[PIC_THREAD] Wildlife, Animals, Birds, Zoo

Phal · 26 Sep 2014 at 00:16

Little dude that we found whilst moving some firewood around! A few months ago in Canada

I took a bunch of shots but it was a bit overcast and I was in the shade so I had to use longer exposures and missed a few! These were alright but I kinda wish I'd gotten closer shots of the eye too!

Mr Toad by Phal44, on Flickr

413x · 27 Sep 2014 at 23:39

Dragonfly - Woodwalton Fen - Cambs by Al4x, on Flickr

Drangon Flys by Al4x, on Flickr

you dont always need length for dragonflys

Rojin · 28 Sep 2014 at 14:16

Swan by jj_glos, on Flickr

Abraxaz1 · 28 Sep 2014 at 20:09

Visited a sanctuary today, need a better long lens

_IMG6571 by dale.jrose, on Flickr

_IMG6591 by dale.jrose, on Flickr

_IMG6609 by dale.jrose, on Flickr

_IMG6632 by dale.jrose, on Flickr

_IMG6694 by dale.jrose, on Flickr

_IMG6716 by dale.jrose, on Flickr

_IMG6863 by dale.jrose, on Flickr

_IMG6866 by dale.jrose, on Flickr

_IMG6901 by dale.jrose, on Flickr

_IMG6923 by dale.jrose, on Flickr

_IMG6943 by dale.jrose, on Flickr

_IMG6960 by dale.jrose, on Flickr

_IMG6989 by dale.jrose, on Flickr

_IMG7021 by dale.jrose, on Flickr

_IMG7023 by dale.jrose, on Flickr

_IMG7049 by dale.jrose, on Flickr

Phal · 28 Sep 2014 at 20:14

6863 which is the bird with the Afro is pretty cool

I like the light hitting his obvious wig

6901 I wish there was more of this. Did you crop it tight to cut out something else or for some other reason? The turbulent water behind the bird looks nice but the crop seems way too tight

6960 is cool too... ASBO Bird wearking an anklet

Rojin · 28 Sep 2014 at 20:44

Couple more from a short walk today.

Swan by jj_glos, on Flickr

Gull by jj_glos, on Flickr

Abraxaz1 · 1 Oct 2014 at 20:29

Phal said:
6863 which is the bird with the Afro is pretty cool I like the light hitting his obvious wig

6901 I wish there was more of this. Did you crop it tight to cut out something else or for some other reason? The turbulent water behind the bird looks nice but the crop seems way too tight

6960 is cool too... ASBO Bird wearing an anklet

Afro bird surprisingly had a attitude problem when the camera was taken out of its bag.

6901, yeah i had to crop out some other birds that overwhelmed the photo.

6960 haha yeah ASBO is what I thought.

I need a new long lens, the current sigma 75-300mm is soo fuzzy. Shame I'm a fan of primes... not very good for animal photography.

Phal · 1 Oct 2014 at 20:44

Abraxaz1 said:
I need a new long lens, the current sigma 75-300mm is soo fuzzy. Shame I'm a fan of primes... not very good for animal photography.

Primes are very good but unfortunately you're probably a fan of having money in your bank account too?

300mm F2.8L mk2 or the 400mm would be nice

Maybe even that new 400mm F4 DO when it's out

Abraxaz1 · 1 Oct 2014 at 21:16

Phal said:
Primes are very good but unfortunately you're probably a fan of having money in your bank account too? 300mm F2.8L mk2 or the 400mm would be nice Maybe even that new 400mm F4 DO when it's out

Would have to switch brands of DSLR, There is no 400 mm for the Pentax and the 300mm is a F4. Might pick up a 50-500mm sigma lens for it.

Looking at upgrading my travel kit first though. which means new camera and prime lens so at least £2000 for a decent three lens kit. Gah why do I have no money

Phal · 1 Oct 2014 at 21:28

Abraxaz1 said:
Would have to switch brands of DSLR, There is no 400 mm for the Pentax and the 300mm is a F4. Might pick up a 50-500mm sigma lens for it.

Looking at upgrading my travel kit first though. which means new camera and prime lens so at least £2000 for a decent three lens kit. Gah why do I have no money

Ah yeah I didn't check what body you had

money money money!

Abraxaz1 · 1 Oct 2014 at 22:12

Phal said:
Ah yeah I didn't check what body you had money money money!

Yeah I'm a bit of a odd ball, didn't like the feel of the nikon or canon.
Hopping to buy a K3 and a trio/quad of prime lens,(probably 15mm, 21mm, 40mm and a 70mm) then work on my telescopics

Skalaberg · 5 Oct 2014 at 18:24

Walking along the humber bank earlier today. Some guy was sat down waiting for this guy to come out of the bushes. He said he'd been waiting for about an hour and gave up and walked off... just as the little fella come out. I lol'd a little

_DSC0203 by skalaberg, on Flickr

Admiral Huddy · 7 Oct 2014 at 16:34

A few I took last month

Cosimo · 7 Oct 2014 at 16:52

Admiral Huddy said:
A few I took last month

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That is a very good set of shots. :) Where did you go on safari? :D

Admiral Huddy · 8 Oct 2014 at 09:49

Thanks Cosimo..I wish.. Colchester Zoo

Hodders · 8 Oct 2014 at 10:04

Bird of prey, sat on a perch from about 1m with a 70-200f4 L.

mrgubby · 8 Oct 2014 at 14:16

A few from Richmond Park last weekend

Phal · 8 Oct 2014 at 21:31

Like that last one

First one has potential but I can't help but wish it was a little less tightly cropped to see more of the surroundings. The sun looks nice and low so having the ferns lit like that would be worth keeping rather than cropping out if that's what you did

Anyway, here's a shot from Canada this summer. It's not really a great shot since the Eagle is obscured but in a way I kinda like that. There were better shots where the Eagle was just surrounded by Gulls but not blocked but the AF was struggling here and the Eagle was out of focus

Ah well, here it is

Cat Amongst The Pigeons by Phal44, on Flickr

mrgubby · 8 Oct 2014 at 23:03

Phal said:
Like that last one First one has potential but I can't help but wish it was a little less tightly cropped to see more of the surroundings. The sun looks nice and low so having the ferns lit like that would be worth keeping rather than cropping out if that's what you did

I was going for the Gob shot & not paying attention to composition

Another one of him with a bit better framing

Phal · 9 Oct 2014 at 01:21

Aye I prefer that