A bittern etc.

I took a quick spin out to Forest Farm this morning to try out Kenko's 1.4x & 2x TCs on my (shock horror) Nikon d300 with Sigma 100-300 f4 (don't worry I haven't deserted Pentax and probably never will). Met up with an old friend who let me borrow his TCs but while we were there we had a visit from a bittern. I managed a couple of shots before it disappeared into the reeds, started off at 1/5th before I noticed my ISO was low so cranked it up to 800 ISO and got a bit better shutter speed but the bitter had skulked off by then.
The shots were taken on my K3 with the beast (150-450) attached.

1. The aforementioned bittern


2. The obligatory kingfisher


3. with fish


4. Jack & Vera


5. And a snipe

Love the Kingfisher shots especially the first one.

Great to get a picture of a Bittern - they are so shy! Likewise the Snipe.

And I am looking at your pictures of the Kingfisher with interest - I see you have more on Flickr. Very nice. Having a similar set up, it is really useful to see your camera settings.

Thanks for posting.

Glad I could be of help