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I'm afraid they are going to be mainly bird photos to start with as I'm playing around with the new Sigma 70-300 zoom lens. All these first few are taken using sport mode and not altered in photoshop as of yet. I might be tempted to play around at a later date :)
First we have a couple of Coot chicks, now you know where the phrase as bald as a coot comes from !
Now a Canada Goose sticking it's tongue out at me ;)
I'm still trying to get to grips with birds in flight, but quite pleased with this one.
You lift your right leg up .......
Another friendly Canada Goose
I'm trying to do bird shots that are a little different to the normal full body shots.
Miniholic
28-05-2006, 3:51 PM
Some great pics there John.
Another friendly Canada Goose
Didn't know there were any friendly ones? I certainly don't recall the ones at Clumber Park when I was a kid being friendly anyway.:rolleyes:
Do my feet look big in these ?
These were all taken at Clumber Park this morning :grin:
3 more from a previous batch earlier this month, one showing young Canada Geese chicks and the other 2 a swan with a young one on it's back.
stevegreen
28-05-2006, 7:25 PM
Some really nice shots there John. I like the idea of the change in composition and that shot works well :smashin: You caught that swan a treat too :)
Does this new hairstyle make me look like Vivian Westwood ?
Do you ever get the feeling there's someone behind you ?
Biscuit761
28-05-2006, 11:42 PM
Nice shots John, took some of a pair of Black Swans the other day, will put them in my thread sometime.
Particularly impressed with the sharpness of the swan taking off
Bill
It does show what good value the Sigma lens is, there's no image stabilisation and all the photos I've taken have been handheld so far as they've all been taken whilst out walking and it wouldn't really be convenient to take a tripod.
A sad update, all 6 of the Swan chicks are dead, a farmer let all his cattle into the field where they were (he said he didn't know they were there) and the signets were trampled to death by the cattle :(
JohnG
06-06-2006, 10:55 AM
The bird on the left is saying "Well the carp I caught last week was this big" :grin:
This is the strangest duck I have ever seen :eek:
JohnG
10-08-2006, 10:45 AM
Another rare bird
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/small_crop_IMG_7490.jpg
JohnG
10-08-2006, 10:52 AM
And another
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/small_crop2_IMG_7411.jpg
JohnG
10-08-2006, 10:56 AM
I didn't quite get this one as good as I'd liked to have done, but it shows you what great fliers they are, this bird was flying barely 1 foot off the ground.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/small_crop_IMG_7647.jpg
imcarm
10-08-2006, 11:10 AM
I don't know John, I think it's a very good. Not being quite as sharp as you'd normally like really adds to the overall impact of this shot :thumbsup:
Yes, you've guessed it..... another falcon ;)
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/small_crop_IMG_7366.jpg
stevegreen
13-08-2006, 4:02 PM
Thats a cracker John :smashin:
A change from birds :)
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/small__IMG_8580.jpg
I've been trying recently to get more unusual shots of birds, and trying to be a little more artistic.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/small_IMG_8206.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/small_IMG_8256.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/small_IMG_8937.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/small_IMG_7818.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/small_IMG_7828.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/small_IMG_7939.jpg
stevegreen
28-08-2006, 3:46 PM
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/small_IMG_7818.jpg
Love this one John, great colours in the water.
The last few trips to the lake I've been trying to concentrate more on the water and background colours than on the main subject.
bowenjones
28-08-2006, 8:08 PM
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/small_IMG_8256.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/small_IMG_7939.jpg
Love the composition of the top one John and also like the effect of the frozen droplets around the duck :thumbsup:
Biscuit761
28-08-2006, 10:34 PM
I agree with some others, the later shots, especially the swan with its head in that so colourful water are fantastic.
Bill
Some different ones from me showing the forest floor:-
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/small_IMG_0109.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/small_IMG_0123.jpg
stevegreen
02-10-2006, 6:02 PM
Ooooooooh I like the first one of those two John, good spot! :smashin:
bowenjones
02-10-2006, 11:12 PM
I agree with Steve, that first one is something special :thumbsup:
A couple from a trip to Spurn Point a few months ago, got a lot of catching up to do with photos !
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/small_IMG_1311.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/small_IMG_1234.jpg
A sad looking young swan !
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/small_IMG_9043.jpg
stevegreen
02-01-2007, 6:08 PM
JohnG moves to hot favorite for the January competition :grin:
:grin: Not quite so easy to get the right lighting conditions at this time of year though :(
Something quite different (for me!) from a trip to Portugal a couple of years ago.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/small_lisbon_mult.jpg
Spring is in the air !
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/Chaffinches.jpg
Some more photos that aren't birds :eek: :grin:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/small_IMG_5847.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/small_IMG_5854.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/small_IMG_6050.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/small_IMG_6056.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/small_IMG_6061.jpg
Holowlegs
10-06-2007, 6:10 PM
Hi JohnG
Very nice set off shots. Really like the butterflies ones. As for the 2nd one what detail in the wing, is he still flying or has he stopped somehow.
Cheers Holo:smashin: :smashin:
Cheers :)
All the butterflies were perched on something which makes life easy ! The tricky part is following them around until they stop and then getting the photos before they fy off again - believe me I had to take quite a lot just to get a dozen "keepers" :grin:
A Ruddy Duck performs !
This little chap strutts around making strange noises as part of his display. I was lucky enough to see this the other week. First of all he creates ripples in the water around himself, then bubbles start appearing (the mind boggles!) and then he shoots across the surface of the water at high speed for a couple of yards before stopping dead still and doing another little pose :)
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/RD1.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/RD2.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/RD3.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/RD4.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/RD5.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.gilbert666/RD6.jpg
macker2006
17-06-2007, 9:25 PM
Your butterflies pictures are stunning mate and the Ruddy duck ones captured very well :thumbsup:
JohnG
22-06-2007, 11:12 AM
Cheers, the Ruddy duck wasn't easy to photograph with all it's darting about !