A few of those birds

nzmacro · Jun 11, 2014

Time for a bit of a mix with flying gadgets I guess. Random shots of a few birds here.

1: Royal Spoonbills in blast off mode on a dark dull day, in fact it was raining.

2: Get out of my way darn it !! Royal Spoonbill once again

3: Hop, skip and a jump with a Cormorant

4: Tern with lunch for the kids

5: Starling blasting through

6: Shore Plover, less than 250 left globally, but on the rise thank goodness

7: Stilt heading off and about

8: Of course what else but a Sacred Kingfisher coming back

Sony NEX-7 and more than likely the Canon FD 500 F/4.5L

All the best folks.

Danny.

Oops, the last shot is with the 800mm

IzzieK · Jun 11, 2014

You excelled in these shots. Again! Beautiful....my adjectives are getting repetitive when it comes to commenting on your shots so I will just have to choose which ones I like best in all of them...#1 I thinkkkkkk.......#5 is absolutely perfect too...BUT wait! there are more??? #2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and of course #8...........Love them too... :sexywink:

nzmacro · Jun 11, 2014

LOL, thanks as always Iz and no more puk....... what's it

Ha.

Fotureblog · Jun 11, 2014

Great set, my favs are 2,4 and 8 but the others are also stunning shots. The photos of the shore plovers are of course always appreciated, considering the uniqueness of the bird. Thanks for sharing!

baturn · Jun 11, 2014

Excellent! Not even going to try to pick a favorite - Oh, alright. #6.

coastalconn · Jun 11, 2014

Excellent as always Danny!

CD51 · Jun 11, 2014

Once again great stuff. I keep trying to get this kind of shot, but I don't know if it's my eyes, hands, or the cheaper 70-300 dg lens. I would be willing to bet it's more then likely me, at any rate I will keep snapping the shutter.

nzmacro · Jun 12, 2014

CD51 said:
Once again great stuff. I keep trying to get this kind of shot, but I don't know if it's my eyes, hands, or the cheaper 70-300 dg lens. I would be willing to bet it's more then likely me, at any rate I will keep snapping the shutter.

You are on the right track, just be stubborn with it and it will happen, promise you. 300mm at the long end means you just need to get closer, sound easy huh

Go for the larger birds to start with, they are slower and a fair bit easier. Use high shutter speeds where you can and in good sunny daylight with the sun behind you. The closer you get, the more details will show up. Even with 800mm I still need to be fairly close to see sharp details. Too far off and the details are gone.

All the best and you are doing just fine, take it slowly.

Danny.