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Thanks to Hawkman, last weeks thread had a great start, stunning work, and a great variety like the Great White Shark by KT, Indydan at Granby zoo, Carl and the Green herons, and the unforgettable shots by Greg in Texas of herons taking on very large prey.

So here we go again, please add your kit used, location, description to help fill in the blanks for a global audience.
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Kevin Coppalotti
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This one is my fav', an arctic fox taken with the 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS I had rented for the w-e. I used a tripod on that one.



Kestrel falcon - those guys are tiny, tiny - a few ounces. Same lense, no tripod:



Mountain goat, same lens, 1.4X TC, tripod - unfortunately there's flare on the side of his face. I don't know how to remove that safely.



Peregrine falcon in flight, with the same lens as above, plus 1.4X TC, handheld. Those guys are amazingly fast, and this is my only pic reasonably in focus. I have a few others not so good pics on this thread:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1006&thread=20171986



Same peregrine falcon, this time taken with the 70-300mm DO IS, also rented, a couple weeks before the pics above.



Barn owl, in flight, also with the 70-300mm DO IS:



Any comments / feedback / recommendation for improvement would be most welcome.
 
As usual spectacular photos. Colors on the male variegated wren is stunning - but I particularly like the composition for the female variegated wren.
 
Nothing spectacular I’m afraid - all taken today.

Egret



1/800s f/9.0 at 400.0mm iso400

Goldfinch



1/200s f/9.0 at 400.0mm iso400



1/200s f/9.0 at 400.0mm iso400

YCNH



1/160s f/9.0 at 400.0mm iso400

Egret



1/800s f/9.0 at 400.0mm iso400
 
20D, 400mm, Manual Mode, 7.1, 1/250, 400 ISO, 420 EX Flash cranked Up (LOL)!

It was raining and dark out.

Never expected to see one this close. Grabbed the lens ot of the trunk and fired a few within 20 feet. Too bad he has red eye (LOL)! Kept wiping the lens for another shot.



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Thanks Kevin! Figures I see one of these guys when it's pouring rain and of all places, near my house (LOL)!

The red eye looks like a family reunion pic (LOL).
 
Awesome Galah shot.
 
Love both of these Kevin but number two I like the most. Great job on the true blues as well - especially the third one.

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Ken
Canon 350D, EF-S 17-85 IS, 100-400L IS
Panasonic FZ20 & FZ50, DCR-6600, TCON 14B Nikon #5T & #6T
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Not sure what you consider spetacular but I love both the finch shots. Great detal and wonderful backgrounds and poses.

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Ken
Canon 350D, EF-S 17-85 IS, 100-400L IS
Panasonic FZ20 & FZ50, DCR-6600, TCON 14B Nikon #5T & #6T
http://ken.smugmug.com/
 
All taken in So. California with the 100-400.

Red-Tailed Hawk



American Kestrel



This is a 4-5 month old Bobcat kitten.



It's sibling with a rabbit in its mouth



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Ken
Canon 350D, EF-S 17-85 IS, 100-400L IS
Panasonic FZ20 & FZ50, DCR-6600, TCON 14B Nikon #5T & #6T
http://ken.smugmug.com/
 
Thanks...I think the little finches are terrific fun to watch, the goldfinches being much more skittish than the housefinches.

As far as spectacular - these are the photos that the OP, Gene O., Greg L., Axel H., Daniella (Daniella being largely absent lately), and others consistently post here. I still have much to learn...
 
First off, those are some amazing looking birds you have so skillfully photographed Kevin. I am always interested to see the exotic, to me anyway, species from Australia. I hope that I am fortunate enough to see them in person some day.

All of these pictures were taken with a Canon Rebel XTi and an EF 500mm f/4.5L USM lens.

From Colorado

Steller’s Jay



Mountain Chickadee



Clark’s Nutcracker



Black-capped Chickadee (the first and only one I have ever seen!)



Pygmy Nuthatch



Here are a couple from TX

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher



Red-tailed Hawk



Snowy Egret



Wood Stork



Wood Duck



Thanks for looking,

Greg

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Great photos as usual, the snowy egret landing is my favorite of this group.

If you don’t mind - you give us your initial impressions of the 400D after a couple of days of use - you’ve been using the new 400D for a couple of weeks now - have your initial impressions changed any? How do you find it compared to the 350D? Is the AF (or AF Servo) noticeably different with the slower (smaller aperture) lenses like the 500/4? - do you believe the 9-points gives a noticeably improved performance over the 7-point?
Any other significant differences? Thanks
 
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