~Avian Photography~ Post your bird pix! - Page 29 - Wildlife Gardeners

biigblueyes · 12-22-2009, 08:33 AM

Suunto's sharp this morning!

havalotta · 12-22-2009, 01:21 PM

Sage · 12-22-2009, 10:44 PM

I had to work with this shot in post-processing because I didn't nail the exposure well, but it is such a nice pose I couldn't bear to delete it!

Also, this snag is what's left of the snag which won the snag contest, again complete with a Red-tailed Hawk!

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suunto · 12-28-2009, 08:06 AM

Hmm. I'll try again to post a downy woodpecker image - I though I had done so yesterday, but for some reason, it didn't take...

Hedgerowe · 12-28-2009, 03:39 PM

Great shots both, Sage and suunto! I cannot photograph anything that actually moves.

Sage · 12-29-2009, 08:18 PM

Hedgerowe, ya gotta set your shutter speed higher. Set is as high as possible without getting a red warning or too dark a pic. What kind of camera do you have? When I go out to shoot birds, I set the shutter speed for 1/1000 and adjust as needed for the lighting. If you try to shoot moving subjects on an automatic setting, it doesn't know to compensate for the moving subject. That's where you come in!

NawMatt · 12-29-2009, 10:50 PM

Okay, here is my first attempt at posting pictures.

NawMatt · 12-29-2009, 11:07 PM

Hooray! It looks like it worked! I'll try some more. This is actually quite easy.

Here is a double-crested cormorant that was playing in our crawfish pond. My hubby hates these birds because he claims that they eat a lot of our crawfish. I got shots of this one swimming, splashing, taking off, and finally flying away. Does anyone else see this bird on a regular basis?

NawMatt · 12-29-2009, 11:28 PM

We always have flocks of ibises hanging out around here. This flock was resting on the levee between the crawfish pond and the small bayou next to it.

Equilibrium · 12-29-2009, 11:44 PM

It was mostly a coastal bird. We hardly ever saw them in Illinois but they were common in SC. We killed off a lot of them back in the DDT days. Now they've come back ten fold. I like them. Lots of people love to hate cormorants... mostly fishermen.

12-22-2009, 08:33 AM	#281
biigblueyes WG Facilitator Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Cajun Country, Louisiana, USA	Suunto's sharp this morning! __________________ My yarden and I lean a little to the wild side.

12-22-2009, 01:21 PM	#282
havalotta WG Prize & Gift Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Michigan	__________________ The successful woman is the woman that had the chance and took it! A walk among the elusive Whitetail Deer

12-22-2009, 10:44 PM	#283
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	I had to work with this shot in post-processing because I didn't nail the exposure well, but it is such a nice pose I couldn't bear to delete it! Also, this snag is what's left of the snag which won the snag contest, again complete with a Red-tailed Hawk! __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

12-28-2009, 08:06 AM	#284
suunto The Bug Whisperer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Monroe County, WV, USA	Hmm. I'll try again to post a downy woodpecker image - I though I had done so yesterday, but for some reason, it didn't take... Attached Thumbnails __________________ “Every artist dips his brush in his own soul and paints his own nature into his pictures.” Henry Ward Beecher

12-29-2009, 08:18 PM	#286
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	Hedgerowe, ya gotta set your shutter speed higher. Set is as high as possible without getting a red warning or too dark a pic. What kind of camera do you have? When I go out to shoot birds, I set the shutter speed for 1/1000 and adjust as needed for the lighting. If you try to shoot moving subjects on an automatic setting, it doesn't know to compensate for the moving subject. That's where you come in! __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

12-28-2009, 03:39 PM	#285
Hedgerowe Pope Join Date: May 2009 Location: Virginia	Great shots both, Sage and suunto! I cannot photograph anything that actually moves.

12-29-2009, 10:50 PM	#287
NawMatt Unicellular Fungi Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: South Louisiana	Vulture Okay, here is my first attempt at posting pictures. Attached Thumbnails

12-29-2009, 11:07 PM	#288
NawMatt Unicellular Fungi Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: South Louisiana	Double-crested cormorant Hooray! It looks like it worked! I'll try some more. This is actually quite easy. Here is a double-crested cormorant that was playing in our crawfish pond. My hubby hates these birds because he claims that they eat a lot of our crawfish. I got shots of this one swimming, splashing, taking off, and finally flying away. Does anyone else see this bird on a regular basis? Attached Thumbnails

12-29-2009, 11:28 PM	#289
NawMatt Unicellular Fungi Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: South Louisiana	Ibises We always have flocks of ibises hanging out around here. This flock was resting on the levee between the crawfish pond and the small bayou next to it. Attached Thumbnails

12-29-2009, 11:44 PM	#290
Equilibrium Official Plant Nerd Join Date: Dec 2008	It was mostly a coastal bird. We hardly ever saw them in Illinois but they were common in SC. We killed off a lot of them back in the DDT days. Now they've come back ten fold. I like them. Lots of people love to hate cormorants... mostly fishermen. __________________ "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

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