Bunnies! Birds! Bison! its a wildlife bonanza!

Aloicious · Jul 26, 2013

Got to go shooting some wildlife with the wife yesterday, a rare occurrence, but we both had a lot of fun. Got my first hummingbird and saw a ton of wild bunnies.

This will be an image heavy post, but enjoy, and as always, C&C is always welcome.

1. Bunny #1

2. female Allen's Hummingbird

3. Bison

4. Barn Swallow

5. Great Horned Owl

6. RIF (Raven in Flight)

7. Female Allen's Hummingbird #2 complete with plastic feeder

8. Baby Barn Swallow in nest

9. Bunny #2

all taken with a d800e + 300mm f2.8 + 1.7x TC...most of them were wide open at f4.8, shutter ranges from ~1/800 - 1/2500ish, ISO ranges from 100 through 2500, all handheld.

tirediron · Jul 26, 2013

Nice collection!

Aloicious · Jul 26, 2013

tirediron said:
Nice collection!

Thanks, it was a fun day. there were thousands of spiders out as well, too bad I didn't have my macro lens with me, they were everywhere in the brush in a few locations

MSnowy · Jul 26, 2013

Nice day of shooting "Hoss"

cbarnard7 · Jul 26, 2013

They're all great, but the owl is my favorite by far! Here in CO, we have cottontails, bison and hummingbirds everywhere- I'm hoping to get similar results!

Derrel · Jul 26, 2013

I like the two rabbit shots the most.

Shipman · Jul 26, 2013

That owl came out awesome, that is definitely my favorite

Aloicious · Jul 26, 2013

cbarnard7 said:
They're all great, but the owl is my favorite by far! Here in CO, we have cottontails, bison and hummingbirds everywhere- I'm hoping to get similar results!

Shipman said:
That owl came out awesome, that is definitely my favorite

Thanks! that owl could not have cared less that I was there. after I was waiting for him to look in my direction from inside the car, I got out of the car and walked as close as I was able to get (he was in the rafters of an open hay 'barn'). I was even trying to get him to look in my direction but he wouldn't even do that, in fact it was almost like he was going out of his way NOT to look in my direction...heh

Derrel said:
I like the two rabbit shots the most.

MSnowy said:
Nice day of shooting "Hoss"

heh Thanks!

CoBilly · Jul 27, 2013

Great set. I like the hummingbird shots a lot. I've been trying for a while to get some decent hummingbird shots but they are just too fast and darty

JohnnyBlack · Jul 27, 2013

Nice shots, rabbits are my fav, always have a soft spot for them

Aloicious · Jul 27, 2013

CoBilly said:
Great set. I like the hummingbird shots a lot. I've been trying for a while to get some decent hummingbird shots but they are just too fast and darty

Thanks, yeah hummingbirds are quick, and more unpredictable in their movement patterns than a typical bird. I was lucky the place we were at had a hummingbird feeder out and they had the female Allen's hummingbird, as well as a male coming and going from it, I was lucky to get what I did.