Saturday, January 31, 2015

godwits on ice

just realised the ridiculous spell checker is default setting in Yosemite -- Apple thanks! -- now turned off

sparring Common Buzzards

a stand off then a quick battle over a corpse -- struggling with heat distortion from the sun and cold wind and hanging the camera out of the window over the car bonnet












Thursday, January 29, 2015

Pacific Golden Plover

pretty sure this bird is a Pacific and not American but it was 500m away -- working on some really poor images taken with 7D2 and 500 f4 plus 2xIII in poor light but a bit of video with iPhone 5C and Svaro 70x95mm -- excuse the language and jumping!

http://youtu.be/P9QF235jfVo


























Wednesday, January 28, 2015

a few close gulls


no doubting the IQ in good light when birds are close






AF baffling


this is what seems odd -- 7D2 and same lens converter -- 3 shots in straight sequence -- 1st and 3rd sharp middle on way off


Iceland Gull revisited


some perched shots today -- mostly 7D2 with 2x II and 300 2.8 II -- a couple with 5D3 and same lens / converter -- which ones?