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18th April 2017, 19:31 | #1 |
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Garden birds 18/04/17
with it being a bit brighter today i thought i'd have a go at some bird photography in the garden.
Here are the results:- a very inquisitive robin P4183416_DxO by Michael Bloor, on Flickr P4183419_DxO by Michael Bloor, on Flickr P4183426_DxO by Michael Bloor, on Flickr an extreamly greedy starling P4183439_DxO by Michael Bloor, on Flickr P4183452_DxO by Michael Bloor, on Flickr P4183455_DxO by Michael Bloor, on Flickr Bluetit what the pellets were ment for P4183463_DxO by Michael Bloor, on Flickr P4183466_DxO by Michael Bloor, on Flickr Goldfinch, these are the most common bird to visit my feeders P4183478_DxO by Michael Bloor, on Flickr P4183480_DxO by Michael Bloor, on Flickr P4183489_DxO by Michael Bloor, on Flickr P4183482_DxO by Michael Bloor, on Flickr if you got this far thanks for looking & comments & any tips welcome. Mick |
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Nice colours and feather details. Catching the reflection of light in the eyes is never an easy task. You have done well on all counts to get the main details in of these beautiful looking little birds. Thank you for sharing Apologies, I have run out of the thanks quota.
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Great shots. I like to place a stick near the bird feeders and then photograph the bird on the stick.(without the feeders in shot) It looks a little more natural that way but photographing on the feeders is very popular.
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18th April 2017, 20:37 | #4 |
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Hi gate keeper thanks for the comments My camera is an olympus E3 combined with a sigma 50-500mm apo. hth Mick
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By coincidence, I also have placed twigs at different heights above our home made bird table and allowed a section of a hedge to grow wild around around and above the table, creating a bird grotto. The twigs also helps the birds strategically, hop from one twig to the other, checking to see if one of the cats is going to be there or not. Another tip I just remembered, is to leave out a big sausage on the grass, for a bird of prey to swoop in and take |
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Phil p.s different bird feeds, will bring different birds. Here is a shot of our bird grotto. Visitors include Finches, Weavers, Gregarious birds, Ring-necked Doves and Robins. Last edited by Gate Keeper; 19th April 2017 at 09:45.. Reason: Added bird grotto |
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Great pics you done well.
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