bird by molgrips, on Flickr

Olympus E600 70-300mm lens at full zoom, 1/500s f5.6 ISO-640

I really do know what this bird is but I can’t for the life of me remember.. plus I can’t google search because I don’t know what it is…..

Dunnock.

Joey

It’s pish.

HTH

Dunnock.

No, me neither.

Baby Robin?

sedge warbler ?

baby robin

SpokesCycles – Member
> Dunnock.
No, me neither.

😆

The boy’s gone native!

Damn you CG..you beat me ..

10 posts and only one criticism!!

FFS the OP… it’s molgrips!!

Another from the same day.. still trying to get the hang of this lens.

crow by molgrips, on Flickr

Same settings.

parts of it are out of focus, you should get one of those big cameras, i hear they are much betterer!

Criticise this photo? OK:

– The back end of the bird is hidden.
– Lighting not particularly dynamic.
– The angle/view is not particularly interesting/dramatic.

See that second one has much better lighting, and a far more dramatic angle on the subject.

High zoom, wide aperture, high shutter speed to compensate for camera shake.. 🙂

Mikey.. yeah I tried to get the bird to sit for a few more takes but she had to go home for her tea apparently 🙂

Re the lighting – yes, sunny is better.. but I’ve got a lot of flat looking shots lately in all this autumn gloom and then snow.. but the way I see it – sometimes life is flat and not well lit 🙂

My flashgun is in the post, or will be tomorrow.

The boy’s gone native!

Well, glad to see I could make you owl with laughter…

A dunnock (aka hedge sparrow) is actually a very pretty little bird. Watch through binoculars to appreciate their colouring and fleck.

Nice pic molgrips. 🙂

That’s nothing to crow about.

Watch the Birdie!

No need to be like that you old coot.

Come on you two, let someone else have a flamin go.

Oh no – he’ll be raven mad now.

We want to be careful. This could go on all nightingale.

ost rich coming from you!

Stop being such tits all of you.

Ive got to leave you guys to it to go and cook. Who wants dinner?

It’s ok, we’ll carrion crow in your absence. I’ll have something, but it depends what you’re rooking.

stoner you can’t just swan off in the middle of this thread, I know that tucan play this game but it’ll be fowl without your input.

Get that bird in the oven.

Actually, I quite fancy a mince magpie.

(Props to TSY for a multi-pun)

Thanks, I’m huffing and puffin here trying to think of another decent one.

Auk at you lot.

You need to have a gander outside, perhaps go have a hoot in the snow.

Take it in terns to throw snows balls. Ducking and weavering each one.

I’ll be honest, I think anything you do now will quail into insignificance after that.

BOooooooooooooooooooooooMMMM!

Is that what you spent your hour writing sharki?

Yeah, I know, no puns but I bow down in respect.

A footballers wife told me a story once, but i’ve never been one for old wag tails

Puns? Is it really that Ptarmigan?

I know i’m just winging it.

This is the breast i can do, with the linneted time i have.

i’ve pied my best here.

If you lot keep this up I’m going on shrike!

sharkis got the skills turn pay the bill.

I need to up my game, or just swallow my pride and get off to another thread swiftly

Cor! more rant from count Zero