From the SF Bay Area...

luisv

Here is a collection of images I've taken around the Bay Area in the past couple of weeks.


1. Song sparrow singing its song


2. Female Red-winged Blackbird


3. Western Scrub-Jay


4. Brewer's Blackbird


5. Male Western Bluebird - This shot underwent some surgery.
The bird was standing on a pipe covered in bird droppings, which I replaced with a nearby post which was much cleaner.


6. Female Western Bluebird - Same as the previous bird. These birds only liked to stand on the filthy pipe...


7. Lesser Yellowlegs - The bird on the right was doing some sort of display dance, making short jumps around the other bird.


8. Pie-billed Grebe


9. Eared Grebes


10. Horned Grebe - Heavy crop. I saw it only once and was quite far from the shore.


11. Male Anna's Hummingbird - The hummers seem to like these flowers. You can more or less predictably find them coming down for some nectar every five minutes, especially when it gets warmer after 9am.


12. Immature Red-tailed Hawk taking off


13. Snowy Egret



Thanks for looking.

Cheers,
--
Luis

riddim_maker

Wow Luis! seems like you had a very productive past couple of weeks
Did you manage to get in any sleep time?
Anyway, awesome set of images: great exposure, background, subjects, action (#7), etc.
Once you clone out that dust-bunny in #8 you would've posted one perfect set.

luisv

riddim_maker wrote:

Wow Luis! seems like you had a very productive past couple of weeks
Did you manage to get in any sleep time?
Anyway, awesome set of images: great exposure, background, subjects, action (#7), etc.
Once you clone out that dust-bunny in #8 you would've posted one perfect set.

Thank you, Russ!
Yes, it's a very nice time of the year around here. I try to go out on weekends, but this weekend I was home alone with my 20-month old son so I picked the strolled and out we went both days.

Regarding the dust-bunny, I think it's actually a bug since I checked shots right before and after that one and the blob wasn't there. But you are right and I should have cloned it out before posting...I'll do it tonight and update the post.

Cheers,
--
Luis

bfjr

Great stuff
with RTH and Hummer being exceptional

luisv

bfjr wrote:

Great stuff
with RTH and Hummer being exceptional

Thanks Ben!

Cygnus Studios

Very nice indeed.
I have noticed a few more grebes coming around lately. I guess that I need to take some time for more fun shots.

Harryb

Marvelous as always but #4 is special.

Maestro

Incredible set and wonderful photoshopping. I never would have known that you replaced anything in those bluebird photos!

grimace

Awesome series!! Very sharp, colorful, and well composed!!

luisv

Cygnus Studios wrote:

Very nice indeed.
I have noticed a few more grebes coming around lately. I guess that I need to take some time for more fun shots.

Thanks Steve.

luisv

Harryb wrote:

Marvelous as always but #4 is special.

Thanks Harry! I am glad you liked the photos.

luisv

Maestro wrote:

Incredible set and wonderful photoshopping. I never would have known that you replaced anything in those bluebird photos!

Thanks Stephen. I would still like to improve the PS job on the bird though, since in the process I had to "amputate" one toe.
Here is the original photo for reference.

luisv

grimace wrote:

Awesome series!! Very sharp, colorful, and well composed!!

Thanks Adam!

NorthernFocus

Wow. Looks like you had some fun over the past couple of weeks.

raptorcaptor

Excellent set Luis! Nice to see both the eared and horned grebes in breeding plummage!