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Old 04-06-2008, 06:15 PM
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Bird Photography...

Thought we could have a thread here where we can post our Bird photos..
I will start it off with this Great Blue Heron shot from today..
Post them if you got them...

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Wow - great pic!
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Wow - great pic!
You should check out his webpage (in the sig)... crazy


Mokai, is photography something you do for a living? or just a hobby?
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Thanks guys.
Right now it is just a hobby but I would love to do it for a living..
Its hard to imagine doing something I love for a job though right..
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I see Great Blue Herons everyday at work, pretty big birds.
They are quite big looking when flying due to their legs hanging straight out back.

I should take my camera to work.
Two of them sit out on a log in one of the man made lakes at work on our nature walking trail.

We also have Bald Eagles and Osprey there too.
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When I lived in Cleveland, there were a ton of them.

Was great to go blasting down the river on the jetski and see them all take flight...
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I took these on the Farmington River in Barkhamsted. Pentax K10D, Sigma 70-300 1.4:5.6 APO DG at 300mm - no tripod, most of the image cropped out.



Here's a full frame shot at 75mm, I wanted to wait for the eagle to fly off but the battery decided it was a good time to die, so no 'on the wing' shots.


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Nice shot..Baldies are quite majestic looking aren't they..
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Originally Posted by mokai
Nice shot..Baldies are quite majestic looking aren't they..
Yeah, and still relatively rare around here so I was taken by surprise. I had been hoping to get some pictures of beavers so when this guy came flying up and landed in the tree across the river I wasn't ready for him.
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I put up a Humming bird feeder in my backyard a couple of weeks ago..I have been getting some shots of some Rufous Hummers..

Female




Male

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Nice pictures Mokai. Putting out bait to lure the little buggers to you - good idea.
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I wonder what shutter speed you need to freeze their wings ...
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I think you need at least 1/1000th or better..
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My apologies as I didn't take the photo, but I thought it went with this thread well...A guy I work with snapped it.

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I caught these turkey vultures a couple of weeks back...







Some more old birds...



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Took these pic's while floating down the river in my boat......


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