House Finch, male
I haven't put out any seeds or suet for the birds in many months as we were overrun with Chipmunks and Squirrels.
I don't mind that they want a...
I don't mind that they want a...
Hendy Stonechat
Our local male Stonechat today.

Mixed bunch of shots, mostly birds with some Geese BIFs and Goose goosing a landing on ice...
This was from a visit to Aylesbury a few weeks ago walking around the lakes at Watermead. The lake was mostly frozen over and when I saw some flocks of...
Another sunrise
A winter storm is scheduled to come in over the weekend bringing serious cold, ice, and hopefully some snow. Not sure when I'll be able to get back out...
Stone Curlew
So called because of its Curlew-like call. This one kept shtum though.
...
...
Knight and his Dog
Hereford Cathedral
RSPB Otmoor
RSPB Otmoor near Oxford has a wide selection of birds, most of which are distant. 
Here are. few from recent trip.
Slighty...

Here are. few from recent trip.
Slighty...
Wander around Gloucester
Bright day, me and a friend were playing with monochrome settings and exposure compensation plus filters. Pen F. Oh and a bit of morris dancing.
...
...
What is it?
Spotted this in Gloucester docks on Saturday. For me it had a `alien structure found on the moon` vibe when close up. Turns out it was some sort of flotation...
Broome Day3 Part 4 (A trip to coconut wells and back to Broome at sunset)
Coconut Wells is about 25km north of Broome. It has a tidal lagoon and some rock pools. We went to look at the rock pools but saw little. There were...
Fun with an 8010 Tough
Small but fun to use, recently picked up an 8010 Tough off a well known aution site. First outing in Gloucester a few days ago. Particularly welcomed...
Keith Slater
Keith Slater, at the Holme Lacy House Hotel (Warners) Last night...A good evenings entertainment...

OM5 1 with
Broome Day 3 Part 3 - town jetty: turtle, jetski, fish
The next stop for the day was Town Jetty. The tide was in and there were hopes of seeing some Sea Turtles swimming by (they are reasonably common there)....
Eastern Screech Owl - in the dayliight!
Quite a few of you tried to work on my raw file of the owl entering its box. Thank you! I'm very pleased to have so many to choose from to remember that...
Broome Day3 part2 (Streeters Jetty mudskippers, battling crabs, birds at the water pipe)
The next part of the day was a walk back to Streeters Jetty. There are always Flame-backed Fiddler crabs and Mudskippers around when the tide is low...
Recent topics
Collapse
| Topics | Statistics | Last Post | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Started by ronidog, 3 days ago
|
23 responses
280 views
0 likes
|
Last Post
by griffljg
2 minutes ago
|
||
|
Started by drmarkf, 5 days ago
|
3 responses
105 views
6 likes
|
Last Post
by drmarkf
15 hours ago
|
||
|
Started by Gerry, 7 November 2025, 04:16 PM
|
28 responses
485 views
0 likes
|
Last Post
by drmarkf
17 hours ago
|
||
|
Started by jdal, 19 hours ago
|
3 responses
47 views
0 likes
|
Last Post
by jdal
18 hours ago
|
||
|
Started by sapper, 4 days ago
|
6 responses
122 views
0 likes
|
Last Post
by Mdb2
23 hours ago
|
||
|
Started by blackfox, 5 days ago
|
23 responses
353 views
0 likes
|
Last Post
by BDennis
1 day ago
|
||
|
Started by baldyb, 4 days ago
|
5 responses
144 views
0 likes
|
Last Post
by baldyb
2 days ago
|
||
|
Started by moggi1964, 6 days ago
|
1 response
113 views
0 likes
|
Last Post
by moggi1964
3 days ago
|
||
|
Started by jacqui, 4 days ago
|
4 responses
96 views
0 likes
|
Last Post
by jacqui
4 days ago
|
||
|
Started by freewheeler, 3 November 2025, 03:55 PM
|
7 responses
402 views
0 likes
|
Last Post
by mazdamancx30
4 days ago
|
||
|
Started by hruissen, 2 weeks ago
|
12 responses
232 views
0 likes
|
Last Post
by Rawcoll
6 days ago
|
||
|
Started by MJ224, 1 week ago
|
11 responses
251 views
1 like
|
Last Post
by Wreckdiver
1 week ago
|
||
|
Started by robes, 19 December 2024, 04:21 PM
|
12 responses
339 views
0 likes
|
Last Post
|
||
|
Started by blackfox, 1 week ago
|
8 responses
258 views
4 likes
|
Last Post
by blu-by-u
1 week ago
|
||
|
Started by jacqui, 1 week ago
|
5 responses
146 views
0 likes
|
Last Post
by jacqui
1 week ago
|
||
|
Started by EDy, 1 week ago
|
10 responses
114 views
1 like
|
Last Post
by drmarkf
1 week ago
|
||
|
Started by djrwhittle, 1 week ago
|
13 responses
261 views
0 likes
|
Last Post
by Wreckdiver
1 week ago
|
Please support this site
Collapse
The E-Group on YouTube
Recent pick
Collapse
" Butterflies and a Moth ," by Joe_T, Joe, from North Carolina, normally wows us with hmmingbird shots, but here are some delightful butterfly shots, and a hummingbird of a different kind! Click here to see more.
An image revisited
Collapse
" Studio shoot ," by shirley, A novel shot from 2008. Shirley hasn't been online here for a while, but she used to be a prolific poster. click here to see more.
Quick guide to creating new threads and uploading and inserting attachments and videos
Collapse
For some quick tips on how to upload image attachments and show your videos on the forum, see here.
bullfinch re-visited
went back yesterday after changing a few settings , getting more confident with this camera now...
wing mirror lookout post
sometimes I'm just to attractive to birds...
Some Autumn Foliage Shots
All with the S1R2 and mostly the 24--105 f4 or the 14-28.
Autumn Splendor by Paul Kaye, on Flickr
...
Autumn Splendor by Paul Kaye, on Flickr
...
redshank with nikon D500
loving this new nikon lens 200-500mm f5.6 VR looks like by sheer luck I have acquired a really sharp copy . can't thank wex enough for there good se...
A Few from Norway
My son is living in Oslo now so I paid him a short trip a few weeks ago (I drove there - in an electric car !!). It wasn't primarily a photo trip, but...
1970 Morris 1000 Traveller
It has the yellow headlamps mandatory in France until 1993, when the French adopted the universal laws of physics.
Sony A7r, Konica Hexanon...
Sony A7r, Konica Hexanon...
few b.i.f test shots D500 + 200-400 f4 vr
all shots hand held . not to bad with this lump of a lens...
3D from the skies with the Drone...:)
Just a little experiment, with thanks to Harold and his 3D's.
Used the drone to photo the M4 and 11 Arch railway...
Haemanthus albiflos
A7r3, Sigma Apo Macro 180mm f5.6 at f16. FOV ca 80mm wide, hand held.
I read a rave review about this lens so I bought it. It is a much longer...
I read a rave review about this lens so I bought it. It is a much longer...
One for the spotters
Dean Forest Railway diesel gala last Saturday. A coup to get a class 55 Deltic and a class 50 on what is a fairly small line. Great day bringing back...
I got the horn
Careful now...............Dean Forest Railway on Saturday. Lumix GH6.
...
...
tuesdays high tide birds with d500
first of the winters high spring tides , took the om1 on Monday and the D500 tues to be absolutely truthful there's virtually no difference in the results...
Other formats discussion
Collapse
| Topics | Statistics | Last Post | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Started by blackfox, 4 days ago
|
14 responses
127 views
10 likes
|
Last Post
by Ian
4 days ago
|
||
|
Started by drmarkf, 4 days ago
|
0 responses
33 views
1 like
|
Last Post
by drmarkf
4 days ago
|
||
|
Started by blackfox, 3 weeks ago
|
10 responses
107 views
10 likes
|
Last Post
by shakyHands
1 week ago
|
Out of Focus
Collapse
| Topics | Statistics | Last Post | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Started by Gate Keeper, 2 weeks ago
|
5 responses
150 views
0 likes
|
Last Post
by Gate Keeper
1 week ago
|
||
|
Started by blu-by-u, 17 December 2025, 01:48 AM
|
29 responses
352 views
1 like
|
Last Post
by ronidog
2 weeks ago
|
||
|
Started by MK1, 3 weeks ago
|
10 responses
210 views
11 likes
|
Last Post
by MK1
2 weeks ago
|
Monthly Photo Challenge
Collapse
The January 2026 Monthly Challenge is still open for submissions...The subject is Black & White
The December 2025 Monthly Challenge results are now ready to be viewed..The subject was Artificial Light
The E-Group photographer of the year has now been Counted. And the 2026 Photographer of the year is GGJohn. Congratulations John...
Heads up for the February 2026 Photographic Challenge, the subject is Nostalgia
Advertisement
Collapse
Foto Fair
Collapse
| Topics | Statistics | Last Post | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Started by MJ224, 20 hours ago
|
1 response
30 views
7 likes
|
Last Post
by huwnothugh
13 minutes ago
|
||
|
Mixed bunch of shots, mostly birds with some Geese BIFs and Goose goosing a landing on ice...
by BDennis
Started by BDennis, 3 days ago
|
9 responses
85 views
12 likes
|
Last Post
by Matt_Hirst
59 minutes ago
|
||
|
Started by Joe_T, 14 hours ago
|
1 response
25 views
7 likes
|
Last Post
by BDennis
1 hour ago
|
||
|
Started by blu-by-u, 2 days ago
|
5 responses
54 views
1 like
|
Last Post
by blu-by-u
9 hours ago
|
||
|
Started by 090657, 4 days ago
|
2 responses
59 views
6 likes
|
Last Post
by 090657
13 hours ago
|
||
|
Started by MJ224, 3 weeks ago
|
36 responses
624 views
0 likes
|
Last Post
by Walti
1 minute ago
|
||
|
Started by LadyG, 17 hours ago
|
2 responses
36 views
8 likes
|
Last Post
by Joe_T
16 hours ago
|
||
|
Started by Walti, 16 hours ago
|
0 responses
28 views
4 likes
|
Last Post
by Walti
16 hours ago
|
||
|
Started by TravelingChick, 3 days ago
|
6 responses
73 views
8 likes
|
Last Post
by BDennis
1 day ago
|
||
|
Started by huwnothugh, 3 days ago
|
8 responses
99 views
15 likes
|
Last Post
by MJ224
2 days ago
|
||
|
Started by gazza95, 4 days ago
|
4 responses
96 views
7 likes
|
Last Post
by MikeOxon
2 days ago
|
||
|
Started by MJ224, 3 days ago
|
10 responses
87 views
7 likes
|
Last Post
by huwnothugh
3 days ago
|
||
|
Started by Ian, 1 week ago
|
34 responses
284 views
6 likes
|
Last Post
by drmarkf
3 days ago
|
||
|
Started by shakyHands, 4 days ago
|
1 response
26 views
3 likes
|
Last Post
by Keith-369
3 days ago
|
What's Going On
Collapse
There are currently 1365 users online. 11 members and 1354 guests.
Most users ever online was 54,631 at 07:12 AM on 24 November 2025.