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Old 14-09-2017, 09:52 PM
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A few birding images from the last couple of years

Haven't done much in the way of photography, but have managed to move sideways into some birding photography as well as the macro now. Still a noob @ birding imaging, but hey, everyone starts somewhere ;-)

Kookaburra (named "le kookie") that regular comes to our house for a feed of mince:

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Eastern Great Egret (Ardea modesta):

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Black shouldered Kite (Warrill park lawn cemetary, Ipswich):

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King Parrot @ Ipswich bird sanctuary (amazing place!):

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Scaley Breasted Lorikeet @ Ipswich bird sanctuary:

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I love lories, amazing birds (I have a Rainwbow Lori as a pet now).

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Cheers,

Dave
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Some nice shots there. What lens?
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Old 15-09-2017, 03:38 PM
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From memory, the Black shouldered kite was the 300mm F4 L, as was the egret. From memory, the lori and king parrot were the Sigma 150mm macro lens. I think the kooka was with my 70-200 f2.8 L.

There's several nice birds of prey down @ Warrill park cemetary - at least there was a 2 years ago or so when I was active. A pair of mating BSKs. A kestrel. A swamp harrier. And another bird of prey that I wasn't quite sure on the identity of. Not sure if they're still around or not, but it's highly likely.

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Ah, it was the 300 f/4 I was thinking of. Nice.
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Old 15-09-2017, 07:25 PM
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Ah, it was the 300 f/4 I was thinking of. Nice.
yeah, it's a good lens, although mine should go back to Canon for adjustment as it's not accurate on its AF imho. Never has been from the moment I got it. The IS is really clunky sounding and annoying too (this is the original IS 300mm f4 lens, not the mark II version, which I believe is better). Most times, I have IS turned off, not a fan of it. If the light is that bad that you need to resort to using IS, then you need to try again on a different day when conditions are better imho.

I very much like my 70-200 (non IS version), although I believe the Mark II IS version is sharper, especially when wide open.

Love my Sigma 150 - Canon 180mm 3.5 L performance at half the price. A good balance between the working distance of the 180mm and that of the 100mm. I'm too lazy to use a proper flash gun and diffuser etc, been there, done that, so my lighting with macro sucks these days. I mostly use the 60D with the onboard flash and no diffusion, but I'm rarely using the camera these days. Just laziness and a lack of motivation on my part, plus my garden is CRAP.

For birding, 300mm is simply too short a focal length. Yes, you can work with it, but it's not conducive to great results. Minimum lens is a 500mm f4 imho, preferably Canon's 800mm f5.6, which a lot of serious birders have moved to. Yes, you can make a 300mm work with patience and a hide, but I don't have the patience to sit in a hide for six hours to get a shot. Kudos to those that do, but I don't. My attention span is simply not capable of dealing with that! Like, ever.
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Old 15-09-2017, 07:47 PM
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I'll add this lil beauty (we have a nest of them in our yard) - female superb fairy wren:
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