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[Maximilian]

One's first Goldcrest is a landmark! I have only caught two.

Thanks, Alan. Your kind words are a good start into the new year.

 

[Click]

Kudos for your Goldcrest pictures, Maximilian. I really like the last one.

 

[AlanF]

Happy new year 2023 to all of you!
Let's hope for 2023 for peace in freedom and a lot of great photo moments.

Yesterday, not only that goldcrest passed me by. My beloved kingfisher found the time to do one of the best performances of the year.
5D4, 100-400L II + TC, @560 mm, f/11, 1/400, ISO3200 and heavy cropping for all three

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He's getting closer!

 

[AlanF]

Went for a birdless walk with the R5 and 100-500mm. But, on my return there was flock of Longtailed Tits in my apple tree. I didn't get close but the gear is good enough. They look even more cute in the winter as they are fluffed up and well fed.

 

[Maximilian]

He's getting closer!

Only by accident.
Pure luck.

 

[Maximilian]

... Longtailed Tits in my apple tree. I didn't get close but the gear is good enough. They look even more cute in the winter as they are fluffed up and well fed.

Great shots.
Sometimes I cannot decide which tits I like more. Those are in my top 5, for sure.

 

[Click]

Went for a birdless walk with the R5 and 100-500mm. But, on my return there was flock of Longtailed Tits in my apple tree. I didn't get close but the gear is good enough. They look even more cute in the winter as they are fluffed up and well fed.

So cute. Beautiful shots, I especially like the second one. It's a real feather ball.

 

[AlanF]

Only by accident.
Pure luck.

Luck favours the well-prepared mind - Pasteur said that. Luck favours the lucky person with a well-prepared camera - I said that.

 

[Click]

Well said.

 

[Maximilian]

Well said.

Somehow I knew @AlanF would take my steep pass without hesitation
Still it was pure luck, maybe flavoured with Tyche's kiss.

 

[Cog]

New year greetings from Harry the Heron:

 

[Maximilian]

My beloved kingfisher found the time to do one of the best performances of the year.

Some more from that model session:
5D4, 100-400L II + TC, @560 mm, f/8, 1/200, ISO1600 and heavy cropping down to 1:1 (1500x1000)

 

[Click]

New year greetings from Harry the Heron:

He looks really happy on the first one. Happy New Year, Cog.

 

[Click]

Some more from that model session:

Your model poses perfectly on the second one. Nice series, Maximilian.

 

[Del Paso]

Some more from that model session:
5D4, 100-400L II + TC, @560 mm, f/8, 1/200, ISO1600 and heavy cropping down to 1:1 (1500x1000)

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You must be living next to a small paradise...

 

[AlanF]

First time I have seen a Little Owl for a year. R5 + RF 100-500 RF2x.

 

[Click]

Nice encounter. Very nice shots of this Little Owl.

 

[Maximilian]

First time I have seen a Little Owl for a year. R5 + RF 100-500 RF2x.

Lovely little fellow. Great catch @AlanF

 

[Maximilian]

You must be living next to a small paradise...

Yes, it is, somehow.
But it is in danger (German page only):

Reichswald bleibt e.V. - Kein ICE-Werk im Bannwald!

Kein ICE-Werk im geschützten Bannwald, im Jägersee Forst und auf der Muna bei Feucht! Verwende unsere Argumente für deine Einwendungen.

reichswald-bleibt.de

TLDR:
40 to 60 ha of the forest, a NATURA2000 area, is to fall victim to a DB maintenance plant.
I don't want to imagine what this means to the birds and to the groundwater level...
But we're still fighting...

 

[danfaz]

Today I managed to photograph a Bald Eagle in the wild for the first time. I am so pumped!
I'll post the BIF pics in the BIF thread as well.