Birds

[Recty]

I'm amazed how well this 100-400 performs... I took these pictures handheld at dusk, I mean it was really getting dark and they still turned out good. I had to lighten them up some in Photoshop but still, the results are way better than any of my other lenses would have produced.

You can tell I had a slow shutter speed, this guys beat blurred and he was barely barely moving

 

[firstsalt]

Found this cool one
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/peteraduncan/4287349759/" title="Bird Sitting by Peter A. Duncan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2431/4287349759_585fb082dc.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Bird Sitting" /></a>

 

[Recty]

Just saw a couple of these...

 

[Misled]

Recty, very beautiful!!!!!! At this rate, are you gonna want to go home????

 

[ducklabdad]

Northern Shoveler

Ring billed Gull

2 flying canadas

and a horned lark

 

[Misled]

 

[Octoshark]

lol, post #20 = bad hair day

 

[ahuxman58]

 

[IPT]

The Chikadee I know, the other I have no idea. It does peck at the bark quite a bit though....

Needed to shoot at ISO 800. These critters were lurking in the branches and it was quite overcast too.

 

[ducklabdad]

Very nice shots of a "Red-Breasted Nuthatch" IPT

Here is a woodduck shot from last week!!

 

[Recty]

 

[IPT]

Recty, why not crop that some? You got some great background colors going on. Why keep that trunk and all the branch stuff on the left?

 

[Recty]

I probably should That's just my default resize to 800x533 because I was in a rush in Florida and doing a batch conversion of all my stuff. I'll crop it and repost.

 

[Beaun]

Looks like a Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)

 

[Recty]

Here's some from Florida that I took a little time with...

 

[IPT]

Grant - WAY better.... What is all that vivid color in the background coming from anyway?

 

[Recty]

Grant - WAY better.... What is all that vivid color in the background coming from anyway?

It's the tennis court. The ground in there is red and the fence is green which is what you see at the top.

 

[Misled]

 

[klepto]

Wow.. great stuff Grant! That last Florida batch is lovely. Great colors all around. I REALLY like all the texture you captured in #3.
I'm also enjoying how the soft lighting blends with the background of the last image. That color combination is stunning.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[TitusvileSurfer]

A Tennis court? Wow that is not what I was expecting. Just goes to show how bokeh can change an image. Again, nice work!