Birds with my new Nikon D3100

[jbird69]

Just took up photography this fall and am loving it! Really like shooting wild birds. I got an entry level camera, it is the Nikon D3100. Came with a nikkor 18-55mm lens and I added a nikkor 55-300mm lens


These first 3 are a sequence.

White tailed Kite

Harrier

American Kestrel

Northern Flicker

Red Tail Hawk

Sharp shinned Hawk

Thanks for looking!

 

[SushiGirl]

Beautiful shots!

 

[edandsandy]

Great shots!

 

[jerrym21]

Wow! Very nice. The Eagle shots are amazing

 

[jbird69]

Thank you! I need to save for a good macro lens for corals and such...

 

[kingfisher62]

Thank you! I need to save for a good macro lens for corals and such...

Ahhh, just stand back from your tank about a hundred feet or so and snap away with your current 55-300mm lens.
Who needs a macro?

Beautiful pics , thanks for sharing!

 

[jbird69]

Ahhh, just stand back from your tank about a hundred feet or so and snap away with your current 55-300mm lens.
Who needs a macro?

Beautiful pics , thanks for sharing!

Dont laugh! I already do that :lmao: :dance:

 

[speargunhunter]

nice shots!!

 

[VoidRaven]

Composition is great! Very nicely done! Just need to work on your exposure. On my screen anyway many of the shots have the highlights blown out (over-exposed). Keep snapping and sharing!

 

[blaten]

That first picture is so cool. That bird is focused!

 

[Mandragen]

very nice.

 

[tom obrecht]

Beautiful Shots!

 

[Seajuice]

I loved those photos - How can you tell the dif btwn a white tailed kite and a Bald Eagle? or is that a Bald Eagle.
I have an 18-200, just not enough. The 300+ is on the wish list.
You live in a beautiful part of the country!

 

[jbird69]

Thank you! There is no way to mistake a mature bald eagle for anything else. A juvinile could easily be mistaken for a golden eagle because they dont get their whit head/tail til adulthood, but they are still huge as juviniles. The white tailed kite looks a lot like a seagull at first glance, which is about 1/4 the size of a bald eagle. They hunt rodents so they are found in completely different environments, bald eagles are primarily fish eaters.

I have a decent grasp on IDing local birds here, but I always look them up before tagging a name to them.

 

[jbird69]

A few from today

 

[samdaman]

A few from today

Damn dude were do you live. I only see pigeons and crows an occasional owl. This is BA

 

[jbird69]

Damn dude were do you live. I only see pigeons and crows an occasional owl. This is BA

Southern oregon.

Most places in America, if you spend a day in your car and a tank or 2 of gas, you can find some amazing wildlife.

I do live in a great area and I always carry my camera. I will stop to photograph anything (I like birds) I stopped to grab a burger at Sonic yesterday, pulled off nearby to eat it and there was a redtailed hawk on a wire. Pulled out the Nikon and walked over and started shooting when he flew.

Get out there and take your camera!

 

[Mandragen]

what lens was that hawk shot with?

 

[jbird69]

All these pictures were shot with this...

http://imaging.nikon.com/products/i...m/af-s_nikkor55-300mmf_45-56g_ed_vr/index.htm

 

[Mandragen]

nice piece of glass, i think mine is the 70-300. next on my list is the 100mm micro