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[Click]

Very nice shots, Chig. I especially like the last one. Well done.

 

[Chig]

Very nice shots, Chig. I especially like the last one. Well done.

Thanks Click, it was challenging to get that shot as these little birds are very shy and are constantly on the move and only rarely leave the outside the foliage of trees . Here's one though that turned up in the neighbour's tree looking rather crazy

 

[macrunning]

Here's another Mocking Bird, the Galapagos. First the Mexican standoff and then one from the protracted kickboxing fight - they are famously territorial.
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I love a good action scene!

 

[Chig]

These are Kāruhiruhi (Pied Shags) in a Pohutukawa tree overlooking the Waitematā harbour, I took this with a long lens from my boss’s boat on our Xmas outing
You can see a nest though I didn’t see any chicks
Auckland NZ

 

[AlanF]

Well @Chig, as you mentioned the EF 100-400mm II is so much cheaper than the RF 100-500mm in NZ, here are a couple of NZ birds, a Takahe and a Tui taken through a 100-400mm II. I checked your NZ prices. The RF 100-500mm is about the same price as in the UK, but the 100-400mm II is about 25% cheaper and the R5 even cheaper still. I don't understand Canon's pricing.

 

[Click]

The 100 400 gives a very good image quality.

 

[Chig]

Well @Chig, as you mentioned the EF 100-400mm II is so much cheaper than the RF 100-500mm in NZ, here are a couple of NZ birds, a Takahe and a Tui taken through a 100-400mm II. I checked your NZ prices. The RF 100-500mm is about the same price as in the UK, but the 100-400mm II is about 25% cheaper and the R5 even cheaper still. I don't understand Canon's pricing.

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Yes Canon's pricing in very erratic even when you allow for taxes , in New Zealand and Australia though we have a full 5 year warranty which may be due to our very strong consumer protection laws.
Our sales tax here is called GST which is 15% on all goods, however if we go on any overseas trip we can buy camera gear from a shop duty free and they send it to the airport for you to collect so after the pandemic is over I can go on a trip to Australia and save a lot of money buying an R5 or perhaps the R7 if it ever eventuates

 

[DanP]

A meeting today. I'm not sure what was discussed, but it got quite heated at times (unlike me who was freezing).

 

[Click]

I really like this picture. Beautiful shot, Dan.

 

[Leonardophoto]

 

[Leonardophoto]

 

[Click]

Great shots! Well done, Leonardophoto.

 

[AlanF]

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Nice shots! What camera and lens did you use?

 

[macrunning]

A meeting today. I'm not sure what was discussed, but it got quite heated at times (unlike me who was freezing).
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The tribe has spoken!

 

[macrunning]

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Absolutely Beautiful!!!

 

[OskarB]

Birds of with prey. I couldn't ID the prey, though.
Holbox, R5 + RF 100-400

Happy new year to everyone!

Great egret


Yellow-crowned night heron (thanks to HenryL!)


Willet

 

[dpc]

Sparrow fluffed up in the frigid cold outside our den window yesterday afternoon...

 

[Click]

Very nice shots, dpc.

 

[Click]

Birds of with prey. I couldn't ID the prey, though.
Holbox, R5 + RF 100-400

Happy new year to everyone!

Beautiful series, Oskar. I especially like the last picture. Well done.

Happy New Year!

 

[HenryL]

Birds of with prey. I couldn't ID the prey, though.
Holbox, R5 + RF 100-400

Happy new year to everyone!

Great egret
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Green heron?
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Willet
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Another batch of great images! That second one is, I believe, a yellow-crowned night heron.