Wild Birds of Europe

[pcs]

Rainy you say? Here's a shot from a few days ago when it just never stopped raining. A shot for the record. He was too far away and this is a big crop but it shows the rain very well.

Although if I got to choose, I would take your bird over this one any day, rain or not... Great shot, by the way, Sid.

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Went on a boat trip last Saturday and part of the time we had that kind of weather(and these do not even show the waves we sometimes had), enough Gannets(and others).

 

[pcs]

Luckily later on the sun came out. There were so many birds(to many, see photobomb...) I could give the II a good test and I'm happy I switched(although the amount of in focus shots meant I've binned hundreds of perfectly good shots).

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Went on a boat trip last Saturday and part of the time we had that kind of weather(and these do not even show the waves we sometimes had), enough Gannets(and others).
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Love the last one. That shot too shows the conditions very well.
The first shot makes me seasick just by looking at it! Because I get really seasick on open sea.

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Nice ones, Jan. Especially the first.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Luckily later on the sun came out. There were so many birds(to many, see photobomb...) I could give the II a good test and I'm happy I switched(although the amount of in focus shots meant I've binned hundreds of perfectly good shots).
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Love the first one. Great shot that.

And yes, that's the downside of the amazing AF on the latest generations of cameras, the crazy amount of good shots you come home with. There really is no comparison with my old 1D4.

 

[pcs]

Love the last one. That shot too shows the conditions very well.
The first shot makes me seasick just by looking at it! Because I get really seasick on open sea.

Nice ones, Jan. Especially the first.

How about these(there were quit a few people hanging over the side...)

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

How about these(there were quit a few people hanging over the side...)
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Oh my. Yes, I would turn pretty much the same colour as the water is in the first pic: green...

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Oh, I see you already posted that smiley! See, just the sight of those waves alone makes me dizzy and the world fuzzy.

 

[Orogeny]

I know that this is a very common bird for those in Europe, but since I'm in the U.S., it was a relatively new one to me (I've seen them before but never got a decent photo).
European Robin by Tim Herbert, on Flickr

Tim

 

[sidknee]

Rainy you say? Here's a shot from a few days ago when it just never stopped raining. A shot for the record. He was too far away and this is a big crop but it shows the rain very well.

Although if I got to choose, I would take your bird over this one any day, rain or not... Great shot, by the way, Sid.

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Thanks Levina, yep that's the weather we've had here, it's a bit better today and we've got a few nice days coming, fingers crossed.
It's always good if you can show the weather no matter which bird, although I'm with you on which bird is better!
My birds tend to stay hunkered down in the worst of the weather if they can, a little bit of drizzle seems to be acceptable though

DSC03346--2024-09-22--14 by Sid Simmons, on Flickr

 

[sidknee]

Luckily later on the sun came out. There were so many birds(to many, see photobomb...) I could give the II a good test and I'm happy I switched(although the amount of in focus shots meant I've binned hundreds of perfectly good shots).
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Conditions do look far from ideal but you came home with the goods anyway
Sounds like the AF has caught up with the sony now then, breaks my heart sometimes binning so many perfectly good photos

 

[sidknee]

How about these(there were quit a few people hanging over the side...)
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Good grief, your other photos don't make it look that bad, that looks pretty hardcore Well done for holding it together (if you did )

 

[pcs]

Oh, I see you already posted that smiley! See, just the sight of those waves alone makes me dizzy and the world fuzzy.

Hey, is that a special admin emoticon?

 

[pcs]

Conditions do look far from ideal but you came home with the goods anyway
Sounds like the AF has caught up with the sony now then, breaks my heart sometimes binning so many perfectly good photos

Thanks, in good light it's near perfect and in bad light still good so no complaints here

 

[pcs]

Good grief, your other photos don't make it look that bad, that looks pretty hardcore Well done for holding it together (if you did )

I did but after coffee halfway through the morning I was a little wobbly, glad it was almost lunchtime, after eating no problems.

 

[pcs]

That sounds okay to me.

I asked because in 2010 I bought my Mac Pro from a seller on eBay. I had my bank account linked to my PayPal but it took 10 days for the money to come through and by that time the seller (in the UK) had sold the Mac Pro to someone else. When asked PayPal said they had to check first if the money (1400 euro) was in the bank account. I was so pissed off that I quit PayPal after that, deleted my account. Then later needed it again of course, signed up again, but never linked my bank account again. I just hope they don't need as much time to check things now...

Got my second order through Panamoz/Paypal yesterday, again 5 days including weekend and one day was Paypal getting the money out of my bank account.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Hey, is that a special admin emoticon?

Nicked it off this site.

Those are the same standard smileys/emoticons we use, except I kept only the short list, removed the rest of a very long list. But you can copy and paste them here.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Got my second order through Panamoz/Paypal yesterday, again 5 days including weekend and one day was Paypal getting the money out of my bank account.

Cool. Sounds good. I've decided to wait until next year. See how my conditions is then.

 

[pcs]

Nicked it off this site.

Those are the same standard smileys/emoticons we use, except I kept only the short list, removed the rest of a very long list. But you can copy and paste them here.

That's toooo many

 

[pcs]

Cool. Sounds good. I've decided to wait until next year. See how my conditions is then.

Hope good enough to buy and enjoy!

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

That's toooo many

I know right! That's why I removed them here. That list was endless!