KevinFRK

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They so kindly posed in the sun for me for a few minutes, I can but post their photo here.

Prospect Park, Reading, UK

Canon R5 MkII + RF200-800mm lens, ISO800, 1/1250s, F9

[–] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Yes, and Reading is not so far away from the Oxfordshire release station, so they got to us fast.

[–] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

And this photo might explain the acrobatics:

There were six Red Kites over Prospect Park, Reading, UK, engaged in something somwhere between playing, dominance displays and out right squabbles. None of the birds fled the scene over the twenty minutes or more they were at it, so I have to assume there was not an serious fight going on!

Canon R5 MkII RF200-800mm lens 1/1250s. ISO 500-640.

[–] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

The camera was still the right way up at this point...

 

I promise the camera was the right way up when I took this.

[–] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'd let the size get too big!

[–] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Humph. Picture doesn't seem to be loading. I'll try again later.

 

... Back to having Black Heads! Which presumably means breeding season has started, for all there are still flocks of them in Prospect Park, Reading, UK.

Canon R5 MkII RF200-800mm lens.

 

Prospect Park, Reading, UK

Canon R5 MkII + RF200-800mm, ISO4000, 1/1250s

Distinctly better quality than my previous post of this breed, because the sun was actually shining! I also found it interesting to see the orange tinge to the crest, which I understand to indicate the male bird - though for a moment I was wondering if I'd actually seen a Firecrest instead.

And then there's this one, where the photo quality is poor, but the interpreted expression amuses me no end:

[–] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Some decent weather and so some decent bird shots (go see a couple in /c/birding).

[–] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Good luck - they are a delight.

 

Blue Tit looking cute as they often do, Prospect Park, Reading, UK

Canon R5 MkII RF200-800mm

 

Snoozing and fluffed up, it somehow appeals to me.

Prospect Park, Reading, UK Canon R5 MkII RF200-800mm

[–] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Mmm, repetitive squawking or song, only a jay could tell you.

 

Jay, Reading, UK squawking about I know nt what (I don't think jays have a "song")

Canon R5 MkII RF800mm

[–] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

The RSPB have it as a conventicle, and alas, I wasn't close enough to hear their chatter.

 

Or maybe two as, though its not as sharp, I like the whole "Looking down on the mudwalker" vibe. Usual locations and camera :)

[–] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Kayaking sounds more like you need water-proof than water-resistant. For interest, the following is from the "water-resistant" Canon R5 MkII:

[–] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Oh, if I'd had a good single shot I'd have posted it - I have been blessed by such in previous years, so I keep clicking and keep hoping.

[–] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

When you actually get the device manuals, the suppliers are remarkably coy about what "water-resistant" actually means and when it applies, beyond "less prone to water damage than those that are not". So just be aware what you might mean by the term may well not be what the supplier means - and second hand items may have lost some resistance as well.

Also, if you are in rain or drizzle, you're probably not going to be taking the best photos regardless of kit!

 

For those who can count.

 

Prospect Park, Reading UK

These were all of the same bird over a period of about four minutes, hopping and flapping around like a mad thing.

All undercover on not the brightest of days, resulting in 1/800s at ISO12800, so these thumbnails are really about as good as the "full" (heavily cropped) photos.

 

Redwing in Prospect Park, Reading, UK

Canon R5 Mk II, RF200-800mm

 

Or "One of those days when the photo you took is far better than you expected"

After advising u/SurpriZe@lemm.ee not to point cameras at the sun, today I ignored my own advice. My excuse: the sun was barely showing through the cloud, was simply not bright at all, and I wondered if the disk might have an interesting look, set against out of focus branches.

When I got it home to look at I wondered about the spots on the sun, first thinking "my camera's dirty" before realising after a few moments: a remarkably good shot of sun spots for a hand held camera. The broader shading is strands of cloud.

I even had to check the configuration of spots was right:

From https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/solar-activity/sunspot-regions.html

Pure luck the cloud was just the right level of thickness, but amusing! Canon R5 MkII + RF200-800mm lens did help a lot of course :)

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