Communal Bird Photography Thread

[MJ224]

Thinks I can't see him..:-)

by Mark Johnson, on Flickr

[Olybirder]

A Little Egret silhouetted against the sparkling water at Carlton Marshes yesterday.

Ron

[MJ224]

A sharp one for certain...:-)

[blackfox]

stonechat posing nicely ,seems to be lots around at the moment
stoned by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr

[MJ224]

Super photo Jeff...:-)

[Tordan58]

Nice light on this one

[MJ224]

Lady Blackbird..with the new kit..



Just about set up, and learning where to put my fingers!

[Luv2shoot]

Nice shot with some nice catch light in the eye. Cool diagonal too.

[MJ224]

Thanks Lorell..:-)

[Wookie]

Having discovered a local kingfisher has returned, I’m now working on getting to better location/angles,
blooming heck they are fast.
im really struggling with image quality with the 300 and more so with the mc20 . Both of these are 300 only, iso was 800 , shutter 1000 on the egret one and 1600 and shutter 8000 on the second one. Any tips would be appreciated

[blackfox]

I'm presuming both are cropped in ?, and knowing there extremely fast birds there could well be a element of motion blur ? do you have access to topaz de-noise Ai or sharpen AI as this would clear it up.. just pulled the top one off and applied de-noise it helps a bit . but my thoughts are now that that you may have missed the focus . can you check the focus point at all either in camera or on screen ?

[MJ224]

You did well to get those, as they are very fast fliers. Jeff's advice is as good as you are going to get. I would be very pleased to get those two photos..:-)

[Wookie]

blackfox. Thanks these were after denotes. Interesting re the focus, I’ve been trying with single focal point due to the ‘busy ‘ background- should I use cluster etc. I wanted to stop down a bit to try and get slightly better DofE, but that reduced the shutter speed too much.
really appreciate the help.
I’ve started to learn this ones ‘routine and perches’ so hoping to get better in future

[blackfox]

marsh harriers sky dancing
the twist by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr

[Olybirder]

Two shots of a splendid Black Redstart which was catching flies in the sunshine yesterday. It was on the roof of an industrial building and refused to come any closer, so these are heavy crops. I don't often see the males so this was a bit of a treat.

Ron

[MJ224]

Well seen and caught. Super photos, we do occasionally get the Red ones here. Never seen the Black Redstart...

[blackfox]

Nice not seen one for years .

[MJ224]

Mistle Thrush overflying the Hendy Nature Trail

by Mark Johnson, on Flickr

[MJ224]

Look who dropped in for breakfast

by Mark Johnson, on Flickr

[blackfox]

pretty sure this is a mistle thrush but I may well wrong . still waiting on fieldfares and redwings to return

[MJ224]

Perfect Jeff, looks though you have dry weather. Rained here for 2 days solid...:-(

[blackfox]

Yep ,on taxi duty to get one of the daughters to work this week , grandaughter normally does it but got covid . Local hotspot for winter thrushes ( Ind estate) with hundreds of berry bushes/trees.

P.s mondeo hide 😜

[blackfox]

another one from this morning
merry berries by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr

[blackfox]

another one ,starling this time
thinking by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr

[MJ224]

A beautiful boid...:-)

[MJ224]

A Black Headed Gull on the coastal path this morning, in the wet...:-)