Post your birdlife shots

[Cap]

Thought that maybe we can start posting pics in a Bird thread, similar to Close Encounters and other dedicated threads.

So, here are some of my lame shots, zoom isnt the best in poor light and I hate bumping up ISA over 400... but ill post to start anyway ;)

What I need is a 300mm with a f2.8 (for less than $500 :p :p)

Tim (timaus13) taking aim at some rosellas
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1790.jpg

General run of the mill birds - more a practice run really than taking anything exotic.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1791.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1792.jpg

Whites not completely blown :)
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1793.jpg

[CowsGoMoo]

Bird shots can be very hard to take. Mate of mine take some great shots. That's pretty much all he shoots.

Here's a couple of mine.

Osprey taken flying over Narrabeen Lagoon. Spent way too long standing on a sand bank in the freezing cold while he was building his nest.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1782.jpg

Took awhile to figure out how to shoot these critters. They take off when the pre-flash goes off just before the main flash. End result is a blur of wings and two legs disappearing out the top of the shot. Trick is to use manual flash rather than TTL and lay in wait until they get used to you.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1783.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1784.jpg

[Cap]

Fantastic photos David, puts my efforts to shame. I would be very happy with those shots.

Yes I agree its not easy, I have HEAPS here in frame but all are 'soft' as my lens cant cope with poor light and movement :(

Very frustrating, but a challenge :D

[Chucaro]

Top captures David!
The Osprey, is one from the pair on the Central Coast, NSW?
Are you member of the Birds Australian Forum?
Cheers Arthur

[Chucaro]

Here are couple from me

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1780.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1781.jpg

[CowsGoMoo]

Top captures David!
The Osprey, is one from the pair on the Central Coast, NSW?
Are you member of the Birds Australian Forum?
Cheers Arthur

Not sure if these are back or not. They lived on top of a tree right next to the Narabeen Lagoon. Poor things would have the eggs only to have the nest blown away in a storm. Same thing happened a few years running. Not sure if they are back this year. Took this one in July so it should be osprey season soon.

No I'm not a member of the Birds Australia Forum. Some of those guys are very very good.

[Xtreme]

Stellar Jay - Provincial bird of British Columbia

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1763.jpg

Juvenile Bald Eagle

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1764.jpg

[Xtreme]

I snuck up on this couple at Eyre Ck on the QAA Line

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1762.jpg

[CowsGoMoo]

I snuck up on this couple at Eyre Ck on the QAA Line



Awww, such a cute couple :)

[Chucaro]

I need a 500mm or 600mm plus a 1.4 converter :(
I guess that I have to sell the Defe and buy a old RR :angel:
This is the reason why, the 300mm it is too short for BIF and the images are soft :(

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1715.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1716.jpg

[one_iota]

There are some fantastic photos above. :o

I like to see the birds in their habitat so it is not so much about the bird but for me the thrill of seeing them amongst everything around them....


Spider web and Butcher Bird


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1710.jpg


Banksia and a Wattle Bird:


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1711.jpg

[Cap]

Yeah I agree, certainly waiting for the bird to fly 'naturally' in hunt for grub rather than a bird perched on a fence (not that these are bad, as you get detail).

I discovered that maybe my soft shots were completely my fault... my lens does go 'soft' at 300mm and open wide (f5.6), so need to remain at around 200mm at f7ish for sharpest results. Of course, 200mm limits my ability to get in close :(

I suppose ill just have to save up the $6000 required for a good lens, AS IF! :eek:

[Chucaro]

I love the Frogmouth, they are cute and interesting.
They are not easy to spot because they blend in the trees like a bit of branch.
Nikon D300s with the Nikon 70-300VR

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1683.jpg

[Cap]

How did you spot them :eek:

Nice shot, clear as well (well not much colour but sharp).

[Chucaro]

How did you spot them :eek:

Nice shot, clear as well (well not much colour but sharp).

I new that was a pair in that bush so I was on the look for them
The camouflage is awesome, blends with the bark very well.
The one on the left is awake with the LHS eye closed and the other opened. keeping the eye on me. :)
The partener was sleeping.

[CowsGoMoo]

I love the Frogmouth, they are cute and interesting.
They are not easy to spot because they blend in the trees like a bit of branch.
Nikon D300s with the Nikon 70-300VR



Great shot. I like the Tawnys too. We have a pair that hang about our camp at Christmas. These ones tend to hoot and call to each other. I'ce got 2 that like sitting on my weather station at home. Never heard them hoot though. Reported to like eating spiders :)

I'm not happy with my shots. They tended to hide up in their nest and the camera angle was very steep. Here's mum with the young'en-

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1653.jpg

[CowsGoMoo]

Yeah I agree, certainly waiting for the bird to fly 'naturally' in hunt for grub rather than a bird perched on a fence (not that these are bad, as you get detail).

I discovered that maybe my soft shots were completely my fault... my lens does go 'soft' at 300mm and open wide (f5.6), so need to remain at around 200mm at f7ish for sharpest results. Of course, 200mm limits my ability to get in close :(

I suppose ill just have to save up the $6000 required for a good lens, AS IF! :eek:

Good to find out what the problem is. At least now you know what you need to do to fix it. I think trying to get good bird pictures is a real art form and a lot of effort can go into getting that perfect shot.

[dmdigital]

Some pictures of the local sparrows...

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1643.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1644.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1645.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1646.jpg

OK, Brahminy Kites

[Chucaro]

Great shot. I like the Tawnys too. We have a pair that hang about our camp at Christmas. These ones tend to hoot and call to each other. I'ce got 2 that like sitting on my weather station at home. Never heard them hoot though. Reported to like eating spiders :)

I'm not happy with my shots. They tended to hide up in their nest and the camera angle was very steep. Here's mum with the young'en-


Thank you David., great capture!
You have to borrow a cherry picker to get a better angle :D It would be an awesome capture.
John Cooper is one of my favorite avian photographers, he is an Australian and use a tower to capture fantastic images
His page is HERE (http://www.johncooperphoto.com/fauna/birds.htm)
Details of his hide and tower is HERE (http://www.users.on.net/~wildlifephotoaus/John_hide.html)

[Chucaro]

Nice shots Dererk, you have to use the flash in shots like the last one so the light it is on he eye!
Brahminy Kites are one of my fav raptors, we have a pair here but out of range of the 300mm lens.

[dmdigital]

Nice shots Dererk, you have to use the flash in shots like the last one so the light it is on he eye!
Brahminy Kites are one of my fav raptors, we have a pair here but out of range of the 300mm lens.
That was taken before I had the SB800's but even so I would have needed a Better Beamer or similar.

Brahminy Kites are very common up here, I see at least one or two every day either driving to or from work. Osprey's and Sea Eagles are also common, but I usually don't have the camera handy.

Here's one of the less common BOP's a Pacific Baza.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1642.jpg

[timaus13]

Here we have an action shot once again thanks to Stooge.:D:D:D

[Chucaro]

That was taken before I had the SB800's but even so I would have needed a Better Beamer or similar.

Brahminy Kites are very common up here, I see at least one or two every day either driving to or from work. Osprey's and Sea Eagles are also common, but I usually don't have the camera handy.

Here's one of the less common BOP's a Pacific Baza.


Nice photo, I would like to have it in my portflio :)
You have to take the D200 with you so you can capture a Sea Eagle ;)

[Chucaro]

Here we have an action shot once again thanks to Stooge.:D:D:D

Keep posting Tim, next you will need a 300mm f/4 for your avian shots :)

[Chucaro]

This Grey Fantail was not very happy with me :)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1641.jpg

[Cap]

Here we have an action shot once again thanks to Stooge.:D:D:D

Lovely shot Tim!! Love the chaos in there, too bad im partially in the shot.

[CowsGoMoo]

This Grey Fantail was not very happy with me :)



Little bird with big attitude :)
Good detail and I like the framing

[timaus13]

Once again thank you to Stooge for motivating the Bird into flight 4 me.:D:D:D





http://timaus13.zenfolio.com/

[dullbird]

well I guess I might as well put mine in here even though its a double post.
(We already have two other bird threads in here, with and without a kit lens)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1487.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1488.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1489.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1490.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1491.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1492.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1493.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1494.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1495.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1496.jpg

[dmdigital]

Another sparrow (Brahminy Kite)...
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1429.jpg

Forest Kingfisher
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1430.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1431.jpg

[dullbird]

2nd one is lovely Derek :cool:

[Chucaro]

The Brahminy image have lots of details and very sharp. Nice capture

[Chucaro]

Dusky Moorhen-Gallinula tenebrosa

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1422.jpg

One more Tawny Frogmouth enjoying the morning sun :)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/1423.jpg

[dullbird]

I love the frog mouths I wish I had some around my house

[Cap]

Went to play around again with my zoom lens, and yep cannot caprture moving objects without it appearing soft.

So heres one that kept still for me!!

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/960.jpg

Maybe I should leave it be until such time I have a better 200mm+ lens :(

[Cap]

A few shots of pelicans at Policemans Point

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/989.jpg

[bblaze]

Heres a couple more from policeman point

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/967.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/968.jpg

cheers
blaze

[dmdigital]

While we are on about Pelicans... Here's one from a couple of years ago.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/961.jpg

[dullbird]

Went to play around again with my zoom lens, and yep cannot caprture moving objects without it appearing soft.

So heres one that kept still for me!!

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/960.jpg

Maybe I should leave it be until such time I have a better 200mm+ lens :(


I really like this, and if it was taken with a kit lens that's even more more impressive...I love the inquisitive look

[Cap]

Right, had another crack at the zoom lens today and I think im starting to get it! So cloudy-ish day, cranked the ISO to Auto from 100-1600, set Manual mode so that its fixed at about 500ss and f7... therefore ISO fluctuates depending on light conditions.

I prefer this set up as I know both SS and Fstop wont change so I have full control.

Here are 3 shots, never mind the subject (boring), but more on capturing the moment which is what im after. Two are panning shots (getting used to these) and one stationary.

Lens, being what it is, gives a grainy look at full ISO1600, but better zoom lens in future will help the situation (now to find more funds :angel:)

Thoughts?

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/760.jpg

This is the same bird flying past me and about to touch down. Happy that I got these in frame (images have not been cropped)
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/761.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/762.jpg

[alien]

Only in set and forget mode:p
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/748.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/749.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/750.jpg

[Butts]

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

[KarlB]

Lovely birds Mulga Parrots. Thanks alien d2.

[CowsGoMoo]

Only in set and forget mode:p
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/748.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/749.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/750.jpg

Think a friend of mine tried to get some of these. Every time he pointed the camera they flew off. You did well.

[CowsGoMoo]

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=26225&stc=1&d=1276850203

Great shot. He's keeping an eye one you. :)

[Chucaro]

Nice BIF Carlos well exposed and captured. :)

[Chucaro]

Good collections of images, I would like the have the mulga parrots in my portfolio.

[Chucaro]

The blue-faced honeyeater it is very nice bird and change the colors of it face as he grows up.
The first stage as chick is a gold-faced, then green as a juvenille and finally blue as an adult.
There are plenty of chicks and juvenilles in the are and many of them come to feed in our native garden.
Here are two examples, one of a chick and the oher of a juvenile.
Cheers

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/745.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/746.jpg

[CowsGoMoo]

Great feather detail. First one get my pic as the second is slightly more obscured.
I think native gardens get more interesting birds than non-native.

[Chucaro]

The portrait of a juvenille

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/615.jpg

[Cap]

Hard shooting, shade everywhere, branches that made AF go :eek: but managed to get close by walking ever so slowly...

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/580.jpg

PS: Not sure why the images look so pixelated again... doesnt look this bad on my PC :(

[Chucaro]

Looks like that it is feeding in a Casurina.
The colors are awesome, you have to persist and soon or later you will have a clear shot.

[timaus13]

Love my D60 Get great clear shots with it.:D

[Chucaro]

Love my D60 Get great clear shots with it.:D

Good on you Tim!
The bird in fly at that distance even a 600 mm $ 15000 lens will be too short :D
The Australian Magpie is very well exposed and with good details.
Try to get a good head turn soo it is a good eye contact.
Also when you shoot birds remember to try to compose the image so the eye of the bird have the "spark"of light in it so it is not a black empty hole.
In this image it is very good.

[timaus13]

Here are a couple of my random shots My favourite is the dark Seagull.:D

[CowsGoMoo]

This little fella hangs around a fair bit. Tonight as I walked across the back yard he swooped very close to my head and made me duck. At first I though he was a bat but found it was the local tawny frogmouth as he landed on a TV antenna.

By the time I got the camera out and better beamer attached he'd taken up a perch on the roof. Only got one shot before he took off over the front yard someplace.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/500.jpg

[Chucaro]

Awesome details!!! top shot David

[CowsGoMoo]

Awesome details!!! top shot David

Thanks. First time shooting like this. I was shown that a smallish LED torch held against the foot of the lens is good for illumination and AF. Main light was SB-800 with better beamer. Taken with 80-400 @ 400mm with a bit of a crop in photoshop.
I'm thinking I might make a small bracket up to hold the torch. Maybe simple as a couple of rubber bands.

Found a ringtail possum up the maple tree tonight too. Might have to lure him down with an apple.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/498.jpg

[Chucaro]

Thanks. First time shooting like this. I was shown that a smallish LED torch held against the foot of the lens is good for illumination and AF. Main light was SB-800 with better beamer. Taken with 80-400 @ 400mm with a bit of a crop in photoshop.
I'm thinking I might make a small bracket up to hold the torch. Maybe simple as a couple of rubber bands.

Found a ringtail possum up the maple tree tonight too. Might have to lure him down with an apple.

Be careful! night photography it is addictive :)
Which camera are you using?

[Chucaro]

Good eye contact Don Pedro ;)

[Chucaro]

Brown Honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta)
The perch it is a native Banksia flower

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/496.jpg

[Cap]

Pedro discovered a new species.. the 'Peeping Tom' bird :p

[bblaze]

Here a few I took this morning, they are ultra quick. The pics are a bit soft, I have since change the camera to centre focus and hope this helps

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/378.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/379.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/380.jpg

cheers
blaze

[Chucaro]

I have a very good photography day with so many captures that I am building a new gallery just with images from the Baldwin Swamp in Bundaberg.
I love the Darter, fantastic shape and plumaje and in the way they pose is awesome.
Here are some shots of it.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/367.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/368.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/369.jpg

and a BIF shot, bit far away but you have to love that wing span :)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/370.jpg

[Chucaro]

I like the outcome of this capture. is sharp and have clear details.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/279.jpg

[Butts]

Arthur, very nice image. :cool:

[bblaze]

couple from this morning

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/200.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/201.jpg

cheers
blaze

[Cap]

One from today:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/177.jpg

[mowog]

Taken at Carnarvon Gorge caravan park.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/100.jpg

[Butts]

Ever tried catching one of these in flight? :mad:
Gave up and waited till he landed. :D

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/7169/birdiev.jpg

[Chucaro]

The Fantails are predictable where are going to perch. Yes they are moving fast.

[Chucaro]

Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio a portrait.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/06/66.jpg

[bblaze]

Young wedge tail eagle, there was a group of three but this was the only pic I had time for before they all disapeared. This pic was at about 50 metres with the tamron 18 to 270

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/07/1473.jpg

cheers
blaze

[Chucaro]

I would love to capture ome of this regal birds :)
To have a sharp image with a 300mm lens the ideal distance is 10 meters, 50 meters is out of range for a 600 mm lens if a excellent image is what the photographer like to have.
600mm = $ 11000 :(

[CowsGoMoo]

I would love to capture ome of this regal birds :)
To have a sharp image with a 300mm lens the ideal distance is 10 meters, 50 meters is out of range for a 600 mm lens if a excellent image is what the photographer like to have.
600mm = $ 11000 :(

I know someone with a 600mm. I'm too scare to even pick it up. It comes up with the goods in the way of bird pics. He's got one of the new Nikon 2x TC as well. Doesn't that combo reach out and grab the little beggers!

[Chucaro]

I know someone with a 600mm. I'm too scare to even pick it up. It comes up with the goods in the way of bird pics. He's got one of the new Nikon 2x TC as well. Doesn't that combo reach out and grab the little beggers!

I know 2 fellows in the forum as well, Sar and Steve. Sar use it with a D1H body and hand held :eek:

[Cap]

A shot today... cloudy conditions with a little sun when I took it.

240mm, f6.3, 1/250s, ISO 800, cropped

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/07/1060.jpg

[Chucaro]

Great capture Carlos with very good exposure control.
These fellows are moving fast and they are hard to capture them.

[Chucaro]

With a neck like this I would not need a reverse camera in the Defe :D

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP2112-2.jpg

[Cap]

Taken today, I followed him from tree to tree untill he was located on a low enough branch for the 240mm to reach. He even turned around for a pose on the other side :D

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/07/1022.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/07/1023.jpg

[Chucaro]

Nice expossed. The feathers are in a very good condition as well.
That lens is performing well for you :)

[digger]

26833


eye spy.....


how do these post larger?

[Chucaro]

Habitat shot of this Black Swan during morning grooming
All the shots with the Nikon D300s and the Nikon 70-300VR

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP2089.jpg

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP2087-2.jpg

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP2092.jpg

[DeanoH]

Nice Arthur, I particularly like the last one with wings spread.
I had a visitor at breakfast this morning.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/07/618.jpg

300mm, f11, 1/320, ISO 400, Nikon D70, Nikkor 80~400 VR lens.

Female King Parrot

[Chucaro]

Very nice image Deano, the lens @ 300mm work very well.
Good feather details and sharp bill and eyes.

[Chucaro]

This Brahminy Kite- Haliastur indus
was a bit out of range for my 300mm lens, therefore is a bit soft and have not much feather details but the wings span is nice :)

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP2973.jpg

[Cap]

NICE CAPTURE!!!!! :eek: :cool:

Did I mention that im very close to buying the Nikon 300m f4 AF-S & TC14???? :p :p

[Chucaro]

NICE CAPTURE!!!!! :eek: :cool:

Did I mention that im very close to buying the Nikon 300m f4 AF-S & TC14???? :p :p

Thanks Carlos, regarding the 300mm I am prepared to test it and do a report if you send it here for 6 or 8 weeks :D

For this shot I need 800mm or more so the 200-400 plus a X2 converter will be the cheaper option.
The 500 f/4 with a 1.7 converter would be ideal and not to heavy. :cool:

[DeanoH]

Had the usual flock of King Parrots this morning, 8 females and 1 male. Also had a ring in, this Crested Pigeon. Have seen a few of them this year, not all that common here but common as muck everywhere else in the country.
Still playing with settings on the 80~400 VR and was pretty happy with this shot considering the weather was grey, overcast and miserable.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/07/487.jpg

300mm, f7.1, 1/200, ISO 400, D70, 80~400 VR

Deano:)

[Cap]

Sweet shot Deano... can see all the plumage details and super sharp focus. Also great boke that makes subject stand out.

Dont know about the punk hairstyle tho :angel:

[Chucaro]

Very good work Deano, light, details and sharpening are spot on.

[Chucaro]

The Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus are resting during the day in dense bushes near lagoons and swamps and hunting during the night.
This is a male with breeding plumaje.
Nikon D300s, Nikon 70-300VR
Manual program ISO on auto @ 800 ISO
Focal @ 300mm, F/6.3, SS 1/400 ISO 450 (auto)

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP2999-2.jpg

[DeanoH]

Very nice Arthur, always difficult to get a good shot in these conditions.

Deano:)

[Chucaro]

I have a Heron with juvenille plumaje today, so I am happy :)

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP3051.jpg

[Chucaro]

Grey Fantail from today at the lagoon.
Hand held, no PP, ISO 800 focal @ 300mm
Nikon D300s Nikon 70-300VR

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

[grumpa]

I'm into portrait shots when I can; here's some recent stuff:
Peregrine Falcon: https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/07/344.jpg

Eagle: https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/07/345.jpg

Macaw: https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/07/346.jpg

Enjoy
Grumpa

[Cap]

Very nice grumpa, I must say the large eyes of these birds really make the shot. How did you manage these... are they captive birds?

[Chucaro]

Nice shots, the Macaw is captive for sure, other way is a $10000 flying around :)

[grumpa]

Nice shots, the Macaw is captive for sure, other way is a $10000 flying around :)

Actually, we had one flying around Adelaide city when it escaped from the zoo! Fortunately, it was retrieved by zoo-keepers the next morning. All of these shots were of captive birds. Thanks for your comments.
Grumpa

[grumpa]

These birds were NOT captive!
Kookaburra:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/07/343.jpg

Honey eater:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/07/330.jpg

Enjoy
Grumpa

[Cap]

Thanks again for posting, great to have another contributor ;)

Again, wonderful shots there... can I ask, what gear you have (Nikon, Canon, other etc)?

[Chucaro]

Nice images Grumpa, I like the eye contact on both and the head turn on the Honeyeater.

[Chucaro]

The 3 images were taken with Nikon D200 and Nikkor 75-240

Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/DSC4548.jpg

Pied Butcherbird, Cracticus nigrogularis

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/DSC4499.jpg

Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/DSC4533.jpg

[DeanoH]

Honey eater:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/07/330.jpg

Enjoy
Grumpa

Very nice, a young Red Wattlebird 'Anthochaera carunculata' I think.

Deano

[grumpa]

Thanks again for posting, great to have another contributor ;)

Again, wonderful shots there... can I ask, what gear you have (Nikon, Canon, other etc)?

Thanks for the comments.
I've had a few different cameras, all Nikon. I currently use a D700 and have all the great lenses: 14-24, 24-70, 70-200VR, 300 f4, 105 F2.8 macro. The gear is great; I wish I was better at using it. Remember that it is the photographer who makes the picture; he/she just uses whatever gear is available at the time.

Grumpa

[Chucaro]

Thanks for the comments.
I've had a few different cameras, all Nikon. I currently use a D700 and have all the great lenses: 14-24, 24-70, 70-200VR, 300 f4, 105 F2.8 macro. The gear is great; I wish I was better at using it. Remember that it is the photographer who makes the picture; he/she just uses whatever gear is available at the time.

Grumpa

I agree 50% with that comment, I captured this Egret today with the D200 and the Nikon 70-300VR and I can telling you that I whish I have a D3s and a 500F/4 so I would have a better image than this plus another 12 out of reach for my lens and ISO capabilities of the D200 ;)
We can swap my D200 for your D700 any time when you are ready :D
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

[dmdigital]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/07/306.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/07/307.jpg

[DeanoH]

Well, the sun has finally come out! This gives me a chance to try out the D300 with the Nikkor 18-200 1:3.5-5.6 G ED VR zoom.
My friends are back for breakfast and make the ideal subject.

Male King Parrot

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/07/165.jpg

150mm, f6.3, 1/400, ISO 200

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/07/166.jpg

200mm, f5.6, 1/50, ISO 200


Female King Parrot

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/07/167.jpg

150mm, f5.6, 1/800, ISO 200

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/07/168.jpg

170mm, f5.6, 1/400, ISO 200

It is harder to get feather detail in the red of the male Kingy, wheras the green of the female is easier. Is there a reason for this or is my monitor a bit so so ?

Deano:)

[Cap]

I found that the reds are hard as well, they can easily bleed out if saturated too much!

[dmdigital]

There are fewer red and blue photosites on a Bayer pattern filter over the camera's sensor than there are green sites. That's part of the explanation. Another part of the equation is the whitebalance temperature.

[Cap]

I also noticed that using Adobe RGB doesnt saturate the reds as much as sRGB colour gamut. I also have all other in camera options off, for example I dont have the saturation level set to vivid.

[dmdigital]

That's because Adobe RGB is better suited to print than screen as it is a much larger colour gamut than sRGB.

[Cap]

Correct and hence why I use Adobe RGB and then convert to sRGB for web during PP.

[grumpa]

I agree 50% with that comment, I captured this Egret today with the D200 and the Nikon 70-300VR and I can telling you that I whish I have a D3s and a 500F/4 so I would have a better image than this plus another 12 out of reach for my lens and ISO capabilities of the D200 ;)
We can swap my D200 for your D700 any time when you are ready :D
http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_APP0003-2.jpg

Nice shot; I had to give up trying with the D200. I just couldn't make it do what I wanted. The D700 is great - except for its weight. By the time you put a good lens on it you are carrying 2 - 3 Kg (4 - 6lb in English). No wonder I have a sore neck!

Grumpa

[dullbird]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/08/1310.jpg

[Cap]

That yours DB?? B-E-A-Utiful!!!

[dmdigital]

Beautiful capture. Did you pinch it from Hogwarts?

[dullbird]

That yours DB?? B-E-A-Utiful!!!

Yes hard to believe that it was taken through 1 inch wire isn't it.:D and it was on a really dull day too under tree cover I was quite pleased with the way it came out I have another one too of this bird and another with really cool orange eyes:).

of course there has been some post process i just moved the black slider all the way across thats it...it was enough to eliminate the ever so slight shadowing of the wire.

[Cap]

Well, considering what you said, thats even more impressive. Anyone would think you had a clean shot in s studio environment :D

[Chucaro]

Excellent image Dullbird, I would love to have an image like this in my collection.

[Bushie]

Red Winged Parrot
(Aprosmictus erythropterus)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/08/904.jpg
Taken at Weipa

Martyn

[Bushie]

Rainbow Bee Eater
(Merops ornatus)
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/08/766.jpg
Taken Archer River
Mungkan Kanju NP

Not the easiest shot - late afternoon, hand held, in a tinny heading down river.


Martyn

[Bushie]

A pair of kites

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/08/767.jpg
Archer River
Mungkan Kandju NP

Martyn

[Bushie]

Sea Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucogaster)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/08/768.jpg
Couldn't get close to this guy at all

Archer River
Mungkan Kandju NP

Martyn

[Bushie]

Whilst this is not such a good shot I thought I'd include it as it shows you may get unexpected inclusions

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/08/621.jpg
I didn't notice the panic the pelicans caused to the fish beneath until I was looking at the shots later.

Taken on the Chapman River at Pormpuraaw

Martyn

[Chucaro]

Very nice series Martyn, thank you for sharing them with us

[Chucaro]

One from the Brisbane Botanic gardens pond,
Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP3341.jpg

[Chucaro]

Figbird Sphecotheres viridis (young male)
Family: Oriolidae
Order: Passeriformes

Nikon D300s Nikon 70-300VR

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP3463-2.jpg

[mrapocalypse]

Just playing about in a Rainforest.

Satin Bower Bird.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/08/99.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/08/100.jpg

And His Bower

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/08/101.jpg


Couldn't get near him while he was actually in the bower.... Anyway!

For the Bird
Nikon D2X with 80-200 at 200mm (DX300mm)
800 ASA
F2.8
manual exposure and focus.

For the Bower a Sigma 10 - 20mm at F3.5

No post processing.

[Bushie]

Another one from Mungkhan Kandju NP

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/09/1871.jpg
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/bushie_defender/Cape%20York%202010/IMGP8379cr.jpg)
Darter (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/bushie_defender/Cape%20York%202010/IMGP8379cr.jpg)
( (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/bushie_defender/Cape%20York%202010/IMGP8379cr.jpg)Anhinga melanogaster) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/bushie_defender/Cape%20York%202010/IMGP8379cr.jpg)


Martyn (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/bushie_defender/Cape%20York%202010/IMGP8379cr.jpg)

[Chucaro]

One from my native garden, a Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/09/1795.jpg

[Landy Smurf]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/09/1790.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/09/1496.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/09/1497.jpg

[Cap]

Went with Tim to Margate and he spotted this Heron up on a gum tree!

Finally shot a Herron - so excited that I managed evn this shot in cloudy conditions and long distance using the 240mm.

This has really spurred me on to get the 300s and the 300mm F4 with tc1.4!

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10003/_DSC9019.jpg

[Chucaro]

Nice BIF and timing with good details under the wings.
You need the 300 + the X1.4 converter for spring time :)

[Chucaro]

Couple of shot in our garden.
D300s and Nikon 70-300VR
No PP at all only resize.

Noise Miner ( Manorina melanocephala)

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP3615-2.jpg

Scaly-breasted Lorikeet

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP3604-2.jpg

[Cap]

Took the D300s for a test run today... must say im super impressed with the performance especially on higher ISO settings. Now I need a long lens!! :(

Cropped image at about 50% original size

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10003/DSC0594.jpg

[Chucaro]

Very nice Carlos, crisp and sharp with excellent pose.

[Cap]

LOVING this camera! Especially the machine gun Continuous High mode :cool:

Took a few of a flying heron, spooked it when I got out of the car after taking some in car shots. Wanted to get closer, so DEF need a longer lens :p

Shots are close to 100% magnification.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/09/437.jpg

More one my site Arthur and Carlos Plottier Photography - Home (http://www.plottier.net)

[Chucaro]

Very good BIF with good eye contact and sharp beak.
The other ones in Arthur and Carlos Plottier Photography - Home (http://www.plottier.net) are very good as well.

[Cap]

Taken today:

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10003/_BRD0906.jpg

[Chucaro]

Nice capture of a Musk Lorikeet.
We do not have them here :(

[PSi]

Tiny olive-backed Sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis), shot in Kuching, Sarawak (Malaysian Borneo).
Shot with Nikon D300 w 70-200 VRII & TC20E II teleconverter


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/10/1041.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/10/1042.jpg

[PSi]

Raindrops falling on Spotted Dove (streptopelia chinensis)
Shot with Nikon D300 w 70-200 VRII

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/10/1040.jpg

[Bushie]

One of the first pics after I bought the dslr

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/10/1014.jpg


Martyn

[Chucaro]

Wonga Pigeon Leucosarcia melanoleuca
D300s Nikon 70-300VR


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/10/1013.jpg

[scoteye]

couple of shots taken at Australia Zoo during the bird show

[Cap]

...feeders work so well! This one (and many others) were taken today after my dog found it injured in my back yard. It was very timid, it allowed me to pick it up and walked on my hands arms like a pet! At any rate, I thought the little guy was calm so I took advantage of it and grabbed some 'controlled' photos. Now I see why the pros can get these kind of shots, and I was only mucking around - as in didnt want to stress it unecessarily so I didnt set up the background, just perched on a branch.

Must say the 28-80mm kit lens still does a great job even tho its been bashed around somewhat.

Notice sun reflection but also flash reflection as I used flash fill to bring out the micro details.

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10003/_BRD1355.jpg

[Chucaro]

Carlos, this is a fantastic find and image.
It have a broken of it born with the beak like this.
Give it shelter for the weekend in a box and feed him with cereal and a tiny bit of honey.
Call the local wild life care and find out what you can do with him :)
To keep these birds you need a license so it is better to give him a new chance.

[Chucaro]

Pale-headed Rosella
Scientific name: Platycercus adscitus
Family: Psittacidae
Order: Psittaciformes

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP3639.jpg

[locorr]

Playing with my new (old) 70-300 nikon 4-5.6g. On the D70
Hand held on back verandah.
I tried a few with my 18-135 but the 300 get much closer.
I must try cropping some with the 18-135 and check the difference

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/10/574.jpg

[Chucaro]

Nice lorrie Locorr.
Try to use the old 70-300 at not more than 270mm and with an aperture of about f/6 and the image will be sharper.
The lens performs reasonable well @ 200mm f/7

[locorr]

Thanks. I picked up a Nikon F55 plus 28-80 + 70-300 and 1 filter plus a ProAm bag for $60 at a garage sale. Shoe string budget here.
The F55 seems to function alright. It even came with an unused roll of film.
Might run it through just for the hell of it.
Been a while since I shot a roll. Gary

[Cap]

Let us know how you get on Gary ;)

[Cap]

White Fronted Chat.

Taken today, size is approx 50% of original as I dont have long enough lens to get close, hence quality looks low and noise is high. Taken at Cape Deslacs National Park at Clifton Beach, Tasmania.

D300s, 240mm, f7/1, ISO 400, SS 1/5000, Aperture Priority

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10003/BRD2098.jpg

[Chucaro]

Nice capture, I like the composition and pose.
Very good details to be a big crop. The eye and beak are neat and sharp and that it is what is important in avian photography.

[Fifth Columnist]

It's a bird with 'character' https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/06/335.jpg

[Brian]

My new Canon 500D and 75-300 USM (1990 vintage)


http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g364/bcal444/IMG_0074.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/10/313.jpg

[DeanoH]

Todays visitor, disguised as a tree branch.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/11/1443.jpg

Tawny Frogmouth, common here but not seen all that often.

Deano:)

[Chucaro]

Very good capture Deano, the eyes are very neat.
I love these birds :)

[Chucaro]

With the setup of a feeder between the grevillea bushes now we have every day Pale Headed rosellas in our garden :)

The one with the red head is a juvenile which will be loose the reds when mature.
The other is an adult.

Nikon D300s and Nikon 70-300VR @ 300mm
The day was very windy and overcast so to take the shots @ 1/1000 I used ISO 640 for this shots.

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP3770-2.jpg

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP3745-2.jpg

[Cap]

Great shots, love the second one, bokeh on the background really makes it stand out. Need to set up feeder in my new digs when we move in!

[DeanoH]

Had an old friend drop by today.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/11/18.jpg

Flew right in sat on a chair and started chirping to me.

Deano:)

[Chucaro]

I paid a visit to the Bundaberg Botanic gardens to see if there were any new birds near the lake.
Oh well, there are 1000 plus Cattle Egrets nesting on the trees!! I guess that 50 or more nest per tree and in some cases more.
It is difficult to get a clear shot and the angle for the 300 mm lens is a bit high but I give it a go.
450mm + will be ideal lens.

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP3809.jpg

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_APP6220.jpg

[Cap]

I am still suprised on how good that lens is, even with a large crop! Love these birds (nd Herons), their plumage is beautiful.

[dmdigital]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/12/1347.jpg

[feral]

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/610/img0821copyal1.jpg (http://img141.imageshack.us/i/img0821copyal1.jpg/)
Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)

Its an old one as well.

[dmdigital]

Went out for a play today...

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/12/1285.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/12/1286.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/12/1287.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/12/1288.jpg

All shot at 600mm.

[Grumpy]

Been back a two weeks from Norfolk Island. Unfortunately we had a heavy sea mist while we were there so photography is not at its best.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/12/1249.jpg
FAIRY TERNS / WHITE TERNS Mating - Yes, they mate in the air!! No nest ,they select a branch and just sit there.
Been told they have a pouch and the single egg sits in it.
Have a couple more somewhere of mum on her "nest" and and a young chick on a branch.;)
Will post them when located


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/12/1250.jpg

Red Tailed Boson Bird / Red tailed tropic Bird

Tony

[Cap]

DM - your making me jealous mate! :cool:

Lovely shots of these birds.

[Grumpy]

Here are the other photos of the Fairy Terns - these were taken with the Financial Controllers low priced Nikon compact camera. :(


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/12/1095.jpg

Fairy Tern on "nest"


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/12/1096.jpg

Young Tern

It was interesting to see them just squatting on a branch and not in an actual nest

Tony :wheelchair:

[Brian]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/12/1091.jpg

Feed me, Feed me!




EOS 500D
f5
1/60
ISO-400

[dmdigital]

Two BOP's from yesterday.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/12/407.jpg

[Cap]

Nankeen Kestrel

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10003/BRD4716~0.jpg

[dmdigital]

From today.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/12/177.jpg
Forest Kingfishers

[dmdigital]

Happy New Year!

An Osprey...

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/01/1450.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/01/1113.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/01/1517.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/01/1518.jpg

[Cap]

Fantastic first shot there DM!

[dmdigital]

Might as well throw one more up. Bit of a busy shot with all the tree branches and foliage.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/01/1506.jpg

[Cap]

Thats the thing with wildlife shooting, they wont pose for us! :D

I have been lucky recently with some of my shots of smaller wrens, landing in fairly clear bush.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/01/1461.jpg

[Chucaro]

I am having good time here in Tasmania and good photography expeditions with Carlos.
Unfortunately I dropped my external flash drive with over 200 photos the other day so I have to start again building the Tasmania portfolio :(

Here are few new images and I hope to have some rosellas and honeyeaters soon.

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP4668.jpg

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP4693.jpg

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

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP4700.jpg

[Chucaro]

One more shot during my stay in Tasmania.
I have only one chance to capture this Little Wattlebird in the perch and this is the result.
Nikon D300s, Nikon 70-300VR hand held
Little Wattlebird
Scientific name: Anthochaera chrysoptera
Family: Meliphagidae
Order: Passeriformes.

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP4949.jpg

[Landy Smurf]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/01/694.jpg

[Chucaro]

I was " hunting" today here in Blackmans Bay, Tasmania for Green rosellas to have in my portfolio.
The Green is endemic of Tasmania and at the present time there are plenty adults and juveniles around.
I have managed to capture a juvenile Green and a adult Eastern so I am happy.
I will look for an adult before returning home.
I used the Nikon d300s and the Nikon 70-300VR hand held.
Program: manual, focal @ 300mm and aperture @ f/5.6

Green Rosella
Scientific name: Platycercus caledonicus
Family: Psittacidae
Order: Psittaciformes

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP5154%7E0.jpg


Eastern Rosella
Scientific name: Platycercus eximius
Family: Psittacidae
Order: Psittaciformes

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP5155.jpg

[dmdigital]

Couple from last week over at Humpty Doo.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/01/99.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/01/100.jpg

[Bushie]

Often forget about these guys when talking birds,

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/02/177.jpg
"Pump Hole" waterhole Currawinnia NP



Martyn

[Grumpy]

Down at a friends place out from Denmark WA and didn't realise it at the time of taking the photo, there is a lizard/skink under the whitish slab in front of the wren. You can just see part of the head and eye.https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/12/13.jpg https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/12/13.jpg

Splendid Wren / Splended Fairy-Wren
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/03/639.jpg
Nikon D80 70-300mm lens @ 300mm F5.6 1/320s ISO 800

Tony :wheelchair:

[incisor]

A cheeky parrot who seemed to be enjoying playing pee boo whilst i was trying to get my first decent bird shot with my new kit

http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu316/incisor/CovertyProperty/parrot1.jpg

and friend

http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu316/incisor/CovertyProperty/parrot2.jpg

http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu316/incisor/CovertyProperty/parrot3.jpg

[Chucaro]

Pale Headed rosellas are very timid and hard to get. Try to place a feeder and take a shot at not more than 8 meters of them.

[dmdigital]

Blue Wren from Victoria, shot back in 2007. D200 + 70-200 f/2.8.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/05/1748.jpg

[dmdigital]

Rainbow Bee Eater
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/05/1747.jpg

[Grumpy]

Blue Wren from Victoria, shot back in 2007. D200 + 70-200 f/2.8.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/05/1748.jpg

Nice - Looks like the Superb Fairy Wren is it?

Tony

[dmdigital]

That's the one.

[Grumpy]

Rainbow Bee Eater
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/05/1747.jpg


Read some where that these birds when they exit their hole in the ground their speed can be in excess of 80kph. Don't know how they do it as the opening isn't that big. Tried to photograph their exit a couple of years ago with no success. All I know is that they are dam fast.

Tony :wheelchair:

[incisor]

Spent the weekend on the block and got a few bird pics, none of which are very good but the variety i spotted over the two days had me surprised a bit.

Noisy Friarbird :p
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu316/incisor/CovertyProperty/Fauna/_DSC4022-1.jpg

Australian King Parrot i believe
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu316/incisor/CovertyProperty/Fauna/parrot_2-1.jpg

Noisy Minor ?
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu316/incisor/CovertyProperty/Fauna/_DSC4136.jpg

Butcher bird
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu316/incisor/CovertyProperty/Fauna/_DSC4130.jpg

Silvereye
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu316/incisor/CovertyProperty/Fauna/_DSC4097.jpg

Female Glassy Black Cockatoo
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu316/incisor/CovertyProperty/Fauna/black_cocky_2.jpg

Male Glossy Black Cockatoo
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu316/incisor/CovertyProperty/Fauna/black_cocky.jpg

Cormorant (type ?)
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu316/incisor/CovertyProperty/Fauna/_DSC4149.jpg

and some video to end the weekends footage :P

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[dullbird]

Dave that pic of the noisy minor is a really nice clear shot well done.

The first pic would of also been good if there wasn't so much noise in it. perhaps try putting it through a software such as noise ninja might clear it up a bit I haven't used it myself but apparently a reasonable program.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

as a total camera noob,,:angel:
why are Derek's colours so vivid, and Dave's so washed out,,

is it just the environment?

[dullbird]

At a guess Derek has possibly retouched the photo by boosting colours a bit but also derek is using much much more expensive lenses than dave.

Derek will also likely be using the camera in manual mode or Aperture priority but choosing his speeds and ISO's better, where at a guess dave could possibly be using Aperture priority or Speed priority and at times not watching the speed on the camera..

There is a function in the Nikon camera to boost colours by putting the setting to "Vivid" or "vivid+" and it does work in some scenes as I use it but you have to be careful as it can also over expose a shot easily too

[incisor]

as a total camera noob,,:angel:
why are Derek's colours so vivid, and Dave's so washed out,,

is it just the environment?

that lot of pics were shot with the iso too high. and the camera is set on vivid +1 most of the time

was playing with settings the night before, setting up the custom profiles and didnt reset the camera the next morning in my rush to get the shots.

plus some are done at a long distance with big zoom and no tripod so i cant have the exposure set to long as it will be too blurred.

need more kit, and more clue :angel:

such is life :p

[dmdigital]

as a total camera noob,,:angel:
why are Derek's colours so vivid, and Dave's so washed out,,

is it just the environment?


At a guess Derek has possibly retouched the photo by boosting colours a bit but also derek is using much much more expensive lenses than dave.

Derek will also likely be using the camera in manual mode or Aperture priority but choosing his speeds and ISO's better, where at a guess dave could possibly be using Aperture priority or Speed priority and at times not watching the speed on the camera..

There is a function in the Nikon camera to boost colours by putting the setting to "Vivid" or "vivid+" and it does work in some scenes as I use it but you have to be careful as it can also over expose a shot easily too
I'll leave it there as others can explain things better. I don't use Vivid as I can change this on the RAW image later. The image has been post processed.

[Chucaro]

90% of the time I take my avian shot in manual mode using aperture priority to blur the BG.
The ideal is not to take shot under SS1/250 uisng a VR lens to obtain a sharp image.
My camera is set in Vivid and I tone it down during PP.
IMO the Wren posted by Derek is a bit over saturated in the blues and the original a bit pale. The blue tones are some were in between the 2 shots.
There is no need for a top of the range lens if the conditions are there.
The following image was taken with the D300s and the 70-300VR lens.
Manual esposure @ SS1/200, aperture F/5.6, ISO 400 focal @ 300mm

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP4718.jpg

The D200 is not at its best over 400ISO, however if the conditions are good to have a good esposure @ high speed it is possible to have a sharp image @ ISO 800 using a cheap lens like the 70-240 Nikkor.
Nikon D200, Nikkor 70-240mm
Program aperure priority @ F/8, SS 1/1000, ISO 800, focal @ 240mm
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/05/1499.jpg

[dullbird]

Awesome shots Arthur as always :) the Wren looks like a post card

[incisor]

The ideal is not to take shot under SS1/250 uisng a VR lens to obtain a sharp image.

can you please explain ?

[incisor]

The image has been post processed.

you seen this lot ?

http://www.topazlabs.com/

[Pedro_The_Swift]

You do ROCK Arthur,,,;)

[Cap]

High ISO in those images creates that washed out look... also if you have a 'cheap' UV Lens cover that will also wash out colours.

As stated, keep the ISO below 400 if possible and also dont do large crops. Bird photography IMO is one of the hardest skills to grasp, and usually requires expensive equipment to retain super shart images (like the one on my wish list 300mm f2.8 = $6000.00)

But keep taking the shots, practice pratice and more practice :)

[Chucaro]

can you please explain ?

Basically with a SS under 1/250 it is very hard to have a steady hand to have a sharp details on avian photography.
One of the old rules was to have a speed related to the focal lens used, ej if the focal lens is @ 300mm the ideal speed will be SS1/300, at 250mm SS 1/250 and so on.
In avian photography your set your focus on the eye of the bird and the aim is to have a sharp eye (and good contact) and a sharp bill. For this reason the head turn in the pose of the bird is what makes a good image.

[Cap]

... so attain a speed equal or higher than focal length, you have to shoot wide open.. and DOF becomes small.. so focusing on eyes ensure that sharpness is at least on the eyes. If you dont have sharp focused eyes then the image is wasted ragarless of how sharp other parts of the bird is.

PS: Hope im not coming across as telling you to suck eggs, but ill cover the bases.

[400HPONGAS]

Well they are native budgies in the Wild Pilbara

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/05/300.jpg

[OffTrack]

Eastern Yellow Robin - Edwards Point State Faunal Reserve
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/05/288.jpg

Southern Boobook - Long Forest NCR (near Bacchus Marsh)
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/05/289.jpg


I also do a bit of wildlife sound recording. Getting to more remote locations was a key motivations for buying a Disco. The link below is to a recording I made a couple of years ago at Gundabooka N.P. near Bourke, NSW.
Dawn on Bennets Gorge Track by offtracksound (http://soundcloud.com/offtracksound/dawn-on-bennets-gorge-track)

[akovach]

Some of these photos are fantastic. I'm not going to even pretend I can compete, but these two are a couple of my favourites

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/05/244.jpghttps://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/05/245.jpg

[Chucaro]

akovach, the exposure and composition in your second shot is perfect.
What you have to aim is to try to have the "spark of light" on the eye so it is not all black which gives the impression of an empty socket.
Using the on-camera flash will help to get this effect.

[bushpie]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/06/1185.jpg
A friend of mine taking out my bottlebrushes

[incisor]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/06/57.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/5883758331/)
littlebird2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/5883758331/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr

[Chucaro]

Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Family: Phalacrocoracidae Order: Pelecaniformes
Nikon D300s, Nikon 70-300VR
Got to love this lens :)

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP5562.jpg

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP5552.jpg

[Chucaro]

Inc, your little bird #2 is a:
Juvenille Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus

[KarlB]

[/URL]
[URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/5883758331/"]littlebird2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/5883758331/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr

Nice shot Inc. Looks like an immature Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus).

Cheers
KarlB
:)

[KarlB]

Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Family: Phalacrocoracidae Order: Pelecaniformes
Nikon D300s, Nikon 70-300VR
Got to love this lens :)



Top shot, is a top shot Arthur.

Cheers
KarlB
:)

[Chucaro]

Egret, a portrait.
Nikon D300s, Nikon 70-300VR

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

[brno465]

Playing with my new toy ( Sony HX100V ) on the weekend:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/07/360.jpg


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/07/361.jpg

[dullbird]

Egret, a portrait.
Nikon D300s, Nikon 70-300VR

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP5529.jpg

I think one of your best Arthur!!:)

[brno465]

A few older shots.
These were cropped from originals taken a few years ago on a Sony DSC-H2
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/07/305.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/07/306.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/07/307.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/07/308.jpg

[Chucaro]

This beauty was today in our garden feeding in a Pink Surprise grevillea.
Nikon D300s, Nikon 70-300VR
Manual exposure, ISO @ 400, focal 300mm

Pale-headed Rosella
Scientific name: Platycercus adscitus
Family: Psittacidae
Order: Psittaciformes

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

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP5627.jpg

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP5604.jpg

[dmdigital]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/07/206.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/07/207.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/07/208.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/07/209.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/07/210.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/07/211.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/07/212.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/07/213.jpg

[Chucaro]

Today on my garden, the light was nice so I took couple of shots. :)
The first image is on a grevillea Honey Gem and the second in a Majestic
Nikon D300s Nikon 70-300VR

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP5656.jpg

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP5667.jpg

[incisor]

gagey noisy minor...

http://megashot.net/sbushinskii/mvc/photo_photopage/20110727112605_48874.jpg

[Chucaro]

Nice and sharp Inc and a good pose as well.
If this is a crop I would live a bit of more room at the top and bottom.

[dmdigital]

More wren pictures here: Wrens (http://www.flickr.com//photos/dmdigital/sets/72157627298591338/show/)

[incisor]

one from my trip to the block this weekend

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/08/1314.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/5995583975/)
butcherbirdatwattlemere (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/5995583975/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/08/1315.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/5996496837/)
butcherbirdatwattlemere2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niknodave/5996496837/) by NiknoDave (http://www.flickr.com/people/niknodave/), on Flickr

[Pedro_The_Swift]

sounds like a nice relaxing weekend Inc,,;)

[Pedro_The_Swift]

This beauty was today in our garden feeding in a Pink Surprise grevillea.

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP5602.jpg




so this is sort of a

"Grow it, and they will come"

thing??:p:p

[Chucaro]

so this is sort of a

"Grow it, and they will come"

thing??:p:p

Yes, you are correct, that was the idea when we designed the garden and now early in the morning some days we have to close the windows to be able to have a phone conversation!! The melody of all the native birds is very loud but beautiful.
The Butcherbird that Inc posted is one of my favs :cool:

[Brian]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/08/1070.jpg


Taken at lake Boondooma.

[Grumpy]

More wren pictures here: Wrens (http://www.flickr.com//photos/dmdigital/sets/72157627298591338/show/)


I have been chasing a couple of Wrens that have decided to relocate them selves in the Perth metro area. Why, I don't know as it is not their habitat. May be they have bee some how been blown off course. May-be they like the park across the road. Unfortunately they are too flighty at the moment to photograph.

Tony :wheelchair:

[Chucaro]

I have been chasing a couple of Wrens that have decided to relocate them selves in the Perth metro area. Why, I don't know as it is not their habitat. May be they have bee some how been blown off course. May-be they like the park across the road. Unfortunately they are too flighty at the moment to photograph.

Tony :wheelchair:

As soon as they start the nest it will be easy to predict their flight. Have a look if there are male and females.
Cheers

[dmdigital]

Here's one you may not have seen before. Was told they are called either Saffron Headed Finches or Papaya Finches.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/08/870.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/08/871.jpg

[Chucaro]

Good shots of a Saffron Finch Sicalis flavola pelzelni
They are in an aviary I guess because they are not an Australian native.
They are for the Amazon in Brasil and Peru.

[timandcarly]

Checking out the local wildflowers yesterday, my eye was caught by these handsome chappies.

[walker]

A couple I took recently. I have only just bought my first SLR camera.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/08/826.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/08/827.jpg

[dmdigital]

Good shots of a Saffron Finch Sicalis flavola pelzelni
They are in an aviary I guess because they are not an Australian native.
They are for the Amazon in Brasil and Peru.
No they are wild. Shots were at a coffee plantation in Hawaii. Not surprised to hear they are an introduced species to the islands.

[timandcarly]

Banded Lapwings and a Red-capped Robin shot today on Wandina Station.

[Disco Inferno]

While playing around with the new d7000:-

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/08/404.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/08/405.jpg

Cheers

[Chucaro]

Very good exposure control on the shot of a The Australian Magpie Cracticus tibicen

The details on the blacks are very good without over exposure on the whites.
Nice and sharp head with good pose.

[DeanoH]

Taken at Birdsville a couple of weeks ago, Variegated Wren.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/08/147.jpg

Nikon D300, 80-400 VR zoom @340mm, 1/1000, f13.

DeanoH

[Chucaro]

Blue-Faced Honeyeater
Scientific name: Entomyzon cyanotis
Family: Meliphagidae
Order: Passeriformes

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/09/1006.jpg

[Chucaro]

Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus)
also known as Green Lorikeet, Green and Yellow Lorikeet

Nikon D300s, Nikon 70-300VR

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP5732.jpg

[Chucaro]

Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP5746.jpg

Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP5769.jpg

Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP5767.jpg

[DeanoH]

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:)

[DeanoH]

This was one happy little Cormorant.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/09/793.jpg

(D300, 80~400VR @330mm, 1/500, f11)

until he got mugged by a young Nankeen Night Heron.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/09/794.jpg

(D300, 80~400VR @360mm, 1/500, f10)

Taken on Cooper creek at Innaminka.

Deano:)

[Bushie]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/09/673.jpg
No one will see us here


Martyn

[Grumpy]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/09/673.jpg
No one will see us here


Martyn


Nice little brood

Tony :D :wheelchair: