A Few Bird Pics...

Tooks · 24 Apr 2008 at 00:05

Been out Owl hunting again this week, but not much luck!

As ever with photography though, I found a few other things to photograph and practiced my in flight panning shots with some obliging swans!

Thought I'd share anyway.

33L · 24 Apr 2008 at 08:36

are these heavily cropped, what settup are you using?

Cavallino · 24 Apr 2008 at 11:20

What lens are you using mate?

V-Spec · 24 Apr 2008 at 11:26

That looks like a stretch of the witham

Good job with the Heron, they're very difficult to get close to, especially at 260mm..

Tooks · 24 Apr 2008 at 11:40

No, not heavily cropped, the Heron/Duck have been a little, but the Swans are as shot from the top of the river bank.

The lens is a Sigma 70-300 f/4-5.6 APO DG, on a Pentax K10D body. I have been using a Kenko 1.5x teleconverter, which retains AF etc, but I've found I can get better results (especially in poor light) by using the lens at 300mm and cropping slightly or just getting closer to the subject using my 'Car Hide' TM..

I'm still learning this wildlife photography thing, up to now my photography has been mostly landscapes and abstract inner city stuff, but I'm finding it very enjoyable being out and about trying to get near the birds.

Tooks · 24 Apr 2008 at 11:41

V-Spec said:
That looks like a stretch of the witham

Good job with the Heron, they're very difficult to get close to, especially at 260mm..

Close! They were actually taken on or around the Welland.

I didn't realise I'd wasted 40mm of zoom with the heron!