Hi Stuey, there will be some great opportunities as Burry Port is a large estuary so should be plenty of birdies, also you are right on the north edge of the Gower Peninsula, spectacular scenery.

Cheers Colin, all on a K-7 and yes I am finding that unless the light is perfect I will struggle, but i think that's half the fun, I seem to get more satisfaction from using a difficult lens and getting a good shot.

Some more from today, the conditions were too bright (can't win). It does seem that there is an optimum distance with this lens too close and the picture quality is not so hot and too far the same, but in the right range I am more than happy with the results. On a K-5 it should be even better as I could bring the extended ISO into play and keep the shutter speed up nice and high.

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Nice shots and the last one deffo stands out, it is a bit different from the usual hawk pose.

Wow they were definitely worth the wait, stunningly sharp and great definition in the feathers. A set to be proud of, great stuff & thanks for sharing.

That deffo needs rectifying

It's the finals tomorrow 12 ish so come on down, you can borrow my 55-300 if you like.

A few more with this lens, more favorable light this time.
And I love the catch in focus function, it enabled me to get a lot more shots than I originally thought I would get. Simply set to AF.S, hold the shutter button down then slowly focus the lens and try to keep up. Worked a treat

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Thanks Yves, I may give that a go, I didn't realise you could