Little bird thread...your mission Mr Phelps

[bulldurham3]

We get a ton of big bird shots on here, most really, really excellent. But to be honest it is the little birds that are the challenge to shoot and get great photos of. Soooooooo, this thread is dedicated to posting your best Little Brown Job shots.
(remember hummingbirds have their own thread! the little snobs)

 

[bulldurham3]

I Hate to Jump and Run

 

[ZombiesniperJr]

Nice shot

 

[spiralout462]

Summer Tanager. Female. I'm so glad this thread is still rolling!!

 

[jcdeboever]

Catbird in a tree just singing away beautifully.

 

[Didereaux]

Catbird in a tree just singing away beautifully.
Neat pose. But remember with that strong backlight you need to turn your EC up +1 to +2 in order to fill shadows.

 

[jcdeboever]

Catbird in a tree just singing away beautifully.
Neat pose. But remember with that strong backlight you need to turn your EC up +1 to +2 in order to fill shadows.

Got it, was wondering how to accomplish that. Thank you for the direction!

 

[baturn]

Downy Woodpecker
Finally a little sunshine last evening.


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[baturn]

Infrequent visitors to my yard.


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[jcdeboever]

Song Sparrow. No edit except image scale to post on here. Canon SX60HS.

Red Wing Blackbird making a crap load of noise. Sounded like a crying baby.

 

[Didereaux]

Very nice, That little Canon SX60HS continues to impress me!

 

[jcdeboever]

Very nice, That little Canon SX60HS continues to impress me!

Thank you. It is very capable as I am finding out. I think the biggest issue is the stabilization. If I put this on a tripod, everything would be tack sharp. I noticed (not with these) on a tripod with stabilization turned off, eliminates the watercolor effect. My sharp images only happens when I am perfectly still and fairly close to subject. I tested on a tripod and it shines. The metering and color are excellent in my opinion.

 

[baturn]

Black Headed Grosbeak

 

[jcdeboever]

Song Sparrow in a different State. MI. Canon SX60HS

 

[Didereaux]

Song Sparrow in a different State. MI. Canon SX60HS

to me that looks a whole lot more like a female red-winged blackbird. Bill is just no a sparrow bill.