Wild Birds of Europe

[Jan1977]

The Red-crested pochards have arrived. I saw them yesterday at the close of day in the dark deep below my window! I only ran them through DXO Pure Raw and cropped and resized them.
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Those are pretty dark, but that gives a nice light effect on the birds, also given the angle.

 

[Jan1977]

Here is a moorhen from a while back during the RF200-800 +2x testrun:

 

[Jan1977]

And a grebe:

 

[Macstory]

Chaffinch.
(Lens: Tamron SP 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD <> Camera ID: Canon EOS 700D).

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Chaffinch.
(Lens: Tamron SP 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD <> Camera ID: Canon EOS 700D).

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A lovely shot, Mac. Love the light tones.

 

[Macstory]

A lovely shot, Mac. Love the light tones.

Hi Levina, Thank You, just sometimes the Sun is kind to us and shines on our subject and not into our lens.

 

[Jack Dawe]

Pied Wagtail

 

[pcs]

Great Spotted Woodpecker

 

[Jack Dawe]

Great Spotted Woodpecker
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Really, really good shots, especially the first one.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Great Spotted Woodpecker
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I agree with Jason, these are terrific, Patrick!