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***Weekly Wildlife Thread: Mar 17th - 23rd***

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Thanks Ed.
 
Very cool - love the backlight/sidelight contrast, and the shot with the beak plunging into the water.
 
A very familiar bunch of birds for sure - not too much difference between N and S Florida birds...and nesting season always keeps things busy. Like the cute egret chicks begging.
 
A beautiful little bird, and nice capture on the second shot with the eye.
 
Very nice series - especially the killdeer in flight (don't see them flying too often). Nice to see ol' crooked jaw doing well - still courting at his age! And the otter catch out of the water is always a privilege. You've got some pretty good morning selections!

BTW - the EXIF is showing ILCE-9. New purchase? Replacing the A7RIII or supplementing it?
 
A beautiful send-off to your west coast wildlife. Very nice all-round. We'll miss some of those California catches, but then again, we've been missing your deer, fox, and chipmunks!
 
It is an add on to the A7rIII. I can not give up my resolution but wanted to see how the A9 could help me capture better shots on smaller and faster birds. It did really well on the Killdeer's but would have liked to had the 43mp of the A7RIII so I could have cropped the photo more. Looking forward to the upcoming firmware on both cameras and that should help with even better results.
 
rgwaller1 said:
It is an add on to the A7rIII. I can not give up my resolution but wanted to see how the A9 could help me capture better shots on smaller and faster birds. It did really well on the Killdeer's but would have liked to had the 43mp of the A7RIII so I could have cropped the photo more. Looking forward to the upcoming firmware on both cameras and that should help with even better results.
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Makes sense. I had strongly been considering getting the A9 as well, but I had a similar hangup with the 24MP on full-frame - similar to you losing res compared to the A7RIII, I was worried at how much more I'd need to crop compared to the APS-C sensor.

I like what the A6400 did with purported improvements in tracking, and now am really waiting to see if Sony will be coming out with an upmarket APS-C body - I'm definitely hoping for a 'mini-A9' with APS-C sensor of 24-30MP. That would definitely be my next camera.
 
Just trying to catch up a bit. Here's some from my local area starting two weeks ago. A-68 and 70-400mm G2.

Male House Finch in the drizzle
Male House Finch in the drizzle

Eastern Gray
Eastern Gray

Carolina Wren
Carolina Wren

Great Blue Heron picking up stranded fish - from a drained Links Pond
Great Blue Heron picking up stranded fish - from a drained Links Pond

Down the gullet
Down the gullet

GBH in a muddy Links Pond
GBH in a muddy Links Pond

GBH fishing
GBH fishing

GBH - the flip
GBH - the flip

GBH - with the thick neck syndrome
GBH - with the thick neck syndrome



Male American Black Duck
Male American Black Duck



Piebald's mom gives me a funny look
Piebald's mom gives me a funny look



Piebald's dad having lost his antlers
Piebald's dad having lost his antlers

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Shot on A7RIII with 100-400mm GM and 1.4TC. The Coopers Hawk is a short walk from the house. The Bald Eagles are nesting in a local wildlife are with lots of Ponds.

Critics welcome. Also any help identifying the one bird would be appreciated.

Coopers Hawk
Coopers Hawk



Not sure but I think it might be a Prairie Falcon. However, they are not suppose to be in Central Ohio. Any ideas would be appreciated.
Not sure but I think it might be a Prairie Falcon. However, they are not suppose to be in Central Ohio. Any ideas would be appreciated.





Bald Eagle
Bald Eagle



Bald Eagle
Bald Eagle
 
Hi Ed, love the head shots of the deer. Nice set as always.
 
Hi Justin, nice shots of the great blue Herons. Love how they face each other.
 
nice shots...an ID on the hawk, with its broad wings, it is a buteo. The leading edge of the wing being dark is a good give away for red tail hawk. The Prairie falcon is a much smaller bird with slender wings that are not as adept at soaring.
 
These are good. I like the Cooper's the best - sharp with perfect exposure in the snow - which adds a nice touch. I agree with steelhead - Red-tailed Hawk.

In the sitting eagle, the whites look a little blown. Otherwise good. Eagle inflight - excellent exposure, but a little motion blur.

A nice set regardless.
 
Ed at Ridersite said:
These are good. I like the Cooper's the best - sharp with perfect exposure in the snow - which adds a nice touch. I agree with steelhead - Red-tailed Hawk.

In the sitting eagle, the whites look a little blown. Otherwise good. Eagle inflight - excellent exposure, but a little motion blur.

A nice set regardless.
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steelhead3 said:
nice shots...an ID on the hawk, with its broad wings, it is a buteo. The leading edge of the wing being dark is a good give away for red tail hawk. The Prairie falcon is a much smaller bird with slender wings that are not as adept at soaring.
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Thanks for the ID. It was flying with its tail feathers closed up. ID makes since as there are a fair number of them in the area.
 
Ed at Ridersite said:
These are good. I like the Cooper's the best - sharp with perfect exposure in the snow - which adds a nice touch. I agree with steelhead - Red-tailed Hawk.

In the sitting eagle, the whites look a little blown. Otherwise good. Eagle inflight - excellent exposure, but a little motion blur.

A nice set regardless.
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Good catch on the blown out whites. On me as I just did not catch that in post processing. Below is the corrected version. Still not as much detail as I would like but its a heavy crop.



Corrected post processing on eagle to preserve whites
Corrected post processing on eagle to preserve whites

Some other shots



This was with lens stabilization on 2.

In flight with lens stabilization on 2.
In flight with lens stabilization on 2.



Another shot of the eagle
Another shot of the eagle
 
Nice in flight shot! You nailed the eye focus. Very sharp too.
 
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