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dolina said:
Thanks click and lion rock. This beauty was photograped 100km away from me. Although I could take a photo of it 3km but the perch is an ugly rebar. :-|

100km is too far for me, even 3km is. But, yesterday I took my first photo using the 5DS R (+ 100-400 mm II) of a blackbird about 5m away. It's nothing special as a composition, but I have never ever managed to get this level of detail of a blackbird's plumage before. The sharpness and focussing of the 5DS R is a real step up for me. Mind you, I would need a 100-400m lens to take photos at 100km.

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AlanF said:
dolina said:
Thanks click and lion rock. This beauty was photograped 100km away from me. Although I could take a photo of it 3km but the perch is an ugly rebar. :-|

100km is too far for me, even 3km is. But, yesterday I took my first photo using the 5DS R (+ 100-400 mm II) of a blackbird about 5m away. It's nothing special as a composition, but I have never ever managed to get this level of detail of a blackbird's plumage before. The sharpness and focussing of the 5DS R is a real step up for me. Mind you, I would need a 100-400m lens to take photos at 100km.

I had to post a low quality image to get under 5000kb.

Thank you Alan

Nice photo. You can hotlink or attach high quality images 200KB. So long as they are 1024px on the longest side.
 
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lion rock said:
Jack,
So sweet!!!
You're a truly patient person, on top of great photographer!
-r

Don Haines said:
Love the Hairys and the Downies.... we get them often where I live and I never tire of them...

BTW, I have been quite successful in bribing the locals to come very near for a snack :)

OUCH! lion rock if only you knew the truth. ;) Not sure I even qualify as a photographer since I just push the shutter button and the camera does the rest. However, compliments always provide encouragement to improve so thanks for that. :)

Yes, I am patient in some ways ...... until I blow up. Birds don't annoy me like humans (excluding magpies)! ;D

Great recent shots from everyone and more folk joining our thread.

Jack
 
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I went back to photograph the Indigo-banded Kingfisher again, but this time with a hide.

https://goo.gl/photos/8b4EqBXzNkAAj4Gs8

Click this link then the photo inside the link to see the Photosphere.

A Photosphere is a 360-degree panorama that lets you take immersive pictures with your phone, then share them online. You can pan and zoom, much like you can with the Google Street View feature we've all come to know on Google Maps.

Only, these are our images.

Sadly, it was a no show.
 
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