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ExecuDork posted:Crows. Ravens are all black (your crows have some grey on them - are you in northern Europe somewhere?), are about twice the size overall, and have much heavier bills. A raven generally looks like it could easily take at least a couple of your fingers off with one good snap, a crow looks like it would need to peck away at it. In flight, a raven's tailfeathers form a wedge or chevron shape (the tail as a whole is diamond-shaped), while a crow's tail is usually square-cut at the back. Ravens are almost never found in groups larger than 3 or 4 birds, and much more often 1 or 2. Crows are usually solitary, too, but are fairly often found in much larger groups. They sound different, too - your local crows will have a range of sounds, most of which will be some variation on "aaawk!". Ravens will loving say anything - I once watched one in a tree in Vancouver pretending to be a xylophone: "bong! bong! bing! bong! clung!", plus lots of sounds that probably don't have vowels in them. Are you sure it wasn't playing a tiny xylophone? I'm in the UK as it happens and have a vague feeling that the Tower of London grounds are a raven hangout - will see if I can grab some shots. Thanks for the lesson  I just love the look of both these birds, that gothic sensibility and dignity, plus instant horror movie cliche.(No I don't wear guyliner)
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I think its.... Rooks are easy to tell by their distinctive beaks. Ravens by their large size (bigger than a buzzard). I belive the photos is actually a Jackdaw, due to the grey back of the head, and very pale eye. Carrion Crows are all black and have dark eyes. Hooded crows have grey belly, breast and back, and a dark eye. http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/j/jackdaw/index.aspx http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/c/carrioncrow/index.aspx http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/r/rook/index.aspx http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/h/hoodedcrow/index.aspx http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/r/raven/index.aspx
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Pablo Bluth posted:I believe the photos is actually a Jackdaw, due to the grey back of the head, and I think you're spot on Pablo.
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Huh. I'd long assumed "rook" was a southern-England local synonym for "raven". Not so. I guess, despite my best efforts, I learned something today. I was in Norway a couple of weeks ago, we went on a tour around Oslo harbour. Dinner was massive amounts of shrimp, so of course a large number of gulls were following us very closely. This is uncropped (though resized to avoid table breakage), and was taken at 143mm on my Pentax K10D (1.5 crop body) with my Sigma 100-300mm lens. The pictures I took at 300mm are either empty sky, horribly badly focused, or just gull-butt. Anyone know the species here? Solid black on the top of the wings and middle of the back, otherwise white, feet are yellow.
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Jun 29, 2010 04:44
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I got a baby ducky
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I got a Goshawk here, completely by accident. I was hiking last week when I heard a ton of songbirds start alarm calling and scolding like crazy. Next thing I know this guy decides to land on this branch about 150 feet in front of me and 25-30 feet up. He flew away before I could get any closer. Anyone here shooting with a m4/3 camera? I shot this with my GF-1 and the 45-200mm f4.5-5.6 telephoto lens. I don't like the CA fringing on the branch and the right side of the bird, but I can't decide on what lens or lenses I should look into that would do a better job.
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In the mean time it's stupidly easy to correct by killing purple saturation in the area.
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evil_bunnY posted:In the mean time it's stupidly easy to correct by killing purple saturation in the area. Well, how about that! I didn't think of doing that... Thanks! Since I'm here again, I might as well post this little sparrow that lives in the South Fork Valley of Eagle River, Alaska. 
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Getting a decent photo of a bird of prey the only way I know how, at a falconry display    edit: One more:  vvvv Yeah a White Tailed Sea Eagle, apparently there's a small population up in northwest scotland. Thinking of taking a trip up later in the year to try and get some slightly less fake shots. Holistic Detective fucked around with this message at 23:01 on Jul 2, 2010 |
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Holistic Detective posted:Getting a decent photo of a bird of prey the only way I know how, at a falconry display Finally got some decent shots from my kayak (with the down side that paddling around in a kayak with a 600mm and tripod apparently makes you a bit of a tourist attraction yourself). 1. Killdeer  2. American White Pelican 
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This is a bird I can't identify, though I'd guess it's a young one by the fluff.
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slearch posted:This is a bird I can't identify, though I'd guess it's a young one by the fluff. My best guess is eastern phoebe. Are you in Eastern/central North America?
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Dread Head posted:Female Mountain Bluebird Nice done, but I admit to a bit of Don't want to turn this thread into gear talk, but is shooting hand-held a possibility? How does it compare to an f/4 300mm or 400mm prime? In case you've shot with those too...
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It is the 200-400, not the newest one that just came out. I shot with and still have the 300f4 AF-S and the 300 is a very nice lens. The 300 and even the 200-400 is short for birds but can do the job. Hand-holding is possible but I would not want to do it for an extended period of time (example http://www.flickr.com/photos/bryntassell/4467969916/) The 300 is very good for hand-holding and overall a very good lens. If you want some examples or have more questions let me know.
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less_than_one posted:
Raptors always have that look  Black-Chested Buzzard-Eagle  Variable Hawk  Unknown; seems like a dark morph variable hawk, but he's actually quite a bit larger.  All shot in Peru. Bird photography is actually what's making me want to take the plunge and buy a DSLR 
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A couple of shots from my kayak yesterday. Too windy and wavy to get my 600mm out there.   
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 I was shooting at a park down the street from my house last week and three Ospreys showed up simultaneously and camped out in some trees above me. Sadly, the angle and harsh light made for pretty mediocre photos with my 55-250mm, but cool experience to say the least.
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Got eaten by a pelican today
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Cross-posting from Critterquest a Black-headed Grosbeak at the feeder.  California Towhee (missed the focus point on this a bit, so the sharpen tool looks a bit artificial to me).  Click here for the full 1024x683 image.
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Took the new D300s out for a spin the other day and I stumbled upon a pair of these guys: One day I'll get a good picture of one of those. (Although I might have to spend a ton of money on higher powered telephotos to get it.)
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These things either has the funkiest colors or my uncalibrated monitor and sad excuse for post-processing skills leads to some weird results: 
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Greybone posted:These things either has the funkiest colors or my uncalibrated monitor and sad excuse for post-processing skills leads to some weird results: The colours look ok to me but the 2nd ones does seem to be under exposed by some.
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Slo-Tek posted:Got eaten by a pelican today
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More baby birds, Cygnets this time:  The adult:  And a Peahen that tried to steal my sandwich: 
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Took these literally from my back patio this morning.    Dear EF-S 55-250mm, Thank you for finally not hunting like crazy for focus when it mattered. With all my love, BeastOfExmoor
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newbie photographer's first attempt: -- own hosting. Using a 1971 nikon 200mm f4 on a gf1. Shooting birds with manual focus wobbling about on a crappy tripod is... difficult.
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Zoo trip today:    
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another newbie, though my pictures didn't turn out nearly as nice or clear because I'm using a p&s Click here for the full 1322x744 image.  Click here for the full 744x1322 image.  Click here for the full 744x1322 image.
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   Really not happy with this one. So pissed off that I missed the focus slightly!   Going to the zoo to get shots is cheating. Fun though!
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Pogue_Mahone posted:Going to the zoo to get shots is cheating. Fun though! How so? A bird is a bird, as far as I'm concerned.
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William T. Hornaday posted:How so? A bird is a bird, as far as I'm concerned. Just in the sense that I would never be able to usually get so close to a lot of the birds I shot normally. Hell most of them I would never see. Meant it in a good way though.
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Here is a video of a baby duck catching a fly. I shot it hand held with a 300mm lens on a 7D. It was so dark the camera wouldn't lock on them with autofocus. Click
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Went to Brookfield Zoo for Labor Day; it seems these birds like overcast days. LaborDabor 2010 part 1 161 by venusnightshadow, on Flickr  Back to the Zoo, Labor Daybor 2010 005 by venusnightshadow, on Flickr Didn't see the little bugger in the back; D'oh!  LaborDabor 2010 part 1 126 by venusnightshadow, on Flickr
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A few shots from my recent trip to Brazil. Too bad I was too much of a wuss to bring my new DSLR, so these are with my old p&s. Still, it was hard not to accidentally take a pretty picture on occasion. A trogon  Euphonia:  male and female dacnis:  Hyacinth Macaws:   an aracari or toucanette  Potoo: 
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I'm not sure what type of bird this is. Is it just a blue jay? September-22 by Tom Rintjema, on Flickr  September-25 by Tom Rintjema, on Flickr
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TomR posted:I'm not sure what type of bird this is. Is it just a blue jay? Belted Kingfisher- nice!
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