Your R System Images - July 2024

[Only RF]

Chasing my shadow …

View attachment 29815

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Pied Stilt : Himantopus leucocephalus
7:08 am : 31 minutes after sunrise
Tidal Flats : Moreton Bay, Queensland​

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I really like those birds. I shoot them quite a bit when I'm in Portugal. I have one in flight that is missing a leg.

 

[ctitanic]

Simplicity...

• Canon EOS R6
• EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM +1.4x III
• 560.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 400

 

[ctitanic]

Chasing my shadow …

View attachment 29815

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Pied Stilt : Himantopus leucocephalus
7:08 am : 31 minutes after sunrise
Tidal Flats : Moreton Bay, Queensland​

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Is this the same bird?

• Canon EOS R6
• EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 1600

 

[Dean Wilson]

Is this the same bird?

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)

• Black-necked stilts
  Have white heads, black caps that extend below the eyes, white spots above the eyes, black nape, and white underparts. They prefer marshes, mudflats, flooded fields, ponds, and drainage ditches.
  
  
• Pied stilts
  Have black wings, white foreheads, fore-necks, and underparts, black backs, wings, and nape patches, red eyes, and pink legs. They live in the borders of open wetlands, coastal pools, mudflats, and marshy grasslands

Here is a page that has 'almost' the exact same image (scroll down 1/2 a page):

 

[David Berry]

Is this the same bird?

Here’s Merlin Bird ID’s answer. I took a screenshot of your photo and entered it with the date and location fields left blank.

This outstanding app is free.

 

[Only RF]

Not much out today except this mini falls.

• Canon EOS R6m2
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
• 145.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/640 sec
• ISO 400

• Canon EOS R6m2
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
• 238.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 800

 

[Kamoshika]

My first attempt at fireworks from the other day. Odd that I never tried before. Lots more opportunities this summer and fall...need to get out and do more.

• Canon EOS R6m2
• RF70-200mm F4 L IS USM
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/11
• 2 sec
• ISO 100

 

[Only RF]

My first attempt at fireworks from the other day. Odd that I never tried before. Lots more opportunities this summer and fall...need to get out and do more.View attachment 30031

Nice work. They are fun.

 

[PKM-UK]

Another excellent set! Perspectives are always bang on. Exposures, colours are handled well.

Hi Only RF,

Cheers for those kind words - very much appreciated!

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

"You can do it!"View attachment 29528

Hi David,

Definite 'cuties of the month contenders here' - well seen and caught!

Thank you for sharing...

P&K