Bird Portraits - Post Yours!

[Levina de Ruijter]

Long-tailed tit

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Blue tit

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

 

[Jack Dawe]

Looks like you shot into the direction of a low sun. Good recovery though. Mine are usually unsalvable.

Yes, it was shot into the sun. In the RAW file the only thing properly exposed is the metal sign the bird is perched on. The bird itself is practically a silhouette. There were several swallows around, but this was the only one that offered itself up for a shot. I couldn't bring myself to ditch it.

 

[Jack Dawe]

Striated Heron.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Striated Heron.
View attachment 34157

Nice catch, Jason! Where did you shoot him?

 

[Jack Dawe]

Nice catch, Jason! Where did you shoot him?

Tampines River, Singapore.

 

[A1original]

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

From the archives: Great crested grebes.

I remember I was shooting around and through grasses and reeds. But I was awfully close to them. These are only cropped to frame them a bit better. The reason was that they knew me. I followed them around for a year and at first they would run but after a while they got used to me and stayed where they are. The parents would fall asleep with me at arm's length, like in these pics.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

One more. This one is obviously cropped a bit more.

 

[Jack Dawe]

Female Stitchbird

 

[Jack Dawe]

New Zealand Fantail. These are cute.

 

[Chet]

Not sure where this belongs, so I'll leave it here.

 

[Capn Jack]

A pelican in Florida
JAK_4262 by Jack Silver, on Flickr

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

White wagtail