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Billginthekeys
26th of February 2007 (Mon), 22:04
Heres some more shots from the other day.

waiting in the shadows
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/7294/tricolor1hs5.jpg

i wanted to work on getting him lunging out on the water after food. i didnt get quite enough shutter though (ill take my 300 next time), and it focused on the water drops in this one!

not a textbook shot, but i love the action
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1798/tricolor2qn7.jpg

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/508/tricolor3bk0.jpg

pushing that min focus distance to the max!
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/2360/tricolor4ti1.jpg

this little green was pretty pissed when the tricolor walked right in front of his hidding spot, and here he is showing his agression, as usual.
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1562/greenheronvy6.jpg

and a little guy i need ID for
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/2518/somethingvq8.jpg

Thanks for viewing! comments appreciated,
JimLittle
26th of February 2007 (Mon), 22:05
Kuel shots, dude!
Ornithologist
26th of February 2007 (Mon), 22:09
Yellow-rumped Warbler on your last bird. Nice shots!
morehtml
26th of February 2007 (Mon), 22:14
Good shots. I like #4 the tri-color portrait. As for the blur in 2 and 3 you had 1/640th. I think the shots looks like they may have been front focused but that quick strike is hard to get. On the 20d you can go to ISO 400 with no problems too.
Billginthekeys
26th of February 2007 (Mon), 22:58
Good shots. I like #4 the tri-color portrait. As for the blur in 2 and 3 you had 1/640th. I think the shots looks like they may have been front focused but that quick strike is hard to get. On the 20d you can go to ISO 400 with no problems too.
Yes, i could have gone to 400, but at the time i thought 640 was going to be enough. anyway, the first is most definitly out of focus, and the second one i think is a mix of OOF and just how fast the bird is.

thanks for the comments everyone, appreciated!
begovics
26th of February 2007 (Mon), 23:05
Problem to work with, but beautiful light. #1 is my favorite.
KTollig
27th of February 2007 (Tue), 01:41
Really did well. Great work Ditto above #1 the best for me.
TenaCJed
27th of February 2007 (Tue), 08:08
Really nice set of pics. I really like the 1st one though.
Reyno
27th of February 2007 (Tue), 08:26
Excellent series and well exposed captures Billy. Like em all but he first - "waiting in the shadows" - is just fantastic and quite unique.
Billginthekeys
27th of February 2007 (Tue), 10:50
thanks for the comments guys, i appreciate it! i loved the first aswell.
DonE
27th of February 2007 (Tue), 10:57
Dang Billy, great shots, I took a shot of the same type tri-color heron this past weekend. Same potrait type shot and everything. Too cool.
Samdiver74
27th of February 2007 (Tue), 15:02
Bill
#4 for me the afternoon sun's colors on this one are beautiful, beautiful portrait shot.