Waxwing, Ber St, Norwich, February 23rd

A few more photos of a female Waxwing and some apples.

One shot of a Gadwall

Just grateful for some decent light for a change...

1/3200s f/8  EV-0.3  ISO1250

Two shots of a male Gadwall

Waxwing. Ber Street, Norwich February 15th 2014

A couple of shots of a bird that flatly refused to do what it was supposed to i.e. flapping around on the end of branches just a couple of feet away in the winter sunshine while stuffing berries in it's cheeks.  No, this sat in the middle of a tree, ate an apple that obscured it from view then sat in a nearby branch while doing toilet.  It repeated the process a few times before flying into another tree.  Ho hum.

Glossy Ibis, Martham, Norfolk 8th Feb 2014

A short while ago I went to look in a field in North Norfolk for a bird.  I saw the bird and it looked like this...

File under 'record shot'.

Yesterday however, was a little different.  I was sort of on the way to somewhere that if you took a certain route ended up passing Martham. Evidently, in the delightfully named Cess Road' there had been a bird similar to the bird above that was hanging about there. If I got a wiggle on, I might get there before dark which would be ideal.  So with the winter light quickly running out, I took my chances.  Once located, I had precisely four minutes of time before the bird was flushed by a passer by.  The results this time are little more to my satisfaction.

All on A Priority, f6.3, ISO 800, which in the circumstances could have been pushed higher as the shutter speed was occasionally falling below 1/500s but thankfully the thing doesn't move very fast.

Heavy on the post process

Taken on a grey day, which I'm finding is a little more productive for pictures of crows.  Pushed ACR on this one, but still like the outcome, grain left in for effect.  I like the fact on this that the crow perched on the only non-rusty fence post - something that was lost on me until it was seen on the computer - which gives the image a nice symmetry.

1/1250s f7.1 -0.3EV ISO1250

For a bit of contrast here is a Redstart on the same perch in Autumn 2013

1/1250s f7.1 +0.3EV ISO640
Noise reduction and sharpening only in ACR.