Three colourful feathered friends

[pbdweeeebie]

Half-collared kingfisher



Little Bee-eater



African hoopoe

[jakethepig]

Woweeee. Simply outstanding captures. The colours, composition, detail and DoF in all of these is just so amazing. I just have to say it again pbdweeebie. Outstanding, not to mention the great subjects. Awesome work.

Jake.

[LunaGalaxies]

They're so pretty. You've captured their beauty for those who have never seen them before like me.

[Chewys Dad]

These are Spectacular; I don't know how you could have done a better Job on these captures. I'm just learning to capture these amazing critters and seeing your work
inspires me to keep on learning.
Thanks for Sharing these
Chewys Dad.

[pbdweeeebie]

Originally Posted by jakethepig

Woweeee. Simply outstanding captures. The colours, composition, detail and DoF in all of these is just so amazing. I just have to say it again pbdweeebie. Outstanding, not to mention the great subjects. Awesome work.

Jake.

Thank you Jake. I am still working on my llt <long lens technique> and its proving to be tougher than it may at first appear! But I'll claw my way there if I have to.

Originally Posted by Chewys Dad

These are Spectacular; I don't know how you could have done a better Job on these captures. I'm just learning to capture these amazing critters and seeing your work
inspires me to keep on learning.
Thanks for Sharing these
Chewys Dad.

Thanks. There is still a fair amount of room for improvement and it just takes a fair bit of practice. If anything, I am only a few paces ahead of you and I can assure you it only gets more exciting as you struggle happilly to capture the small birds!

Originally Posted by LunaGalaxies

They're so pretty. You've captured their beauty for those who have never seen them before like me.

Thank you. And that is the joy of this site - a fabulous place to see so many wonderful images from all walks of life.

[Fred flyfisher]

Beautiful work... I really do enjoy these bird pictures. Nice going. What focal length do you use? TNX.

[pbdweeeebie]

Originally Posted by Fred flyfisher

Beautiful work... I really do enjoy these bird pictures. Nice going. What focal length do you use? TNX.

Thanks for viewing Fred.

These were all shot on a Nikon D300:

1] Kingfisher:- with Nikon 70-200mm+1.7tc @340mm ISO400 f/4.8 1/400s
2] Bee-eaters:- with Sigma 150-500mm @500mm ISO800 f/10 1/80s
3] Hoopoe:- with Sigma 150-500mm @450mm f/7.1 1/60s+pop-up flash

All shot in NEF[Nikon raw] format and processed in Capture NX2

[paulq]

wow those are really amazing phtotographs. i like the composition and DOF on all 3 photos. beautiful work!

[pbdweeeebie]

Originally Posted by paulq

wow those are really amazing phtotographs. i like the composition and DOF on all 3 photos. beautiful work!

Thank you Paul.

I have found that at focal lengths at and over 300mm, if the bird is perched on a branch and the foliage is only about 20-30 m metres behind it, at around f8-11, this shallow [relative to focal length] dof brings the magic out of a lens with nice bokeh - then its the blur and colour that you see in these pics that make it all worth it.

Thanks for viewing.

[FoG]

I love the kingfishe one and the Bee-eaters lovely shots all of them but those two just jumped out at me ...