Snow Buntings

Gallery: AvianPosted December 9, 2013153 views5 comments

Canon 1D-X, 300mm f2.8, handheld
f5.6, 1/2500, ISO400

Among the first photos taken this spring with the 1D-X. I liked the white Buntings in the scraggly black spruce tree. I think this shot looks better in the larger version.

75% of full frame. Selective sharpening on birds.

C & C, please. Thanks for looking.

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Ralph Kerr on December 9, 2013 at 7:04 AM

Have never seen a photo of Snow Buntings in a tree, always on the ground. Nice catch.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 9, 2013 at 12:27 PM

Nice array, Jim. Maybe a bit more dof would have been nice, but shooting up at them, there's no way to get all the birds in the same focal plane.

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on December 9, 2013 at 2:55 PM

Jim this is a first for me Snow Buntings up a tree, those birds stand out well against the dark branches.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on December 9, 2013 at 7:23 PM

Neat to see these in a tree - my experience is seeing them on the beach or in a barren dirt lot in Bayonne, NJ.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on December 10, 2013 at 8:07 AM

I agree with Rich, nice to see these in a tree.. and three out of the four looking forward..
Great post Jim

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