Big and Little Woodies

[TimmyGator]

Daddy coming in to tend to the babies!

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[Kaye]

Tim, these are absolutely amazing shots with fantastic sharpness in each.
How did you manage to get these... were they very high off the ground? Did you have to climb a tree??
I imagine you used zoom here but it also appears as if you may have been fairly close to them. What lens?
PS I think No. 1 would be nicer with a touch less brightness.

[TimmyGator]

Thank you Kaye! First of all these were taken at straight up noon (very bright Florida day:cool:) I shot these at Low ISO (100) with Aperture set between F11-F15. Many of the shots were still hot and a little overexposed, but as you know shooting in full sun is difficult. A balancing act for sure!
I could get to about 40 feet from the tree, and the birds were about 20-30 feet up.
Lens was my Nikkor 100-400 VR, opened up to full zoom.
I liked the clarity of Dad's eyes in shot 1, but yeah I agree, it's overexposed.
Thanks for the comments!

[Kaye]

Tim, I also love the clarity of Dad's eye in #1.
I can now even moreso appreciate just how good these are when you explain your distances etc. I want a macro lens first, but would also love the 100-400VR.

[delboy]

Nice clear shots Tim, Great shoots taken under not the best of conditions.

Delboy.

[amaethon]

Nice work under difficult conditions Tim, 2 and 4 for me, love those 2 little heads poking out in 2

[sandrac]

wondeful shots
thank you for posting

[kinetic]

Hi Tim, nice to see you around again, these are great shots with lovely detail in them all.
Hey hope Mr Alligator is doing fine as well :D
Mark

[gjtoth]

What a great series! I've yet to get any images of a Pileated. These will have to satisfy me until I do :)