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Ric Grupe
Jul-14-2009, 10:22 AM
Purple Martin

http://rickay.smugmug.com/photos/589923003_xARog-XL.jpg

Pied-billed Grebe

http://rickay.smugmug.com/photos/588140885_Z8hEp-XL.jpg

Yellow-headed Blackbird juvenile.

http://rickay.smugmug.com/photos/587888309_gY2WH-XL.jpg

Killdeer.

http://rickay.smugmug.com/photos/587605351_iT7P3-XL.jpg

Yellow-headed Blackbird (earlier hatch than previous).

http://rickay.smugmug.com/photos/587576334_ZarzG-X2.jpg

I didn't see one Green Heron, which is unusual for this marsh.
raptorcaptor
Jul-14-2009, 01:06 PM
Great shots Ric! The Yellow-headed Blackbird juvenile made me laugh. It looks like he is wearing an orange hair piece! :rofl
dlplumer
Jul-14-2009, 01:39 PM
Outstanding set Ric. :clap Which camera and lens did you use?
Ric Grupe
Jul-14-2009, 01:55 PM
Great shots Ric! The Yellow-headed Blackbird juvenile made me laugh. It looks like he is wearing an orange hair piece! :rofl

Thanks, Glenn! :D

Donald Trump impersonator!!!:rofl

If you could have seen him and his Mom you would really have had a belly ache!

He kept at her unmercifully for grubs he could have picked up for himself. Finally she got on top of him and pecked the hell out of the back of his head!
Ric Grupe
Jul-14-2009, 02:00 PM
Outstanding set Ric. :clap Which camera and lens did you use?

Thanks, Dan! :D

The complaining BB was 40D + 100-400.

The rest were the 400 and the 1DMKIIN.

The 5D MKII isn't well suited to wildlife shots.
PeterD-2009
Jul-14-2009, 02:25 PM
Lovely series Ric. Great detail and I love the background info re the Juvenile Blackbird:rofl.
NorthernFocus
Jul-14-2009, 06:24 PM
Nice set, Ric. The Killdeer is really excellent :thumb
Maestro
Jul-15-2009, 05:43 AM
Man, I do not know how you guys get purple martins in flight! Amazing. The rest are up to the usual standards, nice detail and poses.
Bud1880
Jul-15-2009, 06:27 AM
Out of that bunch of your usual 'detailed' shots I really like the purple martin. :thumb Nicest of catches on that one. Like the kildeer too, strange bird always on one leg it seems.

Bud
Ric Grupe
Jul-16-2009, 02:54 PM
Lovely series Ric. Great detail and I love the background info re the Juvenile Blackbird:rofl.

Thanks very much, Peter!:D
Harryb
Jul-18-2009, 02:32 PM
Excellent ste Ric, exellent comps. :thumb
Ric Grupe
Jul-19-2009, 05:46 AM
Nice set, Ric. The Killdeer is really excellent :thumb

Thanks, Dan. :D

I have Killdeer right out my back door that won't sit still for a second. So...I drive up to Wisconsin for the more sedate ones!
Ric Grupe
Jul-20-2009, 05:43 AM
Nice set, Ric. The Killdeer is really excellent :thumb

Thanks, Dan. :D
Ric Grupe
Jul-20-2009, 05:44 AM
Man, I do not know how you guys get purple martins in flight! Amazing. The rest are up to the usual standards, nice detail and poses.

Thanks very much, Stephen.:D
Ric Grupe
Jul-20-2009, 05:45 AM
Out of that bunch of your usual 'detailed' shots I really like the purple martin. :thumb Nicest of catches on that one. Like the kildeer too, strange bird always on one leg it seems.

Bud

Thanks, Bud! :D
Mark Edell
Jul-20-2009, 03:18 PM
Nice job on the Purple Martin. Not ans easy exposure. I still like the kildeer best though :D
raptorcaptor
Jul-20-2009, 05:55 PM
"Donald Trump impersonator!!!:rofl"

:rofl
Ric Grupe
Jul-21-2009, 09:48 AM
Excellent ste Ric, exellent comps. :thumb

Thanks a lot, Harry!:D
Ric Grupe
Jul-21-2009, 09:50 AM
Nice job on the Purple Martin. Not ans easy exposure. I still like the kildeer best though :D

Thanks, Mark! :D

The exposure was okay...but I used every trick in the book to bring out a little detail from the darker areas.