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« on: June 25, 2009, 10:55:45 am »

Thanks,John..not too bad then. lol.

Yes, portrait would have been better in a couple ,I'll bear that in mind for next time. Actually, thinking about it, I did try to frame in portrait but the wings were so wide they wouldn't fit within the portrait frame but I'll bear it in mind for next time and get a shot before they spread them too wide.

I went to the kingfisher hide too to try ,for the last time ,the taped 1.4 X. It;'s not functioning properly, wouldn't even get on a pigeon sitting on a dead tree branch.ie. no other foliage to detract friom the focusing-it hunted and hunted so I've abandoned that idea. The man next to me had a 1.4 X on a 500mm prime(Canonn-£5000-5500 !) and the KF was still too far away to get a really decent close shot- about 60 metres so he's looking for a hide where they are much nearer..
Here's two more which I wasn't going to post. In the first one I had the exposure plus 1 full stop as recommended for white subjects but it loses the feather detail and IMO somewhat over exposed. I think one third-two thirds is better. I shoot two thirds under all the time with weather and landscape. and birds. I must remember to post the settings but you have that fast access to the exif so I'll leave it this time. Photographing at places like Slimbridge is frowned upon by the purists but people need somewhere to practice without having to spend a lot of time seeking out ponds and lakes etc. in the countryside. Infact next to the KF hide was a cuckoo yesterday. It made three appearances but I didn't see it, a couple of other watchers did, though. I wonder what the swan in the second photo was so interested in ?  lol.



Looks over exposed on the back thus losing feather detail. 1 stop over..1/500 sec. f7.1 ISO 320 235mm.Centre weighted (CW)




1/800 f7.1 ISO 320 235 mm. CW. Could have been a bit sharper I think-looks soft around the head-that's the AF point not  being on the eye area I would think.
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