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[Nat_WA]

Wiebe, nice shots! And much more important - I think you have had great time/fun (but it's why we go on vacations anyway)!

Thanks ISv, indeed I (we, with wife and daughter) had a very good time there. Suriname wouldn't have popped up as destination of choice had it not been for my daughter doing her internship there for 4 months - but having this incentive of visiting her and enjoying holiday at the same time has turned out very nicely indeed

As I couldn't resist - a last one; Swallow-tailed Kite

Wiebe.

 

[Click]

Nice shot, Wiebe. Keep posting.

 

[Mikehit]

Mike this is a brilliant capture, one of the the best BIF shots I have seen on the forum imo..great work.
Cheers
Grant

Thank you Grant.

 

[Braintoggle33]

A Snowy Egret in action. Parker River in Newburyport Massachusetts

 

[Click]

Beautiful pictures, Braintoggle33. I especially like the first one. Well done.

 

[AlanF]

Wiebe, you are having a really great time. Some wonderful shots!

 

[Nat_WA]

Wiebe, you are having a really great time. Some wonderful shots!

Thanks Alan; indeed I had a great time - especially in Bigipan (western edge of Suriname).

But in terms of 'wonderful shots' I have to commend:

A Snowy Egret in action. Parker River in Newburyport Massachusetts

@Braintoggle33 / Charles
Especially the first one "in Flight" is excellent!

Wiebe.

 

[AlanF]

I was trying to locate a perched cuckoo a earlier this summer from its call, but with no luck. But, I got a shot of a small bird going like a rocket, and what did I discover back home, a flying cuckoo. It was at the extreme limits of detection. I had the 400mm DO II + 2xTC on the 5DIV, and the bird is only 500 px long. The camera locked on, and I got something for the record. Nothing brilliant.

 

[Click]

Nice shot, Alan.

 

[tron]

Alan much better this than nothing. I have heard cuckoos many times but I haven't been able to see one. I keep on thinking for fun that they have their clocks wrongly set (judging by the count of times I hear their "cuckoo" )

 

[dpc]

Franklin's gull... (7D + 300mmL f/4 + 1.4x III extender)

 

[Nat_WA]

Franklin's gull... (7D + 300mmL f/4 + 1.4x III extender)

Very nice picture Douglas, excellent sharpness of the bird ( - and that with some ancient gear - I'm guessing you replaced some of it by now...)

Wiebe.

 

[dpc]

Very nice picture Douglas, excellent sharpness of the bird ( - and that with some ancient gear - I'm guessing you replaced some of it by now...)

Wiebe.

The 7D has been gone for a couple of years. I replaced it with the Mark II iteration. I still have the 300 f/4. I seldom use it anymore since I have the 70-300 which is more versatile. The 300 is a very sharp lens. It works well with the extender. I'm loathe to replace it, but it may be on the way to other parts soon.

 

[Click]

That's a very nice shot, dcp. Well done.

 

[AlanF]

Franklin's gull... (7D + 300mmL f/4 + 1.4x III extender)

Nice!

 

[applecider]

What’s th

Franklin's gull... (7D + 300mmL f/4 + 1.4x III extender)View attachment 179417

What is the difference between franklins and black headed gull?

Without regard it is my favorite gull or pair of gulls...

 

[dpc]

What’s th
What is the difference between franklins and black headed gull?

Without regard it is my favorite gull or pair of gulls...

We don't have black-headed gulls here. The only other gull of similar appearance here would be Bonaparte's gull. It has a dark bill and lacks the white patches on the end of the primaries that you see in the picture I posted.

 

[lion rock]

A couple took after dinner tonight. Hand held so not the best.


-r

 

[Braintoggle33]

Beautiful pictures, Braintoggle33. I especially like the first one. Well done.

Thank you so much!

 

[Braintoggle33]

Thanks Alan; indeed I had a great time - especially in Bigipan (western edge of Suriname).

But in terms of 'wonderful shots' I have to commend:

@Braintoggle33 / Charles
Especially the first one "in Flight" is excellent!

Wiebe.

Thanks very much Wiebe, I am brand new here so I am not even sure where this reply with end up