Welcome to the Thames Valley Bird forum!

Go Back   Thames Valley Bird Forum > Photo Section > Non-indigenous species, escapees, specimens and pets

Non-indigenous species, escapees, specimens and pets For those animals not living in the wild.

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 24-05-2008, 10:58 PM   #1 (permalink)
Founder Member
 
Babs's Avatar
 
Info Real name: Barbara
Location: Greater Manchester
Gallery: 14

Equipment: The equipment I use is a Canon 30D with Sigma 50-500mm lens. I also have a garden hide from which I take most of my pictures.

Posts: 1,513
Join Date: Apr 2007
Thanks: 0
Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts
Default A bit of a scrap

No sooner had we arrived at Martin Mere than I saw these two moorhens and a coot having a bit of a ding dong
Attached Thumbnails
bit-scrap-img_8690-1.jpgbit-scrap-img_8692.jpgbit-scrap-img_8696.jpgbit-scrap-img_8700.jpgbit-scrap-img_8701.jpg
Babs is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 24-05-2008, 11:06 PM   #2 (permalink)
Hospitality Moderator
 
Chocky's Avatar
 
Info Real name: Beryl
Location: Exmouth
Gallery: 30

Equipment: Camera Nikon D 80. 18-55 Nikon DX lens. 55-200 Nikon DX lens. Sigma 70-300mm dg Macro lens. N-AFD 2X TELEPLUS MC4. and N-AF 1.5X Teliplus MC. Konica Minolta Z 6. And a Hama tripod. Hitachi DVD camcorder. JVC DV camcorder. Photoshop CS3 Extended. Printers Epson Stylus R300 6 COLOUR. Epson Stylus DX 8400 4 COLOUR. all in one. Epson PictureMate Portable printer

Posts: 11,597
Join Date: Apr 2007
Thanks: 3
Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts
Default

Wow What great captures.
Were you making a book on this lot

Chocky
A true friend is the best possession

Cheers
Chocky.


Chocky is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 24-05-2008, 11:15 PM   #3 (permalink)
Administrator
 
rolf's Avatar
 
Info Real name: Rolf
Location: Tilehurst
Gallery: 88

Equipment: Olympus E-520 and E-500 Digital SLRs, Fuji Finepix S5000, several lenses including a Zuiko 70-300mm, Sigma 50-500mm telephoto zoom and EC-14 Teleconverter. Heavy duty tripod, Ergorest multipod and carbon fibre monopod. Remembird-x sound recorder

Posts: 5,893
Join Date: Jan 2007
Thanks: 2
Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts
Default

Superb Babs, trouble at Mill.

Rolf

rolf is online now  
Reply With Quote
Old 02-06-2008, 05:14 PM   #4 (permalink)
Slightly Mad Moderator
 
ladylouise62's Avatar
 
Info
Location: Reading, Berks
Gallery: 0

Equipment: Fuji Finepix S7000 A chair :)

Posts: 1,047
Join Date: Jan 2007
Thanks: 0
Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post
Default

Blinkin' heck - action, or what? Who needs film when a set of photos like that really give the impression of the fierce action. Really cool!
ladylouise62 is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 02-06-2008, 07:07 PM   #5 (permalink)
Founder Member
 
Babs's Avatar
 
Info Real name: Barbara
Location: Greater Manchester
Gallery: 14

Equipment: The equipment I use is a Canon 30D with Sigma 50-500mm lens. I also have a garden hide from which I take most of my pictures.

Posts: 1,513
Join Date: Apr 2007
Thanks: 0
Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts
Default

Thankyou all for your comments, hopefully they would have made up by now.

I reckon the coots have been taking karate lessons on the quiet
Babs is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 04-06-2008, 06:45 PM   #6 (permalink)
Slightly Mad Moderator
 
ladylouise62's Avatar
 
Info
Location: Reading, Berks
Gallery: 0

Equipment: Fuji Finepix S7000 A chair :)

Posts: 1,047
Join Date: Jan 2007
Thanks: 0
Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post
Default

Ooh, Babs - I never thought of that . It's the cast of the latest martial arts film.. love the "bullet-time" filming
ladylouise62 is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 04-06-2008, 09:01 PM   #7 (permalink)
Section Leader
 
digidark's Avatar
 
Info
Location: Darlington
Gallery: 0

Equipment: Canon 300D Panasonic FZ50 CS2 Lightroom

Posts: 1,306
Join Date: Jul 2007
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
Default

Good grief Babs...that is some sequence....are you related to Speilberg by any chance

Logic gets you from A to B
But your Dreams take you Anywhere
digidark is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 08-06-2008, 03:04 PM   #8 (permalink)
Founder Member
 
Babs's Avatar
 
Info Real name: Barbara
Location: Greater Manchester
Gallery: 14

Equipment: The equipment I use is a Canon 30D with Sigma 50-500mm lens. I also have a garden hide from which I take most of my pictures.

Posts: 1,513
Join Date: Apr 2007
Thanks: 0
Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by digidark View Post
Good grief Babs...that is some sequence....are you related to Speilberg by any chance


Ha ha I wish
Babs is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 09-06-2008, 02:50 PM   #9 (permalink)
Regular Member
 
andy b's Avatar
 
Info
Location: preston, lancashire
Gallery: 0

Equipment: for the last 8 yrs i have used a kowa 60 mm scope, but hve recently bought an opticron hr66 ga. i too have have used a homemade digiscoping adaptor with my kowa.i used two different sized bushes to accomodate the scope eyepiece and camera lense.( with some good results!).... budget has always been a massive factor with my hobby. having a family, there are always other things which take financial p

Posts: 523
Join Date: Oct 2007
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default

fantastic set of shots babs.......
obviuosly from the 'MARSHial' arts film HENter the dragon
featuring 'coots lee' and 'chick' (chuck) norris !!
sorry about the poor jokes!!
andy b is offline  
Reply With Quote
Reply
Thames valley birds - Non-indigenous species, escapees, specimens and pets For those animals not living in the wild. A bit of a scrap



Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Scrap the CAP Robert T Wildlife News feeds 0 26-06-2007 06:05 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 06:05 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.2
Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
SEO by vBSEO 3.2.0 RC8
No portion of this page, text, images or code, may be copied, reproduced, published or distributed in any medium without the expressed written permission of the copyright holder © 2007 - 2008 www.thamesvalleybirds.co.uk

custom design by Themes by Design

Wildlife photo forum Birding Top 500 Counter Resource for Disabled Birders of the Forest of Dean
WYW

Powered by A Small Orange