Some backyard birds

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Northern Cardinal 3.jpg
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Northern Cardinal, male

Downy Woodpecker.jpg
Downy Woodpecker.jpg1600×1200 1.43 MB

Downy Woodpecker, female

Tufted Titmouse.jpg
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Tufted Titmouse

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I bought a new lens, Canon 200-800mm, and tried it out in my backyard setup yesterday. The day was quite overcast but I still had enough light for some shots on a tripod. BG is the hill in my backyard with fallen leaves. Birds attracted by peanuts and sunflower seeds.

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My setup is a fairly big rock I found in the yard on top of a large piece of bark. Any comments on the rock, bark, or BG?

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Canon R7, Canon 200-800mm lens, tripod
All shots at ISO 2500, f9, 1/400s

Processed in DXO PureRaw 3 then Photoshop.

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Beautiful shots of all three of these birds, Allen. I like that lichen covered rock as a perch-it works very well as does the bark perch in the first. My only minor it is that it looks (and it might be something else) like there’s a dab of peanut butter sticking up from behind the rock in both of those images. It’s particularly apparent in the third where it’s in focus.

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Hi Dennis, what you mention is a part of the rock. All the seed (no peanut butter) I used I placed in front of the rock for the birds to come to.

I’m wondering if my rock is really an old bit of concrete with rock pieces contained in it. Not sure about that. I like the lichen on it either way.

Thanks for the comment.

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Hi Allen
You can’t go wrong will photographs of these three birds. To me the brown spots look like a seed of some sort. I will be interested in evaluation of the 200-800mm (320-1280mm) lens.
Peter

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I like the cardinal the best–I’ve never got a clean shot of these guys. Others images are nicely composed too and the fake PB van easily be removed if so desired. Well done…Jim

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I love that cardinal capture. I think that bark makes for fine prop too.

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Wow, 3 really excellent images! Great rock with all that cool lichen! The perch for the cardinal is also neat. Exquisite detail in every image, and great BG. This is how it’s done!

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All three are great Allen. I love the downy woodpecker best personally, but all are extremely well done with great compositions, clarity and color.