Easter morning birdies

[mike mac]

Taken this morning just setup on the deck, have my morning OJ..it don't get much better, very peaceful. All taken with the D2H and the 300f4 and 1.4 tele...yes I do own other lenses :wink:
Female Sparrow

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Date/Time 27-Mar-2005 09:44:28
Make Nikon
Model NIKON D2H
Flash Used Yes
Focal Length 420 mm
Exposure Time 1/125 sec
Aperture f/8
ISO Equivalent 200
Exposure Bias -1/3
White Balance (4)
Metering Mode matrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Program aperture priority (3)
Focus Distance
Male Cardinal
View attachment 6672
Date/Time 27-Mar-2005 14:21:09
Make Nikon
Model NIKON D2H
Flash Used No
Focal Length 420 mm
Exposure Time 1/180 sec
Aperture f/6.3
ISO Equivalent 200
Exposure Bias +1/3
White Balance (10)
Metering Mode matrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Program aperture priority (3)
Focus Distance
Black Capped Chicadee
View attachment 6673
Date/Time 27-Mar-2005 09:30:13
Make Nikon
Model NIKON D2H
Flash Used No
Focal Length 420 mm
Exposure Time 1/80 sec
Aperture f/8
ISO Equivalent 200
Exposure Bias -1/3
White Balance (4)
Metering Mode matrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Program aperture priority (3)
Focus Distance
Female Cadnial
View attachment 6674
Date/Time 27-Mar-2005 14:22:19
Make Nikon
Model NIKON D2H
Flash Used No
Focal Length 420 mm
Exposure Time 1/80 sec
Aperture f/6.3
ISO Equivalent 200
Exposure Bias +1/3
White Balance (10)
Metering Mode matrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Program aperture priority (3)
Focus Distance
Male Downy Woodpecker
View attachment 6675
Date/Time 27-Mar-2005 08:48:08
Make Nikon
Model NIKON D2H
Flash Used Yes
Focal Length 420 mm
Exposure Time 1/60 sec
Aperture f/8
ISO Equivalent 200
Exposure Bias -1/3
White Balance (4)
Metering Mode matrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Program aperture priority (3)
Focus Distance
My Daily Dove
View attachment 6676
Date/Time 27-Mar-2005 14:30:19
Make Nikon
Model NIKON D2H
Flash Used No
Focal Length 420 mm
Exposure Time 1/80 sec
Aperture f/6.3
ISO Equivalent 200
Exposure Bias +1/3
White Balance (10)
Metering Mode matrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Program aperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

 

[Flew]

Great shots Mike. I especially appreciate it when you include the EXIF data. Helps me understand at least some of what you are doing. 8)

Thanks,

Frank

 

[greyflash]

Excellent Mike. You have a corner on the market for great bird shots. Maybe you could rent out your front porch to poor struggling nature shooters. Way to go.

 

[PhotoDawg]

Great shots Mike!! Looks like the male cardinal is a regular customer to your bird feeder.....he's a bit a the heavy side! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Keith]

Have to agree.......

with Gordon here, you should rent out the back yard, but us Nikoncafe forum members want a discount. :lol: Great series, like them all :!:
Keith

 

[Uncle Frank]

Very nice, Mac. I notice you used flash for 2 of the shots, but not for the others. What was your decision making process?

 

[Keith]

Was going to jump in and respond, but dont want to hijack Mike's thread. LOL...........but on the same topic as flash, I noticed you move your EV when using flash. Somewhere down the road or in my readings it always said to leave EV at 0 and compensate using the flash, interested in your thoughts...........

 

[mike mac]

Great shots Mike. I especially appreciate it when you include the EXIF data. Helps me understand at least some of what you are doing. 8)

Thanks,

Frank

Thanks Frank will try to make that a habit with the rest of my posts

 

[mike mac]

Excellent Mike. You have a corner on the market for great bird shots. Maybe you could rent out your front porch to poor struggling nature shooters. Way to go.

thanks Goredon these birds have become accustomed to me so it makes shooting eaiser

 

[mike mac]

Very nice, Mac. I notice you used flash for 2 of the shots, but not for the others. What was your decision making process?

Frank It came down to one deciding factor. Wit the flash I had about a 10 minute wait between birds due to the flash spooking them, so I went with out the flash and tried to deal with the lower shutter speed but get more opportunities.
thanks for looking

 

[mike mac]

Re: Have to agree.......

with Gordon here, you should rent out the back yard, but us Nikoncafe forum members want a discount. :lol: Great series, like them all :!:
Keith

Sure come down you ould be so diisapointed when u see the "setup"

 

[mike mac]

Was going to jump in and respond, but don't want to hijack Mike's thread. LOL...........but on the same topic as flash, I noticed you move your EV when using flash. Somewhere down the road or in my readings it always said to leave EV at 0 and compensate using the flash, interested in your thoughts...........

I usually leave me cam a 0 EV and then set the ev in the flash, but sometimes I find that if I take a shot look at the histogram I realize that by a .3 adj might help I find it easier to dial in on the camera.

 

[gmaker1]

Mike:

Great, Great, Great. Hopefully some of these birds and weather will make it to Rochester soon.

Gil