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Portraits of a Feathered Warrior

Postby Zeeke on Fri May 19, 2006 4:44 pm

Captured these with the 70-200 at 300 to 400mm using the Sigma 2x teleconvertor...

Gotta love butcher birds, I had four of them watching my every move.. nearly tame, they had no fear of sitting 2ft from me and taking bits of food from my hand (yes i know, i shouldnt feed them.. I was feeding them grubs I got out of the garden earlier)

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Postby Alpha_7 on Fri May 19, 2006 5:04 pm

Great stuff Tim, the Sigma 2x seems to be very sharp, the shots are great and the bokeh is lovely too, your lucky to have such willing models.
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Postby Bob G on Fri May 19, 2006 5:22 pm

Tim - seems like you're a hit with the birds!

Nice sharp shots -well done.


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Postby greencardigan on Fri May 19, 2006 5:24 pm

Nice shots. I think a little bit more DOF would help though.

Those nasty hooked beaks do a good job pulling my gouldian finches through the mesh on my aviary. :evil:
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Postby marcotrov on Fri May 19, 2006 5:36 pm

More like Portrait of a Butcher :) Lovely OOF backgorund and crisp images. #1 is my pick here.
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Postby Zeeke on Fri May 19, 2006 6:37 pm

Thanks for the comments

GC: Sorry to hear about your Gouldians... they have a bad habit of that

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Postby Michael on Fri May 19, 2006 6:40 pm

old mate needs to clean his beak a bit I think.

Nice shots timma
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Postby Matt. K on Fri May 19, 2006 6:42 pm

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You can take his leg clamps off now. :D :D
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Postby Oneputt on Fri May 19, 2006 6:46 pm

Tim just love the first. Top stuff :D
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Postby avkomp on Fri May 19, 2006 7:01 pm

number one is the best here
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Postby Zeeke on Fri May 19, 2006 7:13 pm

I'm sorry im adding more then 4 pics.. but heres another I took of a butcher bird landing.. sorry Gary

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and thanks for the previous comments!

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Postby avkomp on Fri May 19, 2006 8:15 pm

good action on the new one.

makes me wonder how you are attracting him.

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Postby Zeeke on Fri May 19, 2006 8:39 pm

Superglue :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:






















Nah, theres a family of butcher birds that reside in this area... and they often follow whoever is in the garden in hopes of picking up a wandering insect or grub that might be stirred up, i kept what i found and got them setup so they were comfy for a few portraits.. and if they were good after a couple of snaps, i hand fed em... (yes.. they hopped upto me and took food right out of my hand) then i'd take a few more pics

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Postby Slider on Sat May 20, 2006 12:46 pm

Great shots Tim and the recent addition action shot is a corker :D
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Postby Finch on Sun May 21, 2006 3:27 pm

Tim,

Considering the Butcherbird was taken using a 2x convertor, these shots are very sharp indeed.

Love the first 3 in particular.

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Postby Manta on Sun May 21, 2006 6:41 pm

Excellent work Tim - love the calrity of the first one and the colour and bokeh in the second.
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Postby dreams on Sun May 21, 2006 9:02 pm

damn sharp!, nice shots
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