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Another one from earlier this year Camera: Nikon D300S Lens: 500 mm f/4 Exposure: Auto exposure, Aperture-priority AE, 1/160 sec, f/4, ISO 400,...

Sandy Hook on Tuesday, mid morning. Had finished trying to find warblers for the day, and climbed up one of the old concrete gun emplacements to...

Been a while since I stopped in. Busy with life and such. Hate it when that happens. This is not a usual situation I find myself in, this...

Sony A700~Sony70-400G@400mm~ISO1600~1/320sec~F6.3~manual exposure~HH~7-25-2010~Brazos Bend State Park, Texas~CS4 A Siren is a large legless...

Canon 7D Canon EF400mm f/5.6L 1/1250 sec f/6.3 ISO 500 HH

Nikon D-300 1/500 sec at f8 ISO800 180 mm macro All comments welcome

A Loggerhead shrike captured using the sunny 16 rule. Late afternoon on a clear day with frontal lighting. Manual mode, opened up three stops to...

Last Friday I went out with Capt. James Shadle on the Hooptie Deux, the first thing he discussed with me was the Sunny 16 Rule. Using the rule, we...

Bolsa Chica, Huntington Beach, Calif. Very overcast morning. I know the HA is bad, but hard as I tried he would not turn around....:( Canon...

This one is from yesterday evening. Settings were - 7D, Sigma 50-500mm @ 266mm hand held 1/1000 sec, f/9 Mode: Manual Metering: Evaluative ISO:...

Large crop and so don't think there's any image quality to talk about here but just a fun shot to share with you guys. It all started with that bee....

Capture Information: This image was taken Tilton, NH on Silver Lake. I shot this image from the back deck using a tripod on 8/25/2009 at 8:06 am....

This Goldfinch and others were feeding on the wilted sunflowers. Sony A700, 70-400G @ 400mm, f6.3, 1/500, iso1250, ev +0.7, HH

This is the first time I've actually caught one of these guys flying rather than soaring. Turkey Vulture Canon 7D Canon EF400mm f/5.6L 1/2000...

Definitely not a bird, but obviously flys, I used a Phototrap (phototrap.com) with Bill Forbes direction to get many of these in a couple evenings. ...

Well I'll have a go! This is an image made about 5 kms from my house on the Bay of Fundy. You are looking at Fundy mud, salt marsh, Acadian forest,...

Ok, Ok so I did try birds once. I guess they are gulls? My focus was not just the birds but the overall affect of early morning at the beach.

Went into the woods the other day to look for warblers (without a lot of success), but came across a clearing with a nicely lit thistle (someone...

Taken from the deck of the Hooptie Deux in the mouth of the Alafia river, I had a glorious day with James Shadle. EOS 1D MKIII 500mmf/4 1/640...

This is from a week ago... It is pretty hard to get these cormorants head-on unless I am in a hide. For this image, I positioned myself against a...

Personally, catching a juvenile ibis landing is one of the hardest bird in flight shots as they would make a sharp turn right before landing, not...

Nikon D-300 1/160 sec at f7.1 ISO500 500 mm f4 lense Bombay Hook De Comments welcome!

Sony A700~Sony70-400G@400mm~ISO 1000~F6.3~1/1000sec~manual exposure~HH~9-4-2010~Freeport(Bryan Beach), Texas, CS4 I realize the reflection is...

Normally I would go for a tighter crop on the bird, but this for me is more about the colors, so I left quite a bit of the flowers in the foreground...

This is a Greater Yellowlegs fishing for sticklebacks in the Sackville Waterfowl Park. What are the problems with this image and what could I have...

This one is from earlier in the summer. I find it very hard to get these fast Willets in flight. I got lucky with this one taken late in the day!...

Sunset near La Jolla. Lens 17-40mm at 17mm. ISO 800, f/18 for 1.6 secs

First time posting. This is a shot I took on the early morning trip to Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY on 8/17 with Artie and Denise. It was an...

I believe this is a Common Tern, someone please correct me if I'm wrong. :cool: Captured at Malibu Lagoon in the fading evening light. These...

One taken up in Hamilton a couple of months ago. The bird was looking for insects on the sand and would stop on the sand, watch for prey and then...

Nikon D200, Nikkor 200-400mm with 1.4TC. Front lit at sunset with clear skies. Stilt feeding with a lot of irratic movement. f5.6, 1/1250, iso 200,...

Shot earlier this summer. I remember cloning some twigs and such. Big crop. Nikon D3s 1/1600 sec @f/5.6 ISO 400 800 mm Lance, higher ISO,...

From a natural hide after waiting about 20 minutes this Blue Heron finally turned and faced the right direction to allow me this shot. Sony A700,...

From Brigantine last Friday. I think this may illustrate several of the same points I noted in Lance's Oystercatcher: I believe the head and bill...

Here is one from a while ago - what are the issues you see with this one? What do you like What dont you like - or wish to be better. Nikon D3...

Sony A700, 70-400G @400mm, f5.6, 1/1000, iso1250, 85% of ff

Stalked, no set up EOS 1D MKIII 500 f/4 + 1.4TC hand held 1/3200 f/7.1 iso 1250 processed with ACR and CS5 nearly full frame, minimal crop

Canon 7D Canon EF 400mm f/5.6 1/1250sec f/5.6 ISO 500 HH Minor crop, S/H, Sharpening, and clone of piece of branch in CS5 NR on BG in Noiseware...

This guy does look like he's showing off to the two in the BG! I had loaned my flash and the harsh light on these Northern Gannets at Bonaventure...

My first image post... I photographed this young Cedar Waxwing last week along the Wabigoon River in Dryden, Ontario on a drizzling, gloomy day. ...

Terns were fishing east of me on the incoming morning tide, so I tried a backlit shot as an experiment. OK, so I know about the head angle, which...

I photographed this young gator Sunday at JN "Ding" Darling Wildlife Refuge. I converted it to sepia tone. I used my Sony A700 with a 50-500mm Sigma...

On my recent trip to Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park, Alaska, I tried to experiment a little. I wanted to use a slow shutter speed to blur the...

I shot this bird through tall grass.............does it work? nikon d3s ISO 1600 1/1600sec @ f/6.3 550mm all comments welcome

Early AM, clear, frontal light. Nikon D200, Nikkor 200-400mm 1.4TC, f5.6, 1/350, ISO 200, Using, PSCS3, seperated bird from BG using color range....

This is an ash throated flycatcher I took in May. I've cropped it to bring the bird closer to the viewer. My question is (are) Is there any thing...

A rare sunny morning(at least for this summer). 7D, 800mm f5.6, 1/1600, f6.3, ISO 400. Processed an ACR and CS4.

I got this snowy earlier in the year. The bird kept it's eye on me all the time as it flew past. I used the frame with the stretched out wings....

After using up the early morning light on shorebirds and sparrows, I spent some time observing the terns at Brigantine. They hover into the wind,...

Sony A700~Sony 70-400G@300mm~ISO1600~1/320sec~F6.3~manual exposure~HH~8-19-2010~Brazos Bend State Park, Texas~CS4 comments and critique welcomed....

A Friend of mine told me about a spot we could go to. The only thing was we had to get up at 4:00am to get to the location. Well being that it was so...

Backyard setup after a thunderstorm, I wonder if this guy is molting? Canon EOS 40D 300mm 2.8L + 1.4 TC II Tripod 1/200 f/4 iso 320 metering:...

This bird was a real surprise this afternoon. After the arrival of 3 new Red-necked Stints and a Ruddy Turnstone last week, this bird had arrived...

Digiscoping is holding or attaching a p&s camera to the eyepiece of a spotting scope. It's a "cheap" way for many birders to use their existing scope...

OK, I could use help here. Shooting at f/10 I should have got the beak in focus. It's hard to tell if the sensor locked onto the shoulder at...

1/60, f11, ISO200, 17mm, WB auto. Cropped 50% from original. Went out to practice sunsets. The sky never really lit up but this fellow came along...

Captured at Malibu Lagoon last weekend, this snowy was fishing for dinner. Just a few minutes before sunset, the light was mixed but inviting. Used...

Nikon D300S Lens: VR 500mm F/4G Focal Length: 500mm Aperture: F/4 Shutter Speed: 1/500s Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority Exposure Comp.: -1.7EV...

Chance encounter with a cardinal that was moulting. But given the heat (it was the third week of over 100 degrees a day) it looks like he was just...

Canon 7D Sigma 100-300mm f/4 + 1.4X @ 386mm 1/1000 sec f/8 ISO 640

At San Jose's Heritage Rose Garden the other morning, there was dew on the roses and my husband suggested looking at the petals as if they were...