The birds they mock me

[Turn7]

DibblyDobbler said:

^^^ That is excellent Dave



Singing Robin by Mike Smith, on Flickr

thats pretty damn good Mike...

Feathers always look like theyve been over sharpened dont they?

[DibblyDobbler]

Turn7 said:

DibblyDobbler said:

^^^ That is excellent Dave



Singing Robin by Mike Smith, on Flickr

thats pretty damn good Mike...

Feathers always look like theyve been over sharpened dont they?

Hmm - well with me that's probably because they are oversharpened! I did have another version of this with even more but toned it back - maybe not by enough. In my defence I also have a Fuji which takes a lot more sharpening that my Canon (which this was shot with) - I'll be getting a Fuji 100-400 at some point to replace the Canon 400 but they are still very pricey

[Turn7]

Not you Im sure. Meerkats are the same- the edge of the fur always looked like its been oversharpened before any PP at all.

[rich888]

A few photos I took at Rufford Abbey on Sunday. Apologies for the low quality in advance though keen to improve.

[nellyleelephant]

a Red Kite from Woburn this morning

[DibblyDobbler]

Heron by Mike Smith, on Flickr

[Turn7]

I get a pair of Robins in the garden....

robin3 by Mark P, on Flickr

[TOPTON]

I went to visit my dad today, he told me he had a WOODpecker in the garden

[DibblyDobbler]

^^^

[SS9]

Kestrel posing like he's done this before..


Kestrel - Explored by Steve James, on Flickr

[rich888]

As always I'm stunningly impressed by the quality of photographs posted on here which keep inspiring me to do better, so as a first attempt at photographing a few birds on the back garden these photos made me laugh, and made me think that even in in nature, some birds are more equal than others, and in this instance, the somewhat fat pigeon is certainly using its brain by sitting beneath the birds feeding on the food above.

Bird brain indeed

[Turn7]

one of the pair of Robins we get in the garden....
robin2 by Mark P, on Flickr


Daily gang rape of the bird feeder by Local hooligans Starlings

starliings by Mark P, on Flickr

[ecain63]

Just spent a fantastic week on Jersey. So many photo opportunities. Aside from the stunning coastline here are a few birds:

Apologies as some a little grainy. I was out at dawn and dusk mostly.

IMG_0620 (2) by Edward Cain, on Flickr

IMG_0619 (2) by Edward Cain, on Flickr

IMG_1956 (2) by Edward Cain, on Flickr

IMG_1517 (2) by Edward Cain, on Flickr

IMG_1105 (2) by Edward Cain, on Flickr

IMG_1721 (2) by Edward Cain, on Flickr

There are 4 Marsh Harriers on the wetlands and the 6am, misty rambles in the bushes thrown up some interesting sights.

IMG_1750 (2) by Edward Cain, on Flickr

IMG_0982 (2) by Edward Cain, on Flickr

IMG_1868 (2) by Edward Cain, on Flickr

IMG_1857 (2) by Edward Cain, on Flickr

IMG_0983 (2) by Edward Cain, on Flickr

IMG_0984 (2) by Edward Cain, on Flickr
Dropping its payload at a good distance:

IMG_1864 (2) by Edward Cain, on Flickr

Lots of hunting to be seen:

IMG_1834 (2) by Edward Cain, on Flickr

IMG_1835 (2) by Edward Cain, on Flickr

IMG_1836 (2) by Edward Cain, on Flickr

Plenty of geese knocking about too:

IMG_1023 (2) by Edward Cain, on Flickr

IMG_1839 (2) by Edward Cain, on Flickr

IMG_1808 (2) by Edward Cain, on Flickr

I've no idea what this bird of prey was as it was pretty dark, but it sure did fancy a bit of that pigeon.

IMG_1749 (2) by Edward Cain, on Flickr

[rich888]

More fantastic photos that put mine to shame, having said that, I find it most satisfying to actually take a photo close up without the subject matter flying away!

So a few photos I took today at Rufford Abbey whilst enjoying the gorgeous weather.

























Please note that I've reduced the image size to 1600px for uploading onto the forum.

[nellyleelephant]

The pair of Marsh Harriers that mated successfully last year have returned to my local reserve. Spent an hour or so watching them collecting nest building material Saturday, hopefully come late summer there will be young flying around like lat year.

[PBLP]

Goldfinch by Paul Bullen, on Flickr

[Trevatanus]

One of the first uses of my new (to me) 100-400 L IS Lens.
What a great lens this is!

20160501-IMG_7000 by Jim Pritchard, on Flickr

20160501-IMG_7045 by Jim Pritchard, on Flickr

Edited by Trevatanus on Tuesday 3rd May 13:29

[Turn7]

PBLP said:

Goldfinch by Paul Bullen, on Flickr

Thats cracking Sir, well done.

[PBLP]

Turn7 said:

Thats cracking Sir, well done.

Cheers Mark

[nre]

Whitethroat from the south downs at the weekend.

whitethroat by Nigel, on Flickr