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[MarkG]

 

[Birds are cool]

Ratings/thoughts appreciated.

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/525171631

[Tanager 101]

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/525491401

 

[IKLland]

2 hours ago, Birds are cool said:

Ratings/thoughts appreciated.

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/525171631

It’s a low 4 from me…I’m not a big fan of the bird’s pose and the lighting, but the main thing is the shooting angle…it’s way too steep. To avoid this, either back up and zoom all the way in on the lens(by backing up, you create a less-steep shooting angle), or hope that it flies to another perch that’s lower. 

[smittyone@cox.net]

Shot yesterday in bad light and too far away.  But I love this pose.  The eagle just landed on the levee.  There were 2 more photos after this that shoed it sinking even deeper into the soft grass.  But I liked the "sitting down on it's tail" vibe.

[smittyone@cox.net]

Too late to edit my typo.  "...showed it sinking..."

[dragon49]

5 hours ago, Birds are cool said:

Ratings/thoughts appreciated.

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/525171631

I gave it a 4.   No shadow and more head details would make it a 5 IMHO.

[dragon49]

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/525510211

[pictaker]

Went for the headshot..This grey ghost doesnt care about people being there,it will literally fly past feet away, I could have caught this guy with a crab net..LOL

 

 

 

[smittyone@cox.net]

Remarkable photo.  Not just because of the sharpness and detail.  But because I rarely encounter Grey Ghosts, and when I do, they're never close enough to even think of getting a shot like this.  I'm super envious.

[blackburnian]

American Wigeon:

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/525586251

[Quiscalus quiscula]

1 minute ago, blackburnian said:

American Wigeon:

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/525586251

I love the duck photos on that checklist!

[IKLland]

Anhinga and Tricolored Heron from Florida. 
https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/525593741

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/525593851

Edited January 18 by IKLland

[BirdNrd]

Pintail

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/525667851

[blackburnian]

3 hours ago, IKLland said:

Anhinga and Tricolored Heron from Florida. 
https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/525593741

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/525593851

Nice to see you got the 100-400! 

[stitch58]

5 hours ago, pictaker said:

Went for the headshot..This grey ghost doesnt care about people being there,it will literally fly past feet away, I could have caught this guy with a crab net..LOL

 

 

 

This at Brig? If so he did the same thing to me today. Unfortunately I left the house with a dead battery in the camera 😦! I usually check before leaving but forgot this time. That will teach me to always carry a spare.

[pictaker]

1 minute ago, stitch58 said:

This at Brig? If so he did the same thing to me today. Unfortunately I left the house with a dead battery in the camera 😦! I usually check before leaving but forgot this time. That will teach me to always carry a spare.

Yeah he has been zooming the road for the last week or so…crazy ass bird,he did the same thing last year about this time…

[IKLland]

3 hours ago, blackburnian said:

Nice to see you got the 100-400! 

I actually just rented it for Florida to test it out with the 1.4x extender, but I wasn’t too happy with the IQ with the extender. I could use it without the extender, but I feel like I need to have the advantage of the 600mm of the sigma I currently use. I’m not going with the 600 mm f/11 because I don’t like the f/11 in low light, and I like the flexibility of the 150-600mm zoom range, versus a fixed 600mm.

[MarkG]

 

[Birds are cool]

Ratings appreciated.

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/525880961

 

[cooldood]

Today staring at me

[blackburnian]

Had to get low for this one:

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/525915301

[smittyone@cox.net]

Power dive.

[smittyone@cox.net]

Captured this today under cloudy skies.  Not in the same league as pictaker's Grey Ghost, but it's definitely one of my best shots of one.

[MarkG]