Birds Birds not in Flight Thread - Post Your Shots Here

[iamdlewis]

These are a few from a couple months ago. I had hopes of being able to keep up with my editing.
Northern Cardinal

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 8000

American Robin

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/1250 sec
• ISO 2500

Canada Goose

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 535.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 3200

Wood Duck

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 1000

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 2500

Mallard

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 1600

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 1000

 

[Phil Vetra]

This guy was eyeing up my lunch this afternoon look'n for scraps...

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 840.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/5000 sec
• ISO 16000

 

[Orson]

Wood pigeon

• FE 600mm F4 GM OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 400

 

[Phil Vetra]

Sitting watching an Osprey nest on Pitt Lake and this guy flew in to check me out.

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 524.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/6400 sec
• ISO 8000

 

[Phil Vetra]

I really suck at birds in flight but, I think this one is OK. Out at Harrison Lake BC.

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 840.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 2500

 

[CrankinSteve]

I am not pleased with my own capabilities toward operating and getting this new camera (A7R VI) set for this photo; I selected the wrong stored memory setting, but at least I got the shot. Shutter speed was to slow considering that when I saw this Hawk sitting on the house across the way I grabbed the camera which had the 70-200 on it and clicked away. It would have been better to have had the longer lens and the right PERCHED BIRD setting, but still with all those pixels I could crop it quite a bit. Anyway, a nice surprise photo while eating breakfast of this fine bird that has also picked up breakfast. Had I selected the right stored setting it would have been at 1/800 sec instead of the 1/250 sec. Such is the life of the amateur photographer.

• ILCE-7RM6
• FE 70-200mm F4 Macro G OSS II
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 125

 

[iamdlewis]

I am not pleased with my own capabilities toward operating and getting this new camera (A7R VI) set for this photo; I selected the wrong stored memory setting, but at least I got the shot. Shutter speed was to slow considering that when I saw this Hawk sitting on the house across the way I grabbed the camera which had the 70-200 on it and clicked away. It would have been better to have had the longer lens and the right PERCHED BIRD setting, but still with all those pixels I could crop it quite a bit. Anyway, a nice surprise photo while eating breakfast of this fine bird that has also picked up breakfast. Had I selected the right stored setting it would have been at 1/800 sec instead of the 1/250 sec. Such is the life of the amateur photographer.

I don't think that 1/800 would have been enough to have gotten the Mockingbird and I don't think Red Tailed would have really looked any different given the amount you clearly cropped.

I hate when I think I am in one memory setting and switch quickly to what I think is BiF or BiT and just get something all messed up.