Wild Birds of Europe

[Levina de Ruijter]

You've had a successful day! It seems as my gear gets better/bigger I suffer more and more from heat haze/atmospheric distortions etc. I guess some of the problems I attributed to gear earlier was also the air quality between sensor and subject

Yeah, I had a good day but warm air is a real problem and the longer our lenses, the more the images are affected by it. That’s why it’s best to shoot birds before the sun had a chance to warm up the air, i.e. very early in the morning. I arrived in Waterland around 15.45 and it was a real problem.

 

[Jack Dawe]

Stock Dove

 

[pcs]

Yeah, I had a good day but warm air is a real problem and the longer our lenses, the more the images are affected by it. That’s why it’s best to shoot birds before the sun had a chance to warm up the air, i.e. very early in the morning. I arrived in Waterland around 15.45 and it was a real problem.

Recently everything after 10am is problematic.

 

[Jan1977]

A flock of Egyptian geese in flight:

 

[Jan1977]

A crow taking of:

 

[pcs]

Pied Avocet take off

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Pied Avocet take off
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Great shots, Patrick.

 

[pcs]

Common Redshank with balance problems

 

[pcs]

Solution

 

[Jan1977]

Common Redshank with balance problems
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Barb wire is always a good environment to challenge your balance