Some Waders

stevehapp

Here are some pics from my session yesterday at Ash Island and Stockton Sandspit on the Hunter River.

1. Intermediate Egret chawing down on a froggy.


2. Great Egret eating frog.


3. Gull-billed Tern hunting for semaphore crabs. he caught a few.


4. Eastern Curlew, this bloke will be heading back to Siberia in a few months.


Thanks for looking,

cheers,
steve

Jack'll do

Nice series Steve. I especially like the curlew. First one I've seen.

bfjr

I like the last, not easy birdy to get IF

IMHO I'd crop more on the 1st two

stevehapp

Thanks Jack..

Thanks ben, hmm i think you are right..

cheers,
steve

Harryb

Good set Steve.

stevehapp

Thanks, Harry..

Ric Grupe

I assume that you took these with your 400. How much of a chore is that with the lack of IS?

Some better light would have helped these images...but, I seldom let that stop me!

The Curlew is my pick.

stevehapp

Ric Grupe wrote:

I assume that you took these with your 400. How much of a chore is that with the lack of IS?

Some better light would have helped these images...but, I seldom let that stop me!

The Curlew is my pick.

Ric, i have never used an IS lens so I have no comparison. The 400 is all i know. It is light.

Let the young fit blokes lug around all those heavy big lenses..

The light was horrendous but that is no excuse.
I still see myself as very much in the learning/beginning phase..

cheers,
steve