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eltawater
341 posts
49 months
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Ari
7,262 posts
85 months
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Sorry chaps, meant to say many thanks for the comments about my photos, always much appreciated.  The photos weren't taken through glass, and the feeder was in a country park we were visiting, no not much chance of moving it. Will try faster settings next time, was vary of bumping the ISO any further but think I'd trade a bit of graininess for a bit more sharpness.
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2slo
1,591 posts
37 months
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Greater Spotted Woodpecker chasing small birds away (click image for larger): 
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Pesty
Original Poster
26,145 posts
126 months
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2slo
1,591 posts
37 months
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Pesty said: Love that Thanks 
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dxbtiger
2,385 posts
43 months
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2slo said: Greater Spotted Woodpecker chasing small birds away (click image for larger): Hell yeah! Don't think I have posted this, taken to test out my recently purchased 70-300. No idea what bird it is!  bird by thisisrobbo, on Flickr
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Dogsey
3,722 posts
100 months
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dxbtiger said: Hell yeah! Don't think I have posted this, taken to test out my recently purchased 70-300. No idea what bird it is! bird by thisisrobbo, on Flickr Judging by where you are (please tell me that this wasn't photographed in the wild in the UK!) my guess is that it's a Striated Heron.
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2slo
1,591 posts
37 months
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dxbtiger said: Hell yeah! Thanks dxbtiger said: Don't think I have posted this, taken to test out my recently purchased 70-300. No idea what bird it is! bird by thisisrobbo, on Flickr Possibly, as suggested above, a striated Heron. Could also be a Lava Heron, a Green Heron or a hybrid of these species which can throw up various colour combinations!
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dxbtiger
2,385 posts
43 months
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Dogsey said: Judging by where you are (please tell me that this wasn't photographed in the wild in the UK!) my guess is that it's a Striated Heron. Yeah it was taken just outside Leeds..... No, it was here in Dubai, on a golf course. Heron of some sort it is!
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Nimby
276 posts
20 months
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It's just a starling, but it posed beautifully. 
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central
15,987 posts
87 months
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Dogsey said: dxbtiger said: Hell yeah! Don't think I have posted this, taken to test out my recently purchased 70-300. No idea what bird it is! bird by thisisrobbo, on Flickr Judging by where you are (please tell me that this wasn't photographed in the wild in the UK!) my guess is that it's a Striated Heron. I'll go along with that.
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central
15,987 posts
87 months
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2slo
1,591 posts
37 months
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central said: I'd love to. Can't spare the time 
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2slo
1,591 posts
37 months
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tenex
1,010 posts
38 months
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Nice Woodpecker 2slo.  Tried to get a Tree-creeper ( Gawd, they are awkward little  s )  Tree-creeper by tenex 100, on Flickr The best I could do (for now.) A nearby Dunnock had never heard language like it.  Dunnock by tenex 100, on Flickr
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2slo
1,591 posts
37 months
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tenex said: Nice Woodpecker 2slo. Tried to get a Tree-creeper ( Gawd, they are awkward little s ) Thanks. Decent shot of a treecreeper and you're right they are awkward birds . There's been a couple of times when I've had a long lens on my camera when I've seen a Treecreeper running up trees very close to me (a couple of feet away on one occasion and well inside MFD)I think to get the best chance of shots of them you'd need a fairly short tele zoom with a fast aperture and look for them at twilight. That's when I usually see them anyway.
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Mr Kitten
852 posts
97 months
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Here's a few of my first decent shots from me - only just starting to really get my head around what I would call proper composition. I'm not a naturally "arty" person so it's taking me a while to get there! C&C very welcome!  Spying duck by ant-k, on Flickr  Quack! by ant-k, on Flickr  Peregrine by ant-k, on Flickr Edit due to being an eejit...
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Mr Kitten
852 posts
97 months
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eltawater said: Treated the missus to a falconry day yesterday. This is my first go at anything like this so go easy! Where did you do it? I did the same with my missus last week - I'll have to get some shots onto Flickr and up!
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Japveesix
1,943 posts
38 months
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Mr Kitten said: I like the quacking duck. And this bird is a Peregrine not a Kestrel. How did you manage to get so close? Lovely detail on the pic, is it a captive bird?
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Mr Kitten
852 posts
97 months
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Japveesix said: I like the quacking duck. And this bird is a Peregrine not a Kestrel. How did you manage to get so close? Lovely detail on the pic, is it a captive bird? Oops! I'll update that... I'm a rubbish birder! It's cropped, I think the original was at about 200mm of my 55-250mm lens, and yes it was a captive bird. Thanks for the comments by the way.
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