Birding Photos Photo Gallery by David B at pbase.com

Birding Photos

I have been a birder for a couple of years now. I am especially facinated by the challenge of trying to get sharp photos of these quick moving detailed subjects. It can be quite exciting to capture a new species that you have never seen closely before. As can be seen from some of my almost shots it can take a lot of patience and more than a little luck to get decent bird photos. A new Canon 300 F2.8L IS lens with 1.4X and 2X teleconverters to go with my D60 is my new toy as of 4/2003. All images have been photoshoped and somewhat downsized to varying degrees for display on the web. I am still experimenting on how far I can downsize images and still preserve halfway sharp pictures for display on the web.

FAT GOLDFINCH	GREAT EGRET	HOUSE FINCH	FEMALE PINE WARBLER	GOLDFINCH W OPEN WINGS	BLUE JAY	CHIPPING SPARROW I
CHIPPING SPARROW II	NORTHERN CARDINAL IN TREE	Pileated Woodpecker in Magnolia	PINE WARBLER I	PINE WARBLER II	PINE WARBLER III	BROWN CREEPER
CAROLINA CHICKADEE	RED BELLIED MALE WOODPECKER	RED BELLIED WOODPECKER ON TREE	RED BELLIED WOODPECKER I	RED BELLIED WOODPECKER II	FLYING RING BILLED GULL	TUFTED TITMOUSE I
TUFTED TITMOUSE II	TUFTED TITMOUSE III	WET CAROLINA WREN	HOUSE FINCH ON FEEDER	WET NORTHERN CARDINAL	GREAT EGRET REFLECTION	NORTHERN CARDINAL ON FEEDER
FEMALE RED BELLIED WOODPECKER	CLAY COLORED SPARROW	GREEN TAILED TOWHEE AMONG PINECONES	PYGMY NUTHATCH WITH SUNFLOWER SEED	STELLERS JAY	BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD AT REST	HUMMINGBIRD IN TREE
DOWNY WOODPECKER	CASSINS FINCH	MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE	BROADTAILED HUMMINGBIRD I	BROADTAILED HUMMINGBIRD II	PYGMY NUTHATCH	WESTERN SCRUB JAY
RED COCKADED WOODPECKER NEST	TUFTED TITMOUSE	BLUE GROUSE	PILEATED WOODPECKER I	PILEATED WOODPECKER II	Back Off.jpg	Pine Warbler in Flight.JPG
AMERICAN COOT	BACKWARD CAROLINA CHICKADEE	GOLDFINCHE SQUABBLE.jpg	Franklin Gull	PILEATED WOODPECKER	FLYING GULL	GOLDFINCH FULL WINGS I
GOLDFINCH LANDING II	GREAT BLUE HERON I	GREAT BLUE HERON II	GREAT BLUE HERON III	GREAT BLUE HERON IV	GOLDFINCH BUFFET	GOLDFINCHES
OSPREY I	OSPREY II	OSPREY III	OSPREY IV	OSPREY V	PILEATED WOODPECKER	PILEATED WOODPECKER
FLYING CORMORANT.jpg	American White Pelican	Ring-billed Gulls.jpg	Bentwater Marina View	AMERICAN COOT	AMERICAN ROBIN	FLYING CORMORANT
FEMALE CARDINAL	GREAT BLUE HERON	FLYING GREAT BLUE HERON	American Coot Reflection	PINE WARBLER ON TREE	RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER ON TREE	RING-NECKED DUCK
FLYING MALLARD	FEEDING MALLARD	DABBLING DUCKS I	FEEDING MALLARDS II	SYNCRONIZED FEEDING III	FEEDING MALLARDS IV	FLYING KILLDEER
NORTHERN CARDINAL	STARLINGS	Yellow-Rumped Warbler I	Yellow-Rumped Warbler II	Yellow-Rumped Warbler III	Carolina Wren I	Carolina Wren II
Cedar Waxwing I	Cedar Waxwing Deli Favorite	Cedar Waxwing II	Cedar Waxwings Take Flight	Cedar Waxwing Flock	Northern Mockingbird I	Northern Mockingbird II
Northern Mockingbird III	Mourning Dove	House Sparrow	Female Brown-Headed Cowbird	Brown-Headed Cowbird Pair	White-Throated Sparrow	Follow the Leader
Osprey in Flight I	Osprey in Flight II	Eastern Bluebird	Who Am I? I	Who Am I? II	Who Am I? III	Cattle Egret I
Cattle Egret II	Cattle Egret III - Dancing in the Shadow!	Cattle Egret IV	Cattle Egret V	Cattle Egret VI	Cattle Egret VII	Cattle Egret VIII
Tufted Titmouse I	Tufted Titmouse II	Tufted Titmouse III	Great Egret I	Great Egret II	Great Egret III	Great Blue Heron on Marina Wall
Eastern Bluebird	Ruby-Throated Hummingbird I	Ruby-Throated Hummingbird II	Ruby-Throated Hummingbird III	Roby-Throated Hummingbird IV	Ruby-Throated Hummingbird V	Red-Headed Woodpecker
Red-Headed Woodpecker II	Tufted Titmouse in Bird Bath	Tufted Titmouse Blowin in the Wind	Tufted Titmouse Couple I	Titmouse With Nesting Material	Tufted Titmouse Couple II	Tufted Titmouse Couple III
Tufted Titmouse Couple IV	Tufted Titmouse	Tufted Titmouse Closeup	Mallard Ducks	American White Pelican	Yellow Warbler	Tree Swallow
Purple Martin	Common Tern	Red-Headed Woodpecker	Crazy Tongued Hummer	Ruby-Throated Hummingbird	Ruby-Throated Hummingbird II	Ring Billed Gull I
Ring Billed Gull II	Ring Billed Gull III	Red Bellied Woodpecker Feeding	WILD GRAPE BUNCH I	WILD GRAPE BUNCH II	WILD GRAPE BUNCH III	RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD	YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER I	GREAT BLUE HERON	YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER II	MIGRATING CORMORANTS	WILD GRAPE BUNCH IV	Ducks in a Row
Tufted Titmouse	Downy Woodpecker	Red Bellied Woodpecker	Northern Cardinal	Northern Cardinal II	American Robin	Red Bellied Woodpecker II
Eastern Bluebird in Tree	American Robin II	Eastern Bluebird Lookout	Eastern Bluebird Home Sweet Home	Eastern Bluebird with Snack	Bluebird Closeup	Bluebird Mom and Dad
Bluebird	Bluebird with Treat	If I Only Had Wings	White-throated Sparrow	Carolina Wren	Northern Cardinal Fence Sitter	Mallard Reflection
Scissor Tailed Flycatcher I	Siccor-Tailed Flycatcher II	Scissor Tailed Flycatcher III	Rainy Day Blue Jay I	Rainy Day Blue Jay II	Rainy Day Blue Jay III	Red-bellied in Flight
Traffic Control Problem	Port Arthur AKC JH Test 039	Port Arthur AKC JH Test 040	Port Arthur AKC JH Test 041	Port Arthur AKC JH Test 042	Cardinal in Tree	Carolina Chickadee
Pine Warbler (Cowbird Host) I	Pine Warbler (Cowbird Host)II	Juvenile Brown-headed Cowbird	Pine Warbler Host Feeding Cowbird I	Pine Warbler Host Feeding Cowbird II	White-breasted Nuthatch	Pileated on Fire
Carolina Wren I	Carolina Wren II	Juvenile Cardinal	Juvenile Red-bellied I	Juvenile Red-bellied II	Juvenile Red-bellied III	Pine Warbler-1
Pine Warbler-2	Pine Warbler-3	Pine Warbler-4	Backyard-1	Backyard-2	Backyard-3	Backyard-4
Backyard-5	Backyard-6	Backyard Birds-7	First Year Sapsucker	Backyard Birds-9	Coopers Hawk I	Coopers Hawk II
Wren Fledglings-1.jpg	Wren Fledglings-2.jpg	Wren Fledglings-3.jpg	Wren Fledglings-4.jpg	Wren Fledglings-5.jpg	Wren Fledglings-6.jpg

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Michael Gehrisch		04-Dec-2004 21:07
A beautful gallery David. I actually found it by searching for example pix with the 300/2.8. I just bought a used 300/2.8 and have been wondering if the quality with the 1.4 and 2X extenders would be satisfactory compared with my 100-400. Well you put my fears to rest. You've done a fantastic job of showing what this lens can do. So have you tried stacking the extenders?

Debbie		19-Jan-2004 14:23
Gorgeous shots. My goal is to get pictures like that! I'm just starting out. Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

Guest		05-Mar-2003 11:15
Very very nice pictures...love them Claire

Meowy		03-Mar-2003 04:27
impressive~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^0^.

Guest		18-Feb-2003 03:18
Very nice photo's!

Kaye		09-Feb-2003 04:56
These are outstanding photos!!Brought many smiles to my face.Great Job!!

Guest		22-Jan-2003 03:28
Nice!! =)

Jo�o Ferreira		18-Jan-2003 07:31
MORE...... Good work I love it!

Gaye Horn		12-Jan-2003 17:38
I love your photos.. and welcome to the UK Bird Forum it is simply and without doubt the best anywhere... good to have you there!

Joy		02-Jan-2003 23:08
Your photos are wonderful. I really enjoyed them!

Janie Hoffman		02-Jan-2003 22:16
Your photo's are just outstanding. You have the same birds that are in my back yard. I hope you'll continue taking photo's and posting. Glad you stopped in at the Bird forum. Janie

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