Upstate NY

dlplumer

Just returned from Syracuse NY and the fall foliage was breathtaking. I will post them on the Landscape Thread. Here are a few bird shots I took:

Maestro

I suppose Upstate NY is not too different from Arizona. I really like the third one of the gull and you caught the Canada Geese in a nice V.

Cato

LOVE the flying geese!

Seagull #3 has a dark aura. Either a post-processing issue or maybe he's been marked for death...

dlplumer

Maestro wrote:

I suppose Upstate NY is not too different from Arizona. I really like the third one of the gull and you caught the Canada Geese in a nice V.

Thanks Stephen. I got to the marsh at early dawn, and five minutes after I arrived about 20 geese took off, circled above, formed a V, and headed south. 5 minutes later another 20 did the same thing. This happened 4 times until approximately 100 geese had left the marsh for places unknown. I was lucky enough to get one decent V formation with my 300 F/4

Dan

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Cato wrote:

LOVE the flying geese!

Seagull #3 has a dark aura. Either a post-processing issue or maybe he's been marked for death...

Thanks Cato

dlplumer

Cato wrote:

LOVE the flying geese!

Seagull #3 has a dark aura. Either a post-processing issue or maybe he's been marked for death...

OK I added some more.

Cato

Oh wow, that last shot is

Harryb

Excellent Dan

dlplumer

Harryb wrote:

Excellent Dan

Thanks so much Harry.

Travis

All of them are excellent but that first one.... you did an awesome job of capturing a sharp image of a bird in flight AND not completely blowing the highlights against the darker background!!! Very nicely done.

dlplumer

Travis wrote:

All of them are excellent but that first one.... you did an awesome job of capturing a sharp image of a bird in flight AND not completely blowing the highlights against the darker background!!! Very nicely done.

Thanks Travis. I like that one too, even though it's "just a gull". :ivar

Ric Grupe

That fourth one is a flocking great shot, Dan!D

dlplumer

Ric Grupe wrote:

That fourth one is a flocking great shot, Dan!D

Thanks Ric. This was 1/400 at f/6.3 ISO 200 with my 300. I used a single point of focus and somehow managed to keep them all in decent focus.

There were about a 100 geese in this marsh, and within 15 minutes, 4 flocks took off, about 3 minutes apart. They circled above, then formed a V, and then headed off. I was lucky to get one V.

Harv

Nice set. You make a common gull look great.

dlplumer

Harv wrote:

Nice set. You make a common gull look great.

Thanks Harv. That is the nicest compliment I have ever received