The birds they mock me

[GetCarter]

/\ Fab!

[nellyleelephant]

If you mean mine then thanks!

[2slo]

nellyleelephant said:

....one more from Skye


20140224-I51A8171 by nellyleelephant, on Flickr

Very nice. I've got to go and see the Eagles up there one day.

In the meantime, here's a local bird I met today:


Egret by 2slo7, on Flickr

[Mezzanine]

nellyleelephant said:

....one more from Skye


20140224-I51A8171 by nellyleelephant, on Flickr

Fantastic picture.

[Beau Nash]

Malachite Kingfisher flies amongst papyrus reeds by Russell Watkins, on Flickr
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201305-RJW-1074-M by Russell Watkins, on Flickr
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room for one more by Russell Watkins, on Flickr
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[DibblyDobbler]

Great work Russell

[nellyleelephant]

Mezzanine said:

Fantastic picture.

Thanks!

[Beau Nash]

DibblyDobbler said:

Great work Russell

Thanks Mike.

[2slo]

Three recent snaps:


Redshank landing by 2slo7, on Flickr


Dunnock by 2slo7, on Flickr


Robin by 2slo7, on Flickr

[ExPat2B]

Lakeside_07_03_1405 by natureiser, on Flickr

This was at 300yards so its a little soft. I have been trying to get a decent shot of this wild Heron for 3 months - hard work as he will fly off if you get within 200 yards.

[central]

027 by Fast an' Bulbous, on Flickr

[ExPat2B]

On a roll with this Heron thing, this is a younger one, same location.


Heron_1 by natureiser, on Flickr

Edited by ExPat2B on Monday 10th March 22:06

[2slo]

Blue tit by 2slo7, on Flickr

[ExPat2B]

That is an absurdly good shot of a tiny fast moving bird. Do you use a better beamer flash extender ?

[2slo]

ExPat2B said:

That is an absurdly good shot of a tiny fast moving bird. Do you use a better beamer flash extender ?

Thanks. No, I rarely use flash for anything, especially birds. I look for perches in good natural light and set up my camera accordingly, in this case 1/1250 sec at f/5.6 and ISO 320. For small birds like this I like to stay at a shutter speed of at least 1/800 sec, because even if they're perched they're always moving so any slower will likely show motion blur.

[RobbieKB]

2slo said:

Blue tit by 2slo7, on Flickr

Blimey, just looked at what you used. 700mm

[LongQ]

RobbieKB said:

2slo said:

Blue tit by 2slo7, on Flickr

Blimey, just looked at what you used. 700mm

Hmm.

500mm + 2x Extender = 1000mm surely?

Or was it a 1.4X extender?

Great capture either way.

[2slo]

LongQ said:

RobbieKB said:

2slo said:

Blue tit by 2slo7, on Flickr

Blimey, just looked at what you used. 700mm

Hmm.

500mm + 2x Extender = 1000mm surely?

Or was it a 1.4X extender?

Great capture either way.

Thanks fellas. I had written 2x TC on the notes, that was wrong (now corrected), it was taken with my 500mm + 1.4x TX = 700mm. A heavy combination which I wouldn't want to carry it all day but okay for a few shots.

[Lawbags]

[Lawbags]