In reply to Ed D:
Ed D said:Thank you. Lucky with the swallow. It was perched. ;-) Must have photo'd 30+ in an attempt to get one flying. Not managed to get any that i could publish. More practice needed. LOL
I just get carried away, just to get that one pic.
Good job its digital and not film, I'd be bankrupted many times.
All good photos from you Ed, and a pleasure to view.
Mike
Flickr Peak Rambler
Ed D said:photo'd 30+
Is that all? I'm certainly with Mike in the "glad it's no longer on film" camp, and the "or else I'd be bankrupt" camp lol
In reply to PimperneBloke:
Ed D said:LOL I have to admit after hearing a lot of clicking I lost count. I am really pleased digital is here too. :-)
Its very easy to get carried away, especially when many cameras today will chatter away at between 5-10 frames a second. A few burst at 2 secs each, and it doesn't bare thinking about, but an end of day count of 200+ is an easy thing to attain.
Sorting gets harder as you get nearer the end, once all the out-of-focus and camera shake pics are removed!
Grateful if someone could identify this bird please. Hit my window with some force and left a few feathers behind. It eventually flew off to the fence where I managed to photo it. It has now flown off. :-) Would like to add it to the ever growing list of birds we are recording.
2013 photos & vids here
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Regards, Hazel
Wendy and Hazel,
Thank you very much for identifying the bird for me. Glad it was OK after it's encounter with my window. :-)
Another to add to the list. :-)
Kind Regards
Ed
Not the best but I will keep practicing. :-) Just a shame the gate got in the way. Had to heavily crop one photo.
I hope you like these.
Love the way the goldfinches colours "pop" :o)
(when you post pictures, if you change the dimensions to 800 in the 1st box, and 0 in the 2nd, my poor old eyes won't get strained looking at your pics )