Martyn Pitt
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A juvenile Blackcap, amongst the many species of birds that had a really good breeding season at Belvide this year
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It has been a while since I got out with the camera, due to spending the last 6 weeks looking after my lovely wife who had broken her arm. She is out of plaster now, and in a few weeks should be back to 100%. Anyway a couple of Tree Sparrows (bearing gifts) to get back into things
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Welsh ? Cracking image Steve ... love it
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I would agree Steve, I can see how your images have improved, that Reed Warbler with the out of focus reeds and colours in the background is lovely
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Sad news. Francis Terry Thomas- RIP
Martyn Pitt replied to Rick Cooper's topic in All About the SOUL
Sad to hear this R.I.P Mr Tee -
John there are a few rubber turntable mats on Google, even a rubber / cork one on Amazon (supposed to do wonders for the sound quality). Rubber one Rubber / Cork one
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A Ringed Plover poses for me
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What I would call trousers (before you say it) ... Sunday was better, managed to get a couple of shots of the common black & white Lapwing ... amazing what a bit of sun will do to bring out the hidden iridescent colouring of our wildlife.
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They would have been easily confused into thinking it was winter on Saturday, it was freezing cold
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A couple of Grey Plover in the gloom on Saturday, you don't see many around these parts
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A regular summer visitor is the Chiffchaff, another warbler who's call is probably the easiest to recognise
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I love to see shots of them in their natural surroundings, nice one Steve
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I thought that looked brilliant ... reminded me of the old 60's & 70's Soul Train clips on YouTube.
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That wasn't what I meant when I said can you find a suitable perch for the kids
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500mm f4 here as well Chalky, you would get away with a 300 f4 on a crop sensor body at a pinch, depends how close you can get. There are also 3rd party zoom lenses available, quality drops a touch but they are a lot cheaper. Plenty of 2nd hand lenses out there as well.
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As the lads have said, it is a Buzzard ... getting decent shots is just getting the basics right, and years of practice. Best advice to anyone taking a photograph of almost anything is to make sure the sun is behind you, ideally with the light coming over one shoulder onto the subject.
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A couple of big birds from yesterday
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I might have to show you mine now Steve
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I think that is a Chaffinch Chalky . Male & female Bullfinch would have a black tail, and the eyes would be in it's black cap
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Cheers Alan
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Great nighters ... proper tunes. As I am having a senior moment can someone remind me the of the record that starts up at 2:52 please
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A couple of shots of one of the many Heron at Belvide
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Spent a fair bit of time trying to get a shot of our resident Cetti's Warbler out in the open, they are notoriously difficult to get a decent shot of as they tend to skulk about in the cover of the reed bed or undergrowth, and dart around like Speedy Gonzales. I missed focus on the little devil when it landed on an old fence for a nano second, but I did manage a couple of it, the second one shows how they like to stay in cover well hidden from the paparazzi
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Well our Common Sandpiper is still with us, it shouldn't be but obviously enjoys the company at Belvide
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Ahhh the old machine gun approach ... single shot myself, comes from that distant memory of 36 shot rolls of film when I was learning the art of photography, that and something called buffer overload The other lads take the piss up at the reserve ... they call me one shot , it's like the Valentines Day Massacre every time they photograph something
