Another day at the Bay: We had a break between storms and I went to Farmington Bay. The eagles have moved on, but some of the regulars and a few travelers produced some photos. I...

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

We had a break between storms and I went to Farmington Bay. The eagles have moved on, but some of the regulars and a few travelers produced some photos.

I experimented with different crops and in some PP, so your comments would be appreciated.

As always, downloads work best.

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PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

UTMike wrote:

We had a break between storms and I went to Farmington Bay. The eagles have moved on, but some of the regulars and a few travelers produced some photos.

I experimented with different crops and in some PP, so your comments would be appreciated.

As always, downloads work best.

Varied Productive excellent captures Mike. Thanks for sharing.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Good work on a number of subjects. You even got some to look like they were posing for portraits.
--Bob

UTMike wrote:

We had a break between storms and I went to Farmington Bay. The eagles have moved on, but some of the regulars and a few travelers produced some photos.

I experimented with different crops and in some PP, so your comments would be appreciated.

As always, downloads work best.

Ourspolair

Good afternoon, Mike.
I looked carefully at these shots and made the following observations.
Lots of these are really well focused and sharp, but for the focal lengths you were using, I think that for 1,4,6 and 9 you would have been better to use a much faster shutter speed, since the results are "fuzzy". I think it is motion blur, but you may have been able to improve them with ƒ8 as well.
I do not profess to be a bird photographer, by any means, but when using a telephoto I try to use a shutter speed of at least 1/the focal length. Even landscapes come out sharper when hand-held and even on a tripod using this rule-of-thumb.
It is possible that your EXIF data is flawed, but that would be unusual.
They are great exposures and the composition is excellent, but some are not crisp and up to your usual high standard.
Please stay safe and keep on sharing.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

UTMike wrote:

We had a break between storms and I went to Farmington Bay. The eagles have moved on, but some of the regulars and a few travelers produced some photos.

I experimented with different crops and in some PP, so your comments would be appreciated.

As always, downloads work best.

Very nice set of images!!! Mike

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Another nice set Mike. The American Kestrel is IMHO is the star of the show.

Sinewsworn Loc: Port Orchard, WA

UTMike wrote:

We had a break between storms and I went to Farmington Bay. The eagles have moved on, but some of the regulars and a few travelers produced some photos.

I experimented with different crops and in some PP, so your comments would be appreciated.

As always, downloads work best.

Great set-again! I agree with Ourspolair. I find myself in the a situation where the the f stop is wide open and the shutter speed is so low that the exposure is okay but motion is not frozen. Even 1/500 on a 500mm lens does not ensure clarity!
Thanx for sharing.

gwr Loc: South Dartmouth, Ma.

Nice shots Mike. Love the Harrier. She has beautiful eyes. Gary

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

PixelStan77 wrote:

Varied Productive excellent captures Mike. Thanks for sharing.

And thank you for taking the time to look and comment, Stan.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

rmalarz wrote:

Good work on a number of subjects. You even got some to look like they were posing for portraits.
--Bob

I am a frequent visitor, Bob, do you think that helps? (LOL)

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Ourspolair wrote:

Good afternoon, Mike. br I looked carefully at the... (show quote)

Actually, hand-holding with a 540mm (that includes the 1.4 tc) is not my strong suit. Also, shooting into the sun prevented me from doing manual focus, so I relied completely on the auto focus. The hawk in the tree shot is an example because the limbs are in perfect focus, not the bird. Haste makes waste or as we said in the Army, if you want it bad, that's how you will get it. (LOL).

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Manglesphoto wrote:

Very nice set of images!!! Mike

Thanks, Frank.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Curmudgeon wrote:

Another nice set Mike. The American Kestrel is IMHO is the star of the show.

I appreciate that, Jack, the kestrel makes a wonderful subject and I was able to capture it with the sun off to the side.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Sinewsworn wrote:

Great set-again! I agree with Ourspolair. I find myself in the a situation where the the f stop is wide open and the shutter speed is so low that the exposure is okay but motion is not frozen. Even 1/500 on a 500mm lens does not ensure clarity!
Thanx for sharing.

Thanks, Tim, I had so much excess noise the last time I jacked up the speed, that I compensated in the wrong direction this time. Practice makes perfect (or a reasonable facsimile thereof)

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

I appreciate that, Gary. I will post some male harrier BIFs tomorrow that came out well also.