A blackbird' nest, from egg to freedom...

[Stany Buyle]

All pictures here: --> Een merelnest onder mijn afdak...

And a summary here:































Most images have been taken with my D810 and PUFlash and the fabulous 70-200 F2.8 FL. I LOVE that lens...

Thanks for looking and kindest regards,
Stany Buyle
www.nikonuser.info

[Seapy]

Lovely series Stany, nicely caught in a difficult location.

How did you access to photograph the eggs?  Looks like the nest is close to the roof...

[Bent Hjarbo]

A lovely story, very good pictures.

[Netr]

A wonderful series of photographs. Thank you.

[Olivier]

great series, the timings are perfect!

I have been following for several years a couple of storks in the north-east of France. They are nesting on the town hall of a small village (Sarralbe). The municipality has installed a webcam on top of the nest and they stream live 24 hours a day. It is very interesting to see the parents come back in spring, work on the nest, lay eggs, and later feed the chicks until they can fly and handle themselves.
The image in b&w at night for some reason, probably they have better sensitivity in low light.

https://www.sarralbe.fr/Webcam.html

[Stany Buyle]

Lovely series Stany, nicely caught in a difficult location.

How did you access to photograph the eggs?  Looks like the nest is close to the roof...

Thanks Robert.
I could photograph in the nest with a ladder and my samsung Galaxy note8 when the parents were gone for food.

All pictures on my website --> YES! De kleintjes zijn daar... (21/05/2018)

One more with my Phone:


Kindest regards,
Stany

[Stany Buyle]

A lovely story, very good pictures.

Thanks Bent!

[Stany Buyle]

A wonderful series of photographs. Thank you.

Thanks .

[Stany Buyle]

With this series of photographs mostly captured with my D810 and PUFlash you'll understand better one of the reasons I moved back from D850 to D810:
I had no access with my SB800 mounted or I would have broken it.

Contrary to  many pro photographers' opinion, on a pro camera a flash like SB800-...-910 makes that combo very fragile.
PUFlash is great. Every professional camera should have one for in case....

Kindest regards,
Stany

[pluton]

A worthwhile series. Thanks also for the tip about the stork webcam.
Question:  What is the 'PUFlash' you refer to in the D850 v. D810 discussion?
EDIT:  Now I'm pretty sure that it is the built-in flash you are referring to...

[Seapy]

Pop-Up flash.

I used it regularly on my D200 and found it invaluable at times.  I often draped a white tissue over it to soften the effect.

My only issue with the PUflash is that with *some* lenses, perhaps most notably the 18-105, if the lens hood were mounted, an ugly shadow was created, even with more distant subjects and longer local lengths.  Not usually an issue with an SB800 or similar.  Otherwise a very useful feature.

Also thanks for the Stork webcam link, added to my collection of bird webcams!  This is a link to a local Osprey webcam at Foulshaw Moss very close to the Kent estuary, part of Morecambe Bay.

https://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife/cams/osprey-cam

It's tending to be a bit unreliable, if the link won't connect, then reloading the page and clicking the start arrow usually fixes it.  Some remarkable scenes with the chicks developing and both parents feeding and protecting them in an exposed location with various predators in the vicinity.

[Hugh_3170]

I also took it to mean that when he says "PUFlash" he meant "Pop Up Flash"

Its presence doesn't bother me and you don't have to use it if you don't want to.  One can always tape or stick the flash down.