Birds w/ 200mm or less

Billginthekeys wrote in post #15636510
95mm Tricolor Heron in flight:
http://www.pbase.com …hotography/imag​e/88446341

(sorry for the link, pbase images never seem to display correctly on this forum).

You need to add /original.jpg to the end of the pbase url to get the image itself to display. The img url will look like this: http://www.pbase.com …age/88446341/or​iginal.jpg

Tah dah!!

gymell wrote in post #15636696
You need to add /original.jpg to the end of the pbase url to get the image itself to display. The img url will look like this: http://www.pbase.com …age/88446341/or​iginal.jpg

Tah dah!!

Thanks for the tip, that is great!

You're welcome!

Two taken at 200mm today. The first one is a group of Starlings waiting next to someone eating lunch:

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/2slo7/849492623​9/

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^^^^^^

Great shots

7D+70-200 f/4 at 149mm

GenoPrice wrote in post #15637063
^^^^^^

Great shots

Thanks

mkkaczy wrote in post #15637119
7D+70-200 f/4 at 149mm

beautiful!

OhLook wrote in post #15634287
There's more to making a good photo than numbers.

BUT, numbers are important as in the amount of "number of dollars" in the glass you are using. One thing I've noticed with nature photographers (or any serious photographer) is they almost always have great glass. I don't know much about the G15 that you shoot with, but a quick google look at it and I'm going to guess that is not the optimal birding camera.

OhLook wrote in post #15634287
I've been reading at Wikipedia about things like focal distance, but the articles get too technical very quickly for a reader not educated in optics.

Being a self taught amateur photographer I know exactly what you are going through. I can not recommend YouTube enough for grasping ANYTHING photography, especially the basics. What's cool about YouTube is the person is not only talking to you, but most likely has some equipment in hand showing you as well. That really helped me grasp the concept!

Here is my contribution to the thread:

50D w/ 70-200 f/2.8L IS

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com …d_photography/6​843899065/

Great stuff in this thread! Wow!

Here's a few taken at 200mm;

MikeWa wrote in post #15635421
Fantastic picture. Just awesome.

Mike

thank you Mike.

DOF is so shallow I first thought this was actually taken under water! Great pics, Jake. (Also, nice to see you didn't altogether forget us here at POTN! :smile

CyberDyneSystems wrote in post #15637209
Great stuff in this thread! Wow!

Here's a few taken at 200mm;

You guys rock ! I love all the shots that have been posted , truly some beautiful images !
I'm a beginner but would love to contribute ....these were taken with my 70-200

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Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #15618108
That's a Eurasian Jay. Very pretty birds.

Yep. Two more at 200mm

This Barred Owl came down on a mole cricket about 16 feet in front of me
These are from about a year ago, I think I was at 135mm on these

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