Orange Bishops

FroggyFroggy Registered Users Posts: 610 Major grins
edited August 28, 2007 in Wildlife
These are a 1st for me, there are two colors at the location whare I captured these, one is more of a yellow the other brite orange/red in color.
When I first saw these they were quite a ways off across the river, my curiosity and lack of reach got the better of me so with my new MK3 and my trusty 400 I walked across the shallows of the river and captured these, hope you enjoy looking at them.

#1 Yellow color
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#2 Yellow color
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#3 Red
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#4 Red
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#5 Red
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#6 Red
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  • ShasocShasoc Registered Users Posts: 691 Major grins
    edited August 27, 2007
    Congrats on your beautiful captures, Froggy. Good looking bird, and great job getting these shots. Setting, detail, and composition are really good. clap.gifthumb.gif
    Socrate
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  • dmmattixdmmattix Registered Users Posts: 341 Major grins
    edited August 27, 2007
    Very nice set. thumb.gif

    I am envious of you practiced bird shooters. Heck I get blurred pictures with anything moving faster than a mountain...:cry

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    Mike
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  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited August 27, 2007
    cool set....clap.gif a bird I have not seen beforethumb.gif
    **If I keep shooting, I'm bound to hit something**
    Dave
  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited August 27, 2007
    Awesome captures Steve! clap.gif
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  • PrescottPhotogPrescottPhotog Registered Users Posts: 1,174 Major grins
    edited August 27, 2007
    Froggy wrote:
    These are a 1st for me

    Great Captures Froggy (Steve). I have never seen this bird before, what beautiful colors..clap.gif
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  • FroggyFroggy Registered Users Posts: 610 Major grins
    edited August 27, 2007
    Shasoc wrote:
    Congrats on your beautiful captures, Froggy. Good looking bird, and great job getting these shots. Setting, detail, and composition are really good. clap.gifthumb.gif

    Thanks Socrate, I love the color on this bird, my hope is to get some better light to show him off in, thanks again

    Steve
    Looking for the weekend, see my images at the location below, please leave a comment if you like what you see, I would love to hear from you.:):

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  • FroggyFroggy Registered Users Posts: 610 Major grins
    edited August 27, 2007
    dmmattix wrote:
    Very nice set. thumb.gif

    I am envious of you practiced bird shooters. Heck I get blurred pictures with anything moving faster than a mountain...:cry

    Regards,

    Mike

    Thanks Mike,

    keep on shooting it takes time and practice, practice, practice

    Steve
    Looking for the weekend, see my images at the location below, please leave a comment if you like what you see, I would love to hear from you.:):

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  • FroggyFroggy Registered Users Posts: 610 Major grins
    edited August 27, 2007
    dbaker1221 wrote:
    cool set....clap.gif a bird I have not seen beforethumb.gif

    Thanks so much for kind words, this one is a first for me too

    Steve
    Looking for the weekend, see my images at the location below, please leave a comment if you like what you see, I would love to hear from you.:):

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  • FroggyFroggy Registered Users Posts: 610 Major grins
    edited August 27, 2007
    PrescottPhotog wrote:
    Great Captures Froggy (Steve). I have never seen this bird before, what beautiful colors..clap.gif

    Thanks Glen

    Steve
    Looking for the weekend, see my images at the location below, please leave a comment if you like what you see, I would love to hear from you.:):

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  • FroggyFroggy Registered Users Posts: 610 Major grins
    edited August 27, 2007
    PrescottPhotog wrote:
    Great Captures Froggy (Steve). I have never seen this bird before, what beautiful colors..clap.gif

    This bird is pretty rare around these parts, I feel pretty darned blessed to have met him.

    Steve
    Looking for the weekend, see my images at the location below, please leave a comment if you like what you see, I would love to hear from you.:):

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  • BigAlBigAl Registered Users Posts: 2,294 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2007
    dbaker1221 wrote:
    cool set....clap.gif a bird I have not seen beforethumb.gif

    Nice set! thumb.gif

    Dave, you probably won't see it as it's an African bird, which seems to be an escapee in the LA area. I posted some pics here a while back, and Jeff commented on it in that thread:

    http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=50017

    btw, the African name is Red Bishop :D
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  • riddim_makerriddim_maker Registered Users Posts: 1,835 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2007
    Very nice capture Steve clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif
    It's so easy to blow the red channel on these little guys, but you didn't seem to have that problem. thumb.gif
    Russ
  • FroggyFroggy Registered Users Posts: 610 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2007
    BigAl wrote:
    Nice set! thumb.gif

    Dave, you probably won't see it as it's an African bird, which seems to be an escapee in the LA area. I posted some pics here a while back, and Jeff commented on it in that thread:

    http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=50017

    btw, the African name is Red Bishop :D

    Thanks Al, I went back last night for a reshoot the results are much better in the evening light.

    These are of the weaver family, they were introduced into North America from Africa where they are considerd pests

    I really like your captures,nice.

    Steve
    Looking for the weekend, see my images at the location below, please leave a comment if you like what you see, I would love to hear from you.:):

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  • FroggyFroggy Registered Users Posts: 610 Major grins
    edited August 28, 2007
    riddim_maker wrote:
    Very nice capture Steve clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif
    It's so easy to blow the red channel on these little guys, but you didn't seem to have that problem. thumb.gif

    Hey Russ how goes it, these are really tough to capture, the light is critical as with everything, these want to definently blow the red channel, they are so vibrant that early or late light is critical to a successful shoot with them

    Steve
    Looking for the weekend, see my images at the location below, please leave a comment if you like what you see, I would love to hear from you.:):

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