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elsid

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1365 on: September 18, 2023, 15:00:01 »
Chobe river, Botswana. Fish eagle and impala going by.
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1366 on: September 18, 2023, 15:18:05 »
Nice catch.
Looks like a gopher to me.  :)
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1367 on: September 18, 2023, 16:02:18 »
Taking off. At the edge of the natural park "Los Torruños"

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1368 on: September 18, 2023, 16:04:14 »
Seeing it now on the phone it looks underexposed...

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1369 on: September 18, 2023, 16:30:55 »
Thank you Chris for your comment.
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1370 on: September 19, 2023, 20:54:15 »
Thank you Chris for your comment.

Sorry Elsid, something went wrong with my reply. It was ment for Tom Hooks Heron image.
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1371 on: September 20, 2023, 05:30:22 »
Sorry Elsid, something went wrong with my reply. It was ment for Tom Hooks Heron image.
I guessed it was a turtle based on its shape and where the Heron was standing deep in a marsh, but it was covered with mud so it was hard to tell. Not very appetizing no matter what it was! Thanks for commenting.

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1372 on: September 21, 2023, 14:10:47 »
There was just too much fun going on in the garden today:

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1373 on: October 01, 2023, 22:45:05 »
Some views of the life in the beach of Valdelagrana. All with D5 and 300mm 2.8 vrII

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1374 on: October 02, 2023, 15:26:28 »
Pied kingfisher (ceryle rudis) in Chobe river, Botswana. With Z8+ Z 400/4.5
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1375 on: October 02, 2023, 15:31:31 »
Spur-winged goose (plectropterus gambensis). Same equipment.
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1376 on: October 02, 2023, 18:33:07 »
Pied kingfisher (ceryle rudis) in Chobe river, Botswana. With Z8+ Z 400/4.5
Nice one!
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1377 on: October 02, 2023, 20:25:25 »
Thank you Bruno for your comment.
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1378 on: October 02, 2023, 20:54:46 »
Pied kingfisher (ceryle rudis) in Chobe river, Botswana. With Z8+ Z 400/4.5

I especially like the combination  of # 1 and 2 Elsid
They make a nice sequence

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #1379 on: October 02, 2023, 22:16:05 »
Thank you Colin, the 2 photos were taken in one burst, they are consecutive.
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