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Here are images of songbirds that I took over the past week. It was a delight listening to their songs.
All taken handheld.
Thanks for looking.
Jason

It seems that I must have deleted some of the EXIF data when exporting.

#1 Eastern Bluebird

ILCE-1 FE 600mm F4 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter lens 840mm f/5.6 1/4000s 4000 ISO 0.0 EV

#2 Eastern Bluebird @ 840mm

#3 Eastern Bluebird @840mm

#4 Eastern Bluebird

ILCE-1 FE 600mm F4 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter lens 840mm f/5.6 1/4000s 640 ISO 0.0 EV

#5 Eastern Meadowlark @ 1200mm

#6 Eastern Meadowlark @1200mm

#7 Eastern Meadowlark @ 1200mm

#8 Eastern Meadowlark @840mm

#9 Eastern Phoebe

ILCE-1 FE 600mm F4 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter lens 840mm f/5.6 1/500s 2500 ISO 0.0 EV

#10 American Goldfinch

ILCE-1 FE 600mm F4 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter lens 840mm f/5.6 1/1000s 1250 ISO 0.0 EV

#11 Savannah Sparrow

ILCE-1 FE 600mm F4 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter lens 840mm f/5.6 1/2000s 1000 ISO 0.0 EV

#12 Field Sparrow

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Jason:

Excellent collection of birds and photographs. 👍

Apr 29, 2023 at 04:08 PM

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These are all exceptional. Love the included environment. The last is especially nice.
Gary

Apr 29, 2023 at 05:24 PM

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Incredible set of beautiful images, excellent job with them all.

Apr 29, 2023 at 05:41 PM

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Excellent set Jason with some super flight images

Morris

Apr 29, 2023 at 06:40 PM

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They are all fantastic Jason.

John

Apr 29, 2023 at 10:15 PM

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A fine set, Jason.

Apr 30, 2023 at 06:34 AM

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Splendid and colorful sights (and sounds) of Spring, Jason!

TFS

Kim

Apr 30, 2023 at 07:47 AM

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Great variety and well caught. Love the head-on in-flight shot. You have to wonder how many calculations per second that little in-flight computer is capable of!? Heh.
Eric

Apr 30, 2023 at 08:21 AM

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Ted ellis wrote:
Jason:

Excellent collection of birds and photographs. 👍

Thank you Ted
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sum1sgrampa wrote:
These are all exceptional. Love the included environment. The last is especially nice.
Gary

Thanks Gary.
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louie champan wrote:
Incredible set of beautiful images, excellent job with them all.

Thanks Louie
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morris wrote:
Excellent set Jason with some super flight images

Morris

Thanks Morris. My goal was some flight shots.
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johnohio wrote:
They are all fantastic Jason.

John

Thank you John
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psharvic wrote:
A fine set, Jason.

Thanks
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wonderer wrote:
Splendid and colorful sights (and sounds) of Spring, Jason!

TFS

Kim

Thanks Kim. Indeed it is nice to be outside in the spring.
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Erictator wrote:
Great variety and well caught. Love the head-on in-flight shot. You have to wonder how many calculations per second that little in-flight computer is capable of!? Heh.
Eric

Thanks Eric. Today's cameras do allow us to do much more than in the past.

Apr 30, 2023 at 04:28 PM

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Jason,

Beautiful and excellent set, well and nicely done

Chris S.

May 02, 2023 at 11:07 AM

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What a fantastic set! Hard to pick a favorite.

Dave

May 02, 2023 at 11:36 AM

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Beautiful stuff Jason. You got some great images.

Dave

May 02, 2023 at 03:04 PM

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jaylee73 wrote:
Thanks Eric. Today's cameras do allow us to do much more than in the past.

Agreed, but actually, I was joking about the computer in the little birds head, heh heh.

Some of today's fighter jets are so complicated aerodynamically that they cannot fly properly without computer-assisted stability augmentation. These take fast modern computer response to keep the plane dogfight worthy in various weather and attitudes.

As you watch a little bird like that fly, and you realize it doesn't have much of a glide ratio like bigger birds, it's more like that figher jet, that little fella has to work constantly to stay airborne, you see it looking around, taking in his environment, potential food sources, potential predator's, the winds, his lift and airspeed, etc etc etc. it's incredible all that is happening in that tiny little brain. Of course, it's hard programmed into his firmware so to speak, instinctual I guess you could say, but it is still pretty cool. Don't even get me started on watching an even smaller bumble bee flit around on a windy day trying to land on moving target flowers also getting blown around, heh heh... Nature is amazing, and so is Creation if you don't mind me saying so and believe in such things. Either way, very cool shots Jaylee!

Eric

May 02, 2023 at 03:36 PM

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A wonderful set Jason. Sharp, composition excellent, and great colors. Nicely done.

May 02, 2023 at 04:16 PM

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Envious of your Meadowlark encounter, haven't seen one forever. Beautiful images, great IF captures and darn pretty colors Jason.
Goldfinch and Field Sparrow are good examples of making cover work and still have the subject be the center of attention.
All good here sir!
Karl

May 02, 2023 at 10:23 PM

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Wall Art.

May 02, 2023 at 11:20 PM

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csinseattle wrote:
Jason,

Beautiful and excellent set, well and nicely done

Chris S.

Thanks Chris
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lighthound wrote:
What a fantastic set! Hard to pick a favorite.

Dave

Thanks Dave
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Dave_E wrote:
Beautiful stuff Jason. You got some great images.

Dave

Thanks Dave
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Erictator wrote:
Agreed, but actually, I was joking about the computer in the little birds head, heh heh.

Some of today's fighter jets are so complicated aerodynamically that they cannot fly properly without computer-assisted stability augmentation. These take fast modern computer response to keep the plane dogfight worthy in various weather and attitudes.

As you watch a little bird like that fly, and you realize it doesn't have much of a glide ratio like bigger birds, it's more like that figher jet, that little fella has to work constantly to stay airborne, you see it looking around, taking in his environment, potential...Show more →

And to think how far these little bird migrate..
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Chuck Eklund wrote:
A wonderful set Jason. Sharp, composition excellent, and great colors. Nicely done.

Thanks Chuck. Most of these images are much heavier crops than I prefer.
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Karl Witt wrote:
Envious of your Meadowlark encounter, haven't seen one forever. Beautiful images, great IF captures and darn pretty colors Jason.
Goldfinch and Field Sparrow are good examples of making cover work and still have the subject be the center of attention.
All good here sir!
Karl

Thanks Karl. I haven't shot Meadowlarks in a number of years so it was nice to see them again.
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Tariqie wrote:
Wall Art.

Thanks for your comment.

May 03, 2023 at 05:25 PM

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These are stunners. Can I trouble you for a rundown of your technique for these little guys? Focus area preferences? I shoot sony as well and could clearly learn something from you regarding your small bif strategies. I find myself resorting to manually focusing and shooting burst to capture similar shots bc my af jumps to the background/perch on takeoff. Thanks!!

Nov 15, 2023 at 06:40 PM

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Your photos are a delight to view Jason

Morris

Nov 15, 2023 at 10:37 PM

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