Bird Portraits - Post Yours!

[Levina de Ruijter]

An eastern bluebird.

11142040-f studio25 by Kirk Behymer, on Flickr

Lovely shot, Kirk.

 

[PhotoNut]

I just had 2 TB of pics recovered and I dredged up some older shots taken with the old Canon T6 (1300D). Not bad for an older 18 mp camera but I wish I had had the R7 at the time to capture the detail a little better. These shots are of two reddish egrets mating, taken at North Beach, Ft. De Soto.

12312114-studio25 by Kirk Behymer, on Flickr

I swear to you, birds really aren't shy.

12312123-studio25 by Kirk Behymer, on Flickr

Great captures. Beautiful birds too.

 

[Jack Dawe]

Another Robin

 

[fotoi]

Wood duck

 

[Jack Dawe]

Nuthatch

 

[RichardB]

Nuthatch
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Good one!

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Very early in the morning. I don't think the sun was up yet. Very foggy too.

 

[PhotoNut]

Very early in the morning. I don't think the sun was up yet. Very foggy too.
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I like this. Colours are mute and yet intense. Very nice.

 

[K9Kirk]

An anhinga (darter, water turkey, snake bird, El Diablo) in a classic anhinga pose.

11142075-f studio-25 by Kirk Behymer, on Flickr

 

[Macstory]

First time seeing one of these, Red-Breasted Goose an Arctic breeding bird, a rare but annual visitor to Britain and SE Europe in our winter, unfortunately its numbers are thought to be declining.
(Lens: Tamron SP 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD <> Camera ID: Canon EOS 7D Mark II).

 

[K9Kirk]

A barred owl that I spotted looking up while walking around in the woods @ Lake Myakka in Sarasota, FL. Taken with the old Canon T6 in the shade and backlit so not the best light.

12312612-studio25 by Kirk Behymer, on Flickr

 

[Jack Dawe]

Water Rail

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Water Rail
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Nice, Jason. Skittish birds. We had one visiting a local every year, around February. It was hard to get a shot of it as it didn't like to step outside the reeds.

 

[Jack Dawe]

Nice, Jason. Skittish birds. We had one visiting a local every year, around February. It was hard to get a shot of it as it didn't like to step outside the reeds.

Yes, that's the trouble with them. In my experience they are not shy at all, but they are quite secretive. They are often less so at dusk, but that's no good for photos.

 

[Ed Will]

So...the original shot I focused wasn't a bird portrait but one in flight (a hummingbird--thanks to Levina for moving it to the appropriate thread). So, here is a bird portrait, not one in flight. An American Bald Eagle. I shot this in Florida and one of the few times a human is actually higher up than the Eagle (this one was feeding on something near the lagoon/marsh and I was in a tower looking down on the ground below).

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Great crested grebe

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Oystercatcher
Sun was just peeking over the horizon. I love shooting very early in the morning in Spring.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Lesser black-backed gulls. Shot from home (on the third floor) with the R7, which I returned after a week or so. Fun camera though.

 

[Blackbird]

So...the original shot I focused wasn't a bird portrait but one in flight (a hummingbird--thanks to Levina for moving it to the appropriate thread). So, here is a bird portrait, not one in flight. An American Bald Eagle. I shot this in Florida and one of the few times a human is actually higher up than the Eagle (this one was feeding on something near the lagoon/marsh and I was in a tower looking down on the ground below).

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Magnificent bird!

 

[K9Kirk]

An early morning shot of a snowy egret at the tidal pool on North Beach, Ft De Soto a few years back. Tough shot with low light, 158 mm, 1/60th and handheld. I know it's not the sharpest, but I was just pleased to capture the beautiful, morning light on the water.


123219-studio-252 by Kirk Behymer, on Flickr