Turkey

RBrogen

I shot these in front of my house today. There are 5 of these guys who hang around and I didn't realize that they had such beautiful color in their feathers until I took these shots. Christmas dinner in the making???

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dlplumer

Excellent wild turkey shots. Great color and focus on these

Travis

Those are awesome, especially #1! I also didn't realize that they were that colorful. The only thing I would add is gravy.

RBrogen

Thanks Dan/Travis. I was amazed at how iridescent their feathers appear when the sun hits them just right. The probably do weigh in about 15-25 pounds and could be marketed as "All Natural" lol..mmmm some graby, cornbread, stuffing....whew...lemme go git mah gun!

kdog

Holy crap, are those sharp and colorful! :wow

Was that your new 5DMII?

Cheers,
-joel

RBrogen

Thanks...actually these were taken with my 5D using the 100-400 glass. I'm still waiting for my 5DMII to arrive.

kdog

RBrogen wrote:

Thanks...actually these were taken with my 5D using the 100-400 glass. I'm still waiting for my 5DMII to arrive.

Ok. I haven't seen too many shots posted with that combo. A lot of folks use the 100-400 on full frame 1D series cameras, particularly for safaris, and of course get stellar results. Nice to see that the 5D gets similarly excellent results. The 5DMkII ought to be amazing with it. Hopefully you'll shoot some and let us see.

Cheers,
-joel

dbaker1221

gorgeous colors on the first shot:ivar

RBrogen

Thanks Joel, Dan.

I will definitely shoot some with the new 5DMkII and post them up..probably even add a bit of HD video . I've been very happy with this piece of glass, this one and the 70-200 are sweet and give great DOF results.

roentarre

Stunning colour and contrast! :ivar

Maestro

Awesome contrasting colors! Very sharp.

RBrogen

Thanks Roentarre/Stephen. I really like that long glass especially when you can get pretty close and have the subject fill the entire frame.