Post your Bird Portraits here

Parrots, Birds of Prey, Herons and all the others ... Just post your portraits here

The main idea of this topic is that the bird is clearly the main part component of the picture and that it is not a bird in flight or small bird on large tree or group shot ...

I will start with some of mine to start the whole
Have fun everyone and I hope to see many amazing shots soon:


American Bald Eagle von 1982Chris911 auf Flickr


A colorful friend von 1982Chris911 auf Flickr


American Bald Eagle 2 von 1982Chris911 auf Flickr


Portrait of a Grey Heron in Regent's Park London von 1982Chris911 auf Flickr


Vulture Portait von 1982Chris911 auf Flickr

Backstory: I have been a full-time professional Nature and wildlife photographer for almost thirty years (www.jholko.com). I have specialised in Polar and sub-polar photography and have made over 100 expeditions to both the Arctic and Antarctic.

The Canon EOS R6 Mark III is widely believe to be coming in the first quarter of 2025, either ahead of CP+ or shortly after. Yes, there have been times that Canon has made major announcements shortly after trade shows. Perhaps the billion questions about an upcoming product at the booth can eat into available

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I'll go first....

Canon ID login will be required for Canon digital camera software and apps starting in the first half 2025. Customers must create a Canon ID to use these products and services. This will, in theory, make it easier for customers to manage their Canon products and services.

It's been quiet on the EOS R6 Mark III front. This time of year tends to be that way as companies are trying to sell you everything that they actually have to sell you. We're also seeing a lot of big discounts on the EOS R6 Mark II and we're told that we may see

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A nice surprise for the people looking for an “affordable” constant aperture standard zoom, as Canon will officially be announcing the RF 28-70mm f/2.8 IS STM tonight at midnight EDT. One of the big knocks on the RF lineup is the lack of good and affordable lenses. Here we'll have the first constant aperture non-L

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Well, it looks like Canon is going to test the “pay to play” model of firmware updates, at least with the cropping guide feature that is now available for the Canon EOS R50, Canon EOS R10 and Canon EOS R7. No, you will not be able to “pirate” this firmware, as it will require you

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Not landscape, but I'm not sure where else to put these.

1. Sunflower
2. Day lily (I think)

Things are super quiet at the moment. The next big thing around here will be the shipping of the EOS R1, which should be happening some time in November. Canon is starting in-store demos with a lot of official retailers in the coming weeks, be sure to check out your local store to see if

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It seems an advancement in technology inside the EOS R1's image sensor is being overlooked when comparing it to the modern DPAF stacked sensors in EOS R5 Mark II and EOS R3. We have had a lot of “isn't the autofocus the same?” types of comments whenever the EOS R1 and EOS R5 Mark II

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We have been reporting for what seems an eternity that Canon will be announcing an RF 200-500mm f/4L IS USM any day now! That has obviously has not come to pass, but over the last month or two there have been some changes in what the 200-500 may actually be. Sometimes information has some assumptions,

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Got the R5mk2 yesterday. My shop got 10 units so I would say Croatia got 20 units all together.
First impressions:
In video modes heavily dependent on the new battery which are currently hard to get.
The eye control af doesn’t seem to work vertically at all and horizontal not even close as it was working on R3 with my eye. Actually I used it successfully on the R3 even through polarised glasses.
Also it managed to freeze in 4k raw 50 when waking from standby mode. It happens 2 times and I had to turn off the camera to be able to use it. (First image)
8k50 raw with RF 24-70 /2.8 has this aura visible with all the lens corrections turned on in camera. It is not visible in 4K raw modes.
I didn’t notice it until I’ve put it in resolve. (Second image)
also the rubber hot shoe cap does not fit well on the original R5.
Video is nice, much cleaner image and lineskip modes seam a bit better than the one in the R5 (need more testing of that)
4k raw has some moire in some patterns, you can tell it is line skipped but it is nice and sharp. I would say it feels a bit artificially sharpen.
I hope the Biggs are just software problems and they will be fixed with the next firmware.

Did you guys encounter any?

Over the years, there has been a lot of talk about global shutters in cinema and ILC cameras. Canon did announce a global shutter camera back in 2016, but that was the $40,000 Cinema EOS C700GS. Not really an everyman's camera. Sony decided it was time to shake up the mirrorless camera market again, with

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The announcement cycle of 2024 has come to an end, and as we've seen over the calendar year, Canon has addressed a couple of professional full-frame cameras, along with seven new lenses, though two of those lenses were VR things. Thankfully we did see 4 new L lenses, including the Hybrid trinity of L primes

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