Forecast was fabulous (they lied) so I arranged with sister to meet up on a nice bit of beach to give her puppy (now a year old) a bit of a run, the plan being she would then head home with the dog, and I could have a decent go with the new lens
I took 998 doggy pics lol. She decided it was time to go, so we headed back to the cars, and along the boardwalk bridge I think it's an eclipsing Gadwall (Google Lens thinks it's a Shoveler, but the bill doesn't look big enough to me.. Thoughts?)
I put the big lens on, intending to test it out... first up, and not far off 100 yards away, (heavily cropped) Great Crested Grebe
Almost as distant (Herring?) Gull
The Grebe again... I'm still amazed by the detail picked up at such distance, in not-great light
Over flying Pigeon (I was snapping everything to test the lens)
But the lens still picked out closer birds in trees... Robin
One of the few downsides... Wing Clipping lol
Blue Tit
One of a few Little Egrets
Surprise of the day, Redshank flying by squeaking
It came in to land, the opposite side of the cove to me
There was a clatter of Turnstones
A sightseeing helicoptor flew overhead
Meadow Pipits abounded in the waterside scraggy wood
Another Little Egret flew over
A Robin, pretending to be a Dartford Warbler
A bigger surprise.... TWO Redshanks
Kindly simultaneously showing upper and under-wing patterns
The Turnstones decided to fly 20 feet round the corner!
Another Black Headed Gull cruised by
Lovely Stonechat
More Pipit action... there was a flock of a dozen or so that kept relocating a few yards either side of the track
Again, even at distant the lens/camera showing it can pick the bird from the twigs
Jenny had been being vocal
Make sure you get my best side!
Chiffchaff
Black Headed Gull
Curlew
What happens, without twigs, and fairly close I hear you ask...
All I need now as a day with sunshine rather than grey to properly play with the lens!! (That happened yesterday, and I'm about to attack the pictures lol)
Hope you enjoyed, thanks for perusing.
Stay Safe All
What a lovely looking dog, of course, the following photos all looking good, and especially the LTT's.
Mike
Flickr: Peak Rambler
Practice makes perfect, so they say
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
Thanks Mike, she is a beauty, mad as ya hat, and a massive coward lol
Long, long long way to go for that Linda lol
Nice photo's of the dog PB, another lovely selection of subjects and photo's.
That’s a great lens you have there PB, too many photos that are fabulous to pick an individual but as I am a dog lover the first photo is a joy
Lovely shots of the Vizla PB, it looks in crackin' condition. I am sure that your sister will be delighted with those - mind you the wages won't be very good ... I have a sister too ... . Along with the other great shots, you had a very succesful day
Fabulous photo captures with your new lens and bet your sister was pleased with the brilliant photos of her dog. You certainly found a lot of different species in different modes to test out the lens and judging by the results it was well worth the new gear expense ! thanks for such a lovely post PB. Now go get out there again for us LOL
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Regards, Hazel
Thanks all. Hazel, have no fear... We're in Chichester for a few days, and are planning wwt Arundel and rspb pulborough brooks, neither of which we've been to before
What a lovely set PB, the new camera is doing well, and the operator! A great selection, thanks
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.