Nature Birds of the day

Birds of the day · **2 Likes**

Weather wasn't the best today, no sun at all so I just took a little walk through a local wildlife refuge and saw a couple birds I've never seen before. The first was a Prothonotary Warbler, the little yellow one. And the second was a Purple Gallinule, the purplish blue one. The others are a Gray Catbird, dove and robin.

bertwert · 06-16-2017, 06:22 PM

Awesome shots!

KiloHotelphoto · 06-17-2017, 07:44 AM

Thanks bertwert, I really liked how the dove turned out and the robin at ISO 3200 came out nice also I think.

normhead · 06-17-2017, 08:40 AM

Those look awesome. I just love seeing evidence of folks getting out and about. In photography, if you're tired of pictures of the same old thing, go someplace different.

KiloHotelphoto · 06-17-2017, 05:59 PM

The nice thing about this wildlife refuge is every season it changes Norm, you never know what you will see. I try to get there twice every season, and I usually have the wrong lens with me for what I see but every once in a while I get lucky with what I bring.

normhead · 06-18-2017, 07:16 AM

The wrong lens thing is certainly an issue. Solved by many by just buying a 150-600 or a 150-450. Then you run into low light issues because your zooms are all slow. The hotshots around me have their big 500 or 600 ƒ4s on a big huge tripod they can barely more, but have an APS-c camera with 200 - 400 type lens on it for other stuff. They don't miss anything that comes to them, but they don't do a lot of walking wither. You just can't win without hiring a couple guys to carry gear for you.

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06-16-2017, 06:22 PM	#2
bertwert Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Golden, BC Posts: 15,173	Awesome shots!

06-17-2017, 07:44 AM	#3
KiloHotelphoto Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Glen Mills, PA Photos: Albums Posts: 1,030 Original Poster	Thanks bertwert, I really liked how the dove turned out and the robin at ISO 3200 came out nice also I think.

06-17-2017, 08:40 AM	#4
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	Those look awesome. I just love seeing evidence of folks getting out and about. In photography, if you're tired of pictures of the same old thing, go someplace different.

06-17-2017, 05:59 PM	#5
KiloHotelphoto Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Glen Mills, PA Photos: Albums Posts: 1,030 Original Poster	The nice thing about this wildlife refuge is every season it changes Norm, you never know what you will see. I try to get there twice every season, and I usually have the wrong lens with me for what I see but every once in a while I get lucky with what I bring.

06-18-2017, 07:16 AM	#6
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	The wrong lens thing is certainly an issue. Solved by many by just buying a 150-600 or a 150-450. Then you run into low light issues because your zooms are all slow. The hotshots around me have their big 500 or 600 ƒ4s on a big huge tripod they can barely more, but have an APS-c camera with 200 - 400 type lens on it for other stuff. They don't miss anything that comes to them, but they don't do a lot of walking wither. You just can't win without hiring a couple guys to carry gear for you.