Bird Bath Visitors

[Jeremy Waller]

Here are a couple of pictures of visitors to my birdbaths. I was trying out a remote control for the shutter release. The lens is a 200mm F4 and is about 4M from the bird bath. I am standing about 45M away keeping an eye on the bird bath.

While checking the focus and DOF before some "serious" photography this bird flew in for a drink - I was only 3.5M from the noisy miner. I like the way he was looking at his reflection:-

Jeremy.

 

[Asher Kelman]

Jeremy,

Glad to see more of your Aussie birds! Why the tape measure? Is that to check your focus or to measure the bird? What is that last one?

Asher

 

[Jeremy Waller]

Hello Asher,

Just back in the land of the living!!

The tape measure? I was using it as a focusing aid. The lens is so close to the birdbath that the sharpness changes depending on where the bird sits so I was trying to get the best compromise. I eventually raised the camera elevation and set the focus point in the centre then removed the tape measure. While I was checking focus conditions this Noisy Miner bird flew up and sat on the rim of the bird bath. The lens was only 10 feet (3.4M) away and I would like a 400mm dof as the bird bath is 400mm in diameter.

I was trying out a long range wireless cable release. I had to buy a new ride-on lawn mower so that was the end of me buying my 400mm lens so I settled for a long range wireless cable release end put the camera closer to the target!!

Jeremy.

 

[Jeremy Waller]

End of Day visitors

Towards the evening a Black Bird flies in - I don't see to many of these:

And one of many Top Knot Pigeons:

Jeremy

 

[Don Cohen]

Nicely planned and executed? Very different species than what appears at our feeders!

 

[Jeremy Waller]

Thanks Don.

I am trying to get "good" photos of all the species that comes to the garden. There are about 15 to 20 species (some times I the males and females look different !!.

Jeremy.