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[Cog]

 

[Click]

Nice shot!

I really like to see details like those few feathers raised above the wings.

 

[ISO64]

Today I managed to photograph a Bald Eagle in the wild for the first time! Soooo excited! I also posted some portraits in portraits thread.

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Congrats! Must have been an awesome sight through a long lens!

 

[AlanF]

These Blackheaded Gulls get everywhere. Here's one from yesterday - R5/100-500, iso 3200, 1/3200s.

 

[Cog]

These Blackheaded Gulls get everywhere.

They are not everywhere in my area. They migrate along the shore and are not particularly friendly.

 

[AlanF]

They are not everywhere in my area. They migrate along the shore and are not particularly friendly.

You find them similarly here - along the coast but also around lakes and rivers, and I don't know if there are many suitable lakes near you.

 

[danfaz]

Congrats! Must have been an awesome sight through a long lens!

Thank you, it sure was!

 

[dcm]

Bald eagles in flight at a state park. First BIF with R7/RF800, but at quite a distance. Will try a different vantage point next time. It might put me a bit closer. Blackout takes some getting use to. I'm not there yet.

 

[Fbimages]

Light Mantled Sooty Albatross, Southern Ocean

 

[Click]

Light Mantled Sooty Albatross, Southern Ocean

Nice close-up!

 

[Maximilian]

Light Mantled Sooty Albatross, Southern Ocean

Great shot, Felix.
Could you please share exposure data, esp. FL and how close you were?
Thanks in advance.

 

[Fbimages]

Great shot, Felix.
Could you please share exposure data, esp. FL and how close you were?
Thanks in advance.

Thanks Maximilian! This was shot on a Canon R3 with a 500mm f/4 L IS USM II + 1.4x III.
The Albatross came quite close, I would say 10-20 meters away!

Felix

 

[ERHP]

Spent some time back in FL over the holidays and at one of the local lakes were Black-bellied Whistling Ducks. A little different from the usual SoCal ducks and a lot noisier.

R3 RF600 f/4L IS w/1.4X 1/3200 : f/7.1 : ISO 800

R3 RF600 f/4L IS w/1.4X 1/3200 : f/7.1 : ISO 800

 

[AlanF]

After a fruitless morning out with the R5+800mm/11 while driving home I saw a Kestrel. The light was awful and I needed iso 32k. But worth it.

 

[Click]

After a fruitless morning out with the R5+800mm/11 while driving home I saw a Kestrel. The light was awful and I needed iso 32k. But worth it.

Nice result. Very nice shots.

 

[Click]

Spent some time back in FL over the holidays and at one of the local lakes were Black-bellied Whistling Ducks. A little different from the usual SoCal ducks and a lot noisier.

Great shots!

 

[Maximilian]

After a fruitless morning out with the R5+800mm/11 while driving home I saw a Kestrel. The light was awful and I needed iso 32k. But worth it.

Great results for ISO 32k. Well done, Alan.
I wish I had "awful light" at all. The weekend was almost as dark as night.
And yesterday and today, back in the office, there is at least some sun. But no time...

 

[photophil]

I applied a pretty ambitious crop on this image, but I think it holds up ok for web viewing. In the moment I was not able to reduce the ISO, but at least there is absolutely no motion blur with a shutter speed of 1/4000.
EOS R6, RF100-400 @400mm, 1/4000s, f/8.0, ISO 3200, AV with electronic shutter.


Flickr

 

[Click]

Nice shot, photophil.

 

[ISv]

After a fruitless morning out with the R5+800mm/11 while driving home I saw a Kestrel. The light was awful and I needed iso 32k. But worth it.

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These are great shots Alan!