From a short outing last Saturday. Light was sucky but the burds didn't seem to mind....

1D2n + 400 5.6 + 1.4x = 560mm

1. Hummer

Ken,

sweet series & the GBH must have been sitting in your lap.

# 1, 2, 6 & 14 are my top picks here.

nice series & not fair to pick top picks.

I need to get out to do some photography again soon - - I'm going nuts ....


Lil

Excellent series Ken , I loved the Say's Phoebe captures #5,6 and 14 are my favorites, but all are great except the new duck called Golden Nello that one wins the prize .

Garen

Yep! look who's taking the macros of the "south side of a ducks" ... Tap tap tap... Nice set you have here.. I would crop that GBH tighter

From your short outing you sure got lots of great shots Ken. Makes it very difficult to chose the pics but #13 of the GBH with it's lovely setting makes it tops for me.
Martin

ZOOM, a little different style for you on these Lots of nice ones, not sure on some comps but I do find #13 GBH very nice, and I am still LMAO on ID of #7 And how is it so easy to like #8, heck I can't even make out one sharp eye on that one buddy

And make certain to follow Chad's suggestion, that techinique is a proven winner

Karl

Fun stuff Ken. Dancing birds, brown eyes, who could want anything more The Says is a pretty berd, I have never seen one. 3 close We'll see about that

9 has to be my favorite, so much character! Overall, nice job!

Tim

Ahh Ken.....your Nello and bald eagle are extraordinary. Hee hee..... a very fine series. I don't remember seeing a hummer from you before but, I LIKE him. I am glad you did the math on the 400mm and 1.4 tc.

Ted

1D2n + 400 5.6 + 1.4x = 560mm x 1.3crop = 728mm

Obviously some fine specimens...and certainly well captured BUT you really outdid yourself, Ken.
The bald eagle is like nothing I've ever seen, the Nello...state of the art!!

These are very nice!!!

I love ur IDs...bald eagle
That hummer shot is very interesting, I like it! unusual perch / angle
Filling the frame w the burd is always nice..amazing detail in that GBH

P.S needless to say winner of the set is the golden Nello maaaan i laughed so hard

Mr. Z,
Wundervoll series, really like the "Says".
Thanks

Tim

Ken
Excellent work. Hummer shot is very impressive. Intersting to see the coot's legs.Perfect for wading and swimming.
Harsha

Stickied boids are nice, especially the Dumpling Hummie, the Balde Canadian Eagle is hilarious, but the GBH-full-frame-got-close simply rocks. I like to see when someone don't take that "blue" in the boid's name too literally.

Lil Judd wrote:
Ken,
sweet series & the GBH must have been sitting in your lap.

# 1, 2, 6 & 14 are my top picks here.

nice series & not fair to pick top picks.

I need to get out to do some photography again soon - - I'm going nuts ....

Lil

Lil,

I saw the GBH fly across the pond and land where it did. I carefully walked around, slowed my approach when I got near, and then literally sat down beside it. I had to back off a bit to get it to fin in the frame. If you learn thier behaviors you get them comfortable with your presence and approach very close like this. Either that or I found a stupid one

Glad you enjoyed

Zm

GAREN wrote:
Excellent series Ken , I loved the Say's Phoebe captures #5,6 and 14 are my favorites, but all are great except the new duck called Golden Nello that one wins the prize .

Garen

Thanks Garen, I happy to report that, while once considered highly endangered, the Golden Nello population has recovered substantially in the past year or so

Ken

72chevelle454 wrote:
Yep! look who's taking the macros of the "south side of a ducks" ... Tap tap tap... Nice set you have here.. I would crop that GBH tighter

You talking to me? Yes, I know you would crop it tighter but fortunately for both of us, I am not you

Zm

Awesome shots! Its posts like this that really make me want to get the 400 5.6. Seems like a great lens! Can't afford the 2.8 just yet. Nicely done tho!

Very nice series.

trenchmonkey wrote:
Obviously some fine specimens...and certainly well captured BUT you really outdid yourself, Ken.
The bald eagle is like nothing I've ever seen, the Nello...state of the art!!

You've never seen a BE like this because you don't live anywhere near Hollywood. They are a bit eccentric around here

The Golden Nello shot did not come without certain sacrifies on the photographer's part but as it was a life bird for me it was well worth the trials a tribulations

Zm

Brenton Biggs wrote:
These are very nice!!!

Thanks Brenton!!!

Zm

Nello Milanese wrote:
I love ur IDs...bald eagle
That hummer shot is very interesting, I like it! unusual perch / angle
Filling the frame w the burd is always nice..amazing detail in that GBH

P.S needless to say winner of the set is the golden Nello maaaan i laughed so hard

Thanks Mr. Nello You just have no idea how hard I had to work to get that shot lined up the way I wanted it. I had to sit there for almost 30 minutes before the Golden Nello swam close and presented itself to me

Zm

tfoltz wrote:
Mr. Z,
Wundervoll series, really like the "Says".
Thanks

Tim

Donkey Shins, Tim

Ken

Very nice set, Ken. I particularly like the lighting, color and detail in 4 and 5. They are all pleasing though. Well... except for that big footed bird
Socrate