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My favourity of the bunch so far. Well done @peterhickey!

This is an interesting challenge, Lenny. You want the shutter speed slow enough to show movement but in your case it caused the legs to be slightly blurred. Ideal IMO would be to have the legs either sharply in focus (as in @davidc‘s image) or also showing movement. For that, you’ll either have to go even slower on the shutter (creating its own…[Read more]

Loving all of the bird shots above. Imagine what the world would have been without them. A very dull place!

This brown hornbill decided to pay me a visit at home. They always remind me of the creatures from the dinosaur age.

Thanks Patrick!

Thanks – I agree, Erik’s edits are a huge improvement.

Thanks for the work done on this Erik. Love it! I must confess I was thinking of it, but not in the mood! 😛

I agree with everything you said. The reason for the bit of noise is that it’s a heavy crop.

We also have to travel to our east coast to see these birds, Robert.

Thanks Beth. I like the 2nd one most, too.

Thanks for your reply @lightandshadow!

Lovely shot, Beth!

I am a sincere believer that mobile phones can not compete with DSLR’s in most areas, specially during difficult conditions (low lighting etc). There is one exception to this rule, however: rainbows. For some reason my DSLR (Nikon D600) simply can not capture the colours of a rainbow as well as my mobile phone (Samsung A34).

Captured this double…[Read more]

Yes Marty, yonks ago though. It resulted in very interesting group participation & discussions! It’s amazing how far some of these birds travel just to follow the north/south summers!

One of my most common ‘discoveries’ during post processing is to see that a ‘wild’ bird is ringed. It just shows – it may be ‘wild’ but somewhere at its early stages of development, someone played an important part in its life.

With a bit of luck, the details on the ring is readable, making a quite interesting search to find out where it was…[Read more]

This is such sad news! David’s contribution to the forum will certainly be missed! Just a reminder of how vulnerable we all are…

My condolences to David’s family & friends!

Totally agree. PS is just superior in some areas. That’s why I pay my $10 monthly subscription for this ‘combo made in heaven’.

This is hurting me eyes! 😂

I just love this! 😍

Not sure if I ever became ‘good’ but I guess as time moves on, one turns out better quality, more interesting shots. Maybe because you reach a stage where you don’t take a shot anymore, unless you know there will be something interesting / different /significant about it. And others appreciate that interest / difference / significance.

Example: I…[Read more]