Outdoor dog show season now started....







All Canon 40D - Canon 70-200mm f4 L

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dmt - Love the kittens shot.

sue allen - The dogs are also cute. Great series of photos.

A couple from today:

Going out:

Arriving back:

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SK
The Best Photographer in the world 4th November - 5th November 2006 & 17th-18 November 2007
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excellent.. where do you get to see all these birds?

is this a wild parrot? in the uk?

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daisiemaetulip:

excellent.. where do you get to see all these birds?

is this a wild parrot? in the uk?

Yes, they are living in a local woods. The nest they are using is a woodpeckers, and there are about six of them but I've only see three. Thanks for the comments.

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SK
The Best Photographer in the world 4th November - 5th November 2006 & 17th-18 November 2007
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BULL !

 

 

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Feeding Time for the youngsters!

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Oldboy

Great shots of the parakeets, we got a whole colony of those living near me somewhere I think they're in a tree in one of the gardens at the back of our house but down a bit if that makes sense....also got a whole tree of crows (a Murder apparently is the collective name for a group of crows) they were ganging up on a magpie the other weekend...by the time I had grabbed my camera, got it out started it up and focused the magpie had gone and the crows had settled down

I just never seem to be able to get the camera focused in time (Fuji S6500fd bridge) to get really good bird shots, which is annoying as we have Parakeets, Crows, Magpies, Sparrows, Robins, Finches (not sure which type think they're chaffinches yellow ***?) and pretty certain I heard a woodpecker the other day.....all within about 300 yards of my house.....

As ususal there are fantastic shots here, I will hopefully get some good shots of monkeys/orangs/macaques etc at the weekend as we're off to Monkeyworld so will post some when I get them uploaded.

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Agreed Keith that Fuji bridges (I have an S9500) do have a lag (compared to a DSLR) on getting focus lock on moving subejcts. 
Have you experimented with the different focus modes - I'd use multi-zone more on the S9500 if it wasn't for the constant humming and whining coming from the camera

Still trying to summon time and patience to be in the garden with a camera ready for when the red kites and buzzards etc come over....

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krennon:

Oldboy

Great shots of the parakeets, we got a whole colony of those living near me somewhere I think they're in a tree in one of the gardens at the back of our house but down a bit if that makes sense....also got a whole tree of crows (a Murder apparently is the collective name for a group of crows) they were ganging up on a magpie the other weekend...by the time I had grabbed my camera, got it out started it up and focused the magpie had gone and the crows had settled down

I just never seem to be able to get the camera focused in time (Fuji S6500fd bridge) to get really good bird shots, which is annoying as we have Parakeets, Crows, Magpies, Sparrows, Robins, Finches (not sure which type think they're chaffinches yellow ***?) and pretty certain I heard a woodpecker the other day.....all within about 300 yards of my house.....

As ususal there are fantastic shots here, I will hopefully get some good shots of monkeys/orangs/macaques etc at the weekend as we're off to Monkeyworld so will post some when I get them uploaded.

You need to prefocus the camera, on trees for example around where the birds will appear, then wait and you should get the shot. The speed problem was the reason in getting the D3.

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SK
The Best Photographer in the world 4th November - 5th November 2006 & 17th-18 November 2007
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Excellent shot,lovely expression you've captured.

A few shots from Lotherton hall Bird garden in Leeds today. Don`t usually take bird pics but great venue.

 

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Great shots posted all.

Some great shots there Jinky.

Some from today:

Swift:

Swallows:

Swift:

Swift:

Pied Wagtail:

House Sparrow:

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SK
The Best Photographer in the world 4th November - 5th November 2006 & 17th-18 November 2007
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Ah - attempting to photograph Swifts and Swallows - that way lies madness - or at least a headache! At the right time of day I can stand by the lake near the river and have them whizzing inches from my head - seldom manage to get one in focus though! Well done!!

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Lone Oystercatcher yesterday....and a couple of swans doing silly things....

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