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[Nasos Kosmas]

Arturo thank you for the info
I post the bee eaters shot on Facebook and someone said that due to color differences the left is a female and the other is a male, you maybe right about the eye color I will try to remember .

[Nasos Kosmas]

Here are two European Kestrels the one to the right with a snack. They find something to eat in the fields and then  go up to eat it.

Z8 180/600, in monochrome  and color, I noticed that 180/600 has a little more saturated colors than 500 pf
This is Z8 Standard profile changed to have slight less contrast

[ARTUROARTISTA]

Here are two European Kestrels the one to the right with a snack. They find something to eat in the fields and then  go up to eat it.

Z8 180/600, in monochrome  and color, I noticed that 180/600 has a little more saturated colors than 500 pf
This is Z8 Standard profile changed to have slight less contrast

It's interesting because of the symmetry, good shot Nasos

[Øivind Tøien]

Here are two European Kestrels the one to the right with a snack. They find something to eat in the fields and then  go up to eat it.

Z8 180/600, in monochrome  and color, I noticed that 180/600 has a little more saturated colors than 500 pf
This is Z8 Standard profile changed to have slight less contrast

Very nice color shot, Nasos, +1 for the symmetry. The Kestrels seem to live a rather dangerous life if those lines are live!

[Tom Hook]

Jekyll and Hyde

[ARTUROARTISTA]

Revolutionized planes, they didn't stop for a second

[Nasos Kosmas]

Thank you Oivid, symmetry was the key for this shot
Tom very nice shot especially the second 
Thank you Arturo and yes Swallows are in my list since last year

I spend a couple of hours in a small lake to be able to have a good photo of shallow  touching down the water for insects
It was very challenging, the Z8/180-600 was heavier than Z8/500pf used  last year and slower AF so  almost impossible to use EVF 
But I found a workaround: I used precapture 1 sec  with 30 FPS (jpeg ) and trying  to guess where  the bird is without using EVF or back monitor, just pressing 3D AF button and shutter almost continuously
it worked!!!

Z8 /180-600 , 460mm   f6.3 1/4000 sec Iso 2000

[senecaman]

Nasos

An impressive selection of recent photos

Do you hand hold your lens or use a tripod & gimbal head?

[Nasos Kosmas]

Thank you Andrew!!

I had a tripod with gimbal used for some video but I find it limited for action, so I ended up  handheld