Wild Birds of Europe 🦆

[Levina]

Great Tit
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A great shot, Jack.

 

[Jan1977]

A ruddy turnstone from a recent visit to the beach:

 

[pcs]

Toevallig, from this afternoon:

 

[Jan1977]

Toevallig, from this afternoon:
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Well, I believe it is the best time of the year to see this species in the Netherlands, although shorebirds ain't my expertise ;-)

 

[Jan1977]

An oystercatcher with a catch:

 

[Jan1977]

And a cormorant:

 

[Jan1977]

And 2 more of an oystercatcher:

 

[pcs]

Well, I believe it is the best time of the year to see this species in the Netherlands, although shorebirds ain't my expertise ;-)

They are here all year but right now I do see enough shorebirds(oystercatcher and dunlin)

 

[Jan1977]

They are here all year but right now I do see enough shorebirds(oystercatcher and dunlin)
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Focus on some seems a tad soft, what was the bird you focussed on

 

[JohnPD]

They are here all year but right now I do see enough shorebirds(oystercatcher and dunlin)
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Jeez, birds much?

 

[pcs]

Focus on some seems a tad soft, what was the bird you focussed on

They were just moving to fast for 1/4000.
But seriously, even at that distance the dof is not much, the dunlins(which the focus is on) are just behind the breaker and the oystercatchers are already before the dof.

 

[Levina]

They are here all year but right now I do see enough shorebirds(oystercatcher and dunlin)

Good grief. What a sight.

As to focus, I don't know about you guys but I find flocks hard. Which bird do you focus on, if you have a choice at all that is. I usually just point the camera and pray.

 

[pcs]

Good grief. What a sight.

As to focus, I don't know about you guys but I find flocks hard. Which bird do you focus on, if you have a choice at all that is. I usually just point the camera and pray.

Just point and let AF do it's thing, after that delete 99.9%

 

[Levina]

Just point and let AF do it's thing, after that delete 99.9%

Yeah, I know how to do that!

Your AF had it right in the last two pics though. All birds in that flock seem in focus!
They're actually pretty terrific shots against that OOF background. It looks almost 3D.

 

[pcs]

Here's where the focus is (in green) according to C1pro(screenshots), I find it hard to judge myself:

 

[Levina]

Here's where the focus is (in green) according to C1pro(screenshots), I find it hard to judge myself:

It's always hard to judge, isn't it. In the first pic the birds seem to be quite a distance away while in the second shot they seem much closer. And the birds in the second shot seem to also be in the same focal zone. A lot have their wings in focus, more so than in the first shot. But, yeah, hard to judge.

 

[Jack Dawe]

Blue Tit

 

[Levina]

Blue Tit

Sweet shot, Jack.

 

[Jack Dawe]

Sweet shot, Jack.

Sweet bird!

 

[Jan1977]

A blue heron with its catch: