After a forced lay-off due to illness, it was so good to get back out & check out the usual suspects down at the local park in Acton, the weather had been mild for the last few days & the lake was free from ice.
It was nice to see the pair of great crested grebe were O/K and still in residence but the Pochard was missing, he returned later in the day looking non to worse for ware. A nice addition was a male Goosander
why does this lake attract single male wildfowl ? Pochard, Goosander & Graylag all in the last few months. I was amazed how much had changed in just 2 weeks - much more activity & lots more little brown birds ( don't know the names cos I'm still learning so there.) :)) .
When I first arrived the light was so poor I just sat watched & listened - I couldn't believe how noisy little birds could be, even my friendly robin told me off . Finally the light improved to allow some photographs to be taken, nothing special just record shots which include 3 firsts for me Dunnock, Goosander & Treecreper I have see all these birds before but have never photographed them.
I hope to take a trip down to Hanmner Mere over the weekend, all being well I will speak to you soon Bri.
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| A cute little DUNNOCK. |
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| Both robin photograph's are the same WHICH DO YOU PREFER ? |
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| The light was so poor, it had to be B&W |
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| I just can't resist them |
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| I think Treecreeper's are becoming my favourite bird |
Hi Brian.
ReplyDeleteNothing wrong with those photo's really, just need a bit more light and to get a bit closer :-)
I read your post about reviewing the new lens I have ( Sigma 150-500mm OS) I dont really believe I have enough experience with other lenses of the same ilk to do this though!
However I can say that I have used the sigma 120-400 lens for a year, and was very pleased with it, thats why I went for the 150 -500mm lens this time ( thanks to the tax rebate I got!) The new lens is a bit heavier, but can be comfortably walked around with, and hand held for photographing ( for anyone who is fit and able) I find the lens is giving me some superb images, as you can see on my blog, and i'm not even used to it yet! I have found though that it is sharper at F8 than F6.3, so that means a bit more ISO has to be used to up the shutter speed, but my canon 50D body can cope with that, I shoot as high as iso 1000 even on bright days :-)
I would recommend this lens to any bird photogrpher! Hope this helps ;-)
Thanks for that warren. The 300mm I use is solid steel n thick Russian glass, so I have to use a mono-pod at all times which makes life awkward for smaller birds, also need lots of light as my Sony a 200 shows lots of noise over ISO 800 other than that its a cracking lens considering that it was designed in the 1930's & is probably older than me.
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Beautiful images you have here!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment james
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