Wet Birds

[WCS]

Plenty of birds out in the rain today. Here are a few shots of some wet birds. All shot with a Canon 30D and a Canon 100-400L or a Canon 70-200L lens. ISO varied from 400 to 800.

Bad hair day

[MARINERMAGNUM]

Nice job. I'm gonna guess the 1st 2 were the 70-200?

[mountaindew]

Looks GREAT! Let me guess...the first 2 were taken with the 100-400mm and the next 2 were off the 70-200 f2.8 and the last one was also taken with the 100-400mm?

[MN Shutterbug]

I really don't care what lens you used. I'm more curious if you used a flash, in the gloomy weather.

[WCS]

Good call on the flash XT. Forgot to mention it. All shots had fill flash with the Canon 580 EX. If I remember correctly, I believe the first 2 came off of the 70-200 and the rest with the 100-400. I used the 70-200 for only a brief time. I wanted to try for a little more shutter speed, but didn't have the range I needed for most shots.

[finnbay]

Very nice WCS. The birds looked a little miserable, did you stay dry?

[Dbl]

Beautiful work WCS. The flash really gave you a nice pop to these!

[WCS]

Thanks for all the comments. I was able to stay dry in my living room blind. I have the feeders set up with perches just outside my living room window. Once the surrounding trees green up, I will have better backgrounds to work with. My wife just doesn't like it when I use my blind in the middle of winter, although I think the gas company really likes it.

[Steve Foss]

Neat pics, WCS, and all from the comfort of your own home! I too am anxiously awaiting greenup. Excellent flash use on these, too.