Garden Beauties

Most of us have some beautiful wildlife in our gardens, particularly birds. One of my photography passions is to record this wildlife, either in my own garden or in other places. This set is about the birds in our gardens and features my favourite British native species, the Goldfinch.

The images are all taken with the DA*300 and 1.4 TC, with a mixture of the K-5iis and the K-3.





























Constructive criticism and feedback is very much encouraged.

Regards
David

These are just beautifully photographed and presented.

great shots DaviD!

Absolutely!

Lovely shots, David. Superb DoF control makes the birds stand out, with lovely soft bokeh. You can't beat a male bullfinch for a subject!

Absolutely no criticism here - the detail is superb, and as John noted, the control of the DoF really makes th images come alive.

Phil

Well they were until this website got hold of them and made them less important than blank space and adverts.
Lovely photos You have to click-through for each one tho. urhgg.

Fabulous David. Particularly like the first and last goldfinch. They pop

No criticism, I can only agree with everyone here - wonderful images of handsome subjects. I like them all and my favourite is number 5.

Cheers.
Philip

The last Goldfinch and the Bullfinch in particular are excellent. The DA*300/1.4TC is a strong combination

First class work and presentation.

Best regards

These are awful - those birds keep getting in the way of the branches you are shooting

More seriously - cracking shots David

Hi all, thanks very much for the great comments. I love your humour Stuey!

Regarding the way they present on the Forum:

I agree in part, although there seems to be a big difference based on the Browser and resolution the Forum is viewed at. My biggest gripe is the image sizes, on click through they are much better in the new Gallery than they are on the Forum, but at least they are retaining their true colour and contrast now, which wasn't so in the past.

I would go stronger than that about the DA*300/1.4TC combination, I would say it is stellar in IQ terms and also pretty darned good for AF. There can be a tendency to hunt a little in AF and I find it works better for me in AF-S than AF-C, but once it locks on it's usually right. The beauty for me with this combination is the ability to use it wide open and get sharp results, all of these were at F5.6 I think, which is widest effective aperture available with the TC attached. It's also very usable without a camera support; all of these were hand held at shutter speeds between 1/60 and 1/250. I guess this also speaks volumes for the in-body stabilisation.

Regards
David

A top quality set David

Cheers Jim, much appreciated

Best wishes
David