Parakeet

[Stan]

Many of you will know these foreign birds have colonised areas of London and the South East and as we were leaving Barnes WWT on Sunday evening a flock of them flew over the car park and settled in the trees at the side, so out came the camera again to try and capture a few shots. It was quite difficult what with the light fading fast and the birds settling in amongst the foliage - this shot, not much more than a record, ended up at 1/100 and ISO 1600 !!

Stan

[Muscat]

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Not a bad record shot I would be happy with it

[Stan]

Re: Parakeet

Thanks Ian

Yes Im not too unhappy with it, but like so many of them it just looked a lot better on the camera lcd

Stan

[Hereford_EOS2]

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. It was quite difficult what with the light fading fast and the birds settling in amongst the foliage - this shot, not much more than a record, ended up at 1/100 and ISO 1600 !!

Maybe you should of got Dee to take it ,
Well spotted Stan.

[Stan]

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Maybe you should of got Dee to take it ,

looking at some of hers I think she did do slightly better but there was no getting away from leaves and bits in the way

Stan

[DeeGee]

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I like that, I take it that its eating the seeds.

[Stan]

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I like that, I take it that its eating the seeds.

yes thats right, sycamore I think

Stan

[mikep]

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Stan, not a bad shot, in tricky conditions.

These visit my back garden quite regularly and try and get to the fat blocks and bird seed, but their bills seem to get in the way! Quite a striking bird, but their squawking call is quite annoying, especially at 5am!

Thanks for posting, Mike.

[Stan]

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These visit my back garden quite regularly and try and get to the fat blocks and bird seed,

An opportunity to practice to see if you can get some sharper shots by using a tripod or a burst

Stan