Lee Valley

[David Stallard]

Lee Valley, Essex. You can lose a day with no problem at all. Posting here as it's a mixture of shots.

Couple non racing attempts at the weekend, be glad when the new head for the monopod arrives from the states, handholding the 'beastie' really gives a good workout lol.

1dx & Canon 200-400

#1 After the chicks / eggs in the reed beds (only saw her for about a minute before she vanished again)


#2 Not keen on the angle but at 560mm I had to at least try against the bright background


#3 Everybody was kung fu fighting (song there somewhere) both the coot and the moorhen had a chick nearby and neither wanted to give up the bank / water space


#4 another mom with her 'Darth maul' chick, the Grebe's seem to have done really well this year which is good to see.


Thanks for looking - will never have the skill or patience to be a wildlife photographer BUT it doesn't stop me enjoying the challenge!!

.DAVID.

[neilrich1966]

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Great set David. So much going on at this time of year.

[Parsen66]

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Nice set Dave, particularly like the last one.

And good to see you found some action with the duelling birds

[chrisec]

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Nice set David

[ST-EOS]

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Well done David youve caught the action very well.

Out of curiosity (I know it killed the cat) what head are getting for your monopod?

[pelliott1954]

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Nice set David, like the first and last best

Regards Paul

[David Stallard]

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Thank you one and all.

Peter - met a guy off another forum at Brands Hatch and we got to talking about monopods etc and he went and got his set up for me to check out - I fell for it there and then, have found a UK stockist but have to wait for the lens plate to come in from the states. all the reviews talk about mounting this to a ball head but Alan had his mounted directly to the monopod and it just felt right so I have one on it's way in a week or so THIS ONE one word of advice - DON'T watch the video on that web page with the sound up - I nearly slit my wrists after the first sentence!

.DAVID.

[ST-EOS]

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Nice looking piece of kit David, you were spot on regarding the video [emoji15]

[antoeknee]

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Loads of gimbal mounts ar Farne last week. Saw one guy, Dutch I think, had a 500 f4 mounted on a 1DX. Had a very substantial tripod with a gimbal, this was being carried by what I assume was his wife.

If I suggested this to my better half I suspect I'd have to get the 500 surgically removed!