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[Levina de Ruijter]

Hopeful Gulls

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Terrific shot indeed!

Since Nemo (the animated film) I can't see a scene like this without hearing "Mine, mine, mine".

 

[pcs]

Barnswallow BIF, I can start practising again

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Barnswallow BIF, I can start practising again

They look good, Patrick!

I was in Waterland yesterday but didn’t see any. They usually arrive a bit later there. Waarneming.nl show one or two here and there but the big bulk is yet to come in.

I had a great time with the godwits though. Hopefully I can post some shots later today.

 

[pcs]

They look good, Patrick!

I was in Waterland yesterday but didn’t see any. They usually arrive a bit later there. Waarneming.nl show one or two here and there but the big bulk is yet to come in.

I had a great time with the godwits though. Hopefully I can post some shots later today.

It was just in one place but there were several. Godwits I saw this morning and more Sedge warblers so I've also got some processing to do(6000 shots, battery still >25%).

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

It was just in one place but there were several. Godwits I saw this morning and more Sedge warblers so I've also got some processing to do(6000 shots, battery still >25%).

When you shoot like that, the battery seems endless. I was in Waterland for three hours and took 1135 shots. With the ones already taken on that battery (I keep a record now) one charge did 1445 shots. Pretty much what I am used to with these mirror-less cameras. I always shoot very controlled and then the battery doesn't last as long. Have said that, when I start shooting swallows, the battery will also last a lot longer as then the controlled shooting goes out the window!

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Taken with the 800/11. I was shooting a Lapwing for which the 800mm was perfect when suddenly a small group of black-tailed godwits started to fly around and right in front of me too. The 800/11 didn't have a chance! I had one or two shots like this, but nothing good. Still, for me there is nothing more beautiful than seeing birds like these fly in the Dutch landscape. Small crop.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Northern lapwing

 

[David1701]

Taken with the 800/11. I was shooting a Lapwing for which the 800mm was perfect when suddenly a small group of black-tailed godwits started to fly around and right in front of me too. The 800/11 didn't have a chance! I had one or two shots like this, but nothing good. Still, for me there is nothing more beautiful than seeing birds like these fly in the Dutch landscape. Small crop.
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Looks like a good shot to me.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Looks like a good shot to me.

Thanks, David. I agree, it's a decent shot and I'm happy with it and a few others like it, because I do love the overall picture. It was just so hard locking focus with the 800/11. They were too close and too fast for that lens and I couldn't do it. So I missed shots because the wrong lens was mounted and that is frustrating and you're kicking yourself.

 

[pcs]

(Icelandic) Black-tailed godwits