Sony DSLR "Picture of the day"

[dr4gon]

Nice birds! Not anything that colorful here besides the occasional cardinal or blue jay.


Also with the Tamron 70-300mm 1:2 Macro, probably at ~200mm hand held on a windy day Turned out pretty nice though. The lens was able to resolve some nice detail!

[Peekayoh]

Sunflower looks like it's scratching it's head.
We have a few colourful ones, Chaffinch, Bullfinch and Kingfisher to name three that I've been trying for. Getting them to stand still and say "cheese" is the problem.

This one decided to flit.

[dr4gon]

Your nailed the one for POTD! Animals are like that unfortunately. :\ This second picture is pretty neat though. It looks like it fell off and is taking a nose dive for the ground.

[sparkie1263]

Woodpecker along the edge of the woods

Frank

[Peekayoh]

Something ruffled his feathers alright.

What's that one Frank, it's a bit like our Female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker except for the coloured patch on her neck.

[sparkie1263]

Downy Woodpecker I believe.

Thanks
Frank

[Peekayoh]

Yeh! We don't have that one in the UK.

[Peekayoh]

Here's another failure. A Blue Tit ghosting through the frame.

BLUE GHOSTIT

[dr4gon]

Must keep... POTD alive!

Camera: Sony DSLR-A300
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 90 mm (Tamron F/2.8)
ISO Speed: 400

Just practicing my macro shots.... it's hard!

[Peekayoh]

Hard but rewarding!
Here's a Coal Tit on final approach, full flaps and gear down. Then at the refuelling port.

COAL TIT

Camera: Sony DSLR-A700
Lens: Konica Minolta 28-135mm f4/4.5
Exposure: 1/500th sec
Aperture: f/5.6 +0.7EV
Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Date: 10 December 2008