[tduell]

Male Superb Fairy-wren.
K-1, DFA 150-450 handheld. See exif for shot details.

Cheers,
Terry

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[Paul the Sunman]

Male Superb Fairy-wren.
K-1, DFA 150-450 handheld. See exif for shot details.

Cheers,
Terry

You are right Terry. It is a male, but without the spectacular blue plumage yet. Good catch.

[tduell]

You are right Terry. It is a male, but without the spectacular blue plumage yet. Good catch.

Thanks. Quite a few of these blokes around at the moment, as well a those showing the last of their blue suits. I suspect this may be a youngster who hasn't had a blue suit yet. Shot at the Zoo.
Here's another shot from the Zoo. A Black-necked Stork, previously known as the Jabiru.
K-1, DFA 150-450, handheld.
Much easier to get the shot at the Zoo, but trying to get a good exposure of this lass (females have a yellow eye, males a black eye) was quite another thing. I exposed for the brilliant white, which left quite a lot else very dark, and difficult to correct in darktable without the image looking a bit odd.
In the end I resorted to saving out 4 tif copies. One close to correct exposure for the whites, one at-0.5EV, one at +1.0EV and one at +1.5EV, then used enfuse to generate an image from all four.
As a result the usual shot settings are not in the exif of this image.
The original was shot at 150mm, f 4.5, 1/800s, ISO 100.

Cheers,
Terry

[Mike.P®]

Unusually for me, something none bird like taken at 450mm


Sunset Point Clear Essex by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr

[Dieseler]

Lapwing.



Ruff.


Redshank.


Barnacle geese almost ready to leave to there nesting places up north.


Godwit.

Nice series of waterbird images!

The last shot I took with my K-1 and 150-450mm before they fell off the shelf in a bird hide, bounced on the bench and then hit the floor with a sickening THUD!!


IMGP2380_DxO by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr

Oh, Dear!!! What happened? Are they ok?

[Mike.P®]

Oh, Dear!!! What happened? Are they ok?

One of the legs popped out of the runner on the rear screen but I fixed that thanks to a previous post on here. Apart from that everything seems fine which I don't think I would be saying had it been my D500 and Sigma 500mm f/4 sport.

[Paul the Sunman]

One of the legs popped out of the runner on the rear screen but I fixed that thanks to a previous post on here. Apart from that everything seems fine which I don't think I would be saying had it been my D500 and Sigma 500mm f/4 sport.

Three cheers for over-engineering.

[Fries]

Nice series of waterbird images!

Thanks Dieseler! This evening I encountered this titlark. I had to crop the photo a bit. And the light was not the best...

overcast day at the lake w/150-450

[tduell]

Glossy Ibis, shot at the Zoo.
These blokes really show some colour in the right light.
K-1, DFA 150-450, handheld. See exif for shot details.

Cheers,
Terry

[RobG]

Red Wattlebird by RobGeraghty, on Flickr

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Hello there! by RobGeraghty, on Flickr

[wtlwdwgn]

The osprey are back. K-1 II.

[riseform]

Sandhill crane along the Madison River, Montana
Handheld with the K1



this second one is a cross post (sorry, I just wanted to show an 3200 ISO shot for the K1), but from the cemetery in Ennis, MT when it was too windy to fish
Long-eared owl, Handheld with the K1, 1/160

[Erictator]

Sandhill crane along the Madison River, Montana
Handheld with the K1



this second one is a cross post (sorry, I just wanted to show an 3200 ISO shot for the K1), but from the cemetery in Ennis, MT when it was too windy to fish
Long-eared owl, Handheld with the K1, 1/160

Great shot, love the face expression and camouflage on his body to that bark!
Eric