Bird Photography

[kaneohebud]

Thanks, Darlene. You can see more pictures like this at my web site (currently under construction) http://www.budralston.smugmug.com/

[ddp4me]

Bud,

Really enjoyed your site.

I went to Yellowstone and the Tetons many years ago shortly after graduating high school. I'm in the process of scanning photos I took on film. Used a point and shoot then so not thinking I may get much from them, but you never know. I hope to get back there soon and try out my relatively new digital SLR.

Thanks for sharing your photos. Loved the the Hawk photos!

[kaneohebud]

Yellowstone and the Tetons are amazing. This last trip was frustrating because of the late summer/fall most of the animals were still in the high country and inaccessible. Bear activity was pretty aggressive this summer; four people killed and two mauled. Still a fabulous place to take photos.

[ddp4me]

I think I'll leave the bear photography to someone else. I don't want to even see something that can eat me unless there is a fence between my self and it.

I looked at your shots and could just smell their hot breath on my neck. No way! OK, I'm a chicken.

I did get to see an elk fairly close up and in velvet in 2010 in Tennessee. NPS introduced them back into Great Smoky Mountains National Park a few years ago.

We had spent a day in the area where they were supposed to be and didn't see one. Then out of the blue there was one standing near one of the Visitors center munching on clover. I tried to get a good angle to get a decent photo but a ranger showed up a few minutes later and made everyone move back. It was a site to behold though, especially a buck!

Thanks for sharing!

[Peter Ryan]

Hi Darlene,

This is the Boat Billed Heron I captured in Costa Rica. We were in an open top boat motoring through the channels and, I thought, trying to maneuverer out of a tight spot as the boat drifted under the branches of a low tree. The guide asked us to look up and about a meter above us was this little guy looking down. He never got frightened and didn't move much. Maybe not the best angle but I couldn't move. It was shot with fill flash (I often use balanced TTL fill flash for birds in trees) so the colours would be reasonably accurate as flash is balanced to daylight colour temperature.

[Skyline]

Thanks, Darlene. You can see more pictures like this at my web site (currently under construction) http://www.budralston.smugmug.com/

Thanks for sharing your site Bud. Thoroughly enjoyed looking at your pictures. How far away from the wolves and bears were you?
I love those wolves shots where they are looking straight at you.

[rpcrowe]

Bud,

Your wildlife images are excellent...

[Donald]

Bud, Your wildlife images are excellent...

Sorry cutting into this thread and knocking it slightly off-topic ........ but I agree.

That website is starting to look good with so many high quality images, especially in the Hawaii gallery. And "Yellowstone River - Hayden Valley - Yellowstone National Park" is an absolute beauty.

Sorry ............ back to birds.

[Skyline]

I have a duck pond not to far away from me that has some nice wildlife.


Muscovy Duck

[TobyMac]

Nice shot there Dave, to me it just looks a little over exposed, but maybe that's just me.

Found this Grey Lourie in the garden the other day, was a very curious fellow.


_MG_8823 by Tobias Weber, on Flickr


_MG_8828 by Tobias Weber, on Flickr

[Skyline]

Nice shot there Dave, to me it just looks a little over exposed, but maybe that's just me.

It is a little. Bright sunshine on white is hard at times. I brought them down as much as I dared.

Great shots of the Grey Lourie. I like this thread as I get to see different birds from around the world

[Brownbear]

Hi Christina, if you read my post, just 3 above, you will see you need to increase your Exposure Compensation (check your manual) by around 1.3 to 1.7 stops. The sky is too bright and causing your meter to underexposue. Similarly the water is highly reflective and causing the same effect. I would also move your ISO to 200 to get a faster shutter speed.

Hi Peter,
It's Christina, just to say thank you, and to post some better bird photos obtained following your advice.









In particular, shooting with a higher iso is necessary for hawks, because they fly so high up in the sky, and are so dark! Still learning, and once again, Thank you!

[TobyMac]

Yellow billed Kite at the beach in Saint Lucia


_MG_0432.Edit by Tobias Weber, on Flickr

[Brownbear]

For Bird Lovers
A Blue Throated Magpie Jay

[TobyMac]

Wow that is a very nice bird Christina

[Brownbear]

Yes, they are beautiful... From Wikipedia....This species is 58.5 to 76.5 cm (23 to 30 inches) long and weight is 225-251 grams (8-9 oz.), more than half of which is the tail.

Really difficult to photograph without a long lens, but I have two of them visting in the area of my house, most every morning this week, so I keep trying to get closer, and also to catch its tail in flight... Here is a frontal view