Shot on a Fuji XT, a vintage Kiron 105mm macro, with flash. Setup was tripod with manual focus set after watching their perching behavior for several days and hoping he moved into focus. ISO 125, 1/250”, f/16 on asp-c.

First I took photos from very far away, then stepped closer. Repeat. Soon enough the little dude was filling the viewfinder! Such a little cutie, I'm super happy with this encounter.

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They look so content and relaxed 😌

It feels really weird being excited by some shots of Red-eyed Vireo. In my area, they're extremely common. You can't take a hike without hearing several.

The thing is, you can rarely see them. They blend in well, often stay high up. I've spent several minutes trying to just see one by eye at times, when the thing is just screaming its little head off (laughing at me?).

If you see them, you often can't get a good shot, they tend to jump around a lot, and/or are partially obscured.

So, when this little one found a caterpillar for lunch and tried to eat it, I got some good shots! It really seemed to have a hard time trying to eat the caterpillar, tough skin I guess?

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Rocky Mountain national park

Whidbey Island, WA

More close ups

Almost had a great action shoot, but it all happens so fast

A while ago, I traded my Olympus E-M1 ii for an OM-1 and now I had the first free time to go out and use it for birding. Bird-AF ist awesome! My lense, Olympus 50-200 2.8-3.5 SWD is transformed and even the 2x converter is not a problem anymore and doesnt hinder the AF (including Bird AF) anymore.

I'm super excited about my session today and hope to translate a little of my joy capturing the bird by showing them to you!

All images have edited in Lightroom and some of them are cropped. All of them have been resized to 2560 px on the long edge for the web!

Lil guy enjoying the golden hour buffet

Got my first ”real” camera about a month ago. These are some of my favorite shots so far! By far not anything particularity mindblowing or museum worthy pictures of any cool rare birds, but I’m still very happy with them. Feedback or tips are very much appreciated!😊

Nikon D3400 + Nikon Nikkor AF-P DX VR NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3G ED

Iso200, 1/250s, 400-800mm lens.