Me garden again

[Jakov Minić]

Elsa, you usually suit other sort of intriguing birds
These are very nice, nevertheless 

[elsa hoffmann]

 
Thanks Jakov and Björn !

[Peter Connan]

Beautiful Elsa

Yes, birds need a lot of speed, part of the reason I just went full-frame. Especially if you are trying to catch them in flight. Birds the size of the weavers you have here (the yellow ones) need 1/2000 or better...

Grant Atkinson once told me that the secret to bird photography was developing a list of places where you can get closer than normal, and techniques to make that possible otherwise...

[rosko]

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Elsa, is now time to organize safaris in you garden...

Very nice series of birds.

The three last ones look like European birds.

Thanks for sharing, Francis.

[elsa hoffmann]

Thank you Francis and Peter
I do have the place and opportunity -I just don't have the long lens, so Peter  - That is a good piece of advise fro Grant - eve more so if you don't have the right lenses.

My other limitation is direction of light in my garden. Too often I am shooting into the light.

1.  Swallows under my the bridge next to my house - accessed by boat and flash used
2. An Egyptian

[Jakov Minić]

Elsa, were you frightened of the red shoe bird attack

[Frank Fremerey]

@Jakov: The red shoes is a real fatty so I hope she will be grilled when she reaches my table...

[PeterN]

Beautiful. #1 is also my favorite. What a place to live!

[elsa hoffmann]

me is scared of nothing

[Gary]

It looks more like a Gooney Bird than an Egyptian.

[golunvolo]

Hello Elsa,

   beautiful work. I don´t see that many branches


   3rd one has that something special for me. The "ambiance" of the image with all those almost random spots of bright light and darker space. The bird´s position and angle in the frame gives him a human like posture. I don´t want to disturb his concentration. Is he remembering? If so, is very intense memory.


   

[Peter Connan]

It looks more like a Gooney Bird than an Egyptian.

I thought a Gooney Bird was a C47:

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More stunning photos Elsa. Pity you are so far away.

[elsa hoffmann]

Thanks boyz and golunvolo

Peter - you are wrong - it is you that lives so far away - 

[Peter Connan]

My wife agrees. Keep saying we need to move to the mountain's shadow...

[elsa hoffmann]

Well Peter - you can always visit.

The flamingos were photographed near my home on a larger body of water (part of the water canals where I live)

certainly not sharp - so let's not go there Taken with the Sigma 150-600 Sport lens - which I was not impressed with - probably no fault of the lens though.