Snow buntings,

[docholiday]

Taken a couple3 of weeks ago in Scotland, found these difficult in the snow and poor light

 

 

[JDog]

Another one of my favourite birds. How do they find seeds such as the one in it's mouth in the snow?

[docholiday]

Cos I put them there !!! LOL you have to put food down to get the shots..............

[telf]

class

[tommygoose]

spot on good pics

[welshwizard]

Very nice ,what camera lens combo you using , i got a Nikon with 300mm lens but its luck if I get the light correct for bird shooting - mostly from our living room at bird table !

[docholiday]

Should be a good set up but to get these sort of pics you need to get lucky or use a hide and feed the birds over a long period of time, each one of these shots has usually taken many hours or days of planning and a whole load of luck,

would love to see some of your shots.

you will find that shots taken down onto birds dont really work, eye level or bird slightly higher helps, get out into the garden you will be suprised how close you can get once the birds are feeding, use early or late light when its coming over your shoulder to get the best results

these were with 600mm lens

[welshwizard]

my budget only allowed the 300mm in Nikon lens and i thought better to stick to that rather than a cheaper brand however I,ve seen some good results with lenses like optima ,i,m not sure about posting photo on here do I just use a link ?

[docholiday]

If its a Nikon 300mm it will be more than adequate, you could look at buying a teleconverter to increase focal length, I have always stuck with Canon lens, as sigma etc are not as sharp whatever anybody may tell you

 

To post a photograph I download to photobucket and then copy the link into the appropriate box from above menu

[The Pest Expert]

Cos I put them there !!! LOL you have to put food down to get the shots..............

hahahaha!.. wicked pictures buddy