More bird pics

Cliff-P
Posted 07/02/2012 - 21:21 Link
Its such a great time at the moment to be out and about photographing our feathered friends, the little things are so hungry that they are almost taking food from your hand!.

I`m a bit limited with the Tamron 70-300 though, ideally i could do with the Sigma 150-500 but I cant think of a good excuse to wave under my wifes nose to get her sympathy (all suggestions welcome) especially after just lashing out on the K5 and the Siggy 10-20!.

Anyway, here is a few from this mornings outing.

#1 Blue tit
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#2 Coal tit
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#3 Male Chaffinch
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#4 Female Chaffinch
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# Sunlit Swan
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Cliff.




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davidstorm
Posted 07/02/2012 - 22:05 Link
All lovely shots Cliff. I often like to see the ones at a shorter focal length so there is more composition in the shot.

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David
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puma
Posted 07/02/2012 - 22:07 Link
This is a Wonderful set Cliff,but did you get your hat yet ?????? ive got to know ???
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Stuey
Posted 07/02/2012 - 22:15 Link
If you keep taking shots as good as these with the 70-300 how will you justify the 150 - 500 to your wife
K10D, K5 plus plenty of clueless enthusiasm.

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Cliff-P
Posted 07/02/2012 - 23:26 Link
davidstorm wrote:
All lovely shots Cliff. I often like to see the ones at a shorter focal length so there is more composition in the shot.

Regards
David
Yes David i like to give the subject room to breath so to speak.
puma wrote:
This is a Wonderful set Cliff,but did you get your hat yet ?????? ive got to know ???
Sticking to the woolly for now Shaun but you`ll be the first to know
Stuey wrote:
If you keep taking shots as good as these with the 70-300 how will you justify the 150 - 500 to your wife
Good point

Thanks for the comments guys.
Cliff.




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fatspider
Posted 08/02/2012 - 09:39 Link
Nice set Cliff, nothing wrong with using a 300 for birds, you just have to get closer

As for the wife, I think you may have problems convincing her your lenses are too short, as no doubt when buying the 10-20 you were saying they were too long
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johnwhit
Posted 08/02/2012 - 11:11 Link
A lovely set Cliff with the Tammy doing a remarkable job considering.

John
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john941
Posted 08/02/2012 - 13:03 Link
Great shots Cliff, I'll lend you my 150-500mm lens if you want to see what its like as a walk around if you want.
nipper
Posted 08/02/2012 - 13:34 Link
Lovely set Cliff, particularly like the swan shot
Cliff-P
Posted 08/02/2012 - 14:26 Link
fatspider wrote:

As for the wife, I think you may have problems convincing her your lenses are too short, as no doubt when buying the 10-20 you were saying they were too long
She has a b****y good memory as well Alan Comment Image
john941 wrote:
I'll lend you my 150-500mm lens if you want to see what its like as a walk around if you want.
Thanks for the offer John, Martin Mere one day if you fancy?

Thanks for looking everyone and your comments are appreciated.
Cliff.




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Cliff-P
Posted 08/02/2012 - 14:45 Link
Another from yesterday, not the best of heron shots but I liked the captured effect of the frozen water as the bird flew past, Haven't a clue why it appears as a diagonal line, something to do with a sharp drop off of DOF perhaps?, the ice looked pretty uniform!. Any ideas?

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