Feathered Friends from the Garden
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How long you been snapping? I have a d40 x I think and can't take good pics.
Really like these
How long you been snapping? I have a d40 x I think and can't take good pics.
Really like these
Really like these
How long you been snapping? I have a d40 x I think and can't take good pics.
Really like these
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Very nice shots meaning we are on the subject of native British birds I rescued 5 fledgling Blue tits and 1 tiny fledgling Wren last week they were beautiful little creatures. PS I've also been watching the successful hatch of a Nut hatch family in my local park.
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We have a cat, so have very few birds, apart from our chickens!
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I live a few miles outside of a town, so countryside for all intensive purposes, and we have a great array of wildlife here.
Yesterday we had juvenile Magpies being fed all day in a tree behind us. You'd see mother flying in and then the hellish squeaking commence as they cried to be fed.
Seed, peanuts, fat balls... anything to lure them in here, although the feckin Yellowhammers have been a nightmare eating all the grass seed on our newly lawn.
Been tapping away with great interest since about 2007. Nikon D40X is a good camera. To get the best results out of any camera you need to understand the relationship between light, aperture and shutter speed. understanding those fundamentals is a great start into photography.
Yesterday we had juvenile Magpies being fed all day in a tree behind us. You'd see mother flying in and then the hellish squeaking commence as they cried to be fed.
Seed, peanuts, fat balls... anything to lure them in here, although the feckin Yellowhammers have been a nightmare eating all the grass seed on our newly lawn.
Been tapping away with great interest since about 2007. Nikon D40X is a good camera. To get the best results out of any camera you need to understand the relationship between light, aperture and shutter speed. understanding those fundamentals is a great start into photography.
OP
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Yep, I had a great set-up where I was pretty much at eye level with the birds.
The feeders hang at about 6ft from various branches on a tree on our ditch.
I sit in a camo/chair/tent thing on a heighten piece of land that sits above where the ditch meets the ground. I'm only about 12-15 foot away from the feeders.
During the bad icy/snowy winters we had a couple of years ago they were more or less waiting for me when I went up in the morning to fill the feeders. Especially the robins, who it felt were almost talking to you ->
Few more from my collection
Bluetit
Female Blackbird
Juvenile Goldfinch
Robin
Male Blackbird
Male Housesparrow
Dunnock
Greenfinch
Old House - Fearless Robin
Dazed Chiffchaff
The feeders hang at about 6ft from various branches on a tree on our ditch.
I sit in a camo/chair/tent thing on a heighten piece of land that sits above where the ditch meets the ground. I'm only about 12-15 foot away from the feeders.
During the bad icy/snowy winters we had a couple of years ago they were more or less waiting for me when I went up in the morning to fill the feeders. Especially the robins, who it felt were almost talking to you ->
Few more from my collection
Bluetit
Female Blackbird
Juvenile Goldfinch
Robin
Male Blackbird
Male Housesparrow
Dunnock
Greenfinch
Old House - Fearless Robin
Dazed Chiffchaff
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Your photos are just fantastic!
We feed the small garden birds with a mixture of seeds, rice and finely chopped cheese and they love it. Although ours are not as tame as yours!
We feed the small garden birds with a mixture of seeds, rice and finely chopped cheese and they love it. Although ours are not as tame as yours!
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Very impressive work. The birds look really at home in their environment. Great use of focus.
I envy your skills and patience and also the variety of birds you get.
Do you shoot insects too, or are birds you main subjects?
I envy your skills and patience and also the variety of birds you get.
Do you shoot insects too, or are birds you main subjects?
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Lovely DOF. What lens are you using?
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Love them!
We should do more of this.
We should do more of this.