Bird Photography

Call it development of skills in a controlled environment. Had a look - Good stuff. Some very good pix there !
 
pezulu said:
Why is so difficult to photograph these little buggers?
LBJ in grass.
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LBJs are tricky - they move around a lot - maybe to reduce the likelihood of being someone else's lunch? Looks like a non-breeding plumage Yellow Bishop.
 
Although it was very quiet and not a lot of birds I still had a great morning at ARMBS. Got better shots than the previous time. But still struggled and pondering whether this really is for me or not.

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And definitely my favourite shot of the day.

Purple Heron. (The friendly retired couple with the book on birds helped me when I asked what I just saw :))

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I'm going to upload them all to Flickr and will share link here. The forum resizing causes pixelation at the edges and the last shot was crisp.
 
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Lets try again. From Flickr. You can view my full set here if you want. --> https://www.flickr.com/photos/apoc184/sets/72157643893498493/

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I thought I'd bring the standard of this thread down a bit by posting some stationary birds :)

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Red-whiskered bulbul. (on Flickr) Shot this one with a macro lens :)

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Lilac-breasted roller. (on Flickr) Run-of-the-mill Nikkor 70-300 zoom.
 
krono9 said:
I like your clarity/detail on feathers/colour...:) which macro lens for first one?
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Thanks!

That one was shot with a 105 mm f/4 AI Nikkor --- based on the serial number it must be about 35 years old. I do cheat a bit when focusing, relying mostly on the focus indicator while focusing manually. Never could seem to get good focus by just looking through the viewfinder alone (this is on a D7000).
 
APoc184 said:
Beautiful fvdbergh
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Thanks!

One day I should man up and work on some BIFs :)

Your shots are great! What lens did you use for the third shot in message #8 (first page of this thread)? I really like the smoothness of the background in that one.
 
Thanks.

All three those shots were taken with Nikon D7100 and Tamron 70-200mm F2.8.
 
These little things are impossible to photograph in flight. And believe me, I tried for about 40min on Sunday.

So so fast.

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