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Hans_S

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1395 on: January 12, 2024, 00:47:20 »
Three sunny days in a row and our garden has come back to life, the honeyeaters are making the most of the blossoms before the day gets too hot. The brown tinged juvenile was much less sensitive to the shutter noise than the adults. zZ50 & 200-500F
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1396 on: January 12, 2024, 06:10:55 »
Beautiful!
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Oh no, must be the season of the witch!

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1397 on: January 12, 2024, 06:27:47 »
Lovely — especially the first one.

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1398 on: January 12, 2024, 06:39:08 »
Lovely indeed…
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1399 on: January 12, 2024, 06:47:01 »
The flash of color on the wings is so unnecessary. So vain and garish :-)
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1400 on: January 12, 2024, 07:29:02 »
Yes beautiful !!

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1401 on: January 12, 2024, 13:19:25 »
Interesting flowering shrub looks like vetch!

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1402 on: January 12, 2024, 22:20:00 »
Thank you folks for all your kind words :)

The flash of color on the wings is so unnecessary. So vain and garish :-)
Richard, to quote the great Zero Mostel "Baby, if you've got it, flaunt it" !!

Interesting flowering shrub looks like vetch!
Fons, according to our resident "expert" it's Duranta Erecta, known commonly here as "Geisha Girl".

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1403 on: January 17, 2024, 19:23:28 »
Great captures Hans :)

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1404 on: January 18, 2024, 23:00:56 »
I spent the first two days of this week hoping to catch murmurations of Starlings at Ham Wall nature reserve in Somerset, UK

I finally did see some, but the first day was largely fruitless for photo opportunities....
...apart from a few times, such as when this Jay flew right in front of me!
I had barely enough time to frame and press the shutter, much less to check the exposure (sadly, overexposed)

One shot came out a little better than the others though

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1405 on: January 22, 2024, 16:21:28 »
The long commute home

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1406 on: January 23, 2024, 05:23:50 »
Great captures Hans :)
A belated thank you Nasos.  :)
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1407 on: January 23, 2024, 12:10:38 »
So nice, Hans, and great jay, Colin.
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1408 on: January 23, 2024, 19:09:57 »
So nice, Hans, and great jay, Colin.
Thanks Bruno

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1409 on: January 24, 2024, 10:24:59 »
Thank you Bruno  :)
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