Tele Birding

[bohusphoto]

Barn swallow/Hirundo rustica.

Lysekil, Sweden.

Sony a7rIV, Sony 200-600

 

[Andy G]

A Pied Wagtail was kind enough to pose for me…

 

[DianneKB]

Hello everyone and thank you for the invite from Jack. I am posting this pic first as it is the one that Jack spotted and invited me to post.
Canon 7d MKII
Blue Crane, the national bird of South Africa

 

[Andy G]

That’s a beautiful picture Dianne 🙂

 

[DianneKB]

That’s a beautiful picture Dianne 🙂

Thank you Andy, much appreciated.

 

[DianneKB]

Female Kingfisher I captured at a local to me pond in Hampshire. This was her favourite spot and I had 2 hours with her coming back and forth.
Taken with my Nikon Z6 and 200-500mm and edited using Lightroom mobile app
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Beautiful

 

[stanm]

I think this is a baby blackbird not a Dunnock .. lovely capture tho

it looks like a dunnock

 

[daniel_photo1966]

Looking something insect, this is Gruccione ( Merops apiaster ) from Italy

 

[daniel_photo1966]

Love in Italy, in Italian is Fratino ( Charadrius alexandrinus )

 

[Sean De Freitas]

Just checking out my new (backup) camera on some of the local wildlife. Very happy with the results with this beautiful Pink Galah.
Sony A7IV with 200-600mm lens @ 430mm, ISO2000, f6.3, 1/2000th second. Howrah, Tasmania, Australia.

 

[Phil Nicholson]

Mute swan, taken at "Low barn nature reserve" Durham, with a Cannon R7 using a RF 800mm f/11 IS STM Super Telephoto Lens. This is my new camera so I'm still getting use to it. Comments and tips welcome.

 

[Phil Nicholson]

This is the first time I have seen a coot out of the water, and what really amazed me was his feet!

 

[Phil Nicholson]

Pigeon.

 

[Andy Smith]

Pigeon.

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Nice shots there Phil, I love the detail on the swan and the pigeon, but the Coot seems just a little noisy and not quite as sharp.
I hear good things about the R7 so am sure you will get some more great shots with it.
How are you liking that lens? I am on the fence at the moment about it but I do need a long lens and am considering this one, it's just i do use my camera in low light sometimes and the F/11 puts me off a little because of that.

 

[Phil Nicholson]

Nice shots there Phil, I love the detail on the swan and the pigeon, but the Coot seems just a little noisy and not quite as sharp.
I hear good things about the R7 so am sure you will get some more great shots with it.
How are you liking that lens? I am on the fence at the moment about it but I do need a long lens and am considering this one, it's just i do use my camera in low light sometimes and the F/11 puts me off a little because of that.

Hi Andy, firstly thank you for your comments. I am really impressed with the R7, it's my first "serious" camera and with 32MP the images are sharp, as for low light I have not tried that out yet, but with the ISO max settings 32000 I have read that it focuses well in dimly lit situations. I am planning to try it out in low light when the night sky is clear my subject will be the moon.

The one thing to remember about the F11 is that its a fixed focal length so the minimum distance is 20' . Using the tracking capabilities of the camera with the F11 is difficult and takes some getting used to. Because of the comparative light weight you can use it without a tripod, which I have done with varying degrees of success.

The camera is capable of taking 30 frames a second and a max' shutter speed 1/16000. I will post a photo of one I took without a rest or tripod for you to look at. I am really happy that I bought the camera and lenses and in the hands of an experienced photographer like yourself, I'm sure you will easily get to grips with it and produce marvellous photos.

The photo below was a long distance handheld shot, it's unedited apart from running the de-noise application in lightroom. Of course the original file (RAW) was far too big for this program and I have reduced it to J-peg to upload it.

Anyway I hope this helps you Andy. Have a great day.

 

[StevieK]

This image was taken at Lake Naivasha in Kenya while on a safari there this Februar.

It’s an African Fish Eagle, taken with a Canon EOS R5 with RF100-500 lens.

 

[Andy Smith]

Hi Andy, firstly thank you for your comments. I am really impressed with the R7, it's my first "serious" camera and with 32MP the images are sharp, as for low light I have not tried that out yet, but with the ISO max settings 32000 I have read that it focuses well in dimly lit situations. I am planning to try it out in low light when the night sky is clear my subject will be the moon.

The one thing to remember about the F11 is that its a fixed focal length so the minimum distance is 20' . Using the tracking capabilities of the camera with the F11 is difficult and takes some getting used to. Because of the comparative light weight you can use it without a tripod, which I have done with varying degrees of success.

The camera is capable of taking 30 frames a second and a max' shutter speed 1/16000. I will post a photo of one I took without a rest or tripod for you to look at. I am really happy that I bought the camera and lenses and in the hands of an experienced photographer like yourself, I'm sure you will easily get to grips with it and produce marvellous photos.

The photo below was a long distance handheld shot, it's unedited apart from running the de-noise application in lightroom. Of course the original file (RAW) was far too big for this program and I have reduced it to J-peg to upload it.

Anyway I hope this helps you Andy. Have a great day.


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Thanks Phil, I look forward to your moon shots.
I have a lot of hawks and other raptors around me and my current 400mm set up just doesn't get me close enough. They are very active in the evenings which is why I am concerned about the f/11 focal length and low light capabilities.

 

[Guest 12]

Skomer Pembrokeshire this week Atlantic Puffin Taken with a Nikon D500 & Nikkor 500pf Lens

 

[Phil Nicholson]

Reed warbler.

 

[Phil Nicholson]

Great Tit.