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Kazy posted:Rivers and ponds can be a great resource for water fowl. I know this was a amusement park BUT, you need to get lower. Ideally you want to be eye level with the bird it makes the photo much more engaging to the viewer. When you are shoot down or up they end up looking like snap shots most of the time. I know this is not always possible but something you should keep in mind.
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Kazy posted:The amusement park one was eye level, the pond was elevated and the ducks were Depending on how high the walkway is and if you have a tripod you can put the tripod off the edge. I do this at a local place I shoot at. There is a floating walkway and I put my tripod in water and lay on the boardwalk with the camera on the tripod in the water.
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Jul 17, 2009 18:37
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jackpot posted:From the way these are overexposed and blurry, I'd almost bet money that you were on aperture priority and the camera decided to slow things way down to catch the waning light. I used to use Av all the time, now I hardly trust it at all, it's cost me too many good photos. I had the same problem I have been shooting in manual for a year or two and have not looked back. Once you get the hang of it, you have much much better control and depending on your camera is not much slower.
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Jul 17, 2009 19:46
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Was out shooting landscapes when this guy dropped by.
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Aug 8, 2009 08:47
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Ingraman posted:Where do you guys live where you can get all these great shots of pelicans/egrets/herons? The ones here in MA all seem to fly away at the slightest movement. This is as close as I got to a heron with a 500mm lens: I have a short lens so I have had to learn how to get close to them. Take your time be patient and just try to get as close as you can.
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Aug 9, 2009 03:54
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Giving my new lens a try.
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Aug 11, 2009 06:15
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tiercel posted:This is a fabulous behavioral shot. Yeah he/she put on quite a show for me.
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Aug 11, 2009 17:09
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Interrupting Moss posted:Nicely done, looking for birds can be incredibly frustrating, yesterday I spent nearly 2 hours at a local bird sanctuary all I managed to find where a few Mallard ducks 
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Aug 13, 2009 17:14
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One from the weekend, not sure what it is.
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Aug 19, 2009 01:01
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Testing my new ballhead and found this guy, never could get a good angle. 
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Aug 28, 2009 08:06
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diarrhea for girls posted:drat, I love action shots like that. Very nice catch! Yes with that lens although it is not that long and I forgot my TC. Had terrible luck with birds lately. some form last weekend I just remembered.  
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Aug 28, 2009 19:50
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A large flock of gulls roosting.
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Aug 31, 2009 07:51
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One from today.
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Sep 7, 2009 01:52
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Curufin posted:
Jealous of the Puffins, would love to see some sometime, nice shots.
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Sep 8, 2009 06:38
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One from the weekend and one from today. 
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Sep 22, 2009 04:37
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One from today:
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Sep 23, 2009 07:24
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Clayton Bigsby posted:That is excellent. What lens did you use? It has that nice supertele looking background. Nikon 200-400 F4, 400mm wide open, it is dreamy wide open.
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Sep 27, 2009 21:13
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Clayton Bigsby posted:Nice. I wish Canon would at some point offer a 200-400/4 but it seems like it'll never happen. That one and an IS version of my 400/5.6 would be something I'd pay dearly for. I also wish Nikon would make a 400 f4 so I guess we are kind of even :P
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Sep 27, 2009 21:28
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Arinel posted:
Near a tiny old logging community on Vancouver Island, Jordan River
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I normally dont do much post work, if you can see the horizon and it is not straight I will correct it. For the most part I just do some minor tweaks to saturation, sharpening etc.
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Oct 12, 2009 03:47
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One from yesterday.
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Nov 1, 2009 21:06
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Male Hooded Merganser
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SKULE123 posted:This post isn't exactly a bird picture, but I noticed a lot more flickr hits than normal today and was excited to see that a popular travel blog had picked my puffin picture of a couple of pages back for their photo of the day. I subscribe to that blog and I was 98% sure that was a goons photo, nice work. I have actually been featured on their a few times 
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Song Sparrow. PS, this site is great for looking for an ID. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/
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Feb 7, 2010 08:49
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Canadian Goose getting ready to nest.
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Male Hooded Merganser
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Bewick's Wren Ring-necked Duck (male) 
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A juvenile Cooper's hawk. 
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Mar 27, 2010 22:31
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A quick guess is the Common Grackle, but not too sure. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Grackle/id
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Mar 27, 2010 22:44
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You can kind of see it on its back, a lot of that colour would depend on the light but hard to say for sure.
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Mar 27, 2010 23:14
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Probably a raven then, look like a bigger crow.
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Apr 10, 2010 21:00
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Pretty sure it is a killdeer, they tend to nest in gravel or rocks like yours has.
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Killdeer
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William T. Hornaday posted:A type of heron, I believe. Looks like a great blue heron but the angle is a bit strange.
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