Birds Birds Non-BIF Thread - Post Your Shots Here

[Brownie]

I shot that in Prague. I did have one other lens at that time. An old Pentax 50mm F1.4 film lens - with 6 blades. Ionly tested it a couple of times while on holidays but that would explain it. Also explains the dodgy focus. Manual.

That doesn't make sense either. A lens with an even number of aperture blades will create sunstars with the same number of rays. So, 6 blades = 6 rays. On the other hand, a lens with an odd number of blades will create sunstars with double the number of rays. 9 blades = 18 rays, 7 = 14, etc.

If the Pentax lens was used and had 6 blades, there should be 6 rays.

 

[GvilleRick]

I spent the morning at the Conestee Nature Preserve in Greenville, South Carolina and most of the birds either stayed hidden or were far away. I did get some shots of various birds. Here are a few of the small ones.

Swamp Sparrow

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 1600

Female Red-Winged Blackbird

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 640

Eastern Phoebe

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 640

Carolina Wren

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 2000

Male Northern Cardinal

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 1000

 

[GvilleRick]

Same trip to the Conestee Nature Preserve but this time large birds.

Great Blue Heron standing watch at the top of a tree near a nest.

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 400

Turkey Vulture

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 125

Great Blue Heron much closer to me doing a little hunting, unsuccessfully.

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 1600

Great Blue Heron pair working on a nest. There are three nests in the trees in this area.

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 800

 

[lodbrok]

Same trip to the Conestee Nature Preserve but this time large birds.

Great Blue Heron standing watch at the top of a tree near a nest.
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Turkey Vulture
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Great Blue Heron much closer to me doing a little hunting, unsuccessfully.
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Great Blue Heron pair working on a nest. There are three nests in the trees in this area.
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Wow love that third shot with that very sharp and detailed heron. Beautyful colours too.

 

[lodbrok]

In my long wait for the sparrow-hawk to turn up this little guy never let me down. (Temporary one arm handicap due to an arm-operation so I have to use remote controlled camera setup)

• ILCE-7M4
• SAMYANG AF 135mm F1.8
• 135.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/400 sec
• ISO 1600

 

[Gaz]

That doesn't make sense either. A lens with an even number of aperture blades will create sunstars with the same number of rays. So, 6 blades = 6 rays. On the other hand, a lens with an odd number of blades will create sunstars with double the number of rays. 9 blades = 18 rays, 7 = 14, etc.

If the Pentax lens was used and had 6 blades, there should be 6 rays.

I have a number of 40 year old lenses. I’ll see if I have one with 8 blades.

 

[Gaz]

 

[AlphaWorld]

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Is that the bird that gets incorrectly identified as a jabiru? I think its proper name is a black necked stork (which is a much more boring name!

 

[Gaz]

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Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

 

[Gaz]

Is that the bird that gets incorrectly identified as a jabiru? I think its proper name is a black necked stork (which is a much more boring name!

Yeah, I just got home and found the name. Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

A magnificent bird. So, I’ve got to go through my shots and see if I got a good shot of the whole show!

 

[spudhead]

The poser robin from recent edits a9 lea-5 and a-mount 300 g 2.8

• ILCE-9
• 300mm F2.8 G
• 300.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 1600

 

[Gaz]

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 506.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 8000

Angry Emu!

 

[Gaz]

Kooki

 

[Gaz]

Maggie (a fledgling)

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 2000

 

[Gaz]

Red tailed Black Cockatoo… magnificent plumage. Shame she was not co-operating!

 

[evacguy]

'I'm telling you Anipe, it was this big!'

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/5000 sec
• ISO 160

 

[evacguy]

'Has anyone seen my pirate wondering around in Greenwich Park?'

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 197.0 mm
• ƒ/11
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 4000

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

'Has anyone seen my pirate wondering around in Greenwich Park?'

This tree needs to be confiscated from you mate, the images you get of it and it's occupants are just too good! I'm getting jealous over here! Well done!

 

[evacguy]

This tree needs to be confiscated from you mate, the images you get of it and it's occupants are just too good! I'm getting jealous over here! Well done!

Thanks Clint, I'm indeed fortunate to live in such beautiful part of a very large city.

 

[spudhead]

A stonechat from a while ago this is part of the experiment I was trying to get better shots at high iso, this is 10,000 iso

• ILCE-9
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/1600 sec
• ISO 10000

 

[Gaz]

Getting cold feet....

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 320

 

[evacguy]

soft landing

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/11
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 640

 

[evacguy]

Now that I have your attention!

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/11
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 800

 

[spudhead]

A

• ILCE-9
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 1250

young blackbird from last year

 

[spudhead]

One from 2022 and the a99ii a-mount and the old sigma 500 mm 4.5 prime

• ILCA-99M2
• 300mm F2.8
• 500.0 mm
• ƒ/4.5
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 2500

 

[Gaz]

Australian black-necked stork. [abetter picture]

• ILCE-7M4
• Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 OSS
• 211.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/60 sec
• ISO 125

 

[iamdlewis]

I love how pigeons always have that 'deer in the headlights' look!

May I present to you sexy Rock Pigeon

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600 mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G) + 1.4X Teleconverter (SEL14TC)
• 840.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 3200

 

[iamdlewis]

Some of the finds this morning when the trees were not as I had hoped
Wood Duck

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM)
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/640 sec
• ISO 400

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM)
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 640

American Robin

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM)
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 2000

MaLlard

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM)
• 303.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 800

 

[evacguy]

Some of the finds this morning when the trees were not as I had hoped
Wood Duck
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American Robin
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MaLlard
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That first image is amazing!

 

[lodbrok]

This sparrowhawk is driving me crazy! Yust finished with a session with my remote-operated camera(A7 IV) and put back my trail-camera on the spot the A7 IV was and gues who show up a half hour later!
Two shots retrackted from a movie with the trail cam