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When your feet are bigger than your head...

kd_reno wrote in post #19213754

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2kP6​33B American Coot by Ken Drozd, on Flickr

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Retired from Fire/Rescue with 30 years on the job - January 2019

Gotta love a Goldfinch on the feeder

Canon EOS 5D Mark III • Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @400mm • 1/640 • f/5.6 • ISO 640

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couple little fellows in their habitat...

Canon EOS 7D Mark II • Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM @400mm • 1/1000 • f/5.6 • ISO 100

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Canon EOS 7D Mark II • Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM @400mm • 1/1600 • f/5.6 • ISO 250

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It's that time if year again!

Greater Sage-grouse, male, performing his mating display.
Waterville Plateau, northcentral Washington state.

Strongly sidelit/backlit, just after sunrise. . Shot from a blind, with the camera and lens pressed down into the dirt to get as low an angle as possible. . Not cropped at all.

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"Your" and "you're" are different words with completely different meanings - please use the correct one.
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Harris's Hawk enjoying the late afternoon sun...

Canon EOS R5 • Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @400mm • 1/2500 • f/6.3 • ISO 1000

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“The sound of birds stops the noise in my mind.” - Carly Simon

avondale87 wrote in post #19213872
Grey (White) Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae
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I love you shots of this magnificent bird. It's a beauty!!

Happy Shooting - Jamey

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Happy Shooting - Jamey

From the lower Suwannee reserve today.

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Fujifilm X-T1 • Fujifilm XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 R LM OIS @200mm • 1/1000 • f/4.8 • ISO 400

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2kPf​Xyf DSCF9382 by Martin Wise, on Flickr

Fujifilm X-T1 • Fujifilm XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 R LM OIS @200mm • 1/2000 • f/8 • ISO 2500

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Very best,

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Coopers hawk

Dave
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Great-horned owlets

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Bill being Smug
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sidknee wrote in post #19214088

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Eurasian nuthatch

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This is superlative, Sid!

It is not often that I see a portrait in which everything is "right". . But you nailed it!

Excellent pose - a profile view, yet with the head turned ever so slightly toward the camera.

Beautifully blurred out natural background - no choppy bokeh or distractions of any kind.

Light that is perfectly even across the entire bird, not hard shadows and no bright highlights.

No distractions or vegetation in the foreground that obscure parts of the bird from view.

This is a most excellent portrait, the quality of which I would love to see posted more often. . My eyes are very happy when they see this type of bird portraiture!

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"Your" and "you're" are different words with completely different meanings - please use the correct one.
"They're", "their", and "there" are different words with completely different meanings - please use the correct one.
"Fare" and "fair" are different words with completely different meanings - please use the correct one. The proper expression is "moot point", NOT "mute point".