- Mar 19 2:41 pm
#36107
Hey everyone,
I joined the Birding in BC forums awhile ago, primarily to help with identification of some birds of prey I had seen around town, and was really pleased with how helpful everyone was. I've been spending more and more time on here marveling at everyone's fantastic photos and recently decided to buy a camera and supplement my love of birding with photography, so I thought I'd share my first set of edited shots (of birds or anything else, really).
I went out to Reifel about a month ago and took some photos, but being so green, the photos didn't turn out very well. I did get to see a wild Saw-whet and Great Horned Owl for the first time, which was an absolute treat (as I had previously only ever seen an injured Great Horned at OWL and wild Barn Owls). Afterward, I went out and about in Delta, and did manage to snap this shot of a Short-eared Owl that I'm really happy with:
I also took some shots of Snowies, but they were so far from where I was that I was unable to get any shots of value. Additionally I saw a few Baldies, a Merlin, and, of course, some Harriers.
I returned to Delta two weeks later on a better day weather-wise and the Snowies were MUCH closer, so I was able to get some decent shots:
Also saw this guy prancing around and tried desperately to get him in a shot with one of the Snowies, but alas, no luck:
Anyways, just thought I'd share and hopefully get some feedback. I literally have taken this Nikon D3100 out about 3 times shooting ANYTHING, and just twice to shoot birds (for probably under 4 hours total). Currently working with the 70-300mm VR zoom, and hoping to improve when I get more time to practice.
Cheers all!
-Justin
I joined the Birding in BC forums awhile ago, primarily to help with identification of some birds of prey I had seen around town, and was really pleased with how helpful everyone was. I've been spending more and more time on here marveling at everyone's fantastic photos and recently decided to buy a camera and supplement my love of birding with photography, so I thought I'd share my first set of edited shots (of birds or anything else, really).
I went out to Reifel about a month ago and took some photos, but being so green, the photos didn't turn out very well. I did get to see a wild Saw-whet and Great Horned Owl for the first time, which was an absolute treat (as I had previously only ever seen an injured Great Horned at OWL and wild Barn Owls). Afterward, I went out and about in Delta, and did manage to snap this shot of a Short-eared Owl that I'm really happy with:
I also took some shots of Snowies, but they were so far from where I was that I was unable to get any shots of value. Additionally I saw a few Baldies, a Merlin, and, of course, some Harriers.
I returned to Delta two weeks later on a better day weather-wise and the Snowies were MUCH closer, so I was able to get some decent shots:
Also saw this guy prancing around and tried desperately to get him in a shot with one of the Snowies, but alas, no luck:
Anyways, just thought I'd share and hopefully get some feedback. I literally have taken this Nikon D3100 out about 3 times shooting ANYTHING, and just twice to shoot birds (for probably under 4 hours total). Currently working with the 70-300mm VR zoom, and hoping to improve when I get more time to practice.
Cheers all!
-Justin