@acm_redfox@jawns.club thanks. It’s the only shot I liked this evening. First time in ages I took no shots of birds.

@TragicNotCute@lemmy.world I’ve been here three years in November, and I’m still not quite sure how all this works… 😅 thank you for the kind words…

@TragicNotCute@lemmy.world thanks. Watermark may need a little tweeking so it’s not so “in your face”…

@alexf24@mstdn.social ???. We do not have Snowy Egrets in UK. So I’m 100% sure it’s a little Egret. [Egretta garzetta]

@profgrumpypants@midwest.social thanks. unfortunately i’d need to take the shot again to remove the foreground blur. Aperture was wide open, would need f10 to 14 to get the detail you ask for. With birds, I’m always wide open, to allow faster speed options.

@wurzelmann@mastodon.wurzelmann.at thanks. Just got lucky today.

@peachfront@toot.community there were quite a few of them with black eyes, but all their flying and behaviour was perfectly normal, so I think they were fine.

@ArnoJanBoere@mastodon.nl he wasn’t that happy. Had been continuously mobbed by Black headed gulls for ages.

@peachfront@toot.community yeah. Makes sense. I loved the 400mm, and would have happily kept it, but I wanted more reach and couldn’t afford to keep both .

I’ve been shooting in bad light forever. [Comes with living in the the UK, and a love for woodland birds 🐦] so am fairly confident with handling poor light at narrower appatures…

@peachfront@toot.community do you use a 1.4 tele convertor with the 400?. If you do, it makes the 400 basically the same weight and size of the 600… it really is practically the same. The biggest drawback in my opinion is the auto focus is not as strong as the 400"s , but the opportunities are more frequent with the 600

@peachfront@toot.community traded up my 400 for 600, but i though the minimum focal length of the 600 (4 metres) would be an issue, but it turns out it is okay :)

@peachfront@toot.community the same as for birds. I travel light, so just the one lens. [z 600pf]

@Chickadeelight@fedia.io All birds are my friends…I’d hope they would think the same of me 😂

@luciole@beehaw.org it was just taking a break from trying to steal eggs from a bunch of nesting Black-headed gulls…

@wurzelmann@mastodon.wurzelmann.at thanks. Been chasing Cuckoo’s for 2 years. Finally got one .

@hope_n_beauty@mastodon.world thank you.

@BeazLouise@birds.town Thanks. Had been following it round the reserve for a couple of hours, finally it flew close enough for a photo…

@Dolphinchaz@mastodon.scot Thanks Charlie.

@jenni007@lemm.ee between Bempton and North Landing (East Riding of Yorkshire)

@Shanmonster@c.im That would be something to see. :)