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[Click]

Beautiful light. Nicely done, docsmith.

 

[Nemorino]

More goldcrests
R5 + RF 100-500L
@ f/7.1, 1/4000s

 

[Noreaster]

Call yourselves whatever you'd like...just keep posting good pics and we are happy

I've been using my feeder to test settings etc....

A few more that I liked (all R1 EF 500 II):

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Last one is my favorite

 

[P-visie]

Sanderling (Calidris alba) feeding on the beach of the Dutch island Texel.



R5 Mk II with EF 600mm f4 II.

 

[P-visie]

Purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima) on the beach at the Dutch island Texel.



R5 Mk II with EF 600mm f4 II.

 

[Click]

I really like your shots. Nicely done, P-visie.

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[ISv]

Purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima) on the beach at the Dutch island Texel.

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R5 Mk II with EF 600mm f4 II.

I'm really envious for the Purple - I haven't seen it in real so far! It happen I was also around the beach today and got a Sanderling. Plus my favorite from the migratory birds here: Bristle-thighed Curlew... Looking at the shape of your birds it seems cold there. Here is still the opposite: I wrapped my trip in ~an hour - it was too hot at open sky and practically there is no shade on that point of Oahu.

 

[Click]

Beautiful series, ISv.

 

[AlanF]

Two weeks and one day since my knee op. The staples were removed yesterday. Celebrated today with my first walk, eschewing the crutches for hiking poles, with the R5ii + RF 100-400mm over my shoulder. Then, to my delight a Kestrel appeared so I threw down the poles and rushed towards it. Knee is somewhat sore but worth it. Would have done better with the 200-800 but too heavy at present.

 

[ISv]

Two weeks and one day since my knee op. The staples were removed yesterday. Celebrated today with my first walk, eschewing the crutches for hiking poles, with the R5ii + RF 100-400mm over my shoulder. Then, to my delight a Kestrel appeared so I threw down the poles and rushed towards it. Knee is somewhat sore but worth it. Would have done better with the 200-800 but too heavy at present.


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Welcome back Alan !

 

[docsmith]

A very nice reward for your first walk

Glad to hear you are recovering well!

 

[P-visie]

Alan, it is good to read and see that you are mobile again.

 

[P-visie]

I'm really envious for the Purple - I haven't seen it in real so far! It happen I was also around the beach today and got a Sanderling. Plus my favorite from the migratory birds here: Bristle-thighed Curlew... Looking at the shape of your birds it seems cold there. Here is still the opposite: I wrapped my trip in ~an hour - it was too hot at open sky and practically there is no shade on that point of Oahu.

Sanderlings rule the world .
The temperature was high for December, but there was a lot of wind. The purple sandpipers were arguing about who was allowed to shelter in a depression in the sand behind a stone.

 

[Click]

Welcome back Alan. Beautiful shot!

 

[P-visie]

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) on the Dutch island Texel, taken on the same beach and same date as the sanderling and purple sandpiper in the previous posts. The pink cast in the water is the reflection from the sky at sunrise.



R5 Mk II with EF 600mm f4 II.

 

[MSH411]

Good to see you off injured reserve and back in action Alan.

 

[Click]

Very nice shot, Pieter.

 

[ISv]

Today only the Yellow-faced Canary. The second shot is soft but I really wanted that contrast. At too much contrast light I didn't expect AF to work properly and at first I was like "wait for less contrast light" ! But that loud noise in my head told me "And you expect the bird to wait too?!!!!" And it's what I got...

 

[docsmith]

I have piles of photos to go through....but here are a few from the other day. Getting back to working with the R5

Birds at my feeder

 

[Click]

ISv and docsmith,

Very nice shots, guys. Your photos warm my heart, it's getting cold here.