Wildlife Photography

[azurbanclucker]

A pair of Eurasian Collared Doves paid me a visit today. Meet Sean and Shauna.
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Great shots.

 

[Alyssa-Bee]

Tufted Titmouse
I tried the suggestion to change aperture to f8 but I didn't have enough light so my settings for this one were
1/1600 sec at f5.6 640 ISO 200mm.

It is much sharper than the Cardinal I posted a few days ago that I took at f4.

I expect the tail of the bird would have come into focus at f8 but wanted to keep my shutter speed up because these little guys are fast. Ill try f8 on a brighter day.
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That’s so sharp! The titmice at my place won’t come within 50 feet of anyone. I was going to try f8, too, but had the same problem. Come on light, show yourself!

I’m totally going to make one of those now!

Nuthatch:

Downy:

I sadly forgot to turn the shutter speed up again when it moved into the light so this picture was deathly overexposed and is a little blurry:

 

[HopKat]

That’s so sharp! The titmice at my place won’t come within 50 feet of anyone. I was going to try f8, too, but had the same problem. Come on light, show yourself!

I’m totally going to make one of those now!

Nuthatch:
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Downy:
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I sadly forgot to turn the shutter speed up again when it moved into the light so this picture was deathly overexposed and is a little blurry:
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The issue I'm having with f8 is I like the narrower depth of field with f4. The birds stand off the background better. At f8 I'm seeing branches or other objects behind the bird. Also harder this time of year to have enough light. It's a fun challenge to try different settings. Your bird pictures are really sharp. It's the woodpeckers I can't get close enough to.

 

[BrandonsBirbs]

Booty pic

 

[BrandonsBirbs]

Morning tune!

 

[BrandonsBirbs]

Great Cormorant (Northern Atlantic) screaming at the top of his lungs!

 

[maceleneo]

Good morning! I met some sacred ibis while I was driving, they are beautiful! They are considered an alien species in Italy, but luckily there are no control plan against them (yet): they are naturalized now and they don't seem to have negative effects on the ecosystem.

 

[BrandonsBirbs]

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

Spotted Towhee in the snow. I think there was a snowflake on my lens, and that's why he has a spot on his side.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

Poor chilly squirrel