[PIC_THREAD] Wildlife, Animals, Birds, Zoo

2StepSteve · 3 May 2016 at 19:34

Deer by Steve Rix, on Flickr

JohnnyG · 7 May 2016 at 19:57

Today was my first real attempt to take some wildlife shots with my new camera & lens (cheers Stu), 99% of them are utter tat of course but I lucked out on a few which are passable, for me -

paul10 · 12 May 2016 at 20:09

Herons

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Heron by Paul Stuart, on Flickr

untitled-152_DxO by Paul Stuart, on Flickr

Greebo · 14 May 2016 at 20:53

Loving my 40-150 lens. Some from my walk today

.one. · 22 May 2016 at 00:30

And · 22 May 2016 at 23:03

Dipper by Andy Davis, on Flickr

Buddy · 23 May 2016 at 09:50

And said:
Dipper by Andy Davis, on Flickr

Andy your sets are great. Great variety!

And · 23 May 2016 at 16:53

Thanks, that's much appreciated and very kind of you to say so :cool:

Buddy said:
Andy your sets are great. Great variety!

snapdragon · 27 May 2016 at 20:16

Blackpool Zoo last weekend

Small Time G by Kieron Shepherd, on Flickr

Longful Lemur by Kieron Shepherd, on Flickr

snapdragon · 27 May 2016 at 20:18

And again

Hay There by Kieron Shepherd, on Flickr

Esso by Kieron Shepherd, on Flickr

JohnnyG · 28 May 2016 at 16:21

A few from a trip to my local nature reserve this morning -

D.P. · 28 May 2016 at 17:17

^^^ very nice captures

JohnnyG · 28 May 2016 at 18:00

Cheers.
More down to the equipment than me though, I took your (and others) advice about the importance of quality lenses and invested in one

And · 28 May 2016 at 18:59

Sand martin by Andy Davis, on Flickr

Short-eared owl by Andy Davis, on Flickr

Brown hare by Andy Davis, on Flickr

JohnnyG · 28 May 2016 at 19:33

They're lovely mate, how do you get them so clean & crisp?

And · 28 May 2016 at 20:56

Thanks

I think working on keeping everything steady and supporting the lens with whatever is available and learning to read the camera meter to get exposures right has helped me.

JohnnyG said:
They're lovely mate, how do you get them so clean & crisp?

Buddy · 28 May 2016 at 21:01

Got an opportunity to go out and try the new lens. Lots of pictures to go through. Lots to learn.

And · 28 May 2016 at 21:45

Nicely captured, looks like a pochard (according to Collins Bird Guide - I don't know a lot about wildfowl). Lens looks like a winner.

Buddy · 28 May 2016 at 21:53

And said:
Nicely captured, looks like a pochard (according to Collins Bird Guide - I don't know a lot about wildfowl). Lens looks like a winner.

Thanks, indeed it is. Visited the London Wetlands Centre for this. Quite a variety of species. Easy to identify all the males, another thing identifying some of the females that I captured

D.P. · 29 May 2016 at 01:39

And -that owl is stunning! Great light and angle