Some Winter Birds.

[hotspur]

Here are a couple of images from the last week of bird photography.

1. 'Jacky Winter'-with small insect.

2. Variegated Wren, (difficult to photograph-much more difficult than the regular 'Blue Wren')

Hope these are of interest,thanks for looking.Cheers Chris

[Liz]

Lovely images Chris. :thumbsup:

[hotspur]

Thanks Liz-nice to get some feed back!!! have not been on IIS for a while,still recovering from food poisoning.

[Liz]

oooh, not nice !!

No, they were lovely pics indeed Chris. :)

[bloodhound31]

I've GOTTA get me a 400mm lens! These are beautiful Chris!

Baz.

[hotspur]

Thanks Baz!

Appreciate getting some feed back from some of the advanced photographers' such as yourself.Thought I may have done something wrong with these images-as not a great deal of feed back.

Yes-The 400 end of the Canon L lenses is well worth the out lay.I see "Paddy"
Has just bought himself a 100-400 L-Glad he got it rather than the other sigma version.-well worth the extra money.

The bird photography is something I am trying to improve in-I am getting a Monfretto 681B monopod with ball head soon,about $200 worth of kit,but will help.I used this monopod with a 40D and 100-400 L at a sports event and it really helped,it was very tall-as I'm 6'2 I no issues with low height as on previously used monopods.


Cheers Chris

[bloodhound31]

Yep, I'm the same height and it really pays to put your camera on the ball head with the tripod legs fully extended to see if you have to stuff around with height when you are upright.

You did fine mate. The Jacky is well lit and sharp with beaut Bokeh. The Variegated wren is fine, but the shadow behind it is a little bit harsh.

I'm jealous. Still can't afford the 100-400. :sadeyes:

Baz.

[DavidU]

Terrific images Chris. Thanks.

[Paddy]

Lovely shots Chris, especially the Jacky Winter. Very interesting feedback from Baz - helps me understand what I like about the JW. Both are lovely crisp images, but he's right about the effect of the shadow and the bokeh. So much to learn, so many helpful people.

I'm glad I got the Canon instead of the Sigma. Couldn't be happier. 'Twas some of your pics and reading your posts on the matter that added weight to the Canon side. Interestingly my birdo friend who introduced me to the delightful swamps of the Moolort plains got the Sigma. I'll be interested to see what he comes up with.

[hotspur]

Thanks again Baz for your critique,-yes the little fellow just hopped along the grass all afternoon and would not sit in a tree!Thanks David glad u liked.

Well done Paddy on the Canon L,I have enjoyed viewing your natural history images in the past-you got a good capture of a 'Dragon' lizard a good while ago.So look forward to seeing results of the new lens.

I have just started using AV mode for birding-apparently its used extensivelyby 'Bird Nerders', and adjusting exp comp as needed.Worth following up Paddy and having a go with it-I suspect with the IS on your lens it would really be good,I have no IS on my 400 prime-and in AV mode is does go down in speed a bit-so a few blurry one-but when it all come together some rather pleasing results.I have really only started using it in last week-here is a basic testing image of AV mode=iso320,speed400 AV set at 9 partial metering.Its a lot of hard working photographing small birds!Cheers