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[docsmith]

Love it!

Sometimes creative photography is just making people see something differently. Well done!

 

[AlanF]

A pair of Peregrine Falcons regularly nest on a main road in Cambridge. The female was murdered by another female last year and a new one has taken her place. I saw the male for the first time this year, viewed from the nest area way down the road as a tiny speck at a top right ledge of the spire of Kings College, which is 151'/46m high. A lot closer, here he is via 800mm on the R5.

 

[Nemorino]

Well done!

Thank you very much!

Some of a treecreeper
R5 + RF100-500L + 2xTC @ 1000mm, f/14, 1/4000s, ISO 10 000


And the same but ISO 6400

And yes, the last is my favorit!

 

[Click]

Nice series. I especially like the second picture.

 

[ISv]

Nice series. I especially like the second picture.

Me too! The last one... well, it's nice but it looks like a... Huh, failed paragliding? I also have some similar photos (and this is very natural for the birds!) but for my perception they look like some one jumping from the "n floor" of tall building and screaming "I can fly!!!!"
On other hand - yes!!! He did catch the moment!

 

[ISv]

My goal today was to get some Curlews in fly and for sure some Albatrosses in fly too (actually I was pretty sure for the albatrosses!).
There were no albatrosses around!
I already have a good shots of Albatrosses in fly from the opposite side of the island but few more was better!
These are my first shots of Curlew in fly!
With the Curlews actually it didn't get much better: they were there but only one did collaborate!
I was expecting it to jump up, or on side but it jumped down and flew low over the ground - I missed few frames until the AF catches up...
And I remember back in the time some one made a comment (can't recall the exact wording!) "I see no difference from the Whimbrels that we have around". In these photos I tried to show the most obvious differences.

 

[Click]

Very nice series, ISv.

 

[EricN]

Not as colorful as above but it's all I got today....


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another lovely set! Are they male and female of the same species?

 

[EricN]

Eastern Spinebill
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King Parrot
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Little Wattlebird

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Crimson Rosella

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Fantastic! Which lens?

 

[EricN]

The Chiffchaffs arrived a week or two ago and I have heard dozens of them but not seen even one. Then this afternoon, one of these drab little birds was bellowing his song in the middle of a dense tree and hopping around, but I managed to get two clear shots through the network of twigs. I needed the 800mm for this, both to get a sufficient size of image and to focus on it with all the distractions.

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Always fantastic! I love this first one! You used the R5 with the 200-800mm and some cropping?

 

[EricN]

My goal today was to get some Curlews in fly and for sure some Albatrosses in fly too (actually I was pretty sure for the albatrosses!).
There were no albatrosses around!
I already have a good shots of Albatrosses in fly from the opposite side of the island but few more was better!
These are my first shots of Curlew in fly!
With the Curlews actually it didn't get much better: they were there but only one did collaborate!
I was expecting it to jump up, or on side but it jumped down and flew low over the ground - I missed few frames until the AF catches up...
And I remember back in the time some one made a comment (can't recall the exact wording!) "I see no difference from the Whimbrels that we have around". In these photos I tried to show the most obvious differences.



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I love the second one.

 

[AlanF]

Always fantastic! I love this first one! You used the R5 with the 200-800mm and some cropping?

Lots of cropping - they are about 2000px x 2000px from the centre. Thanks. I'll post a similar shot next from this morning.

 

[AlanF]

The Blackcaps are back, with their beautiful singing. Again heard but not seen. I was overjoyed to see my first one this morning (R7 + RF 100-500mm, cropped).

 

[AlanF]

I've been using the RF 200-800mm exclusively for the past two months. I have just gone back to the RF 100-500mm, dusted it off and was surprised to find it still works. My shoulder and back passed on their joy. It really is a pleasure to handle and I got BIF shots I'm pretty sure I would find more difficult even with the RF 200-800mm zoomed out to 500mm. Here are some shots of Oystercatchers. The RF 100-500mm on the R5 was able to catch one in flight.

 

[EricN]

A pair of Peregrine Falcons regularly nest on a main road in Cambridge. The female was murdered by another female last year and a new one has taken her place. I saw the male for the first time this year, viewed from the nest area way down the road as a tiny speck at a top right ledge of the spire of Kings College, which is 151'/46m high. A lot closer, here he is via 800mm on the R5.


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I love these! Do you have more like them?

 

[Click]

Beautiful pictures, Alan!

 

[ISv]

another lovely set! Are they male and female of the same species?

Thanks! No they are not male and female. It's a juvenile and adult.

 

[AlanF]

I love these! Do you have more like them?

I have 100s from last year! The nest is on a ledge too low to the ground, and when the chicks hatch they can't come out of their first dive. So, there are volunteers every day waiting for this to catch them and then take them to the very top of the building so their next take off will be safe. They are very easy to photo, and I post only a couple. Here is a typical one of a chick that has just about lost its first feathers and soon to fledge.

 

[docsmith]

I've been using the RF 200-800mm exclusively for the past two months. I have just gone back to the RF 100-500mm, dusted it off and was surprised to find it still works. My shoulder and back passed on their joy. It really is a pleasure to handle and I got BIF shots I'm pretty sure I would find more difficult even with the RF 200-800mm zoomed out to 500mm. Here are some shots of Oystercatchers. The RF 100-500mm on the R5 was able to catch one in flight.

Nothing wrong and a whole lot is right with those pictures. I'll be curious as you bounce back and forth which combination you end up preferring.

 

[AlanF]

Some more with R5 + RF 100-500mm this week. Coal Tit, Chaffinch, Great Tit, Nuthatch, Hybrid Ring-necked Pheasant, Common Ring-necked Pheasant. The Coal and Great Tits were there for only a second or so, and the 100-500 focussed faster than the 200-800 did last time I was in this situation and it was difficult to catch them then. For BIF and fast little birds, I'll be taking the 100-500.