Birds in London (not flying)

motimoti Registered Users Posts: 77 Big grins
edited March 31, 2005 in Wildlife
After my buttreflies experience and considering tha fact that I had with me by mistake my 75-300mm DO, I thought it would be a good idea to try and shoot some birds.
I didn't find any egrets or other big guys like you have in America, but some nice and very cute little birds were all arround.
Actually, it was the first time for me to shoot little birds and I must say taht I enjoyed it very much.



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Cheers
Moti


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Comments

  • AllenAllen Registered Users Posts: 10,016 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2005
    Beautiful shots, Moti. I find the biggest problem with small birds is with the very small DOf it's hard to focus on a bird that's not contrastry and get the branch instead. I use spot focus on the eyes if possible. You did a great job on these.
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  • motimoti Registered Users Posts: 77 Big grins
    edited March 29, 2005
    Allen wrote:
    Beautiful shots, Moti. I find the biggest problem with small birds is with the very small DOf it's hard to focus on a bird that's not contrastry and get the branch instead. I use spot focus on the eyes if possible. You did a great job on these.
    Al
    Thank you very much Allen. I did use spot focus but on the body, which I figure out later, was a mistake. I should have aimed for the eyes as you suggested. I'll try it next time.
    Cheers
    Moti
  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited March 29, 2005
    Really nice Moti thumb.gifthumb.gif


    These may not be large birds, but they sure are nice looking and in most cases very colorful clap.gif I'm glad you enjoyed shooting them. Small birds are very challenging. Focusing on the eye(s) can be very hard to do, especially with a long (heavy) lens attached. All in all, I think you did very well on these and I hope it inspires you to shoot more birds :D

    Thanks for sharing,
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  • GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2005
    I agree, I shoot a lot of small birds and you have done a pretty good job with these.
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  • motimoti Registered Users Posts: 77 Big grins
    edited March 30, 2005
    Thank you Steve and Greaper for your comments. Indeed this was very challenging for me especially for the focusing problems and the fact that these little creatures move very quickly.
    Anyway, I learned a few things from this trial and will try to get better for the next time.
    Cheers
    Moti
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2005
    Hey Moti,

    Excellent shots. Great details and colors. Good work on some very difficult subjects.
    Harry
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  • motimoti Registered Users Posts: 77 Big grins
    edited March 31, 2005
    Harryb wrote:
    Hey Moti,
    Excellent shots. Great details and colors. Good work on some very difficult subjects.
    Thank you Harry. I was always jealous when I saw your birds shots :D
    This was my first real trial of small birds shooting and and I enjoyed it very much.
    Cheers
    Moti
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