Post your birdlife shots

[KarlB]

I can't identify this one, may be a juvenile. Taken at Upper Carawine Gorge, WA. It's about as big as a Willy Wagtail. Any suggestions?

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/09/475.jpg

Nikon D300, 80~400 VR, 1/1000, f8 @400mm

Deano:)

Australian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus australis. Formerly went by the name of Clamorous Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus but now recognised as a separate species. See Australian Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus australis) - Birds in Backyards Fact sheet (http://birdsinbackyards.net/species/Acrocephalus-australis)

Cheers
KarlB
:)

[PSi]

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=39292&stc=1&d=1316592880
Female olive-backed Sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis)

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=39293&stc=1&d=1316593035
A pair of Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus)

[scarry]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/851/201109150387edited1.jpg/)

Trying out the new Cannon at night,a warbler

[Bushie]

http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/6189/201109150387edited1.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/851/201109150387edited1.jpg/)

Trying out the new Cannon at night,a warbler


Where the *%$@ did that light come from!!!!!!!!!!!



Martyn

[Chucaro]

Where the *%$@ did that light come from!!!!!!!!!!!



Martyn

Martyn, the exif show that the flash was fired :)

[scarry]

Martyn, the exif show that the flash was fired :)

Umm,i am new to this,what was questioned?
Camera was on auto,using built in flash

[Chucaro]

Umm,i am new to this,what was questioned?
Camera was on auto,using built in flash

That it is what I sais, the metadata in your image said that the flash was fired (used)
Also, without read the metadata the flash light can be seen in the eye.

Nice image, good job. Try to use the camera in manual it is a lot of fun.

[scarry]

That it is what I sais, the metadata in your image said that the flash was fired (used)
Also, without read the metadata the flash light can be seen in the eye.

Nice image, good job. Try to use the camera in manual it is a lot of fun.

Thanks

Have not got into the manual side of things yet,but will shortly:)

[DeanoH]

Not a night time shot, but trying to take a picture looking into a hollow tree branch (about 100mm dia.) whilst shining torch light in, all the while precariously balancing on a chair. Dangerous business this photography.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/10/1143.jpg

Budgerigar(s), Rudall River National Park, WA.
Nikon D300, 18~200mm Nikkor @ 200mm, 1/800, f5.6

Deano:)

[DeanoH]

A classic pose near Emu clapan South Australia.


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/02/838.jpg

Brown Falcon.
Nikon D300, Nikkor 80~400 @ 360mm, 1/800, f18


another classic pose near Newman WA

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/02/839.jpg

Wedge-tailed Eagle.
Nikon D300, Nikkor 80~400 @ 400mm, 1/1000, f10


on the Birdsville Track at Cooper Creek.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/02/840.jpg

Black Kite
Nikon D300, Nikkor 80~400 @ 400mm, 1/1000, f8


at Muloorina Waterhole near Maree SA.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/02/841.jpg

Black Shouldered Kite
Nikon D300, Nikkor 80~400 @ 340mm, 1/1000, f11.


Deano:)

[DeanoH]

All birds of prey photos were taken recently and I am reasonably happy with the results but would be happier if they were a bit sharper. I am still playing with this lens/camera combo and these were all taken hand held with VR on. I reckon 340mm is about the right setting for this lens and need to get used to dialling it back, next I plan to see if turning VR off improves the sharpness as some users say. Is there any value in going to TIFF's instead of hi res JPEG's ?. I've tried RAW but have difficulty editing them with the Nikon proprietry software. Any suggestions ?

Thanks Deano:)

[Bushie]

This guy has been sitting outside the window singing away all morning, waiting for a feed.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/11/659.jpg
A young Pied Butcherbird.



Martyn

[OffTrack]

A couple of pics from a recent trip to South Australia.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/11/651.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58333978@N04/6317377835/)
Little Corella's at Mt. Lyndhurst Station (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58333978@N04/6317377835/)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/11/652.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58333978@N04/6317886324/)
Rainbow Bee-eater at Danggali National Park (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58333978@N04/6317886324/)

Pentax K7 with 55-300mm zoom

[Grumpy]

Caught these two argueing over branch on a dead tree in the park across the road from us.
D80, ISO100, Lens @ 450mm, F5.6, 1/125sec
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/11/625.jpg

All happy now. The one on the left looks like it is grinning. :)
ISO 100, Lens 450mm, F5.6, 1/125sec
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/11/626.jpg

Both shots were in auto mode.

Tony :wheelchair:

[DeanoH]

Had an old friend drop by with his family. A family of Tawny Frogmouths.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/12/305.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/12/306.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/11/915.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/12/307.jpg


Beautiful birds, seldom noticed as they sit very still, stretch their necks out and pretend to be a piece of bark/branch.

DeanoH:)

[Bushie]

This guy was asleep in the tree in the front yard last night,

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/12/255.jpg
Native Miner - sound asleep


Martyn

[300+]

I'm confident this is a bird, but have no idea on which type.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/12/238.jpg

I still like it.

Cheers, Steve

[Chucaro]

I'm confident this is a bird, but have no idea on which type.


I still like it.

Cheers, Steve

Steve, is a Superb Fruit-Dove, Scientific name: Ptilinopus superbus
Family: Columbidae, Order: Columbiformes

Very nice capture, I would love to have it in my portfolio :)

[300+]

Steve, is a Superb Fruit-Dove, Scientific name: Ptilinopus superbus
Family: Columbidae, Order: Columbiformes

Very nice capture, I would love to have it in my portfolio :)

Thanks for that. It was at Taronga Zoo, so they are pretty tame. This was at 200mm, so it was really close.

Cheers, Steve

[DeanoH]

Have just sorted through photo's from last years outback holiday. Came across these from Rudall River (Karlamilyi) National Park. Australias 2nd largest according to SWMBO next to Kakadu. Quite remote it's approx. 300 Km east of Newman in WA.
Whilst Button Quail are common in this area these Brown Quail ? are not, according to Mr Slater and family. Came out just on dusk, terrible light. A good result considering.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/02/842.jpg

D300, 80~400VR @ 195mm, 1/200, f5.3, ISO800.

What were very common were these Cockatiels

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/02/843.jpg

D300, 80~400VR @ 400mm, 1/500, f11, ISO400.

A pair of these Brown falcons were nesting near our camp.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/02/844.jpg

D300, 80~400VR @ 340mm, 1/800, f6.3, ISO400

Willy Wagtail and lunch Rudall River NP, doesn't matter where you go you'll find 'em, more common than crows or seagulls. One of my favourite birds and very difficult to photograph.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/02/845.jpg


D300, 80~400VR @ 340mm, 1/800, f10, ISO400

Deano:)

[Sue]

A classic pose near Emu clapan South Australia.


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/02/838.jpg

Brown Falcon.
Nikon D300, Nikkor 80~400 @ 360mm, 1/800, f18


another classic pose near Newman WA

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/02/839.jpg

Wedge-tailed Eagle.
Nikon D300, Nikkor 80~400 @ 400mm, 1/1000, f10


on the Birdsville Track at Cooper Creek.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/02/840.jpg

Black Kite
Nikon D300, Nikkor 80~400 @ 400mm, 1/1000, f8


at Muloorina Waterhole near Maree SA.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/02/841.jpg

Black Shouldered Kite
Nikon D300, Nikkor 80~400 @ 340mm, 1/1000, f11.


Deano:)

They are excellent and wouldn't look out of place in a bird identification book.. I did feel that a couple of them could do with a tiny bit more contrast just to give them a little more zing.. :)

[p38arover]

I'm not sure I want to post in this thread - there are too many great shots.

Great Blue Heron (Vancouver, BC) @ 200mm f/9

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/02/775.jpg

[DeanoH]

They are excellent and wouldn't look out of place in a bird identification book.. I did feel that a couple of them could do with a tiny bit more contrast just to give them a little more zing.. :)

Thanks Sue for the kind words. Couldn't agree with you more on your critique. It's just a matter of figuring it out. Post Production is one answer but I have a major problem wrapping my head around PhotoShop so use less sophisticated/capable software. Using RAW instead of Hi Res JPG's might improve the result but the problem again is good editing software. I've got a feeling that the D300 has a more 'vivid' capture setting and 'photo enhancement' software built in. Have to find the book and have a read. Tended to shy away from this in the past. Realistically though I'll just have to take better photos.:)
Thanks again Sue for the input.

Was pretty happy with this though.:D

Australian Pelican, Ivanhoe Crossing, Ord River, WA.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/02/776.jpg

D70, 80~400VR @ 400mm, 1/1000, f5.5, ISO200.

Deano:)

[DeanoH]

I'm not sure I want to post in this thread - there are too many great shots.

Great Blue Heron (Vancouver, BC) @ 200mm f/9

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/02/775.jpg

Best place to be Ron. There's plenty of good helpful advice here and the benefit of seeing what others are up to. Chucaro's advice in particular is always helpful as is the input of others including Bushie and KarlB.
Best of all it's an opportunity to 'show your stuff' and get good advice on how to do it even better.
I see you've sorted your blurry picture issue. Very nice.

Deano:)

[Chucaro]

Now, living in Tasmania I have the chance to add new birds in my collection.
This is a Yellow throaded honeyeater Lichenostomus flavicollis
The natural light was not the best, with a temperature over 35 the birds were close to a little water supply with a dense canopy over it and there was were I have my chances.
I have some more birds that I will post soon.:)
Nikon D300s, Nikon 70-300VR

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP6054.jpg

[Chucaro]

Here are some more from Tasmania.

Green Rosella (adult)
Platycercus caledonicus

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP5982.jpg

Spotted Pardalote
Pardalotus punctatus

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP5913.jpg

Grey Fantail (male)
Rhipidura albiscapa

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP5903.jpg

[bussy1963]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/Taken at Stanley Chasm N.T. 2005

[wrinklearthur]

https://picasaweb.google.com/ramon.dooley/CentralAustralia?authkey=Gv1sRgCMfBpuT3o4SV8AE#535 7908627296498242Taken at Stanley Chasm N.T. 2005

Thanks for that posting and I really did enjoy going through all the rest of your pictures as well.
.

[Chucaro]

Fairy tern Sterna nereis

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP6077.jpg

Black headed honeyeater (juvenile) Melithreptus affinis


http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP5994%7E0.jpg

[bussy1963]

Taken at Kings Canyon 2005

[Chucaro]

Awesome capture and timming.
Which kind of lens you have?

[Chucaro]

Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Calyptorhynchus funereus

Nikon D300s, Nikon 70-300VR

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP6118.jpg

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP6125.jpg

[PSi]

Life and death in the garden. And breakfast.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=45193&stc=1&d=1333034317

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=45194&stc=1&d=1333034665

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=45195&stc=1&d=1333034964

Spied this Greater Coucal or Crow Pheasant (Centropus sinensis) (I'm no bird expert, had to look it up) battling, killing and then eating a snake that I cannot identify (no expert here either).
Had to shoot through a rather grimy and heavily tinted window so quality is not what one might have expected from a Nikon D3s + 28-300 combo.

[stallie]

http://remoteadventures.com/photogallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1047

The fresh remains of an Adélie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae having just been lunch for a Skua. I took this a few years ago on Zolotov Island, Antarctica. I've used this photo to settle the argument about whether penguins have knees. :)

[Mick-Kelly]

Alice Springs desert park

[Rusnut]

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w410/rusnut/002.jpg

[Rusnut]

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w410/rusnut/DSC00394.jpg

[Chucaro]

The light was bad, the crop is very big so I have to make this image a bit artistic to made it presentable.
I like the pose of the New Holland honeyeater :)

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP6146.jpg

[p38arover]

Some sort of owl:
PENTAX *ist D
ISO 400
Exposure 1/60 sec
Aperture 6.7
Focal Length 200mm

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/05/1077.jpg

Wedgetail eagle:
PENTAX *ist D
ISO 400
Exposure 1/50 sec
Aperture 6.7
Focal Length 200mm

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/04/16.jpg

[p38arover]

Sea Eagle, Esperance, WA

PENTAX *ist D
ISO 800
Exposure 1/250 sec
Aperture 5.6
Focal Length 93mm

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/04/14.jpg

Cropped.
PENTAX *ist D
ISO 800
Exposure 1/250 sec
Aperture 7.1000004
Focal Length 200mm

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/04/15.jpg

[Disco_owner]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/04/2.jpg




https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/04/3.jpg


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/04/4.jpg

[amatol]

Some sort of owl:
PENTAX *ist D
ISO 400
Exposure 1/60 sec
Aperture 6.7
Focal Length 200mm

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/05/1077.jpg



This is a Barking Owl (Ninox connivens). Reasonably common in dry forest areas. Their calls do sound like dogs barking and they also have a blood-curdling scream, which they refer to as the "Screaming woman" call and it has been known to fool many folks into thinking there is a murder being committed. Google the calls and hear for yourself. :)

[Land Rover Widow]

I think this is my first every bird photo offered to AULRO...It might also be the only bird shot I've ever taken :p I don't know what it is but I was happy it stopped by :)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/05/622.jpg

[KarlB]

I think this is my first every bird photo offered to AULRO...It might also be the only bird shot I've ever taken :p I don't know what it is but I was happy it stopped by :)


Great photo. It is a Spotted Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis maculatus). It is the south-western member of the White-browed Scrubwren group (see White-browed Scrubwren | BIRDS in BACKYARDS (http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Sericornis-frontalis)).

Cheers
KarlB
:)

[Humphrey]

Here are a some shots I took in Africa a few years ago

47167

47168

47169


Humphrey

[hodgo]

I don't get the opportunity to photograph much wild life but these are three of my best.


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=47278&stc=1&d=1338031934

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=47279&stc=1&d=1338031983

[p38arover]

Here are a some shots I took in Africa a few years ago

Nice shots, Humphrey.

[p38arover]

I don't get the opportunity to photograph much wild life but these are three of my best.


http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=47277&stc=1&d=1338031894

Love the gulls fighting over the chip.

[Chucaro]

Birds are active again in Tasmania. I have managed to capture this Regent Honeyeater yesterday and I hope that I will be able to get better shots in the future.
Nikon D300s,Nikon 70-300VR, manual program, ISO400

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/09/681.jpg

[Bushie]

Pelican, taken on the side of the Darling at Menindee

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/09/657.jpg

Martyn

[scarry]

A quick shot that is not that good




https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/09/305.jpg

[OffTrack]

This is a lounge room window shot which I like, but it really shows the limitations of the 300mm kit lens I'm using with the Pentax K7.


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/09/294.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58333978@N04/8021766899/)

[dullbird]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/10/13.jpg

[Brian]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/11/1212.jpg

Taken with new Sony DSC HX30V, 18.2 Mega Pixels,20x optical, up to 40x clear zoom, GPS, Wi-Fi, and lots of other features.
f/5.6
1/60
ISO-500
focal length 65mm
max aperture 4.96

picture cropped.

Very happy with this camera.
Brian

[simonmelb]

Went chasing the noisy Lorikeets up here in Bendigo and got quite close!

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/11/663.jpg

Cheers
Simon
Pentax K200D
Sigma 18-200

[dmdigital]

#1
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/11/545.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmdigital/8194668973/)
Brahminy Kite (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmdigital/8194668973/) by DMdigital (http://www.flickr.com/people/dmdigital/), on Flickr

#2
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/11/546.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmdigital/8194668771/)
Brahminy Kite (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmdigital/8194668771/) by DMdigital (http://www.flickr.com/people/dmdigital/), on Flickr

#3
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/11/547.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmdigital/8194669989/)
Brahminy Kite (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmdigital/8194669989/) by DMdigital (http://www.flickr.com/people/dmdigital/), on Flickr

[simonmelb]

One of the rarer birds we saw last year (in the wild of course!) on our lap:

A pair crossed casually in front of the Disco in the Pink Lakes NP. Had to slam the brakes on!

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/11/504.jpg

[Phil633]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/11/366.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69290814@N02/8147991196/)
New Holland Honeyeater (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69290814@N02/8147991196/) by Phil633 (http://www.flickr.com/people/69290814@N02/), on Flickr

New Holland Honeyeater

Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon 100-400L f4.56 @400mm
F6.3 ISO 200 1/320

[Chucaro]

Very nice pose and sharp were is needed, a fine image indeed :)

[Phil633]

Speed 1/400
Aperture f7.1
ISO 200
Lens 100-400 l USM @400mm
Camera Canon 7D

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/11/226.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69290814@N02/8149641967/)
Black Faced Cuckoo-Shrike (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69290814@N02/8149641967/) by Phil633 (http://www.flickr.com/people/69290814@N02/), on Flickr

[incisor]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/12/1153.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/8233918804/)
kookaburra 9 images stacked (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/8233918804/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr

not that sharp but my first try stacking images... 9 of. i need a tripod bad :p

PP'ed in lightroom 4

[Chucaro]

Why stacking a bird image? :confused:
IMO a single shot over SS 1/250 it is the way to go without a tripod.

[incisor]

Why stacking a bird image? :confused:
IMO a single shot over SS 1/250 it is the way to go without a tripod.

it was just something i was playing with and had been trying different bracketing settings in the camera... and the bird just happened into my firing line so became the target

kept me occupied and i learnt some things i didnt know before.. ;)

[Chucaro]

it was just something i was playing with and had been trying different bracketing settings in the camera... and the bird just happened into my firing line so became the target

kept me occupied and i learnt some things i didnt know before.. ;)

Valid point Inc :)
Is any of the images in the series sharp?

[incisor]

Valid point Inc :)
Is any of the images in the series sharp?

not really. the light was really crap, i shake from too many years swinging hammers and the d90 doesnt have the a/f fine tuning so i need to manually do it every time :P

saving for that tripod.... i want a good one so there is some resistance from the minister for war :D

[Chucaro]

Inc, as long as your minister for war do not authorise you to purchase a 600mm lens and a full frame body you are going to be Ok with a Manfrotto 055CXPRO3 (http://www.google.com.au/products/catalog?hl=en&q=Manfrotto+055Cxpro3&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bpcl=39314241&biw=1147&bih=508&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=11224705563680157503&sa=X&ei=Thu8UPzhFcqiiAf81oGwCw&ved=0CFcQ8wIwAQ)
I guess that now, near XMAS, the risk to sleep in the shed for a request of $345.00 is going to be low :D

[incisor]

then there is the head.... :angel:

[incisor]

taken with the tokina 35mm

came out of my shop last night and the corellas were into the tree in the carpark


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/12/902.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/8250566299/)
corella-feast (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/8250566299/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr

[Chucaro]

Very nice habitat image, well composed.
The quality of the lens is very good, if you have a good software try to crop the 2 birds at the bottom on the center of the image and for sure you will be finishing with a nice details on it.

[incisor]

Very nice habitat image, well composed.
The quality of the lens is very good, if you have a good software try to crop the 2 birds at the bottom on the center of the image and for sure you will be finishing with a nice details on it.

funny you should say that Arthur

i played with that for a while as well

100% crop from tokina 35mm evening shot of corellas in tree over from work

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/12/899.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/8250934259/)
corellas2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/8250934259/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr

[Chucaro]

The pose of the birds is very nice, it is descriptive of their behavior and show some action.
I would suggest to use the in built flash in avian photography so the eyes of the birds have an spark on it. Without it the sockets are empty.
It will be possible to ad the spark in PP but it is not the same.

[dmdigital]

Pied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula bicolor). Usually referred to as the Torres Strait Pigeon.

#1 Torres Pigeon
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/12/408.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmdigital/8295660809/)
Torres Pigeon 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmdigital/8295660809/) by DMdigital (http://www.flickr.com/people/dmdigital/), on Flickr

#2 Torres Pigeon
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/12/409.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmdigital/8296709068/)
Torres Pigeon 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmdigital/8296709068/) by DMdigital (http://www.flickr.com/people/dmdigital/), on Flickr

#3 Torres Pigeon
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/12/410.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmdigital/8296708712/)
Torres Pigeon 3 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmdigital/8296708712/) by DMdigital (http://www.flickr.com/people/dmdigital/), on Flickr

#4 Torres Pigeon
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/12/411.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmdigital/8296708376/)
Torres Pigeon 4 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmdigital/8296708376/) by DMdigital (http://www.flickr.com/people/dmdigital/), on Flickr

[Rusnut]

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w410/rusnut/DSC00327_zps4f14c6c6.jpg

[Landy Smurf]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/01/1174.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/12/363.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/01/1166.jpg

[dmdigital]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/12/355.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmdigital/8301312675/)
Brahminy Kite Sunset (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmdigital/8301312675/) by DMdigital (http://www.flickr.com/people/dmdigital/), on Flickr

[dmdigital]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/01/1335.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmdigital/8348989298/)
Australasian Darter (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmdigital/8348989298/) by DMdigital (http://www.flickr.com/people/dmdigital/), on Flickr

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/01/1336.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmdigital/8349275316/)
Australasian Darter (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmdigital/8349275316/) by DMdigital (http://www.flickr.com/people/dmdigital/), on Flickr

[Bytemrk]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/01/1317.jpg
D7000 70-300VR @ 280mm f/8.0 1/400 ISO 200

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/01/1318.jpg
D7000 70-300VR @ 300mm f/8.0 1/100 ISO 100

[Chucaro]

Female Darter Anhinga melanogaster

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/01/1283.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/11/62.jpg

[dmdigital]

Love the first one - Its head's on backwards :)

There was no way I was getting that close to the Darter I photographed. Had way to much open beach and he obviously wasn't used to people.

[Chucaro]

Love the first one - Its head's on backwards :)

There was no way I was getting that close to the Darter I photographed. Had way to much open beach and he obviously wasn't used to people.

The only way to get closer to these birds is by dragging yourself in the ground for 20 meters or so.
I start getting old for that :)
I am after a male now, their are majestic during the breeding season. :cool:

[dmdigital]

Well I'm pretty sure the one I saw was an immature male but it was definitely Anhinga novaehollandiae and not Anhinga melanogaster. So between us we kind of captured a pair :)

As for crawling on the ground... definitely with you on that one ;)
Also the monopod does make a handy walking stick.

[Chucaro]

After emigrating my host site from Spain to Brasil the images in my previous post are deleted :(
I hope that I do not repeat my post here or in the future.

Some of my favorites images.
Superb Fairy-wren
Scientific name: Malurus cyaneus
Family: Maluridae
Order: Passeriformes

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/01/1214.jpg

In different perch:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/01/548.jpg

New Holland Honeyeater
Scientific name: Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
Family: Meliphagidae
Order: Passeriformes

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/01/1215.jpg

Welcome Swallow
Scientific name: Hirundo neoxena
Family: Hirundinidae
Order: Passeriformes

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/01/1216.jpg

[Rusnut]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/[/IMG]https://www.aulro.com/afvb/[/IMG]https://www.aulro.com/afvb/[/IMG]

[justinc]

:D:D:D:D:D

Rats with wings:D


JC

[slug_burner]

:D:D:D:D:D

Rats with wings:D


JC

little b@$#&*s, they come and raid my fruit trees before I get a chance to taste the fruit.

[Rusnut]

and we're not aloud to shoot them

[stallie]

http://dancolborne.smugmug.com/photos/i-Nqwh68p/0/L/i-Nqwh68p-L.jpg

[Disco44]

http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag92/rusnut/DSCN0843_zps0615d3d4.jpghttp://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag92/rusnut/DSCN0841_zpse5d03951.jpghttp://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag92/rusnut/DSCN0842_zpsac5f64fc.jpg

Mongrel things.Smelly and disease ridden.
John.

[scarry]

Now back to birds;)

Been a few of these noisy things around lately.Channel-billed Cuckoo or Hornbill.They are very shy,hard to get a good pic,this is the best i could do.



https://www.aulro.com/afvb/[/URL][/IMG]

[Disco44]

Now back to birds;)

Been a few of these noisy things around lately.Channel-billed Cuckoo or Hornbill.They are very shy,hard to get a good pic,this is the best i could do.



http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/12095496/640/12095496.jpg (http://picturepush.com/public/12095496)

They are a large bird and lay their eggs in a crows nest.Their young are among the noisiest in the bird world and keep the crows on the hop feeding them.All the crows young are kicked out of the nest.
If the nest is to close to your home,you will finish blowing the nest to bits with a shotgun,the noise is out of this world.
John

[scarry]

A few less crows around our place would be good,they are extremely noisy and there are heaps around.A real PITA.

Those hornbills are very rare around here,only see a few every year.

[scarry]

spangled drongo.These are around at the moment but disappear as the weather cools off.



http://www5.picturepush.com/photo/a/12103758/640/12103758.jpg (http://picturepush.com/public/12103758)

[Chucaro]

The Black Pacific duck is very common but when the natural light is spot on I cannot resist to press the trigger :)
The third image is of the same species but this is the first time that I have the chance to capture one with this mutation.

Nikon D300s @ 300mm on manual mode.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/465.jpg

I also like the reflection on this one

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/466.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/467.jpg

[justinc]

:o:eek::twisted:

the word 'duck', and the phrase 'press the trigger' are a dangerous combination Arthur:o


jc

[Chucaro]

:o:eek::twisted:

the word 'duck', and the phrase 'press the trigger' are a dangerous combination Arthur:o


jc

yes :D, and I cooked the shot well :p

[scarry]

That centre pic is fantastic:)

[scarry]

Pair of variegated wrens.There is a couple of legs missing,i wonder what they are up to?

Cannon 5D
400mm

Cropped only

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/444.jpg (http://picturepush.com/public/12215654)

[scarry]

Another shot of the same pair of variegated fairy-wrens.
Cannon5D
400mm



http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/12215686/640/12215686.jpg (http://picturepush.com/public/12215686)

[Chucaro]

Excellent captures and good timing also they are sharp were have to be.
A fine images indeed.

[Chucaro]

A balancing act by a Brown Honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/439.jpg

[scarry]

Excellent captures and good timing also they are sharp were have to be.
A fine images indeed.

We recently inherited some late model gear from my wife's parents.
Been reading up a lot about it,still have not much idea what we are doing.
Noticed some of your pics on some bird photo forums.Will have to join them as there is a lot to learn.

[scarry]

This isn't much of a pic,got the wrong end of the bird,i think it is another wren,but is an interesting pic.

5D,400mm,cannon

http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/12223676/640/12223676.jpg (http://picturepush.com/public/12223676)

[Chucaro]

We recently inherited some late model gear from my wife's parents.
Been reading up a lot about it,still have not much idea what we are doing.
Noticed some of your pics on some bird photo forums.Will have to join them as there is a lot to learn.

Yes, join a forum and read the critique on the photos so you get an idea of how to compose an image and what people are looking at.
For birds the Australian forum Feathers and Photos (http://www.feathersandphotos.com.au/forum/forum.php) is among the best and the members are top people with excellent knowledge.
I am not very active on it now because the limitations on my gear for avian photography.
The other forum that I am a member is Naturescapes (http://www.naturescapes.net/), again great membership specially in the landscaping section.

You have good camera and the 400mm lens will allow you to get closer to the birds.

Cheers
Arthur

[Chucaro]

Welcome Swallow
Scientific name: Hirundo neoxena
Family: Hirundinidae
Order: Passeriformes

Nikon D300s lens @300mm manual mode.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/329.jpg

[Chucaro]

Superb Fairy-wren (female)
Scientific name: Malurus cyaneus
Family: Maluridae
Order: Passeriformes

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/186.jpg

[Chucaro]

A quick snapshot, I would like it to have a nicer pose but the perch was to nice to ignore.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/136.jpg

[scarry]

Mistake,mods please remove

[scarry]

Little black cormorant

5D,400mm

http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/12277740/640/12277740.jpg (http://picturepush.com/public/12277740)

[scarry]

Spotted these but couldn't get a good shot,a bit more experience may help;)

Eastern yellow robin


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/126.jpg[/URL][/IMG]

[Chucaro]

Good timing for this behavior shot :)

[Chucaro]

Paul I like the pose of the Little black cormorant and is a nice image as well.
Are the level a bit out or need a bit of adjustment with the curves?
I think that there are more details in the plumage with a bit of more PP or perhaps is my laptop.

[scarry]

The level may be out slightly but i hadn't noticed,your photographic eyes are probably way better than mine.Are you lining it up with the ripples in the background?

I haven't really got into PP(wife has it on her laptop) yet,but did lighten it slightly in iPhoto,my computer is a mac.Couldn't get it any better with any of the other settings.

Thanks for your help.:)

Going to register on Feathers and Photos soon so can pick up a few more tips.:)

[Chucaro]

The level may be out slightly but i hadn't noticed,your photographic eyes are probably way better than mine.Are you lining it up with the ripples in the background?

I haven't really got into PP(wife has it on her laptop) yet,but did lighten it slightly in iPhoto,my computer is a mac.Couldn't get it any better with any of the other settings.

Thanks for your help.:)

Going to register on Feathers and Photos soon so can pick up a few more tips.:)

Generally I ignore the BG and concentrate on the bird. My first appreciation are on the beak and eyes and then look at the plumage.
Blacks and whites are hard to expose and some times the camera need a bit of help with PP to enhance the details.
I am sure that you are going able to "pop-up" this image without any problem.
Have a look THIS (http://arthur-plottier.megashot.net/photos/106643/gallery/2342) image so you can see what I mean regarding the plumage.
I do my PP using PSCS5 which give you good control of the image.
Feathers and Photos is excellent and people there are not arrogant like in other avian forums.

[Carzee]

You looking at me?

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/13.jpg

[Carzee]

this took about 50 fails to get one good frame.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/12.jpg

[Chucaro]

What a beautiful bird and the first is an excellent shot.
I have to have one of them in my collection.

[Carzee]

I only have half a dozen good bird shots. Birds are a great subject for learning.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/7.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/8.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/9.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/10.jpg

[Chucaro]

I only have half a dozen good bird shots. Birds are a great subject for learning.


I agree with you and you are doing very well. The reds on the parrots are very easy to "burn" if the exposure it is not spot on.
You got them spot on.
There are some important rules in avian photography and they are:
1) Sharp beak and eyes
2)Spark of light on the eye other ways they look like an empty socket
3) Good head turn so an eye and the beak are well exposed.
4) Overall sharpens of the bird.

[Witchdoctor]

Found a couple of old images

Enjoy

David

[scarry]

Down the coast,rained most of the time,managed to get out and grab this between rain showers.Very low light,best i could do.



http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/12325457/640/12325457.jpg (http://picturepush.com/public/12325457)

[Chops]

I'm not very good with a camera, although I do take lots of pics when I remember to think of it, or in the case when driving, if I can con someone to do it for me.
I have just a Fuji "Finepix S6500fd" which I only use in "auto" mode. It does what I need, but I'm hoping to learn how to use it properly without it being on auto all the time.
But anyway, whilst away at Xmas down on the coast, we had these little guys around us a fair bit, so I took a pic ;)

[Carzee]

I saw a misty/foggy bird photo in a old National Geographic magazine years ago and went out early the next day to get one for myself.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/03/1023.jpg

If you want to see inspiring photos of all kinds I advocate going to YMCA and other Op-Shops and picking up an armful of old National Geographics. Some places want 20c each, some 40c. Its a way cheaper option than expensive coffee table books. Of course, nothing beats your local library.

[Chucaro]

Red winged parrot, Crimson winged parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/03/904.jpg

[scarry]

Pacific black duck showing off his colours.


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/03/778.jpg[/URL][/IMG]

[stallie]

That moment when you realise that you are very shortly going to be lunch.
http://dancolborne.smugmug.com/Travel/Antarctic-Wildlife/i-Tf5dnXh/1/L/_DSC7659%20-%20Version%202-L.jpg

For those concerned at the outcome, the Leopard seal swam off after 15 minutes of circling and taunting.

[scarry]

Cannon 5D 3
400mm

Moreton island,White breasted sea eagle


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/03/99.jpg

[Chucaro]

Superb capture Paul!!!!
Excellent timing and exposure.

[scarry]

Superb capture Paul!!!!
Excellent timing and exposure.

Thanks,still got a lot to learn....:)

[incisor]

dead tree in the park out the back was busy with large birds the other morning so i tried the 300mm out on them.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/04/1513.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/8608580805/)
bird22intreeouttheback (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/8608580805/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/04/1514.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/8609687880/)
bird2intreeouttheback (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/8609687880/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/04/1515.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/8609688198/)
bird1intreeouttheback (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/8609688198/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr

[Chucaro]

You got the exposure spot on Inc and the pose on the Egrets is very nice as well.

[scarry]

White breasted sea eagle

5D3,400mm

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/04/862.jpg (http://picturepush.com/public/12687097)

[scarry]

Another shot of probably same bird the day before.

Cannon 5D3,400mm

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/04/859.jpg[/URL][/IMG]

[lebanon]

Not mine but very interesting.

Naturen är fantastisk !!!: I KNIPANS VÄRLD !!! (http://naturen-ar-fantastisk.blogspot.ca/p/i-knipans-varld.html)

[olbod]

Scaly breasted Lorikeet with mate.
Mobile phone.

[Discomark]

We used to get regular visits from Powerful Owls as they would wait for possums cleaning up seeds from the bird table. Not seen them for a couple of years now but hear them every now and again so good to know they are still around.

[Discomark]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3135/3024816550_88c42774cd.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/23623574@N06/3024816550/)
Pavarotti Pelican (http://www.flickr.com/photos/23623574@N06/3024816550/) by wortho64 (http://www.flickr.com/people/23623574@N06/), on Flickr
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/04/537.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/23623574@N06/3024818802/)
Pelican (http://www.flickr.com/photos/23623574@N06/3024818802/) by wortho64 (http://www.flickr.com/people/23623574@N06/), on Flickr

[incisor]

tucked away deep in the tree next door

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/04/246.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/8684209513/)
birdintreenextdoor (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/8684209513/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr

i have no idea what it is.

[Chucaro]

Nice one Dave, it is a Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus with breeding plumage.

[MichaelJR]

Some photos from a recent trip to Alice Springs Desert Park; a kite, a barn owl and a wedge-tailed eagle.
Michael

[Chucaro]

Very nice captures Michael :)

[Chucaro]

That White breasted sea eagle shots are awesome, the exposure are excellent and the pose superb.

[lebanon]

My first post to this wonderful thread, I got the chance to take pictures of two large flocks of cranes with the second one flying quiet low.

Sure the pictures are not of the quality of the masters of the thread :D but the importance is to participate.

I was using the EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM L for the majority of the pictures but had to use my old 75-300mm zoom lens to get the close-ups.

Your comments are very welcomed.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/1077.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/1078.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/1079.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/1080.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/1081.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/1082.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/1083.jpg

[Chucaro]

Patrick the exposure is very good and the details are an easy fix just go a get a $10000 600mm lens :D
Good job mate, keep on it.

[lebanon]

Patrick the exposure is very good and the details are an easy fix just go a get a $10000 600mm lens :D
Good job mate, keep on it.

Humm for this bargain price I will buy two.:cool:

[lebanon]

Until I receive my two ordered 600mm I had to use my old 75-300 mm in order not to miss the opportunity of capturing this group of colorful European bee-eaters.

Most of the birds we get the chance to see are migrating birds.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/752.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/753.jpg

and a nice picture of the bird

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/754.jpg

[Chucaro]

The last image was with in range of the lens, it is nice and sharp were it is important in avian photography, the eye and beack.
Nice job mate, keep with it, I do not have a 600 or 400 for that matter and do not give up :D

[lebanon]

The last image was with in range of the lens, it is nice and sharp were it is important in avian photography, the eye and beack.
Nice job mate, keep with it, I do not have a 600 or 400 for that matter and do not give up :D

Chucaro,

I am very sorry but the last picture is not mine, I forgot to mention it in my previous post. I added it to show the beauty of bird.

[Discomark]

Some bird shots I took on a trip to Southern Africa. All taken with Canon 30D and EF70-300mm Lens.
Goshawk with Lunchhttps://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/707.jpg
Ground Hornbill https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/708.jpg
Kingfisher https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/709.jpg
Marabou Stork? https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/710.jpg
Unknown https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/711.jpg
Flamingos https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/712.jpg
Unknown https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/713.jpg
Pelicans https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/714.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/715.jpg
Lilac Breasted Roller https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/716.jpg
Vultures https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/717.jpg
Hawk with leftovers https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/718.jpg
Rainbow Bee Eater https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/719.jpg
Greater blue-eared starling https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/720.jpg
Eagle https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/721.jpg
Bustard https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/722.jpg
Hornbill
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/723.jpg
Saddle Billed Stork https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/724.jpg

[29dinosaur]

Not brilliant photography but caught this 'snap' a few years ago in our backyard. It's more aboutthe number of kookas than the photographic excellence)


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/642.jpg

[Discomark]

[QUOTE=29dinosaur;1912091]Not brilliant photography but caught this 'snap' a few years ago in our backyard. It's more aboutthe number of kookas than the photographic excellence)


Good shot, I've seen six in a row at our place but never that many. You would not want to be a lizard in your garden ;)

[lebanon]

Some bird shots I took on a trip to Southern Africa. All taken with Canon 30D and EF70-300mm Lens.

Is it an IS model? \mine is not it is the first generation of this lens.

[Discomark]

Is it an IS model? \mine is not it is the first generation of this lens.

That's the one and often referred to as the hidden L Lens. AN excellent lens for the price.
FM Reviews - Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM (http://www.fredmiranda.com/reviews/showproduct.php?product=294)

[Discomark]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/592.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/593.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/594.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/595.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/596.jpg

[Discomark]

Inspired by 29Dinosaurs pic.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3653/3427377901_e499811b09_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/23623574@N06/3427377901/)
Uninvited guest (http://www.flickr.com/photos/23623574@N06/3427377901/) by wortho64 (http://www.flickr.com/people/23623574@N06/), on Flickr

[dullbird]

was gunna put this in anything goes but I guess its a bird so why not, one of my bantam girls almost all grown up :)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/519.jpg

[Chrisinhouston]

A pair of sandhill cranes in flight in New Mexico's Bosque del Apache Wildlife Reservation. Thousands of them winter there.

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z156/Chrisinhouston/LR%20forum%20images/2009-005-178NewMexico.jpg (http://s194.photobucket.com/user/Chrisinhouston/media/LR%20forum%20images/2009-005-178NewMexico.jpg.html)


My Discovery out on the photo safari in New Mexico. I was getting a lot of use out of my Sigma 800mm lens!

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z156/Chrisinhouston/LR%20forum%20images/2009-005-656NewMexico.jpg (http://s194.photobucket.com/user/Chrisinhouston/media/LR%20forum%20images/2009-005-656NewMexico.jpg.html)

[goingbush]

couple of images 'snapped off' today by my wife with her point and shoot, out the passenger window (Lumix FZ200) all I did in Photoshop was straighten the horizon and crop the edges & resize for limited bandwidth.

no way I can get these opportunistic images with my much better camera by the time I pull up and grovel around for my camera and then change lenses the subject is long gone.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/139.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/140.jpg

believe it or not she also got a Sambar Stag as it crossed the road ahead of us,
did not realise they were in FNQ !!!

[Chucaro]

Awesome bird, I would love to have it in my collection.

[scarry]

Awesome bird, I would love to have it in my collection.

Exactly,that is a young one,a lot of golden plumage.The older they get the darker they get.
It is a great shame many are now killed feeding on road kill.

[amatol]

It is a great shame many are now killed feeding on road kill.

I made a habit of dragging road kill off the road for that reason. :)

[TheTree]

That's the one and often referred to as the hidden L Lens. AN excellent lens for the price.
FM Reviews - Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM (http://www.fredmiranda.com/reviews/showproduct.php?product=294)

Fantastic lens, light and fast to focus, I prefer it to the f2.8

Steve

[goingbush]

I made a habit of dragging road kill off the road for that reason. :)

you would be stopping every 500m


another image from Val's point and Shoot lumix FZ200 out the car window,
100% crop at full zoom

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/06/954.jpg

thats a nuisance, the actual name of the bird species is pinged by the swear filter, will rename file on server & retry

[Alex 110]

need to get to scanning my 35mm prints & slides - haven't got anywhere near as good photos since I went digital

Old gear - Olympus OM10 SLR with lenses from 28-200 zoom, to 500mm mirror lense, to Kowa TSN-4 spotter scope with camera adapter giving me a 1200mm f15.6 telephoto

New gear - Pentax K-X dSLR with 18-55mm, 75-300mm macro, & the Kowa listed above

too many birds, not enough time

[tonic]

This young wedgy turned up at one of the quarries I work at recently. Mum and dad fly around and keep an eye on him/her. What gets us is that he/she like sitting on top of the drilling rig mast while we drill. The noise and vibration is incredable. Anyway he/she likes donuts, ham sandwiches, some fruits, bread and chases things we throw along the ground. Will try and get some good shots with a proper camera one day. This is with a mobile through the window of the rig. Eating said donut.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=61787&stc=1&d=1371290540

[scarry]

Sounds similar to the pet one we had when we were kids:)

Was a fantastic pet,she used to chase the cricket ball and bring it back to us.
She was on a long chain and running line with leathers(jessies),i think we called them,for many years.
Had a wonderful personality,happy to be with you like a dog.

Those were the days before you had to have permits,etc for keeping native wildlife.Cant remember where she came from,but had been in captivity from a very young age.

Anyway,back to bird pics:p

[dmdigital]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/06/188.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmdigital/9124053698/)
STK20130616N_326 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmdigital/9124053698/) by DMdigital (http://www.flickr.com/people/dmdigital/), on Flickr

[Bytemrk]

This little fellow was very co operative.. let me get quite close.

Wish I had noticed the leaf in front of his head :mad:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/06/546.jpg

[goingbush]

A Bee Catcher catching a Bee
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/06/490.jpg

and a Seagull catching a fish
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/06/491.jpg

[ozscott]

D7100, Tamron 70-200 f2.8

Cheers

[ozscott]

...its a bird...

Cheers

[dullbird]

I got a chook posted in here somewhere too I think unless I put in in anything goes:D

[goingbush]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/816.jpg
Fluke shot taken with a point and shoot Canon SX50 HS from about 300m on full zoom,
Not a bad camera for under $500

[AllTerr]

80838On me back deck....


Sent from my iPhone using AULRO mobile app

[Bytemrk]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/09/1570.jpg

[Chucaro]

In these images was very hard to control the exposure of the whites without loosing details in the blacks.

Nikon D300s, Nikon 70-300VR manual exposure, aperture F5.6, focal lens @ 300mm, ISO400

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/09/1004.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/09/1005.jpg

[SII Josh]

got lucky with this shot i think :D

[Bytemrk]

got lucky with this shot i think :D

Right place at the right time is always nice ;)

[scarry]

been a few of these around lately,male King parrot

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/10/1331.jpg (http://picturepush.com/public/14393374)

[scarry]

Pale headed rosella

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/10/1330.jpg (http://picturepush.com/public/14393388)

[scarry]

I watched these two wrens for a while,they were doing some kind of courtship i think?


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/10/1329.jpg (http://picturepush.com/public/14393397)

[scarry]

White breasted sea eagle

Eastern side of Moreton island


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/10/1328.jpg (http://picturepush.com/public/14393428)

[Bytemrk]

Nice shots Paul :)

[Chucaro]

I have managed to take few shots of Pale headed Rosella when I lived in Qld.
The juveniles have red on the head.

Juvenile on the top image and an adult on the bottom.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/01/936.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/01/935.jpg

[scarry]

Thanks guys,i have a heap more.
I need to photo shop a few,particularly some BIF,but find it very difficult.
I don't have the time,as i learn a bit,then by the time i try again i have lost it all:(
Work is very busy which does not help,and computers are not my go either.

Arthur those two of the rosellas are great.

[Chucaro]

Thanks Paul,

I have few more shots of that beautiful specie. In our garden we planted 50 different type of grevilleas and was paradise for them :)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/01/934.jpg

[scarry]

Grevilleas are excellent at attracting many types of birds,including noisy miners that chase everything else away:mad:

The pale headed rosellas around here are very wary and hard to get close to,they also get chased away by the noisey miners.

[Bytemrk]

They are great Arthur.



I don't have the time,as i learn a bit,then by the time i try again i have lost it all:(.

You are not alone Paul.... I get out and play with the camera to relax.... but it can be frustrating too if you can't get out often enough to really get new things into your head.

[Chucaro]

Grevilleas are excellent at attracting many types of birds,including noisy miners that chase everything else away:mad:

The pale headed rosellas around here are very wary and hard to get close to,they also get chased away by the noisey miners.

We used to have heaps of noisey miners and the Blue faced honey eaters used to chasing them. Rainbows were good as well.
Do you have Blue Faced honey eaters in your area?

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/01/938.jpg

This is a portrait of a juvenile with the green faced.
before the green coloration they have gold face.
I think that I have a photo of one of them

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/01/937.jpg

[Bytemrk]

Here is a couple of mine...

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/10/1309.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/10/1310.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/10/1311.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/10/1312.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/10/1313.jpg

[Chucaro]

Beautiful Mark, there are few species that I would love to have in my collection. :)

[scarry]

Arthur,we do get the blue faced honeyeaters,on occasions,but generally they are not common.Yes they do stand up to the miners.Miners here actually chase the pale headed rosellas around,but the king parrots have the better of them,as do the Rainbows.
We had whip birds breeding last year,but eventually the miners chased them away as well:(

Back to bird pics,Bytemrk,those are pretty good.

[scarry]

Pale headed rosella

Adjusted the colours a bit,and cropped.

trying to learn a bit about PP.



https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/10/315.jpg (http://picturepush.com/public/14416830)

[Chucaro]

Very well capture Paul and it is sharp.
The whites in the head are a tad overexposed which it is a very common problem on these birds.
You can adjust that during PP, specially in the raw (nef) image.
You can select the area and adjust the exposure on it or select the withes and adjust them.
By selecting the whites you have to be very careful because it is a high sensitive adjustment and it can be overdone.
Do not do the adjustment on contrast because it destroy the original, do it on a new adjustment layer which allows you to do PP adjustments without upsetting the original image.
Which PP software are you using?

[AllTerr]

A couple of regulars around my yard.....

[scarry]

Chucaro,using photoshop CC,SWMBO does most of it.
i knew the head was slightly over exposed,but we didn't really know how to sort it.We will have a play and repost it.
Thanks for your advice.

[scarry]

A couple of regulars around my yard.....

We had a pair digging out an ant nest for the last week or so in our front yard.
Haven't seen them around for a couple of days.
Saw a broken egg under the nest today,grabbed the ladder and had a look,bloody possum has taken over the nest:mad:

Bit of sheet metal around the tree is the go,hopefully the birds return.

[DeanoH]

Taken in Halls Creek in August 2014, this Little Friarbird preening itself under the tree canopy, terrible lighting and a quick 'snap'. All things considered I reckon it's not a bad result.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/11/1082.jpg (http://s540.photobucket.com/user/DeanoH/media/Holiday%202014/DSC_5022as_1200X900_zps5a768c56.jpg.html)

Nikon D70 jpeg image
Nikkor 80-400 VR @ 330mm

1/1250
f 5.6
ISO 400

Deano :)

[BMKal]

Not exactly birdlife ..................... but they do fly. :D

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/11/1052.jpg

[BMKal]

One of the residents of Cockatoo Island (there are thousands of them).

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/11/1050.jpg

And a Sea Eagle - photo taken from the balcony in front of the office on an overcast day.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/11/1051.jpg

[AllTerr]

These guys decided to start a family in a tree in my back yard....8661786618


Sent from my iPhone using AULRO mobile app

[DeanoH]

Is this a baby one of these, a Tawny Frogmouth.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/11/915.jpg (http://s540.photobucket.com/user/DeanoH/media/DSC_4165as_640X480.jpg.html)

This shot taken a couple of years ago in my 'bush' paddock.

Deano :)

[Chucaro]

Just an Egret and a hard job to control the exposure :(

http://megashot.net/sbushinskii/mvc/photo_photopage/20110406014428_87063.jpg

[AllTerr]

Is this a baby one of these, a Tawny Frogmouth.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/11/915.jpg (http://s540.photobucket.com/user/DeanoH/media/DSC_4165as_640X480.jpg.html)

This shot taken a couple of years ago in my 'bush' paddock.

Deano :)

Looks like 1 to me....


Sent from my iPhone using AULRO mobile app

[Bytemrk]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/11/601.jpg

[Mike Jarvis]

Gouldian Finch

Not especially brilliant photographically but the subject is lovely...

[DeanoH]

My favourite photographic subjects were having a pretty miserable time today.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/11/199.jpg (http://s540.photobucket.com/user/DeanoH/media/Birds/DSC_0111as2a_zps3dfafcf1.jpg.html)

Nikon D80
Nikkor 80 - 400mm @ 240mm
1/60
f5.6
ISO 400

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/11/200.jpg (http://s540.photobucket.com/user/DeanoH/media/Birds/DSC_0096as3a_zps475082c9.jpg.html)

Nikon D80
Nikkor 80 - 400mm @ 300mm
1/80
f5.3
ISO 400

Deano :)

[DeanoH]

oops................. double post.

Deano :)

[Cap]

Well its been many years since i have been on aulro and its great this thread is still going with great posts too. I have been slack although life got busy and not much photography... but thats about to change as i got a disco 1 back in the stable and ready to rock!

[oldsalt]

A little "present" dropped by one of my feathered friends yesterday.... 150mm macro & 12 shots stacked using "Zerene" stacking software.
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=87768&stc=1&d=1417142420

[Chucaro]

Darter Anhinga melanogaster (female)

Nikon D300s Nikon 70-300VR
Program: manual
Focal @ 300mm
Aperture F5/6
ISO= 200
SS 1/1000

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/11/62.jpg

[reachjatt]

Recent visit with my dad to Maroondah Reservoir Park Healesville!!

[Avion8]

I have been trying to capture a photo of this little Splendid Fairy-wren for months during our morning walk. He is usually only there when I leave the camera at home, but this morning we got lucky:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/800.jpg (http://s938.photobucket.com/user/jodel1050/media/Birds/P1010617_zps4b9324d3.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/801.jpg (http://s938.photobucket.com/user/jodel1050/media/Birds/P1010624_zps96a857cf.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/802.jpg (http://s938.photobucket.com/user/jodel1050/media/Birds/P1010622_zpsafa0765d.jpg.html)

[Avion8]

Hope this Little Eagle didn't eat the Blue Wren!

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/618.jpg (http://s938.photobucket.com/user/jodel1050/media/Birds/P1010649_zps0cd764f4.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/619.jpg (http://s938.photobucket.com/user/jodel1050/media/Birds/P1010653_zps5e2ead85.jpg.html)

[Chucaro]

I borrowed from my son his Nikon D300s with the awesome Nikon 300mm f/4 and took from the distance these snap shots of New Holland honey eaters in his garden.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/123.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/124.jpg

[Bytemrk]

Messing around with a Nikon 1 V3

[Nikon 1 V3 , FT-1 Adapter and Nikkor 70-300VR]

It's awkward not having a viewfinder and having to rely on the LCD.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/87.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/88.jpg

[Avion8]

Scarlet Robin looking a little hot this morning:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/62.jpg (http://s938.photobucket.com/user/jodel1050/media/Birds/P1010731_zpsof4qe85j.jpg.html)

[Greatsouthernland]

Macaw!

Adelaide zoo during a school trip.

[Greatsouthernland]

And this one

[Chucaro]

That is anything between $8000 to $12000 flying there

[scarry]

That is anything between $8000 to $12000 flying there

I have a scratchy pic of two on my phone,they are owned by a guy who breeds them.He raised 8 this year,sold them for 15k each.

[scarry]

here is the scratchy pic of the two of them.


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/6.jpg (http://picturepush.com/public/14521043)

[Chucaro]

Yes Paul, the red shoulder ones known as Scarlet Macaw fetch more money that the others.
I have done all the research to start breeding Amazons which costs $3500 + but the cost of the security is very expensive and I would become prisoner in my own home.

I do not think that in Australia are Hyacinth macaws they go for more that $30000 easy but they cannot take any more out of Brasil.

[scarry]

Yes Paul, the red shoulder ones known as Scarlet Macaw fetch more money that the others.
I have done all the research to start breeding Amazons which costs $3500 + but the cost of the security is very expensive and I would become prisoner in my own home.

I do not think that in Australia are Hyacinth macaws they go for more that $30000 easy but they cannot take any more out of Brasil.

I have bred many birds over the years but have kept away from exotic types for that reason.

The guy who lives next to one of my brothers also has two,but has been unsuccessful trying to breed them.Haven't seen them for a while and can't remember what type they are.He has successfully bred black, and another type,i think they are, palm cockatoos.

[scarry]

Been trying to do this for ages,to show how much blue these King parrots have on the underside of their wings.

This was late in the day,so is a bit grainy as ISO was up high.

I could probably clean it up in photo shop but still learning.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/02/486.jpg (http://picturepush.com/public/14532306)

[Chucaro]

Good timing, very nice BIF. Love that birds
Have a look if the image it is not a touch underexposed, looks a bit dark in my LT monitor.

[Chucaro]

Paul, have a look in the histogram if there are lost information on the RHS of it.
If it is, drag the point towards the information to recuperate it. You will se that the image will become lighter

[incisor]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/03/1134.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rw4exC)
bird in the cuban royal 2 (https://flic.kr/p/rw4exC) by NiknoDave (https://www.flickr.com/people/64369183@N05/), on Flickr

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/03/1135.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/reGUvc)
bird in the cuban royal 1 (https://flic.kr/p/reGUvc) by NiknoDave (https://www.flickr.com/people/64369183@N05/), on Flickr


crops from pics taken @ 300mm with my shaky old hands...

been trying to get this one for weeks...

not good but i got it!

anyone know what it is?

looks like an immature cookoo to me?

[Avion8]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/03/1134.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rw4exC)
bird in the cuban royal 2 (https://flic.kr/p/rw4exC) by NiknoDave (https://www.flickr.com/people/64369183@N05/), on Flickr

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/03/1135.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/reGUvc)
bird in the cuban royal 1 (https://flic.kr/p/reGUvc) by NiknoDave (https://www.flickr.com/people/64369183@N05/), on Flickr


crops from pics taken @ 300mm with my shaky old hands...

been trying to get this one for weeks...

not good but i got it!

anyone know what it is?

looks like an immature cookoo to me?

I reckon you are close with the cookoo theme. My old Australian bird book seems to indicate a Common Koel, which is a large parasitic cuckoo common in coastal QLD.

[Avion8]

Recent morning walk discovered this little female Red Cap Robin, followed us up the trail:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/03/1132.jpg (http://s938.photobucket.com/user/jodel1050/media/Birds/P1010852_zps2l2zfxdl.jpg.html)

And this even smaller little Pardalote:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/03/1133.jpg (http://s938.photobucket.com/user/jodel1050/media/Birds/P1010738_zpsupk7oq2b.jpg.html)

[123rover50]

Be good to have a decent camera. My old Pentax SLR bit the dust years ago but it seems my old lenses may screw on to a digital body if I go that way.
Meanwile its a Canon pocket point and shoot.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/03/959.jpg (http://s939.photobucket.com/user/123rover50/media/shooting/stinkie%20amp%20others_zpssrnzkfsn.jpg.html)

Keith

[incisor]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/04/1168.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/r2Lh7Q)

Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/r2Lh7Q) by NiknoDave (https://www.flickr.com/people/64369183@N05/), on Flickr


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/04/1169.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rYDcXj)

Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/rYDcXj) by NiknoDave (https://www.flickr.com/people/64369183@N05/), on Flickr

anyone know what it is?

whatever they are they don't much get on with mickeys :p

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/04/1170.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rWtUe7)

Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/rWtUe7) by NiknoDave (https://www.flickr.com/people/64369183@N05/), on Flickr

[scarry]

Spangled Drongo,i have a couple of shots of them taken yesterday,will post up later.

They migrate and are around same time each year.

Forked tail and red eye give them away.insect eater.

[kenleyfred]

I always thought that was a "fork tailed drongo "

[scarry]

Seems they don't get on well with Friar birds either.



https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/04/1167.jpg (http://picturepush.com/public/14607614)

[scarry]

Another Drongo,appears a bit grainy:(
This pic and the previous were both taken yesterday in the Noosa hinterlands.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/04/1166.jpg (http://picturepush.com/public/14607664)

[Chucaro]

Seems they don't get on well with Friar birds either.

Great action capture love the pose of both birds. :)

[Chucaro]

Another Drongo,appears a bit grainy:(
This pic and the previous were both taken yesterday in the Noosa hinterlands.


That is a nice BIF capture, try to clean the iso noise in the BG and the image will improve heaps. :)

[Chucaro]

Inc, ask for a $12000 Nikon 600 mm glass for next XMAS for avian photography.
Then again, better not, you will finish sleeping with the rangies in the shed :D

[scarry]

Thanks for your advice, Arthur.
Will give the PP a go.

Another from the same day,two Lewin's honeyeaters.

SWMBO actually took all three of the pics,the two of the Drongo and this one.

I noticed them feeding,just after a shower of rain,circling above a small clearing surrounded by trees,sun had just come out.

I was relegated to looking after the dog:(:)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/04/1161.jpg (http://picturepush.com/public/14607715)

1/8000 6.3 ISO 640

[incisor]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/07/1098.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rGkdRd)

the black bird cropped ...

flickr seems to ad some sharpening as it didnt look over sharpened in lightroom like it does here....

oh well

cropped black bird (https://flic.kr/p/rGkdRd) by NiknoDave (https://www.flickr.com/people/64369183@N05/), on Flickr

[mekon76]

Sitting in a neighbour's lemon tree. Haven't seen them in a while since he butchered the thing.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/04/1140.jpg

[Chucaro]

the black bird cropped ...

flickr seems to ad some sharpening as it didnt look over sharpened in lightroom like it does here....
oh well

Looks very good for a big crop Dave.
I like the head turn and the eye as a focus point.

[Chucaro]

Cattle Egret
Scientific name: Ardea ibis
Family: Ardeidae
Order: Ciconiiformes

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/04/1142.jpg

[dullbird]

Sitting in a neighbour's lemon tree. Haven't seen them in a while since he butchered the thing.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/04/1140.jpg

Looks like a lemon with legs:D

[mekon76]

Probably taste worse.

[scarry]

female fig bird,having a feed

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/04/1085.jpg (http://picturepush.com/public/14609025)

[Grimey]

A group of Tawny's that come and go from the yard as they please.
Most I have ever seen on one branch!

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/members/grimey-albums-misc-picture5300-tawnys.png

[scarry]

Back Tailed Native hen.

Western Qld,near Dirranbandi, enjoying the lagoons after 5" of rain over easter.

very overcast,not much light

ISO 1000,5.6f,1/640sec

Canon 400mm


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/05/275.jpg (http://picturepush.com/public/14684324)

[scarry]

Another very overcast day.This guy was eating a Black Duck for breakfast.
South west Qld.

Peregrine falcon

Cannon 400mm
F6.3
1/125sec

ISO 400


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/07/1116.jpg (http://picturepush.com/public/14743631)

[123rover50]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/07/1098.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rGkdRd)

the black bird cropped ...

flickr seems to ad some sharpening as it didnt look over sharpened in lightroom like it does here....

oh well

cropped black bird (https://flic.kr/p/rGkdRd) by NiknoDave (https://www.flickr.com/people/64369183@N05/), on Flickr

Interesting photo Dave.
When I first saw the distinctive tail I thought Spangled Drongo but it does not show the red eye.
It may be a trick of the light.
Keith