Bucks and Birds

[Mike McKenzie]

Well...I went fishin' but all I caught were these pic's....

Here's a few pic's of Mule Deer, some already in the rut (about a month early!)

Frosty mornin'
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Frencglen%202011/CopyofFrostyMorninBucks-2.jpg

Late afternoon 5X5
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Frencglen%202011/Nice5X5.jpg
A Dropped Tine Buck..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Frencglen%202011/DroppedTine-3.jpg
Late afternoon Muley's on the prod..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Frencglen%202011/Fight2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Frencglen%202011/Fight1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Frencglen%202011/Fight.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Frencglen%202011/Fight5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Frencglen%202011/Fight4.jpg

Here some Magpies fightin' and feedin' off of couple of Deer carcasses.. Some idiots skinned out their Deer, took the hindquarters and the heads and left the rest in the sage brush.....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/MouthfullofDeerMeat.jpg

Fightin' for their turn...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Magpies-1.jpg

Hangin' around waitin'...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Magpie-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Magpie-2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Magpie-5.jpg

The following pic's are for Jbird....The pictures aren't all that great..but considering' the subject and the fact that I couldn't get any closer than 150 yards, I thought they were OK...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Kingfisher-A.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Kingfisher5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Frencglen%202011/Kingfisher2.jpg

Next comes a show off Pheasant...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Pheasant1.jpg

Fluffin' his'self up..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/stripermike/Pheasant2.jpg


I'm about to my limit of pic's that I can post...There'll be some more comin' later..
Hope Y'all enjoyed the show!

Mike

[jbird]

Really impressive Mike! That first shot is VERY special. I would consider water marking it for security...seriously

Thanks for sharing

PS Those darn Kingfishers are gonna drive me to buying a longer lens :-)

[Darian]

Those deer are certainly a bunch of fatties.... Keep the photo's coming. I'm really enjoying them. :D

[Mike McKenzie]

Really impressive Mike! That first shot is VERY special. I would consider water marking it for security...seriously

Jbird, Take a look at it now...(you done went and made me nervous!) :D

Mike

[jbird]

Subtle! Nice ;-)

Are you shooting in RAW Mike? What post processing program do you use?

[Mike McKenzie]

Are you shooting in RAW Mike? What post processing program do you use?

No RAW yet! I'm havin' a hard enough time just operating the camera. I'm just usin' the Canon program that came with the Camera...tweakin' the colors and such to compensate for some of my stupid operator errors!

Mike

[jbird]

I hear ya. using these slrs to the peak of their potential is no childs play! If you end up getting a serious photoshop program and start shooting in raw, it is simply unbelievable what you can do to your photos in post processing. It takes a little pressure off of getting the "perfect shot" in the field. You can make serios changes to sharpness, exposure and white ballance to achieve almost any look you want. I run all my pics thru something called 'shadow/highlights' in Adobe Elements 9. It tones down the bright spots and lightens the shadows. It literaly repairs bad exposures!

Most slrs have a shooting mode that captures a RAW and JPEG of every image you shoot. It fills your card pretty fast but it gives you the option to play with your images. I always shoot in Jpeg+Raw

Anyway, youre doing great and finding some incredible subjects! Keep em comin!