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