BPN Contest Gallery

Hello to all BPN Contest participants.

All registered participants will post one picture here. This thread will be our submissions gallery ONLY.

Please post all technical information with your image.

Good luck!

I think Judd and I were taking turns photographing this guy. Oystercatchers are seabirds of special concern and I find them to be quite attractive subjects. I photographed this one with a Canon 1D MK II N, 500mm Canon L lens, exposure bias +1/3, f/7.1 at 2000 sec, ISO 250, cropped slightly in Photoshop along with usual sharpening, etc.

I missed out getting to meet everyone in the morning and only had an hour in the afternoon at the park so this is the best I could come up with.

This was the first time I had ever been there and will definitely be going back with my pontoon boat. I would be willing to take some fellow BPN members on her if there is any interest.

2008:10:11 17:54:46
1DMKIII
500mm
1/2000 sec, f/6.3
Mode: Av
Exp comp: -1/3
ISO: 200

This heron was probably photographed quite a bit out there! Nice shot of the Heron with the eel, Mike. I've never seen the birds out there eating so much!

Here is a simple portrait. I posted it in the Avian forum, and have made a few changes based on feedback there. I removed the dust spot by the heron's head, I cropped for composition, sharpened the bird, and reduced noise in the background. I also made a layer of the background and used linear burn at 30% opacity to deepen the background color a little for better contrast with the bird.

Nikon D80
70-300VR @ 250mm
1/320 sec @ f/8.0
ISO 400
Hand Held
Manual exposure

Thanks!

Amy D.

Here is my entry for the contest.

Marbled Godwit
MKIII
F5.6
1/640
Iso 800
600 x1.4tc
Manual Exposure
Better Beamer -2

Canon EOS 40D, EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x

Fort DeSoto(obviously) @ 10/11/2008 10:02:25
1/1600, F7.1, Evaluative metering, No Exposure Compensation, ISO 400, 700.0 mm

Here is my submission for the BPN contest. Looking at the gorgeous previous submissions, Amy and I are quite humbled. Great job everyone!


Canon EF600mm f/4L IS USM + 1.4x on Canon 40D
ISO 400, 1/640@ f/5.6
Gitzo tripod, Wimberley head

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3273/...9b359251_o.jpg

Here's my favorite of the day. I like the pose and also the mood created by the cloudy morning. It was great to meet some more BPNer's in real life.

Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Shooting Date/Time
10/11/2008 07:33:01
Tv(Shutter Speed)
1/1250Sec.
Av(Aperture Value)
F5.6
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
400
420.0 mm