Sorry,Will. These wern't Jpegs straight from the camera, I'd PP'd them in PSE9. The originals were pretty gloomy straight from the camera.

(edit)
Just checked the exif again & the metering was set to "spot", so read off the snow, under-exposing the birds!

Coker.

The images here are about 40% of the original frames, which were all shot at ISO800.

Coker.

And No.3,


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And No.1,


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Coker.

Thanks, Gareth. I thought so too!

Stuey, thanks for the tip. Duly downloaded & applied to No.2

Further thoughts?


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Coker.

Spent this afternoon watching a pair of lapwings courting in the field next to our house.
Although far from being technically perfect, I'm pretty pleased with these images, being the first attempts at in-flight bird photography on my part.

K7, 55-300 (at 300), manual focus, overcast skies.


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C&C welcome.


Coker.

Thanks, Alan.
I think your Redwing has probably had all the hawthorn berries.
How about getting him(?) to pose for me in the apple tree.
(I may even manage to hold the camera steady!)

Coker.

A"crop" not raided by Thrushes, Blackbirds, etc., (yet!). How cold's it got to be?


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C&C welcome......


Coker.

Congratulations, Andrew.

And, as ever, thanks for letting us see.

Roger.

K7, 55-300.



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All C&C welcome.

They're all great shots, Andrew. But 4,5 & 6 for me:

The contrast btween the two doors/shutters in 4.
The greens of the scene framed by the red brickwork in 5.
The Rothko painting left by someone as the focal point in 6.

Thanks for letting us see.

Roger.