Show us some bird shots..... 6

The last birds thread was bulging more than an overstuffed featherdown pillow. See.

Here we go with a new one.

Wow, nice detail! Here's a gull in flight, not as sharp, but loved the motion blur in the wing, captured with the Beercan and a 3600 HSD in Rear Curtain Synch.

Hope you all ike this.

This one was shot on sunday, very strange light.



D7D and the'ol Beercan.

New thread, more great photos. Nice capture Mats - what kind of a bird is that? We don't see those here in the US.

Here's one I took this morning. It's a Red-Breasted Nuthatch. This is a bird that my wife and I have only seen a couple of times. I have been hoping to get a good photo of him, and finally had my chance today.

A100 & 300/2.8

Allthough technically a bird, you don't see many chicken in the bird threads.
This one was basking in the late afternoon sun. Maybe she was practicing for her last hours (without the feathers in a pan)   

Man, I was going to post in this thread but now I think better of it :) How close was that robin, eccles?

With my 300 + 1.4x, I typically don't get nearly that magnification. Or are you cropping heavily?

@Polyglot, as winter draws in, robins get bolder so you can get quite close to them especially if you tempt them with a few peanuts and don't make sudden movements. I suppose I was about 6-8 feet away from the robins, the crops in both cases being around 50%. The Sigma Telemacro is a cracking lens though and I got a nice 8x10" print from the first robin pic. The chaffinch is a heavier crop.

Frankman, those in-flight shot are stunning.