Jumping Jabiru

[Derek Klepp]

Heading home for lunch I saw a pair of Jabirus in the swamp raced back to grab my truck with the 60D and 400mmL lense.Put it on the tripod camera on automatic and snapped away.This is a quick collage of jpeg crops I set for the raws as well so may have some better shots down the track some are sharper than others. I quickly put this together in Picasa.This is the first time I have observed two feeding usually here its just a lone bird.It has an eel tailed catfish in one of the shots and as I was leaving caught a small mullet.Its these sought of things that just make the day that much better.Note the female has the yellow eye.
Cheers Derek

[astroron]

Nice capture.:)
You saw this in NSW :question:
Cheers:thumbsup:

[Larryp]

Great shots, Derek

[AstralTraveller]

Very very nice. That 400mmL is a great lens isn't it? You might improve things a bit with the raws, though your exposures and lighting are pretty good right now. I tend to find a [I]very small amount of unsharp mask can help.

[Dennis]

A lovely environmental set Derek – the series tells a nice story.

Cheers

Dennis

[Derek Klepp]

Ron they are infrequent visitors to Brunswick Heads usually see them on the sand flats every few years. This pair just happened to be close to the road.
David I purchased this lense after seeing the results those on this forum had it really is good value and even works OK with a 1.4extender.
Dennis it really was a great moment.

[Paddy]

Great behaviour to catch Derek - looking forward to the next lot

[astroron]

Thanks Dereck,The last time I saw one in my neck of the woods was about 18 years ago.
I only saw a couple in Kakadu when I was there a couple of years ago.
You are a lucky person to see them :)
Cheers:thumbsup: