Cap'n Fishy
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Wrens - they are our country's most common bird - and one of the most difficult to get good shots of... I am finding!
Went back to the Botanics today to see if I could get some better shots of the wrens at the wee pond on the north side. Sure enough, there were at least 2 stooging about, plus a third in the background, somewhere, singing. I really wanted to get the classic shot of one sitting on a perch, tail cocked, beak open, singing its heart out. That one still eludes me. Meanwhile, here are the others...
At first, I only had them across the other side of the pond from me, so a very heavy crop...
(By the way, I don't know if it helps folk to get a larger view of the images by clicking on them?)
But, after a while of me standing still, I got one come round more to my side, and I got a closer shot of it, requiring less of a crop...
It's a heavily-shaded area, even in the middle of the day, so ISO levels were from 1250 to 3200. All shots at 560 mm, f8, 1/250 sec and cropped.
Col
Went back to the Botanics today to see if I could get some better shots of the wrens at the wee pond on the north side. Sure enough, there were at least 2 stooging about, plus a third in the background, somewhere, singing. I really wanted to get the classic shot of one sitting on a perch, tail cocked, beak open, singing its heart out. That one still eludes me. Meanwhile, here are the others...
At first, I only had them across the other side of the pond from me, so a very heavy crop...
(By the way, I don't know if it helps folk to get a larger view of the images by clicking on them?)









But, after a while of me standing still, I got one come round more to my side, and I got a closer shot of it, requiring less of a crop...









It's a heavily-shaded area, even in the middle of the day, so ISO levels were from 1250 to 3200. All shots at 560 mm, f8, 1/250 sec and cropped.
Col
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