The birds they mock me

[2slo]

Thanks fellas. I probably should have said comparatively good light, the series was taken at ISO 2500. I had to double that to 5000 for the perched shot as it suddenly got dark when it clouded over.

[nellyleelephant]

2slo said:

Thanks fellas. I probably should have said comparatively good light, the series was taken at ISO 2500. I had to double that to 5000 for the perched shot as it suddenly got dark when it clouded over.

Very nice! I found out how hard these little fellas are to capture recently.

Did you use your 1DX?

[2slo]

nellyleelephant said:

Very nice! I found out how hard these little fellas are to capture recently.

Did you use your 1DX?

Thanks. Definitely a difficult bird to photograph but I enjoy a challenge
I did use my 1Dx. I shot this Kingfisher on Tuesday as well, same location and distance to subject, the difference being Tuesday had better light and I used the 2xTC. I actually prefer the 1000mm shots to the cropped 500mm shots I took today, they came out better. The light might have helped of course.

[JSS 911]

Goldfinch by sinky 911, on Flickr

[Dogsey]

First wildlife shots with the 7D.


Nuthatch 10 by Mike G Photos, on Flickr


Blackbird 01 by Mike G Photos, on Flickr

[2slo]

^ The Nuthatch looks good Mike. With the Blackbird and similar with the 7D: try a full stop of overexposure spot metered on the feathers and reduce a little in pp.

[DibblyDobbler]

Got a shot of our lad's 600D for this - not bad for iso 1600 and shot through double glazing!


Nuthatch by Dibbly Dobbler, on Flickr

[DibblyDobbler]

Robin by Dibbly Dobbler, on Flickr

[DibblyDobbler]

Robin by Dibbly Dobbler, on Flickr

[GetCarter]

DibblyDobbler said:

Robin by Dibbly Dobbler, on Flickr

Very nice Mike.

Me, I'm training up some killer buzzards for those bds that don't get single track roads.

[DibblyDobbler]

Can't be many tourists around to annoy you at this time of year Steve?!

[GetCarter]

DibblyDobbler said:

Can't be many tourists around to annoy you at this time of year Steve?!

I'm prepping them for next year.

[DibblyDobbler]

GetCarter said:

I'm prepping them for next year.

Sensible

[GetCarter]

DibblyDobbler said:

Sensible

I've been watching Dexter and Breaking Bad.

[DibblyDobbler]

GetCarter said:

DibblyDobbler said:

Sensible

I've been watching Dexter and Breaking Bad.

[2slo]

GetCarter said:

I'm training up some killer buzzards for those bds that don't get single track roads.

Or even:

[GetCarter]

2slo said:

Or even:

[nellyleelephant]

20140104-I51A2548 by nellyleelephant, on Flickr


20140104-I51A2561 by nellyleelephant, on Flickr

It took an hour of walking in the rain to get this Grey Heron this morning (then an hour to get back to the car!)

Edited by nellyleelephant on Saturday 4th January 16:50

[zetec]

nellyleelephant said:

20140104-I51A2548 by nellyleelephant, on Flickr


20140104-I51A2561 by nellyleelephant, on Flickr

It took an hour of walking in the rain to get this Grey Heron this morning (then an hour to get back to the car!)

Edited by nellyleelephant on Saturday 4th January 16:50

Fantastic

All you need now is the late Roy Castle and his trumpet!!

[Fezant Pluckah]

Here's summat you don't see every day!

A glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) by the church at Frensham, near Farnham. First glossy ibis seen in Surrey for 133 years apparently

All taken with a 500mm f4 with 2x converter. Light was atrocious, so at 3200iso and 1/200th of a second was the fastest shutter speed I could get as the converter bumped the lens to f8.







Hoping to go back tomorrow am when the light is better if the cheeky blighter is still there