Birds w/ 200mm or less

Taken with my 70-200 f/4...

60D - EF 50mm f/1.8 - EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS - EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS - EF 300mm f/4 L - Tokina 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 Fisheye - Canon Speedlite 430EX - PowerShot G12

"A good photograph is one that communicates a fact, touches the heart, and leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it; it is in one word, effective." - Irving Penn

Also taken with my 70-200. I wish I at had at least my 300 f/4 on at the time. But sometimes you take what you can get. Because it is such a heavy crop due to the distance and not as sharp as I would like, it is techincally not a very good image...but...I really like the symmetry of the geese with the snow caps in the background, so it still works for me.

60D - EF 50mm f/1.8 - EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS - EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS - EF 300mm f/4 L - Tokina 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 Fisheye - Canon Speedlite 430EX - PowerShot G12

"A good photograph is one that communicates a fact, touches the heart, and leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it; it is in one word, effective." - Irving Penn

first, rather than clutter this thread with lots of posts praising image after image, here's a blanket "holy crap!" to so many of the shots posted so far. truly some amazing photography going on here.

here's a few recent shots at 200...I'm no birder but I've begun to see how it can be addictive.

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Snydremark wrote in post #15680342
Those are great, Scott Especially that 3rd one

thanks much, I get lots of inspiration by the stuff you (and some of the other wildlife guys) do. only problem is that I sold my long glass and now I find myself lusting it again!

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namasste wrote in post #15680398
thanks much, I get lots of inspiration by the stuff you (and some of the other wildlife guys) do. only problem is that I sold my long glass and now I find myself lusting it again!

Well, thank YOU . Yeah; gotta watch the long glass; it can wreck a bank account quickly

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Snydremark wrote in post #15687352
Well, thank YOU . Yeah; gotta watch the long glass; it can wreck a bank account quickly

or a marriage, I'm afraid!!

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Birdman7 wrote in post #15687621
Great shot scots!

Thanks very much!

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FinnLandR wrote in post #15689248
Could you please post the data? I'm learning to shoot waterfowl, and I really like this one.

Thank you. Here is the data:

Camera:
EOS 60D

Lens:
EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS

Exposure:
Auto exposure
Aperture-priority AE
1/3,200 sec
f/5
ISO 100
Compensation: -2/3

Metering mode:
Spot

Continuous drive:
Continuous, High

Focus mode:
AI Servo AF

I had plenty of light so I set the camera to f/5, aperture-priority knowing I would get more than adequate sutter speed and wanted to control the DOF. Spot metering, AI servo, high speed continuous.

60D - EF 50mm f/1.8 - EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS - EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS - EF 300mm f/4 L - Tokina 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 Fisheye - Canon Speedlite 430EX - PowerShot G12

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Xcelx wrote in post #15690967
Eurasian Bullfinch

wow excellent photos the bird is amazingly light and perfectly detailed might sharing lens/camera combo? well done!

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