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Thanks, They were taken at the Circle B Bar Reserve, Lakeland FL.
Beautiful, nicely done, your are living in a photographers paradise when it comes to wildlife photography.
I agree, Circle B is a wounderful place to shoot, I wish it was a bit closer, I would be there more often, but I love living in South Florida.
Nice silhouette, thanks for sharing.
Hello, Awesome images Cas1234! I Have the same set up. Just curious, in light of the recent discussions about use of UV filter or not; just curious if you have a UV filter on your lens for these shots? I have always had one on mine and after the recent discussions, I am seriously thinking of removing it since I am never real happy with the sharpness in my images using this setup. Thank you!
Nice series. #1 and #4 are really interesting as we see the bird in the environment
Beautiful shot, I use a high quality UV filter on all my lenses. I have read that is was not needed for digital cameras, but being old school, I still like the lens protection and find it 10x easier to clean flat glass then then clean in the corners of the curved lens. I have not seen any softness in photos with the UV filter, and if there was it was something I did wrong, motion blur, etc
Thanks, it is wonderful place to photograph birds.Nice series. #1 and #4 are really interesting as we see the bird in the environment
Beautiful, love #1, downtown street flasherI'm unclear if this first shot is for self warming or positioning as a reflector to warm the nest eggs at its feet; Yet, an intersting pose.
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Maybe, I will run the lens calibration test with and without the UV filter. I hear some people complaining about back-focusing with the UV filter attached. I calibrated my lens with the UV filter installed
Beautiful portrait
Steve, like them all, but love the first one, looks like it was shot in the morning mist. Great mood and feel.
Steve, Love them all, BEAUTIFUL!! and want to thank you for your educational reading materials, two years ago before reading your books I was shooting with a D40x in GREEN auto mode. Your books have helped immensely and did shorten the learning curve. Thanks again.
Wow, love the detail, NICE, thanks for posting