Kyoto Birds are easy!

Giphsub · April 3, 2008

To shoot

Here are a handful of pics I got today in Kyoto. In the spirit of the egret fest I went out today and shot mostly egrets, with a few other birds I also came across. Comments welcome.

First of all the Herons
#1

#2

Then the other few birds I came across
#3

#4 Any idea what this guy is?

And finally the egrets!

:ivar (The first five were shot with the Bigma) the rest with my 18-200)
#5

#6 Worms!

#7

#8 More worms

#9 Bad wind is certainly better than worms!

#10

#11 What's that?!

#12 Yaaaa...

#13 ....aaaaaaaa....

#14 Splash!

#15 ...nothing... doh!

#16

#17

#18

And these guys were everywhere too!:thumb
#19

#20

And of course, such a lengthy posting wouldn't be complete without the obligatory butt shot! :rofl Check the evil eye he is giving me! :lol3 (this one should be in the poop thread...)
#21

DonRicklin · April 3, 2008

I guess they are.

What a great series of images! Love them all!

Don

raptorcaptor · April 3, 2008

I think this thread will pass for egretfest! Some nice shots Mike!

Harryb · April 3, 2008

Ah the spirit of

EGRET FEST

abounds. :ivar

Excellent set Mike.

dbaker1221 · April 3, 2008

awesome series Mike .:ivar ..I think.that one might be a blue bird....western or mountain

jwear · April 3, 2008

a very good outing ,nice work

BigAl · April 3, 2008

Very nice set Mike!

If you were in SA, I'd have said #4 was a rock thrush - can't help though...

PrescottPhotog · April 3, 2008

Giphsub wrote:

To shoot Here are a handful of pics I got today in Kyoto. In the spirit of the egret fest I went out today and shot mostly egrets, with a few other birds I also came across. Comments welcome.

Hi Mike.. Excellent series. Lots of jumps, stabs and flight shots. Way to mix it up..

Giphsub · April 3, 2008

DonRicklin wrote:

I guess they are. What a great series of images! Love them all!

Don

Thanks Don

And they are sure easier than the locals in Hiroshima!

Giphsub · April 3, 2008

raptorcaptor wrote:

I think this thread will pass for egretfest! Some nice shots Mike!

Phew! I thought it might get knocked back! Thanks Glen

Giphsub · April 3, 2008

Harryb wrote:

Ah the spirit of

EGRET FEST

abounds. :ivar

Excellent set Mike.

Thanks Harry!

I'm about to go out for round two with the locals here in Kyoto today :photo

Giphsub · April 3, 2008

dbaker1221 wrote:

awesome series Mike .:ivar ..I think.that one might be a blue bird....western or mountain

Thanks Dave! Appreciated

I dunno what that is at all. All I know is that it was a very dark bird and I had to jack up the EV a LOT to get the colour.

Giphsub · April 3, 2008

jwear wrote:

a very good outing ,nice work

Cheers Jeff

I am starting to think it is my Bigma giving me less clean pics, rather than the D300. The jury is still out though...

Giphsub · April 3, 2008

BigAl wrote:

Very nice set Mike!

If you were in SA, I'd have said #4 was a rock thrush - can't help though...

Thanks BigAl

Do you find the Bigma giving more grainy/noisy pics than your other lenses? I still don't have a good tripod for it though, so that could well be my problem.

Giphsub · April 3, 2008

PrescottPhotog wrote:

Hi Mike.. Excellent series. Lots of jumps, stabs and flight shots. Way to mix it up..

Thanks Chris! Much appreciated

I came back with a shed load of static shots, but they were too boring to post.