Scarlet honeyeater from this morning

[hotspur]

These tiny birds are still about in our garden.They are very fast moving,and only measure the length of a middle finger.

I managed a few frames.Here is one,taken with 50D and 400L hand held,iso 400,AV mode-F 8 -2/3 comp-speed was 1000.

Thoughts and view points welcome.Thanks for looking-Chris

[TinyBlueDot]

Nice work once again, Chris.
Envy your wildlife opportunities....we in the Melbourne ' burbs have to make do with magpies, crows, cockies, corellas, honeyeaters and the like - with the occasional yellow-tailed black cockatoo. The smaller birds don't show up much, with the larger ones already established.....
That 400 Canon is a cracker, isn't it? And non IS as well?

Your bird pix are up there with the USA birder Arthur Morris', I reckon - and hand held, too!!

Look forward to seeing more.

Cheers John

[PCH]

Fantastic composition as always Chris.

Psst! - don't forget my PM reply when you have a minute. No exact details necessary, just a broad ouitline needed, that's all. Much appreciated :thumbsup:

[bloodhound31]

Every time I see a post from Chris, I open it in the hope that I will be stunned once again by his wonderful birding shots.

I am not disappointed this time either! beautiful!

Baz.

[hotspur]

Thanks John,Paul and Barry,I'm glad you enjoyed this little brightly coloured fellow.I'll get a few prints of him done for Christams card frames-he looks like the right colours for the season!

[leon]

Stunning Chris, but then again that is no unusual for you mate, well done.

Leon

[hotspur]

Thanks Leon,it has taken a long time to hone the skills in the field,and understand these modern day cameras,to capture these type of images.

A few here have asked me for some advice,I'll try and put together a PDF document on a few little pointers,I am no expert-but judging by a few of the comments on these over recent months,I must have improved a bit.

I know a little more than I did 4 years ago when I first started with a 300D and kit 70-300,but enough to know,there is a lot more to learn.

Thanks all-Chris

[Paddy]

Beautiful shot Chris. You must have been able to get pretty close with that detail. And the composition is beautiful.

[hotspur]

Thank you Patrick-yes-was very pleased with the composition here,I was lucky and managed 3 to 4 good frames about the same as this- and the last went at 1250 sec,I'll post it in the thread-I'd like to see peoples opinions on which one is better.This one I chose-the eye contact with viewer and the composition I thought would be a winner.

Yes,Patrick-very close the data says 4.2 metres,and that is what it felt like.

Cheers Chris