Popular Post Steve S 60 Posted January 27, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2017 1 hour ago, TattooDave said: Is it beyond everyone's capabilities to photoshop a cape and mask on this dog, and have him flying through the air, as I'd really like to see it 4 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tattoodave Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Just now, Steve S 60 said: Thanks Steve! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Steve S 60 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Just now, TattooDave said: Thanks Steve! You're welcome Dave. No Jack Russells were harmed in the making of this film. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post BabyBoyAndMyLass Posted January 27, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2017 (edited) OK I'm rubbish at photography, I don't even have any proper equipment but wanted to share these because I don't usually get this close to Buzzards, taken on mobile phone, no bait, no zoom lens, rubbish quality therefore, more of interest with it letting me get so close. Edited January 27, 2017 by BabyBoyAndMyLass forgot the photos! 9 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post BabyBoyAndMyLass Posted January 27, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2017 Reptiles are pretty alert too, one from my YT channel, not a photo but a video so apologies, again rubbish gear, good fieldcraft. That's all from me but great work from the regulars here, a must read thread for me this! Best wishes all! 6 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Amsterdam Russ Posted January 27, 2017 Author Share Posted January 27, 2017 1 hour ago, BabyBoyAndMyLass said: OK I'm rubbish at photography, I don't even have any proper equipment but wanted to share these because I don't usually get this close to Buzzards, taken on mobile phone, no bait, no zoom lens, rubbish quality therefore, more of interest with it letting me get so close. Looks more like a honey buzzard than your everyday, common buzzard – unless it's one of the pale-plummaged variety. What do others think? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tattoodave Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Russell Gilbert said: Looks more like a honey buzzard than your everyday, common buzzard – unless it's one of the pale-plummaged variety. What do others think? You could be right Russell, it looks too grey to be Buteo buteo. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest mini1 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 9 hours ago, TattooDave said: Is it beyond everyone's capabilities to photoshop a cape and mask on this dog, and have him flying through the air, as I'd really like to see it Nooooo! If anybody does can I sue em for copyright?? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tattoodave Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 11 minutes ago, mini1 said: Nooooo! If anybody does can I sue em for copyright?? Pass, I'm not a lawyer, though I've tattooed a few Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Amsterdam Russ Posted January 27, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2017 (edited) The current cold spell here in the Netherlands has hung around long enough for the ice to set to a sufficient thickness so that the Dutch can take up their favourite winter activity - ice skating. These pics were taken in the Amsterdamse Bos (Amsterdam woods) a handful of years ago, but I know from friends here that the Bosbaan - the 2,200 metre x 180 metre international rowing lake (top pic) – was being skated on today. The 2nd pic shows a youngster skating against the imposing backdrop of St Urbanuskerk (St Urbanus church), which can be found at the other end of the Amsterdam woods. Edited January 27, 2017 by Russell Gilbert baad spelin 7 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Winsford Soul Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 4 hours ago, Russell Gilbert said: Looks more like a honey buzzard than your everyday, common buzzard – unless it's one of the pale-plummaged variety. What do others think? It looks like a ( Pale Variant ) common Buzzard to me. Honey Buzzards are rare summer visitors to the UK between April / October. Steve Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Missing Link Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 (edited) Buzzard - Small.mp4 A short video of a buzzard preening itself (taken from my bedroom window). Edited January 27, 2017 by Missing Link 3 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Amsterdam Russ Posted January 27, 2017 Author Share Posted January 27, 2017 2 hours ago, Winsford Soul said: It looks like a ( Pale Variant ) common Buzzard to me. Honey Buzzards are rare summer visitors to the UK between April / October. Steve Difficult to say for sure. Even this thread has numerous pics and comments about people chasing rare and unexpected species. More pics would help, of course... 3 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tattoodave Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 9 hours ago, Russell Gilbert said: Difficult to say for sure. Even this thread has numerous pics and comments about people chasing rare and unexpected species. More pics would help, of course... I must say the picture looks too grey in the head and shoulders to convince me, I have never flown a honey buzzard to the fist or been that close to one, but as a youngster I had a buzzard that I used to fly and there was no grey in his colouring at all. Cornwall and the Scilly's are renowned for having birds that get blown off course, so it could be an unexpected species as both you and I think. 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Martyn Pitt Posted January 28, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 28, 2017 (edited) Common Buzzards are a wide variety of colours and shades in the UK, it can be difficult to ID a rare one Had a Water Rail on show right in front of the hide, even swimming around, which was nice Edited January 28, 2017 by martyn pitt 13 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Steve S 60 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Can any of you twitchers identify the bird in this shot? It was taken by my lad near Skiddaw about four years ago. 3 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tattoodave Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Quite a few possibilities, one of the larger corvids maybe, like a raven or chough. It's beak looks too straight to be a raptor. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Winsford Soul Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 54 minutes ago, TattooDave said: Quite a few possibilities, one of the larger corvids maybe, like a raven or chough. It's beak looks too straight to be a raptor. With you on that Dave. Looks like a Raven But hard to scale given the landscape. Steve 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Winsford Soul Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 1 hour ago, martyn pitt said: Common Buzzards are a wide variety of colours and shades in the UK, it can be difficult to ID a rare one Had a Water Rail on show right in front of the hide, even swimming around, which was nice Martyn. Fabulous pictures as always mate. Question for you. Could you please send some midlands sunshine up to Manchester and the North West. Steve 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Martyn Pitt Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 25 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said: Question for you. Could you please send some midlands sunshine up to Manchester and the North West. Steve It was grey and wet this morning Steve, the Water Rail was doing a song and dance in front of the hide, but the light was pants. I got lucky around mid day with a break in the weather for a short spell, and I managed to get these shots, but it soon resorted to grey and pants. I had been in the hide for around an hour, I was beginning to think that the little devil would not show it's face again, when out it came for a swim I am also thinking that is a corvid in that shot, but unsure as to which. 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Stateside Posted January 29, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 29, 2017 Having spent Christmas in Australia I thought I would be posting a photo of something in brilliant sunshine. I even took my SLR with me, but the photo I was the most pleased with was taken on my mobile. It was taken in Melbourne under a bridge, where we had to take shelter from a thunderstorm. Kev 12 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Stateside Posted January 29, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 29, 2017 Just to prove that it was fantastic weather most of the time. Pier at Semaphore, Adelaide. 9 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
soulpaul0 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 23 hours ago, Steve S 60 said: Can any of you twitchers identify the bird in this shot? It was taken by my lad near Skiddaw about four years ago. easy its a lb jay better know as a little black jobbie 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Steve S 60 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 18 minutes ago, soulpaul0 said: easy its a lb jay better know as a little black jobbie Thank you. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tattoodave Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 44 minutes ago, soulpaul0 said: easy its a lb jay better know as a little black jobbie it looks more like a fbbj as in fairly big black jobbie Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Soulandy Posted January 29, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 29, 2017 (edited) Again, some great photo's on here Just had a great 5 days in the ski capitol, Meribel, France. Not skiing, just visiting our lad who is working out there. Blue skies and sunshine for 5 days and fantastic scenery. Up and down a lot of the ski lifts just lazing about taking it all in, awesome stuff :-) First picture looking down on an inversion over the village of Les Allues with Mont Blanc over to the right Second picture on one of the many ski lifts dotted about the area Third picture is from the summit of Tougnete @ 2454 metres Edited January 29, 2017 by soulandy 10 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ncfc Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 On 1/28/2017 at 16:20, martyn pitt said: Common Buzzards are a wide variety of colours and shades in the UK, it can be difficult to ID a rare one Had a Water Rail on show right in front of the hide, even swimming around, which was nice Great shot martin of a timid bird.Hardly see one these days. 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Martyn Pitt Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 2 hours ago, NCFC said: Great shot martin of a timid bird.Hardly see one these days. Cheers Chris, we have a good number of them at Belvide, as you say a timid bird that you usually only catch a fleeting glimpse of as it dashes from one piece of cover to another. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Winsford Soul Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 14 hours ago, NCFC said: Great shot martin of a timid bird.Hardly see one these days. Chris. You need to get over to Pennington flash. I've seen up to three together at once. Don't think I've visited without seeing them. Had one run across the board walk in front of me last week at Leighton Moss. Steve 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Winsford Soul Posted February 2, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 2, 2017 (edited) I was lucky enough to see one of Britain's rarest and shyest birds yesterday and even more so to get the picture of this Bittern . Taken at dusk Steve Forgot I had his other picture Edited February 2, 2017 by Winsford Soul 13 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Winsford Soul Posted February 2, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 2, 2017 This Buzzard picture was taken at sunset with the last rays of the sun just catching the under wings as it turned Steve 14 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tattoodave Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Stunning Steve, your investment in your new lens is paying dividends. 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Winsford Soul Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 22 minutes ago, TattooDave said: Stunning Steve, your investment in your new lens is paying dividends. Thanks Dave. I,m can understand why they cost so much money. The distance and the low light that you can take a still acceptable photograph from is unbelievable Steve 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Stateside Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 11 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said: Thanks Dave. I,m can understand why they cost so much money. The distance and the low light that you can take a still acceptable photograph from is unbelievable Steve What are using out of interest Steve? Kev Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Martyn Pitt Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Steve .... loving the shot of the bittern, ours seems happy playing hide and seek. 😀 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Winsford Soul Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 1 hour ago, stateside said: What are using out of interest Steve? Kev Kev I'm using a Canon 500mm L IS USM mk2 on a 7Dmk2 body . I decided after thinking long and hard to spend some of the kids inheritance money Steve Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Winsford Soul Posted February 2, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 2, 2017 1 hour ago, martyn pitt said: Steve .... loving the shot of the bittern, ours seems happy playing hide and seek. 😀 Thanks Martyn For the people on here who don't know about Bitterns and there habitat here's a couple of pictures to illustrate the playing hide and seek that Martyn is talking about the first picture shows how well camouflaged they are against the reed beds which was taken with a 1000 mm lens . The second one is heavily cropped so as you can see the bird blending in to the reeds Steve 5 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Stateside Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 1 hour ago, Winsford Soul said: Kev I'm using a Canon 500mm L IS USM mk2 on a 7Dmk2 body . I decided after thinking long and hard to spend some of the kids inheritance money Steve Steve, I keep thinking about something like that, I'm using a Nikon D7100 with a135 F2 AF DC prime lens and and an 18-200 F3.5 zoom, but I'm mainly taking landscapes and my daughters horse riding. It's not a full frame sensor so it's 1.5 times the focal length. Kev Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Zed1 Posted February 2, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 2, 2017 (edited) Was having a search of the loft yesterday morning when I heard the postman delivering our Mail. When I came down our dog had disappeared from his usual spot on the rug in the lounge, and in his place was this...... Ok. it doesn't really Take Sherlock Holmes to work out the culprit but just in case there was any doubt, this is what came running in when I shouted him Edited February 2, 2017 by Zed1 17 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Soulandy Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 9 hours ago, Winsford Soul said: I was lucky enough to see one of Britain's rarest and shyest birds yesterday and even more so to get the picture of this Bittern . Taken at dusk Steve Love it! :-) 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Winsford Soul Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 4 hours ago, stateside said: Steve, I keep thinking about something like that, I'm using a Nikon D7100 with a135 F2 AF DC prime lens and and an 18-200 F3.5 zoom, but I'm mainly taking landscapes and my daughters horse riding. It's not a full frame sensor so it's 1.5 times the focal length. Kev Kev. Honestly. If your mainly taking landscape and horse portraits it may not be worth the huge investment but if you want to get into wildlife pictures its well worth the money. You wont lose on these top lenses they hold the prices remarkably well even 2nd hand like mine as Martyn told me. I couldn't justify £5500 on a full frame body with the frame rate ( 14 per second ) I need for bird photography that's why I choose the 7D mk2 ( 10 per second ) Like yours its a crop sensor of 1.6 so in effect my 500mm becomes 800mm when you add on the X 2 convertor ( if needed ) I'm shooting at virtually telescope lengths Steve Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Winsford Soul Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 5 minutes ago, soulandy said: Love it! :-) Thanks Andy. Only the third time that I have seen one. Well worth the couple of hours wait in the cold wind and the 120 mile round trip Steve 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Soulandy Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 1 hour ago, Winsford Soul said: Kev. Honestly. If your mainly taking landscape and horse portraits it may not be worth the huge investment but if you want to get into wildlife pictures its well worth the money. You wont lose on these top lenses they hold the prices remarkably well even 2nd hand like mine as Martyn told me. I couldn't justify £5500 on a full frame body with the frame rate ( 14 per second ) I need for bird photography that's why I choose the 7D mk2 ( 10 per second ) Like yours its a crop sensor of 1.6 so in effect my 500mm becomes 800mm when you add on the X 2 convertor ( if needed ) I'm shooting at virtually telescope lengths Steve Blimey, i held me breath forking out £250 for me Lumix TZ70!! I did get a bit knocked off for a price match though Great bird photo's 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Amsterdam Russ Posted February 5, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2017 Went to Brugge last weekend for a bit of a touristy trip and a visit to a popcorn/soul event. No matter the weather (it was cold when we were there - you can just make out ice on the water), I think it's just about impossible to take a bad photo of the town. I took this panorama with my iPhone. 7 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Tattoodave Posted February 5, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2017 12 minutes ago, Russell Gilbert said: Went to Brugge last weekend for a bit of a touristy trip and a visit to a popcorn/soul event. No matter the weather (it was cold when we were there - you can just make out ice on the water), I think it's just about impossible to take a bad photo of the town. I took this panorama with my iPhone. Beautiful city, was there a few years ago when it snowed. I took this and the rather disturbing second image whilst there. 7 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Amsterdam Russ Posted February 5, 2017 Author Share Posted February 5, 2017 8 minutes ago, TattooDave said: Beautiful city, was there a few years ago when it snowed. I took this and the rather disturbing second image whilst there. Lovely pic. I see what you mean about the second image, although if your partner is also your soul mate, then go for it. A wonderfully picturesque place is Brugge, that's for sure. We first visited about three years back and had a great time then as well. Nice to visit again and take in a soul/popcorn event at the same time. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Amsterdam Russ Posted February 5, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2017 A couple more Brugge pics (again, both taken with my iPhone) with the partially frozen canal a bit more visible on the second one. 6 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tattoodave Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 50 minutes ago, Russell Gilbert said: Lovely pic. I see what you mean about the second image, although if your partner is also your soul mate, then go for it. A wonderfully picturesque place is Brugge, that's for sure. We first visited about three years back and had a great time then as well. Nice to visit again and take in a soul/popcorn event at the same time. There's a small café near one of the perimeter windmills that is run by a couple of Belgian soulies, lots of memorabilia and scooter stuff in the café, and the food wasn't bad either. I first visited Bruges when a teenager, looking for Tintin stuff and Belgian beer after forging the paymaster's signature on a border pass from Germany, I used to sell them for 10 marks each, made a small fortune Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Amsterdam Russ Posted February 5, 2017 Author Share Posted February 5, 2017 1 minute ago, TattooDave said: There's a small café near one of the perimeter windmills that is run by a couple of Belgian soulies, lots of memorabilia and scooter stuff in the café, and the food wasn't bad either. Pro Deo - run by Kristof Vermeulen and his wife. The soul/popcorn event was just a couple of doors down from their restaurant and Kristof was one of the organisers. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Tattoodave Posted February 5, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2017 Another from Bruges from me, probably one of my favourite photos, only because of the decadent look on the face of the dog. 8 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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