Adubin Loc: Indialantic, Florida

This past Saturday afternoon I went to Green Cay Nature Center, and Wakodahatchee Wetlands to capture some bird images. At Green Cay Nature Center the Cooper’s Hawk posed in different positions for me for over an hour.

For the Tech Geeks -
A Nikon D300S with a Nikon 70-200mm f-2.8 VR lens and a 1.4X Nikon Teleconverter was used to capture all these images. In order to get better lighting on the subject, I used my Nikon SB800 flash to capture the first 3 images. I used Lightroom 3 to do all my post processing. On various photos I used PS CS4 and various plug-ins to bring out more of the detail in these images.

I would appreciate your feedback and critique on these photos.

Cooper's Hawk


Cooper's Hawk


Northern Cardinal with Painted Bunting in the Background


Green Heron


Great Blue Herons in Action


Close-Up of a Red-winged Blackbird


Wood Stork with its reflection


Female Blue-winged Teal

JENNIFER Loc: CT.

They are great!I'm partial to the lighting in #1,beautiful bird and shot.The wood stork is excellent as is the Blackbird.The Cardinal and Bunting look a little soft,perhaps this was on purpose??A beautiful set of pics.as usual,I have a lot to learn.Jen :) :) :thumbup:

Adubin Loc: Indialantic, Florida

Jen, Thank you very much for leaving your comments and critique for these photos. Arnold