Communal Bird Photography Thread

[Gate Keeper]

another shorty shot from a few weeks ago .. can I really justify spending 2k to improve on this

A great shot, what’s not to like. If your happy with your mark 111, you’d be wasting your money on the new OMS.

Having just spent 10K on annual health insurance, I am not in a position to fork out on the new camera. Eventually the prices will drop. Perhaps you can wait until then, if you must have it.

[blackfox]

Thanks for the nice comment

[Phill D]

I doubt it would get you anything better but it might just make them easier to get. That's what I'm hoping for anyway!

[blackfox]

female stonechat from a couple of weeks ago ,taken using the nikon 300mm f4 M/F handheld . this is one hell of a lens combined with olympus focus peaking

[Gate Keeper]

female stonechat from a couple of weeks ago ,taken using the nikon 300mm f4 M/F handheld . this is one hell of a lens combined with olympus focus peaking

Superb details from your lens in the feathers and sharp. Light and shadow, with the focus peaking makes for a natural looking photo.

[blackfox]

excitement morning ,waiting in for a new car to be delivered and a sparrow hawk decides to take a starling right outside the front window

[MJ224]

Wow, great photos. What did he get? Looks like a blackbird....:-)

[blackfox]

Starling mark and it was still alive and fighting it while being eat

[MJ224]

Yikes, kinda makes you glad we have Tescos.....

[Gate Keeper]

Breeding Male Baglafecht Weaver

by Philip Gate Keeper, on Flickr

A visitor to the garden bird table in Nairobi

Olympus E-M1 mark 1, M.Zuiko 14-150mm 1/250 ISO 500

[blackfox]

if your a vegan dont look at this ..the circle of life goes on

[Walti]

A juvenile male kestrel - he didn't want to hang around to have a photo session....

[antpitta]

We managed to get out between storms late afternoon to make the short trip "up river" to look for the Glossy Ibis that has been seen off and on near Rockland Broad this week. Despite the poor light (which meant 90%+ shots were at 1/50th or slower and full of movement) managed a few half decent pics. If it hangs around I'll hope to catch up with it in the sun when it should be "proper glossy"!

[MJ224]

Well caught..I wonder whether will become the norm, rather than rare birds now...

[antpitta]

Appear to be increasing year on year but this winter has been exceptional with several small "flocks" roaming about. Global warming or loss of habitat (or drought) in core range? Seems inevitable they'll join the list of recent heron colonizers.

[Olybirder]

Nice job Chris. They seem to be everywhere at the moment.

Ron

[antpitta]

Yes - we currently have this one about 5 or 6 miles up the valley while the long-staying Carlton Marshes bird is 5 or 6 miles down the valley! Still need it for the house/garden list ... seems a toss-up between Glossy Ibis & Cattle Egret for our next easiest "missing" bird now that Great Egret has become almost as regular as Little Egret at home these days. Sadly don't make up for all the lost Turtle Doves, Spotted Flycatchers etc etc etc

[MJ224]

Ready for Take Off.............



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[Ian]

This has a very dark head and shoulders but am I right in thinking it's a male brambling?

[Olybirder]

Yes, it's a male Brambling Ian. Was this in your garden? A nice bird to have there if so.

Ron

[Ian]

Yes - once again shot through the glass of the kitchen door. I'm very fortunate! But I'd like to see some coal and long tailed tits. My bird sing ID app reckoned we have song thrushes but I haven't seen any yet. Same with nightingales and wrens. I'll post some shots of what I think is the male brambling's female partner, shortly.

[Mazdaman]

Another one from the card I thought Iost from last year quite surprised with what I found on this card I do remember that the light was awful this particular night as about 5 minutes after I took this the heavens opened up I was able undertake the Olympus standard soak test🙂

coming at ya by mazdaman2008, on Flickr

[Olybirder]

A lovely Barn Owl shot.

Ron

[Ian]

Superb - lucky you rediscovered that card!

[BDennis]

Great Owl shots. Good that you found your card!

[Ian]

Female brambling this time?

[MJ224]

Raining with you too I see. Nice Brambling photos. We do have them locally, but I have never seen one..:-)

[Ian]

Briefly, and it was blustery but nothing like what I understand you had!

[BDennis]

Very nice! Slightly envious - never had seen them in our garden but a local chap a little outside the village gets them.

[BDennis]

Long-tailed tit yesterday. Nice to encounter a small active flock of them when I was on a walk, they are often not shy so will come quite close. Hard to get focus on them as they flit about, I really need that bird subject AF. Second photo a bit of a bum shot but shows the tail pattern.


Long-tailed tit by Bill Dennis, on Flickr


Long-tailed tit by Bill Dennis, on Flickr

[MikeOxon]

... ,taken using the nikon 300mm f4 M/F handheld . this is one hell of a lens combined with olympus focus peaking

I agree about the Nikon 300f'/4. I changed from the Nikon system because of its size and weight but then almost regretted it when Nikon introduced their 300mm PF lens, which is much smaller and lighter then the Olympus 300mm f/4.
Perhaps OMSystems will have a look at PF technology, to create long lenses that meet the MFT small size and weight ideals