Was it Rocket Ron Haslam who once did a lap of Donnington using just his right arm? Beat most peoples times using both arms

John

A nice set, reasonably sharp too, they look a little underexposed to me TBH. I used to shoot bike racing with a Pentax MX and various manual 300mm lenses, so I know how difficult it can be.

Regards,

John

Thanks Roger, I'll remember that, I still have no idea why they abandoned the nest, I still think I see the adult pair visiting the gardeb feeders.

John

Thanks Alan.

Regards,

John

Oddly enough they seem to be feeding more on fatballs, but that could just be the weather, there was some activity in the apple tree earlier I think they were feeding insects.

I tried recovering the highlights but the neck of the bird on the right is beyond the capability of ACR, it doesn't help thet the DoF is so shallow either, you don't get much with f/2.8 on a 135mm lens at close quarters. Should have tried ISO 400 @ f/4 or 800 @ f/5.6 but time was limited. Better luck next time I hope.

Thanks for all the comments.

Regards,

John

I might have known DA*300, there is no substitute

John

Thanks Don, I've just had another look at the RAW file in ACR I think I've blown it

John

Hi Alan, I'm not so sure about it being warmer, I've had the heating on the past couple of evenings. It's strange they really don't seem that timid of humans, I could get within 10' of them while they were feeding their young.

Regards,

John

Thanks Roger.

John

Fair comment, needed a smaller aperture really but struggling in limited lighting. I never noticed the blown highlights but yes they're present, I may try a little recovery in PP later/

John