As the weather's been a bit poor and I've been a bit under the weather myself - hit by possibly three different viruses in three weeks - I've not really gone anywhere of late, apart from my local park which limits me to a very small selection of birds. Because the light was s poor, I decided to shoot at high ISO so stopped down and high shutter speeds were the order of the day, just to see what the range looks like.
Two-headed cormorant, shot into the sun so the water has a silvery look to it. Not brilliant but a nice effect. These birds are as bad as Crested Grebes when hunting - they stay down forever and seem to come up miles away from where they submerged. This is the only low ISO shot in the set.
3B1A8619 by andymulhearn, on Flickr
The Pochard with the goitre turns out not to have a goitre but a split beak, the "growth" is the bird's tongue. This one shot at ISO 4000 and the next at 2000. No noise reduction applied.
3B1A8591 by andymulhearn, on Flickr
3B1A8602 by andymulhearn, on Flickr
And a final shot attempting to get a starling in flight. I just caught this one as it launched itself. It's a bit of a crop already so doesn't zoom too well but the flying starling looks in focus..
3B1A8713 by andymulhearn, on Flickr
Two-headed cormorant, shot into the sun so the water has a silvery look to it. Not brilliant but a nice effect. These birds are as bad as Crested Grebes when hunting - they stay down forever and seem to come up miles away from where they submerged. This is the only low ISO shot in the set.
3B1A8619 by andymulhearn, on FlickrThe Pochard with the goitre turns out not to have a goitre but a split beak, the "growth" is the bird's tongue. This one shot at ISO 4000 and the next at 2000. No noise reduction applied.
3B1A8591 by andymulhearn, on Flickr3B1A8602 by andymulhearn, on FlickrAnd a final shot attempting to get a starling in flight. I just caught this one as it launched itself. It's a bit of a crop already so doesn't zoom too well but the flying starling looks in focus..
3B1A8713 by andymulhearn, on Flickr
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