[jocelys1]

Pentax-A 400mm@f5.6

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[zzeitg]

Pentax-A 400mm@f5.6

I'd bet that this guy saw you first...

[RockvilleBob]

Back by popular demand.

K-3 - DA*60-250 + HD DA 1.4 TC @350mm ƒ5.6- 0.6 s -800 ISO

Barred Owl, we haven't seen him in the yard for a while but he was back tonight.

Fantastic to have this in your yard!! Nice shots

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Pentax-A 400mm@f5.6

Some great shots!

[Ducatigaz]

I'm still trying to catch a pair of Redpolls that come to feeders in the garden ,before they get on the feeders[ easier said than done]
I did manage to catch a couple of other birds. K-5/Sigma 300mm f2.8 EX DG/Kirk window mount








Greenfinch by Gary Chalker, Thanks for over a 1,000,000 views,
on Flickr

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Last edited by Ducatigaz; 03-01-2015 at 08:52 AM.

[jacamar]

I take a week off and you guys just keep upping the ante!


I can confirm that Trinidad has a lot more photogenic birds than Ontario at this time of year. My favourite was the Tufted Coquette, just two and three quarter inches long (the world's smallest bird, the Bee Hummingbird, is two and a half).








The autofocus on my 300mm DA* stopped functioning for a while, so this was taken with the 55-300 DA.

[derekkite]

I'm still trying to catch a pair of Redpolls that come to feeders in the garden ,before they get on the feeders[ easier said than done]
I did manage to catch a couple of other birds. K-5/Sigma 300mm f2.8 EX DG/Kirk window mount

Love the Wren. Around here they tend to hide under logs.

[Stavri]

I'm still trying to catch a pair of Redpolls that come to feeders in the garden ,before they get on the feeders[ easier said than done]
I did manage to catch a couple of other birds. K-5/Sigma 300mm f2.8 EX DG/Kirk window mount

I wear gloves every time I go through Gary's photos, That last one is a killer

[FreeSpirit9]

an oldie

But a Goodie!

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I'm still trying to catch a pair of Redpolls that come to feeders in the garden ,before they get on the feeders[ easier said than done]
I did manage to catch a couple of other birds. K-5/Sigma 300mm f2.8 EX DG/Kirk window mount

Amazing work Gary.

What's your secret to get such sharp shots? Do you do much pp?

Cheers

[kengoh]

Crumpets!!!!!!

That's an excellent capture, Beautiful as always Ken.
thanks for sharing

cmohr

Very nice. To have one land close like that is special.

I've never encountered one (yet)

Now that's super luck--and you certainly took full advantage of the opportunity.

Thanks guys, I'm really lucky.
btw I got the id of the owl wrong, it should be Buffy Fish Owl.

[entropy1]

Love the Wren. Around here they tend to hide under logs.

Sorry to hear you live in a low-wrenned district. ;-)

Here's one from last spring - alas, not sharp enough on the head, but I like the motion blur and droplets caught in the air. I think this was when the AF was broken on my Sigma and I was using manual focus with CIF.

[Ducatigaz]

Love the Wren. Around here they tend to hide under logs.

They tend to do the same over here.

I wear gloves every time I go through Gary's photos, That last one is a killer

Thanks

But a Goodie!

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Amazing work Gary.

What's your secret to get such sharp shots? Do you do much pp?

Cheers

I think the main thing is to be aware of movement.

I don't do much pp

[Stavri]

I think the main thing is to be aware of movement.

I don't do much pp

What about flash usage and techniques?

[Ducatigaz]

What about flash usage and techniques?

Where do I start?
I didn't use flash for the last 2 posts

[zzeitg]

I'm still trying to catch a pair of Redpolls that come to feeders in the garden ,before they get on the feeders[ easier said than done]
I did manage to catch a couple of other birds. K-5/Sigma 300mm f2.8 EX DG/Kirk window mount

very nice set, Ducatigaz!


What was the approx. distance between you and the birds? I guess you were pretty close?

[Ducatigaz]

very nice set, Ducatigaz!


What was the approx. distance between you and the birds? I guess you were pretty close?

I would say approx 20-30ft