Leftover Birds

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Since the comp is now done here are a few of the "others"

Was going to submit another but lost track of time thanks to WORK committments

Hope all you nature lovers out there enjoy

[Alpha_7]

Mark, these are top notch, and IMHO atleast one is as good as or slightly better then you challenge submission, but that's just me. That first one is simply awesome!

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Thanks Craig. I was trying to really get the "movement" thing across without the usual stereotype, but you are right and I agree that some of these are better shots.

Had plenty of subjects. Trouble was it was all so confusing. There was so much going on it was hard to concentrate on one area and stick with it.

[Muzza22au]

Great photos! I am stll trying to get decent closeups of birds, what settings/lenses do you use? Do you use a tripod?

And lastly how do you get close enough to them?

Cheers

Scott

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Thanks Scott.

All taken with Tamron 70-300, no tripod and you have to be very, very sneaky

Seriously though, I notice you have the 80-400 VR which I have had the pleasure of trying and you should have no problems with that lens (the longer and faster the lens the better).

These were fairly large birds (compared with wrens and the like) so it wasn't really that hard. They were still very spooky and I couldn't get really close. One would spook and then there would be a hundred of them taking off.

[marcotrov]

Some terrific shots Owen. I really like the perspective on #1 corker despite some oversharpening. Great work.
cheers
marco

[Oneputt]

Super shots Mark, where did you take them?

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Thanks Marco , John,

Taken at a small lake about 20ks north of Gympie. There were gazillions of them nesting.