Share Your Best Photo of the Day

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[The Bird Nuts]

10 hours ago, IKLland said:

Outstanding photo!

 

3 hours ago, roadcykler said:

Can't tell by that picture how dark it was. Very nice.

Thanks, guys!

[IKLland]

From earlier this week. 

House wren: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/335727491?_gl=1*mto8rj*_ga*MjY1MTg5Nzg5LjE2MDU4NDIzMTA.*_ga_QR4NVXZ8BM*MTYyMDUzNDg1Ni4xLjEuMTYyMDUzNDg2My41Mw..#_ga=2.181869935.971819806.1620533659-265189789.1605842310

Allen's Hummingbird: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/335728691?_gl=1*mto8rj*_ga*MjY1MTg5Nzg5LjE2MDU4NDIzMTA.*_ga_QR4NVXZ8BM*MTYyMDUzNDg1Ni4xLjEuMTYyMDUzNDg2My41Mw..#_ga=2.181869935.971819806.1620533659-265189789.1605842310

[Jodi Nielson]

[roadcykler]

Pretty overcast but I wanted to try out the new lens. I believe a Gadwall and a Song Sparrow.

 

 

[Doug Herr]

[MarkG]

 

[IKLland]

15 hours ago, Avery said:

My best photo(s) ever with this camera (IMO)!!! 

See here for more:https://ebird.org/checklist/S87474000

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/335523001?_gl=1*yaw72k*_ga*Njg0OTM1NDk5LjE1ODI4NDA4NjI.*_ga_QR4NVXZ8BM*MTYyMDUxMzY2Ny41LjAuMTYyMDUxMzY2Ny42MA..#_ga=2.124011146.1026803051.1620510832-684935499.1582840862

Now I have gotta ask, what settings did you use? I haven’t  been able to get photos that Sharp yet with my new similar camera. 

[Avery]

1 hour ago, IKLland said:

Now I have gotta ask, what settings did you use? I haven’t  been able to get photos that Sharp yet with my new similar camera. 

I usually keep the aperture at about 5.6, and I didn’t have to change it for this. It was cloudy, so I had to use a slower shutter speed, 1/125. The ISO I have on auto. 
 

It also helped that they did not care that I was there. I army crawled on the bridge to about 4 feet away and was taking pictures from in between the floorboards and the bottom of the railing. So cool!

[PaulK]

Black-throated Grey Warbler

[RobinHood]

The wild eyed look when it spotted me (best of the day from last week, way behind with my editing).

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/335869631

[The Bird Nuts]

Don't know which one is best...

Gray Catbird

Least Flycatcher

Red-winged Blackbird

[Birding Boy]

20 minutes ago, The Bird Nuts said:

Don't know which one is best...

Gray Catbird

Least Flycatcher

Red-winged Blackbird

I like the flycatcher, those are kinda tough to photograph.

[RobinHood]

28 minutes ago, Birding Boy said:

I like the flycatcher, those are kinda tough to photograph.

Agree 100%. Catbirds and Red-wingeds are much more camera friendly, flycatchers (excluding Phoebes) tend to keep their distance. I sense a new thread coming on - most difficult/easiest birds to photograph, or maybe not.

[BirdNrd]

Young European Starling: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/336179591

Lesser Goldfinch: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/336174621

House Wren: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/336163921

The same House Wren (but a better photo) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/336163081

[The Bird Nuts]

1 hour ago, Birding Boy said:

I like the flycatcher, those are kinda tough to photograph.

 

59 minutes ago, RobinHood said:

Agree 100%. Catbirds and Red-wingeds are much more camera friendly, flycatchers (excluding Phoebes) tend to keep their distance. I sense a new thread coming on - most difficult/easiest birds to photograph, or maybe not.

Thanks.  It's my best shot of a Least.  It had been chasing another LEFL, so it was distracted.

[Birding Boy]

One of my few good perched vulture shots. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/336206051

[Birding Boy]

Mr. and Mrs. Downy Woodpecker changing places at their nest in my backyard.

[lonestranger]

On 5/8/2021 at 6:42 PM, Avery said:

My best photo(s) ever with this camera (IMO)!!! 

Is it safe to say that it's also the closest you've gotten to a bird you were photographing?

If the connection isn't obvious, it should be. ?

[Avery]

59 minutes ago, lonestranger said:

Is it safe to say that it's also the closest you've gotten to a bird you were photographing?

If the connection isn't obvious, it should be. ?

 

23 hours ago, Avery said:

It also helped that they did not care that I was there. I army crawled on the bridge to about 4 feet away and was taking pictures from in between the floorboards and the bottom of the railing. So cool!

Absolutely, 100% correct. The sharpest shots I get are from birds that are very close, or close enough to see well with the naked eye, and in good lighting. My camera CAN take sharp, good photos, but the circumstances required rarely present themselves. Another instance of this can be seen here, where I literally sat in a chair under the feeders for half an hour and waited for the birds to return.

https://ebird.org/checklist/S74731620?_gl=1*17skv0h*_ga*Njg0OTM1NDk5LjE1ODI4NDA4NjI.*_ga_QR4NVXZ8BM*MTYyMDY2MDYzOC44LjEuMTYyMDY2MDY3My4yNQ..#_ga=2.57012138.1026803051.1620510832-684935499.1582840862

[neilpa]

Yesterday's

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[stitch58]

Felt good to finally get out for a bit today, been a while.

[neilpa]

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/336831911

[lonestranger]

I have the challenge of shooting into the sun in the mornings.