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tommiejeep

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #315 on: December 22, 2016, 15:14:04 »
Thanks Erik, would I be that good in PS to get rid of the other bird.  I actually did lighten up the BG.  I just shoot them where they are  ;)
These are a couple with no extraneous birds  :) .  Obviously learning the limits of the camera and using it as I use the D750 and D3S.
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #316 on: December 28, 2016, 12:27:24 »

morning nap by Arend, on Flickr
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #317 on: December 28, 2016, 12:53:41 »
geez the standard is quite high in this thread.
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #318 on: December 28, 2016, 15:32:00 »
Wow, Arend and Elsa, these make amazing static-dynamic contrast!
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #319 on: December 28, 2016, 15:44:50 »
Arend - your image is superb.
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #320 on: December 28, 2016, 15:45:50 »
Tommie - wow - stunning in flight. Your kingfisher is so different in colour to what we have here!
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #321 on: December 28, 2016, 20:52:00 »
I  haven't had the greatest luck with birds, and my D3200 is not prime for BIF even before the 55-300's focus mechanism began conking out during my latest trip to Peru, but I did get a few, and I kind of like this one, if only for the name of the bird.

It's a horned screamer!
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #322 on: December 29, 2016, 14:35:26 »
Arend, I much prefer this crop  :) ,  Elsa, cool image, glad you are having fun, Matthew, wow, that is a BIF  but what the heck bird?
Elsa, we have eight or nine Kingfishers.  Jus got some images of a Black Capped I had never seen, much less, photographed.  Very different blue.

Long Lens.... lol... took the D500,300 2.8vr, TC2EIII.... not as good but took the a7rII, FE 70-200 instead of EM1, 40-150 2.8 w/tc1.4  both very big crops  ;) .  Both images with a7rii and FE 70-200 f4 handheld.  The D500 is not too happy with the TC2EIII.   Funny, the D7100 was no good with the TC2 but the D610 was.
 
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #323 on: December 29, 2016, 15:11:32 »
One of my favorite Kingfisher photos, happened to catch him below a low water bridge very early one morning, had to use a flash.

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Fanie du Plessis
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #324 on: December 29, 2016, 15:28:24 »
Fanie - dis beautiful!
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #325 on: December 29, 2016, 15:31:07 »
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #326 on: January 02, 2017, 19:17:33 »
I agree with Elsa. The bar is set very high in this thread. Allow me to make my contribution in the hope that you will like my shots.
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #327 on: January 02, 2017, 19:40:38 »
From a few years ago

300mm AFS F4 & D300



A 105mm & TC14 isn't an ideal combination, but when it's all the reach you have.....

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #328 on: January 02, 2017, 20:15:14 »
These hibernating Whooper Swans fed in a small local river that didn't freeze over in winter. These birds are usually quite of humans, but here they allowed me to come to the near limit of my 300/4.5 Nikkor AIS , or even closer. Alas no additional extension at hand.

Light levels were very low in February, thus shutter speeds went down a lot and I played instead with capturing their funny movements.

Left - or right ?
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Matthew Currie

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #329 on: January 02, 2017, 21:25:17 »
TommieJeep, the bird in question really is called a "horned screamer."  It's a common critter in the Peruvian Amazon.   
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