Speaking of Birds... - DPChallenge Forums

05/09/2003 05:39:06 PM · #2

The 3-d aspect is terrific.

Jacko

05/09/2003 05:53:58 PM · #3

That's great! Real nice sharpness.

Jacko

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED

05/09/2003 05:54:34 PM · #4

This little guy wasn't very scared ...

Pedro

Nikon D200

05/09/2003 05:57:43 PM · #5

since we're showin' bird pix...this is at Long Beach last weekend.

My first go at birds with my coolpix...

//www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=21019

Message edited by author 2003-05-09 19:43:16.

Swashbuckler

Sony DSC-F717

05/09/2003 07:27:45 PM · #6

Pedro - your image link doesn't work for me. (I'll try your profile in a minute)
Jacko - That is one great Yellow Striped Sparrow!! Sweet!
Steve - very solid shot. Focus is on the money. Was it "hanging" there or flying by? (curious, but the flying by would have been harder)

O.K. here's my simple bird shot (sorry about the grass in it's beak, it wouldn't let me remove it!)
//www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=18638

pinback

Canon EOS-10D

05/09/2003 08:46:53 PM · #7

Originally posted by StevePax:

What does everyone think of this shot?

Cool. Where were you when you took it? Standing still? On a hang glider? Levitating? ;-)

05/09/2003 08:48:31 PM · #8

Swash, that is not a coot -- that is a rare Osteranius Biscuspidus, indigenous to the Amazon basin. There are very unstable, as birds go, and have been known to attack both small animals and humans.
This poor creature must have been caught in a Northerly jet stream, which brought it to your area.

dsidwell

Canon EOS-5D

Sigma 50-500mm f/4.0-6.3 EX APO RF HSM for Olympus

05/09/2003 10:47:24 PM · #9

These are coots--but you can hardly tell. I happened to see one close up.

//www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=18532

StevePax

Canon PowerShot S50

05/10/2003 07:29:41 PM · #10

Originally posted by pinback:

Cool. Where were you when you took it? Standing still? On a hang glider? Levitating? ;-)

Actually, I got lots of bird shots this day. The wind was blowing really hard, which made all the birds fly just a little slower into the wind. I'm standing on the Huntington Beach, CA Pier. OK, standing is relative--I'm actually waving around like a maniac chasing the birds with my viewfinder trying to get the focus right before they flew out of the frame. It was quite a sight, I'll bet!

inspzil

Olympus E-510

05/10/2003 09:50:33 PM · #11

Here's a pic of some birds I took yesterday.

//www.pbase.com/image/16487784

There are a few more in that gallery too.

On a completely unrelated note, here's something I took today that would've been perfect for flora:

//www.pbase.com/image/16526980

Now how could I go wrong with that?

-Bob

dsidwell

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II

05/11/2003 12:57:54 AM · #12

Originally posted by inspzil:

Wow! That photo hits it right on the nose! (or IN the nose...)

pinback

Canon EOS-10D

05/11/2003 05:20:32 AM · #13

Originally posted by inspzil:

That would have been a winner for sure! Thanks for the laugh :-)

Dim7

Canon EOS R

05/11/2003 09:05:42 AM · #14

That is a really nice picture.
I took this shot of two mallards lifting off yesterday also
What does everyone think?
//www.pbase.com/image/16545856

Dim7

Canon EOS R

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II

05/11/2003 09:14:25 AM · #15

this is a shot of a redtail hawk I got yesterday also
too bad it was soo far off!
//www.pbase.com/image/16546289/medium

autool

Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM

05/11/2003 12:13:43 PM · #16

You guys are all for the birds.
A great bunch of shots, here is one that I snagged awhile back.
Buzzard

Message edited by author 2003-05-11 12:18:20.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

05/11/2003 01:32:29 PM · #17

Originally posted by autool:

You guys are all for the birds.
A great bunch of shots, here is one that I snagged awhile back.
Buzzard

Why did it think you were dead meat? Lucky it didn't snag you!

Message edited by author 2003-05-11 13:32:55.

autool

Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM

05/11/2003 01:42:44 PM · #18

Buzzard[/quote]
Why did it think you were dead meat? Lucky it didn't snag you![/quote]

I'm old but not dead yet!
A few of these guys have been hanging around lately. With housing development so intense in the central valley, I guess they are running out of places to go. Years ago you couldn't get close to them, but it has changed somewhat now.

05/11/2003 02:31:30 PM · #19

Terrific shot Dick! What shutter speed?

autool

Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM

05/11/2003 02:48:39 PM · #20

Hey John,
Its been awhile since you entered anything, better get back at it.

I took the buzzard at about thirty paces with a full zoom of 144MM. The shutter speed was 1/640 @f-7.

cykhansen

Canon PowerShot G1

05/11/2003 03:48:20 PM · #21

This post is to (1) show my Canada Goose photo taken yesterday and to (2) test the method for dislpaying a small image that links to the full size one.

(Well, how about that ? it worked! Thanks for the great tutorial, bod.)

Message edited by author 2003-05-11 15:52:21.