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[ivoire]

From a few years back in the Pentax K20 days.

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[davect01]

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Well done!

 

[BillN]

Nice shots Mike, well done

 

[ivoire]

An after lunch attempt

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Black Kite by 2Deye, on Flickr[/URL]

 

[BillN]

Fab shot Mike - now we need a shot with a very good background …..clear and smooth as possible

we are hoping to get out to India next, 2015 UK winter

 

[BillN]

Just a Mallard

 

[ivoire]

Fab shot Mike - now we need a shot with a very good background …..clear and smooth as possible

we are hoping to get out to India next, 2015 UK winter

Bill, shooting from the rooftops in Delhi doesn't bode well for clear backgrounds. Goa should be much better with more open space. I don't do much birding anymore as I sold off all my long lenses. The Panasonic 45-175 is my longest for M43. I have a couple manual lenses but find it difficult to use them as I get older. Wish you a great trip.

Tried a bit of photoshopping

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Black Kite on blu2 by 2Deye, on Flickr[/URL]

 

[BillN]

That's really good Mike … look forward to your Goa shots and report … sounds a marvellous place ….. are you going down from Mumbai by train

Here's a BIF from me

 

[ivoire]

Great capture Bill. You've got the bird technique perfected.

The Goa beaches are a bit touristy.... mostly Russians, Germans and Brits (next to no "pampered" Americans). Some restaurants even advertise "English Breakfast" ( no idea what that entails). It's India with a slightly western flavor due to Portuguese influence. Accommodations can be very inexpensive ($11 - $20US per nite) to very expensive. I will be flying from Delhi to Dabolim Goa. Web fares if ordered on line and a month early are quite inexpensive ($90US one way). If you like India, beaches and quiet, Goa is hard to beat. There is night life if you want it (try Calangute). Candolim is quieter. This year I'm going south to Colva to check it out.

 

[ReD]

A local Bird photographer I met today gave me a tip to photo the woodpecker that comes down to the tree outside my kitchen window

The tip - smear some peanut butter in one of the cracks in the tree + add a few peanuts.

I like Crunchy peanut butter so they will have to make do with that - (plus I have to clean the windows).

 

[BillN]

Blue Tit and Great Tit - common European birds

 

[LowTEC]

Elegant by DENNIS CHAU | FOTOGRAPHY, on Flickr

Blue Eye by DENNIS CHAU | FOTOGRAPHY, on Flickr

 

[BillN]

 

[cheeks69]

Anticipation by Cheeks1969, on Flickr

Partners by Cheeks1969, on Flickr

 

[Petach]

My first birds in flight shots with my new 5d Mk3. Great focus set up on this camera....far superior to my 6d.

7S5A1801.jpg by petach123 (Peter Tachauer), on Flickr

7S5A1804.jpg by petach123 (Peter Tachauer), on Flickr

Gull, Aldeburcgh by petach123 (Peter Tachauer), on Flickr

Gull, Aldeburgh by petach123 (Peter Tachauer), on Flickr

Gull, Aldeburgh by petach123 (Peter Tachauer), on Flickr

7S5A1803.jpg by petach123 (Peter Tachauer), on Flickr

 

[BillN]

Peter, there seems to be quite a lot of noise in those shots, first and last in particular

what ISO have you used

are they large crops

what lens

 

[Petach]

Cheers Bill. My cack handed processing is the likely culprit. I have re-edited 1st and last and hey seem better to my eye. They were ISO 800 which is not really significantly high considering the camera, but they are all tight crops....so maybe it shows more?.

They were taken with the 70-300L at the thick end

cheers

Pete

Peter, there seems to be quite a lot of noise in those shots, first and last in particular

what ISO have you used

are they large crops

what lens

 

[BillN]

Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus)

 

[Petach]

My 5d Mk3 has been a revelation. The focussing is great for me. Many more keepers of birds in flight.

7S5A3070.jpg by petach123 (Peter Tachauer), on Flickr

"OK....OK....Time Out" by petach123 (Peter Tachauer), on Flickr

Water Skimming - Lake Meadows by petach123 (Peter Tachauer), on Flickr

Water Skimming - Lake Meadows by petach123 (Peter Tachauer), on Flickr

Lake Meadows by petach123 (Peter Tachauer), on Flickr

 

[BillN]

Cape Bulbul - "I got my eye on you baby"

Nikon D300 + Nikon 300mm f4
cropped