RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk - February 2010

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  • Thanks for describing your day Kezmo and showing your photographs. I quite like the sound of the canopy hide and to be able to view the birds from 'up there'. 

  • Fabulous photos Kezmo. I know you said you had the camera on auto - but can I ask what camera you have as the action shots are amazing on auto setting?!!!!!!

    The necessity of bird-watching is a really good reason for avoiding all forms of housework.

    The dust will still be there tomorrow - the birds may not be!

  • Unknown said:

    .......he decided he wanted to hit some camping shops instead as he has a weekend hike coming up with the Scouts and needed some gear, (aaaaggggggghhhhh)

    Ahhhhhh, you've got one of those where everything stops for Scouts as well then. Deepest sympathies from a fellow sufferer.

    The necessity of bird-watching is a really good reason for avoiding all forms of housework.

    The dust will still be there tomorrow - the birds may not be!

  • Hi Kezmo,  Thanks for telling us about your day, it sounds as though you had a good time.  I just love your blue tit action shots :-)

    There is something new to learn everyday...

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  • What brilliant shots. I especially like the first one. Undercarriage down ready to land - it's great

    Of all creatures, man is the most detestable, he is the only creature that inflicts pain for sport, knowing it to be pain.
    ~ Mark Twain

  • Squirrel B said:

    .......he decided he wanted to hit some camping shops instead as he has a weekend hike coming up with the Scouts and needed some gear, (aaaaggggggghhhhh)

    Ahhhhhh, you've got one of those where everything stops for Scouts as well then. Deepest sympathies from a fellow sufferer.

     

    [/quote]LOL ! Hi Squirrel, mines not too bad he's not in uniform, he's more of a parent helper, does meetings every week, and the odd weekend outing, he won't commit more than that as we have young children, I've seen the leaders diaries there jam packed, if he went into uniform he'd see nothing of them what with the hours he does at work aswell.

    There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.

  • Hi Squirrel

    Thanks for your comments, the camera we have is a Lumix G1.  It's a nifty camera I must say, only wished I knew how to use it to it's full potential.  The auto setting is great though, those particular shots were done using alto and the burst mode.

    :-)

  • Hi Kezmo, as with Sparrow's, it's certainly a great camera. Does yours do videos? I wondered what the quality is like on them as just before Christmas I bought a compact Samsung WB550 (always in handbag camera) and that does decent videos which are on a par with my camcorder.

    The necessity of bird-watching is a really good reason for avoiding all forms of housework.

    The dust will still be there tomorrow - the birds may not be!

  • Morning Squirrel

    Unfortunately our camera doesn't, that's the one thing that's missing also too big to put in a handbag.  Your Samsung sounds pretty nifty too having a video, can it zoom in and out while recording?.  Especially handy if there is so much going on where a camera is too slow to pick up - how do you get on with it? 

  • My camera has a video (haven't tried it yet except by accident - lovely views of my desk) which zooms in and out. It also fits in my handbag, but I like big handbags! However, the auto doesn't take pictures of moving birds like Kezmo's. Those flying birds are tremendous.

    Cheers, Linda.

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