Sandlings. I had camera on wrong speed here as it was at 300mm but forgot to up the speed to allow for camera shake. So this was the best of a bunch.
Blackbird singing on a post. Our blackbirds at home have bright yellow beaks but Scilly blackbirds' beaks are redder.
A thrush amongst the lettuce seedlings. The thrushes and blackbirds on the Scillies do not fly away from humans
Two lesser black backed gulls obligingly posing on a rock
Late evening on Bryher. I added the birds since this was how I remembered it but couldn't get a pic with all these birds in at the same time. There are Lesser Black backed Gulls flying and perched on the end of rocks. There are Oyster catchers flying over the sea to the left and there are shags flying over the sea to the right.
6 comments:
now I love photos of birds. the sandlings look like our sandpipers... I bet they run along the beach very quickly... and our seagulls always like to have their photo taken...
Yes Val you are right they do run along the beach quickly. Fascinating to sit and watch. What do you reckon on the last one where I have put extra birds in? There is a guy in our club who saves pics of intersting people and then puts them into interesting surroundings. He does OK in comps with them so I figured well why not put birds in. It would definitely be frowned upon by strict Natural History Photographers they don't like you to change anything!
Lovely bird shots, Kate. I missed these, must have come while I was away! Great greys! Nice comp and clarity.
I enjoyed the bird shots on the Scilly Isles. I find it incredibly difficult to get good shots of them, but I am always trying. It would seem that a 300ml lens is not big enough and of course is very hard to keep steady. Gina
Thanks guys. Gina yes it would be great to have a 400ml lens for stationary birds. But if they're flying that would be hard to cope with.
I have a 300 mm zoo lens -- 70-300--but
1)the resolution suffers
2)it is hard to avoid camera shake.
But I still like it better than any other lens I have for birds.
Post a Comment