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American Kestrel in the early morning sun.
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I just spotted this guy/gal preening on my well head. First shot is 1400 ISO, second shot is 3600 ISO. Gotta love the 500/500 combo and DeNoise AI! :) (y)

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Hut said:
I thought I would share this here since we all share the same interest in our back yard birds and critters.
For many here it is nothing new but for me I was very excited to be chosen for the National Audubon Society Bird from Home gallery.
Our backyard Quail is towards the top sharing the stage with a White-crowned Sparrow.
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50 Photos of Birds That Brought Joy to Our Readers This Year

As part of our Bird from Home project, we put out an open call for images of birds taken at or near home. The entries did not disappoint. Here are some of our favorites, with the story behind each...
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Fantastic shot Hut, well done. And many of the other contributions are also incredible.
 
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Ralph Bruno said:
Shot these redtails in July in my backyard.
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Great image Hut. It's almost surreal with the way both birds pop and stay sharp. Were you stopped down for this shot or is this a heavy crop? I'm just surprised both sets of eyes stayed in such crisp focus. The lighting is also a bit surreal with so much shadow detail, interesting shot. Nicely done!
 
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Cristobal said:
Nice shots Ralph (y) (y)
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I was using the in-camera crop factor(1.3). No post processing crop. I had to mess with the sky. The sky was blown out because of backlighting so I used Luminar’s AI to get it back. I was shooting at f/5.6. I was usually shooting wide open with auto ISO . I started to shoot the first bird when the second one landed right along side the first. They didn’t stay too long but long enough to get several shots.
 
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Ralph Bruno said:
I was using the in-camera crop factor(1.5). No post processing crop. I had to mess with the sky. The sky was blown out because of backlighting so I used Luminar’s AI to get it back. I was shooting at f/5.6. I was usually shooting wide open with auto ISO . I started to shoot the first bird when the second one landed right along side the first. They didn’t stay too long but long enough to get several shots.
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Thanks. Got a little lucky.
 
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BCcanuck said:
I just spotted this guy/gal preening on my well head. First shot is 1400 ISO, second shot is 3600 ISO. Gotta love the 500/500 combo and DeNoise AI! :) (y)
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WOW, gotta love that! I get bluejays, you get GreatGreys... LOL!
Very nice, Ivan.
I agree 100% with your assessment of the the hardware combo and DeNoise AI. :cool:
 
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Hut said:
Check out this visitor we had this morning. I'm sitting here drinking coffee and hear the finches all in distress. So, I grab my camera and go see this immature Cooper's Hawk out back near the ground feeders. In retrospect a vertical shot closer would have been ideal.
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You did great! Hawks, even young ones, don't take direction well!:)
 
Noticed this Cooper's Hawk out back so grabbed a camera quickly and grabbed a few shots a little while ago. Rainy, gloomy, windy day in Central WA,
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