All beautiful, but especially love the meadowlark!

Beautiful capture!

Thanks! Yes, common as can be but they don’t hold still long. I think this one was actually eating some of the seeds from the cattail. Food always helps to keep them around longer:)

Thanks, Mike! Yes, we have a lot of neat things here in Cleveland! Nicer than most people imagine, lol.

Got these photos while birding at the North Chagrin Reserve here in the Cleveland area. We have a beautiful park system here!

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Oh, those are lovely! What type of camera did you use? Was it a dslr?

Thanks so much, Hammond!

Two beautiful examples, and I think I'm really going for that fisheye look, as I do want that distortion.

Ah, ok...so with my d500 Nikon, can you recommend an ultra wide angle lens?

The photographer whom I really admire has many examples of this kind of work, but here's a link to one of his photos in this style: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-light-that-shines-our-way-home-phil-koch.html

Hi All, another newbie question. I recently saw some magnificent landscape photos that looked like they had a fisheye effect at the edges only, and fell in love. I guess it would be considered a diagonal fisheye effect. Do I need a special lens to get this effect, or is it more technique, or both? I have a Nikkon d500 camera and my lenses are the Nikon 200-500mm AF-S 1:5.6e ED and the Nikon 18-55mm AF-S 13.5-5.6 GII ED. Up to now, I have shot mostly birds and wildlife. The few landscapes I've shot, while sharp and well composed, have looked underwhelming to me.

All three are fabulous, but my favorite is #1.

Wonderful BIF!

Thanks, danersmiff! I was very happy with these, learning quite a bit from everyone here; and a new camera and lens helped quite a bit, too 😉

A few of my best attempts at birding from a newbie.

Here’s a cactus wren in a slightly less than natural pose.