All of the posted Bird threads in the previous week inspired me to wake up earlier then usual today, borrow a lens and try my hand at bird photography. My respect for bird photographers just went up, as I am certain I do not have the patience or eye to tell when exactly those birds will take flight (as seen in pictures below). Saying that, I will leave future bird photos to the Eastern Canadians . Enjoy laughing at my attempt. (My apologies if the photos seem a bit large. I was having some difficulty resizing for photobucket) 1. This muskrat showed his face for a few minutes before disappearing again. 2. There were probably about five or six males 'displaying' their feathers the whole time I was there, but not a single female was visibly present 3. 4. 5. 6. The bloopers 7. 8.
you did very very well, love these shots! 2, and 6 are great, and 1 makes a ugly animal look almost cute! well done!
Thank you very much Woodsac and Raymond. It was wonderful to get out and enjoy the fresh air after a long winter. Once again, my apologies for the size of the photos
ooopps I mean 2 and 5 are great.. 6 is a bit of a blooper, and believe me I end up with hundreds of these every week.. but once in a while when you fire that shutter on a hope.. it works out. I hope you get hooked on birds Peanuts, it is a great challenge.
not sure why we would be laughing... these turned out great... i especially liked 4 & 5... :thumbup: it was fun seeing the muskrat and some of your bloopers too...
The detail in number 5 is just awesome. These birds being so black, it is very tough to capture detail. It is a great shot.
Wow, once again thanks for the comments. If I have another opppurtunity to borrow that lens again, I am certain I would take a few more bird shots and perhaps after maybe 50 hours I might be lucky to ever take a decent in flight picture Thanks
Too true actually. These were taken south of Calgary half way between the city limits and Okotoks. Last time I was up north I could have sworn I saw some sparrows
