS USM + EF 100mm 2.8L Macro IS USM + Sigma 12-24mm 4.5-5.6 EX DG HSM + Canon Speedlite 580 EX II + Nissin Speedlite Di 466

Jackdaw portrait.

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Nikon D700 & D7100 bodies + Nikkor 300mm F2.8 VR11, 1.7TC, 50mm F1.4G, 16-35mm f/4G VR, 105 F2.8 VR macro, 70-300mm lenses. A couple of filters, Giotto tripod & ballhead. Lowepro Slingshot 302 AW

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Great tit in a bush.

Canon EOS 500D
Canon EF 100-400mm @ 400mm
F5.6
ISO 400
1/125 sec

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Canon EOS 500D + Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm 4L IS USM + EF 100-400mm 4.5-5.6L IS USM + EF 100mm 2.8L Macro IS USM + Sigma 12-24mm 4.5-5.6 EX DG HSM + Canon Speedlite 580 EX II + Nissin Speedlite Di 466

Need to get caught up on this thread - haven't posted any for a few months now, but I'm still seeing and shooting a lot of different birds. Here's some of the diversity so far the past few months:

Anhinga flying with nest materials:


Ibis coming towards me:


Loggerhead shrike:


Caspian tern:


Limpkin in a tree:


Snail kite:


Northern harrier flying towards me:


Backlighted northern harrier flying close by:


Female northern cardinal:


Little blue heron:


Painted bunting:


Red-bellied woodpecker:

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Sony DSLR-A580 / Sony 18-250mm / Minolta 50mm F1.7 / Sigma 30mm F1.4 / Tamron 10-24mm / Tamron 200-500mm / Tamron 90mm F2.8 macro / Minolta 300mm F4 APO
Sony NEX5N / 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 / 55-210mm F4-6.3 / Pentax K adapter / Konica K/AR adapter / bunches o' Konica & Pentax lenses!

Galleries:
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Canon EOS 500D
Canon EF 100-400mm 4.5-5.6L IS USM @ 400mm
F5.6
ISO 400
1/25 sec (yes, I had to take some shots in order to get one that was sharp enough but it was just too dark and I still didn't want to increase the ISO)

Does anyone know what kind of bird this is? I found it in the Kowloon park in Hong Kong.

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Canon EF 24-105mm 4L IS USM + EF 100-400mm 4.5-5.6L IS USM + EF 100mm 2.8L Macro IS USM + Sigma 12-24mm 4.5-5.6 EX DG HSM + Canon Speedlite 580 EX II + Nissin Speedlite Di 466

It looks like a type of bittern, or possibly a type of night heron. My guess might be a yellow bittern or black bittern, both common in southern Asia.

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Sony DSLR-A580 / Sony 18-250mm / Minolta 50mm F1.7 / Sigma 30mm F1.4 / Tamron 10-24mm / Tamron 200-500mm / Tamron 90mm F2.8 macro / Minolta 300mm F4 APO
Sony NEX5N / 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 / 55-210mm F4-6.3 / Pentax K adapter / Konica K/AR adapter / bunches o' Konica & Pentax lenses!

Galleries:
http://www.pbase.com/zackiedawg

Another Blue Heron

Nice set Zack, I think for sharper shots with moving birds you need at least 1/1000-1/1500s. I has a look at some he exif''s and the ISO on some around 1000, guess it must have been very low light for that to happen. If you have any type of filter on the lens for protection, try some shots with it off, maybe it will give enough more light to increase the speed.

Loved also the variety of birds.


Cheers

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Nikon D7000, D40X, Nikkor 18- 200 VR II, f3.5-5.6, 70-300 AF non VR, Kit Lenses.

"Snowy-crowned Robin-chat" is the name I found for this cute little bird.


Canon EOS 500D
Canon EF 100mm 2.8L Macro IS USM
F2.8
ISO 800
1/125 sec

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Canon EF 24-105mm 4L IS USM + EF 100-400mm 4.5-5.6L IS USM + EF 100mm 2.8L Macro IS USM + Sigma 12-24mm 4.5-5.6 EX DG HSM + Canon Speedlite 580 EX II + Nissin Speedlite Di 466

Thanks 4xxxx - It was indeed the limitations of the light - no filters or anything in the way. I just always enjoy going out to shoot birds, even if the weather isn't so hot. If I encounter gray weather, low light, etc, I just keep the aperture wide open and crank up the ISO as needed, and keep shooting. Sometimes I need to keep the shutter speed a little lower for in-flight shots - I typically look for 1/500 at a minimum, and 1/1000 to 1/4000 if possible - but if the light isn't there, I'd still enjoy getting the shot, even if I get a little wingtip blur or have to shoot at ISO1600 or 3200 and get flatter light in gray, rainy skies. Our weather in Florida changes daily - actually, it changes from hour to hour, sometimes minute to minute - we can go from dark black thunderstorms making the light almost like nighttime, to grey overcast flat light, to bright sunny skies inside of 15 minutes.

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Sony DSLR-A580 / Sony 18-250mm / Minolta 50mm F1.7 / Sigma 30mm F1.4 / Tamron 10-24mm / Tamron 200-500mm / Tamron 90mm F2.8 macro / Minolta 300mm F4 APO
Sony NEX5N / 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 / 55-210mm F4-6.3 / Pentax K adapter / Konica K/AR adapter / bunches o' Konica & Pentax lenses!

Galleries:
http://www.pbase.com/zackiedawg

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Nikon D700 & D7100 bodies + Nikkor 300mm F2.8 VR11, 1.7TC, 50mm F1.4G, 16-35mm f/4G VR, 105 F2.8 VR macro, 70-300mm lenses. A couple of filters, Giotto tripod & ballhead. Lowepro Slingshot 302 AW

http://www.flickr.com/photos/oldcarlos/

Cool, the second one.

3d rendering/architectural renderings

Spent alot of time trying for these Cardinals and YES there are thorns on those trees and this isn't ALL I got for my efforts
Great early morning light and I just had to try at least!




All the birds are busy strutting their colors and nest building.

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Pentax 18-55mm,Pentax 50-200mm,Sigma 17-70mm,Sigma 70-300mm, Sigma 50-500mm