[IanF]

May 2003 Competition Photos - POST HERE
BEFORE you post, ARE YOU SURE YOUR ENTRY COMPLIES WITH ALL THE RULES? Remember, there will be no advisories/warnings, just deletions at the end of the competition for those photos which did not comply with the rules. Let's all strive for no deleted photos!

[janetclark]

This Chaffinch ( Fringilla caelebs ) was taken from our study window today 21-5-03 at 4pm. On a Fuji FinePix 2800zoom, Automatic, Distance 12ft Appox.

[Surreybirder]

They may not be too focused but they're certainly feeding!
I took this shot on either 20 or 21 May using a Kowa TS7 scope and a hand-held Fuji Finepix 2400 digital camera. The exposure is automatic. I have cropped the pic to be 550 x550 pixels so I hope that is within the acceptable size limit. The species is Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) and they were feeding on sunflower seeds I put on our garden lawn in Surrey, UK. I have fiddled a bit with the sharpness and brightness on Adobe photodeluxe home edition 4.0.

[Vogelman]

Male Ruby-Throated Hummingbird - Fast Food Stop

Date: 5/6/03
Camera: Canon D60 w 70- 200 F4L @200
ISO 200
Flash
Shutter Speed: 1/200
Aperature: F4
Distance: About 6 ft.

The depth of field is < 1/4" when taken with a wide open aperature from this distance, so it can require a fair amount of luck to get a flying and constantly moving around hummingbird in focus. I managed to get several other shots showing better detail within a couple of inches of the feeder, but this was best I could get actively feeding.

[Forcreeks]

Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) on Red-hot Poker plant

Titled: "Red above - yellow below"

Grasping thin fibers this Western Tanager flaps his wings and stretches to reach the nectar.

Equipment: Olympus C-50 zoom, hand-held, & Kowa TSN-824
fluorite scope w/ 32x eyepiece
shutter: 1/200 sec.; aperature: f2.8; focal lgth: 38mm; ISO: 160
place: a backyard along Kellogg Creek, Milwaukie, Oregon, USA
date & time: May 12, 2003 at 11:28:44 a.m.
Distance: abt. 15 meters

[paula]

Went to my local Mill Pond, River Dart, on one of my rare outing with camera/tripod away from my place. The idea was to start learning to get birds in flight.
I saw this gull catching and eating the little crab and it has only just occured to me that the picture would be suitable for the competition.
Picture is cropped and sharpened.

Canon D60
Date/Time: 2003.05.14 16:53:36
Shutter speed: 1/1250 sec
Aperture: 9.0
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: -1
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Partial
Drive mode: Continuous
ISO: 200
Lens: 100.0 to 400.0 mm
Focal length: 400.0mm
Subject distance: 26 m

[Trevor]

Taken in the garden on 6 May 2003.

Nikon D1X with Sigma 50-500 lens @ 320mm. Manual Focus, F16,
ISO 800, 1/800 sec.

[janine13]

This is my second entry. Taken Thursday 22 May at a pond by the local library. Oly C-730 auto.

-Janine B.

[MI_Phil]

This was their first time away from the nest and learning to feed.
Taken in Wexford County,Michigan-USA

Filename : MuteSwans051503
Make : SONY
Model : MAVICA CD1000
ExposureTime : 1/250Sec
FNumber : F4.8
ExposureProgram : Shutter Priority
ISOSpeedRatings : 80
DateTimeOriginal : 2003:05:15 11:46:44
ExposureBiasValue : EV0.0
MaxApertureValue : F2.8
MeteringMode : CenterWeightedAverage
Flash : Not fired
FocalLength : 60.00(mm)
ExifImageWidth : 1600
ExifImageHeight : 1200

[clive c]

I saw this moorhen feeding two young chicks outside the large window at the WWT centre at Arundel I think I got the right moment for one of them Camera Canon D30 lens 100-400 IS set to 350mm F5-6 shutter speed 1/750 ISO speed 200 Date taken May 15 2003 Taken inside main hall of visitor's centre WWT Arundel West Sussex UK

[etow]

Male Goldfinch

Taken 05/19/03
Canon A40-3x optical zoom
Eagle Optics Raven scope-20x
ISO 100
Shooting mode: manual
Shutter speed- !/200
Aperture.-f4.8
Evaluative metering
Distance approx. 20ft.

Backyard, Plymouth, Ohio, USA

[etow]

Female Redbelly Woodpecker

Taken 05/19/03
Canon A40-3x optical
Eagle Optics Raven- 20x
1/200
f4.8
ISO 100
Shooting mode-manual
Evaluative metering
Distance approx. 20 ft.

Backyard, Plymouth, Ohio, USA

[Paul Rule]

Juv. Greenfinch
My Garden

Date: 23rd May 03
Camera: Nikon CP4500
Scope: Swarovski 65ATS with 20x60zoom @ 20x
Shutter Speed: 1/226.4
Aperature: F5.2
Distance: About 22mt
Focal Length: 26.9mm
ISO:100
Metering Mode: Partial
AF Mode: AF-S

[robinjoe]

Taken May 2 at Morikami Park near Boca Raton FL. with an Olympus C-700.

380mm Focal Length from about 100 feet
1/160 sec, F/8, ISO 100

He had a bit of trouble downing this guy as you can see here:
http://www.pbase.com/image/16739627
I considered submitting that one, but it just seemed too gross next to all the other beautiful photos being submitted. :)

[peteh]

Linnet eating daisys

Taken at Fort Island, Isle of Man

With a Nikon Coolpix 4500 on a Leica Apo77.
2003/05/01 18:05:25
JPEG (8-bit) Fine
Image Size: 2272 x 1704
Focal Length: 26.9mm
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Metering Mode: Center-Weighted
1/64.2 sec - f/4.6
Exposure Comp.: 0 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 100
White Balance: Auto
AF Mode: AF-S

[maxfoto2003]

Title: Blue Tit with his candy
Date: May 21, 2003
Location: Capelle - Netherlands behind my garden

I waited and waited again since I can see these Blue Tits flying here. I guess they are feeding their littl'uns somewhere.

Model: C730UZ + B300
Date taken: woensdag 21 mei 2003 14:36:56
Date digitized: woensdag 21 mei 2003 14:36:56
F-Number: F3,5
Focal length [mm]: 59
ISO value: 114
Max. aperture: F3,5