Wildlife Photography

[RoosterWhisperer]

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Here are some pictures of an eastern bluebird I got a couple days ago. I tried to turn the shutter speed up, but I accidentally did the opposite. That was kind of disappointing, but atleast they're not too blury. They definitely could have been atleast a little sharper, though.

More sharp?! How is that even possible, they‘re already beautiful!

 

[Beer can]

Left work the other day, pulled out of the parking lot and saw this guy standing off the side of the road and snapped a pic with my phone....


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Had my DSLR in the passenger seat so I grabbed it and removed the sensor cover, pulled the lens out of the lens case and removed both caps, then I proceeded to bang them together like a Neanderthal before finally aligning the two red dots.

I eventually get the lens attached, point the camera out of the window and take this pic.....

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What the heck? My cameras in Manual and the shutter is set on a 2 second delay. The last time I used it was for long exposures at dark. I had the rear screen turned off too which is where I normally check my settings.

I quickly spin the knob to TV (shutter priority). I throw the camera back up hit the shutter and got this pic.....

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Now what? I turn the back screen on and realize my shutter speed is set at 1 second from previously shooting at night.

By this time the pheasant has moved into the middle of the street and I hear a truck coming from behind me. As I'm setting the shutter speed appropriately and changing the shutter to high speed continuous, an 18 Wheeler drives past me and heads straight for the bird.

I look up and say.....

"Now he's going to fly off....."

"He's going to fly off....."

"He's going to........"

"Uh oh....."

Wham.... the 18 Wheeler never checked up and smoked him doing around 30mph. I saw a cloud of feathers and watched the bird crash on the edge of the road. He was jumping and flipping and I grabbed a quick pic of him before he died.....

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Well so much for getting a good pic. I've never seen a pheasant in the wild here in South AL. I know people farm raise them and release for hunts, I assume that's where he came from. Oh well, made a good dinner..... roadkill pheasnt, lol. Sure is one pretty bird....

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One cost me a new grill.

 

[RoosterWhisperer]

One cost me a new grill.
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Gracious!

I’ve seen that so many times with RT hawks…. Sad really.

 

[RoosterWhisperer]

And a pheasant at that….

 

[Sara S]

Ik it’s not wildlife but there’s a plant on his head

 

[Alyssa-Bee]

Ik it’s not wildlife but there’s a plant on his head

Behold the wild plant! That's a great dog(plant) picture!

 

[Sara S]

Behold the wild plant! That's a great dog(plant) picture!

Lol thanks he’s not very big on pictures so there was at least 15 taken

 

[Beer can]

About a hundred yards away with a Canon rebel t6 75-300mm lens.
I was surprised how good the water spray showed up, sure is better than my phone camera. I really haven't taken a lot of pics yet with it, none worth posting anyway lol.

 

[Sara S]

One cost me a new grill.
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Omg thas insane! I’m a NY native, Long Island. I remember going upstate my grandma ran over some bird like that

 

[Beer can]

I think if I got one of those camera harness thingies I'd use it more. Kinda a pain in the butt carrying it, or having it dangling around your neck with the regular strap. I do a lot of hiking and hunting but rarely bring it and have missed out on some good pics, just used phone and they ain't great for distance.