From my deck

Here are a couple shots from my deck at home. The Rose Breasted Grosbeak is a rare visitor to my feeder. It showed up yesterday morning, and I have not seen it since. I got this with my 300 f2.8 and my good old D100. The Cardinal is a regular visitor. The Red Bellied Woodpecker was taken handheld with my 70-200 f2.8 VR and the D100. This was taken at my trailer. Comments welcome as always.

 

Posting

Hi Harris,

The birds are finally coming back, so I finally get to take some pictures. Thanks for your comments

 

Re: Super shots, Ed!

Hi Steve,
Thanks for your comments. This is the first use of my new copy of Photoshop CS2. Other than that, I using my normal workflow of NC 4 and then CS 2 for sizing and framing. I'll have to check.

 

Sharpening

Hi Dave,
Thanks for your comments. I agree about the sharpening. I was trying to bring out the detail in the black feathers, and I guess that I pushed too much. That black edge really shws the halo. I will reprocess the image, and see what I can do with it.

 

300 f2.8

Hi Frank,

The 300 f2.8 saved my cookies on the first picture. It was a rainy overcast day. I tried using the 80-400, and I was gettin exposures of 1/20 sec at f 4.5. My old shaky hands didn;'t do well, even with VR. The 300 on the Sidekik did the job. I love that lens.

 

Woodpecker

Hi Don,
Thanks for your comments. Yes they are a little skittery. Keep trying, and you will capture it.
 

 

Woodpecker

Hi Gordon,
Thanks for the nice words. I got lucky on this one. He kept hiding behind tree branches.  

 

Hi Gale,
Yeah, the season has finally arrived, and the birds and animals are stirring. I hope to get some decent shots, this year.    

 

Hi Bryan,
Thanks for your comments. I got a little heavy on the sharpening on the first one, but this was kind of a rare bird for these parts, and I was anxious to post it.. At least I have only ever seen one around here.