[Theme] Show Birds

[ColinM]

Colin - I like the comp / position in flight. well timed.

Thanks Elsa.
This was taken a few years ago on my first visit to this part of Wales. I have gone back several times since (once renting a 300mm f2.8 for the purpose) and never achieved results quite as good.

[Thomas G]

Sometimes I can't omit to snap one (cropped, as I never seem to have sufficient reach)

Jacky blue eyes admiring the pattern

[tommiejeep]

Snack
Hope to take 500vr and tripod tomorrow.... hope some birds show up 
D500, 300 2.8vr w/tc1.4 handheld
Not the funniest image

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Mallard ducks (IR) on my local river.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Mute Swans are not native to my country, but in recent decades they are becoming naturalised and increasingly distributed in lowland regions and along the coast line of southern Norway. The specimens in the wild are often shy or aggressive and people quickly learn to stay away from them.

This swan couple explored the coastal shallows for food and deftly kept away from any swell or dangerous breakwaters.

Taken with an 28/2 Nikkor.

[tommiejeep]

"Drop me, drop me please, I hate heights.... "
Extreme distance, huge crop.  D7100, 300 2.8 vr w/tc1.4.Black Capped Kingfisher w/frog.. I still do not have a good image of one.  I did use the D500, 500vr with tripod and Gimbal today... better results

[Akira]

Tom, this is astonishingly stunning!  Well done!

[Bjørn Rørslett]

That frog must have had a bad day ....

[armando_m]

Impressive kingfisher images !

[Bent Hjarbo]

Fantastic shot, unlucky frog 

[Anthony]

Great shot!

[tommiejeep]

Thanks all.  The illegal building in the BG helped  .  Later I was shooting the D500, 500vr handheld but just cannot pick up the birds fast enough.  Age  .   Shooting the combo from the W200 did give me much sharper images than the 300 2.8vr. TC1.4 handheld.  Only saw a couple of Raptors but they were up very high and one Peregrine that sped by at low level. Too fast for the 500vr on the Gimbal 
Tom

[tommiejeep]

Just for the nuts of it    .  Working my way through 800 images and decided to have a go at this one. First is OOC jpeg resized.  Second is the NEF worked on in CNX2 and then to PS 2015 CC.  Better ID image of the bird but not good.  I am a single parent for the next 3 weeks so will not have an opportunity to get a better image, hope the KF is still around when my wife returns.  I'm gong to try a different location at the pond.  Not as much of a fun image as the first I posted 

[tommiejeep]

For the Bug lovers  .  Not having a much better day than the Frog 
D500, 500vr tripod and W200 (loose)
Took  much longer to eat the bug than the small fish they were catching.  Just playing with PP.  Still some motion blur at 1/1600.

[elsa hoffmann]

the kingfishers are in a class of it's own - cute as far as birds go
Nice captures