Some pictures I took recently

Bonedigger

Autumn Gentian - Gentianella amarella





I first discovered this relatively rare species of plant on the Curragh last year,and have waited patiently for it to come into flower since then.
It was certainly worth the wait!:)

keps

Bonedigger wrote: »

Nice one keps!:)

Thanks


Don't know if you've ever tried to photograph one -for an ordinary photographer like me- it's like trying to photo the wind!
That photo was taken in poor light with a 400mm zoom lens at 1600 ISO- you can see the graininess

Bonedigger

To be honest keps,I'm an ordinary photographer too!I've only been at this game for six or seven months really and am learning each and every time I take up the camera.The most important thing in any image is the subject matter and not the technical proficiency of the photographer(that's what I like tell myself of course).You've a 400mm. zoom lens - try getting up close and personal with a 300mm. lens!
I was looking at the new Tamron 150-600mm. lens recently and it's supposed to be an excellent lens for the money,so it looks like I'll be scrimping and saving for some time to come.
By the way,I've yet to get a shot of a Kingfisher.I don't know how many times the little buggers have whizzed by me at lightning speed.Maybe one day!:)

OpenYourEyes

Pictures taken under NPWS license - no prizes for guessing where!

Black Guillemot, starting to come into winter plumage. by BBurke88, on Flickr


Black Guillemot by BBurke88, on Flickr


Turnstones by BBurke88, on Flickr

keps

bernard0368

Bonedigger wrote: »

I was looking at the new Tamron 150-600mm. lens recently and it's supposed to be an excellent lens for the money,so it looks like I'll be scrimping and saving for some time to come.

Great lens, this was taken with a 7D, 600mm @ 1/250 F7.1 iso 1000 handheld.
I have not had the time to take the lens out and give it the proper attention but I do like it.

KJ

keps

Strandhill, Sligo


what bird is it?

OpenYourEyes

@KJ An interesting, but awful sight! Any idea what happened it? Hit by a car or something?

keps wrote: »

Strandhill, Sligo


what bird is it?

Oystercatcher

keps

We all know how much cormorants hate waves:)


OMG – here comes a wave

KJ

OpenYourEyes wrote: »

@KJ An interesting, but awful sight! Any idea what happened it? Hit by a car or something?

I have no idea, it just showed up in the garden with another magpie. I assumed it was a juvenile thats beak hadn't grown fully yet but that could be me just being silly.

OpenYourEyes

Roseate Tern by BBurke88, on Flickr
(Pic taken under NPWS license)

Slowing going through my Rockabill pics........sorry for irregular bombardments of the same few species :P Blog updated with a season summary by the end of the week.

Fruit1985

Ireland's Eye yesterday:

Gannett

Cormorant

Fulmar

Cormorant

Butterfly

keps

keps

If I'm getting a grasp of anything - these should be Rock Pipits

OpenYourEyes

keps wrote: »

If I'm getting a grasp of anything - these should be Rock Pipits

The yellow and black on the wings and tail, and overall yellowy/greeny colour, plus they're not feeding on rocks or seaweed - they're Greenfinch. And with the pale colour of the one on the right I'd say it's a juvenile.

keps

If I'm getting a grasp of anything at all, these should be Greenfinsh;)

JosDel

Herring gull

Herring Gull by Joe-Delaney, on Flickr

keps

Dunmoran Strand





Very Grainy - but he did catch a fish

Bonedigger

How many Cinnabar Moth caterpillars can you count?


Small Tortoiseshell


A fairly tattered Small White

whyulittle

Poor Sparrowhawk was being mobbed by about 50 Swallows (not all in the pic!)




While sitting waiting around for this beauty, something flashed past by me feet. Went to have a look, and a little Stoat head popped up to have a look back at me!

keps

keps

Black Guillemot( thanks OpenYourEyes) gets a meal

OpenYourEyes

Something a bit different from Rockabill:



Lion's Mane Jellyfish by BBurke88, on Flickr

DSC_0044 by BBurke88, on Flickr


For anyone interested I posted an end-of-season update on the Rockabill blog this morning:
http://rockabillterns.blogspot.ie/2014/09/rockabill-2014-thats-all-folks.html

bernard0368

JosDel

Some photos taken at bull island today..

Reed Bunting by Joe-Delaney, on Flickr

Goldfinch by Joe-Delaney, on Flickr

Greenfinch by Joe-Delaney, on Flickr

Is the bird below a Linnet ?

Linnet by Joe-Delaney, on Flickr

V_Moth

It is a Linnet alright, probably a juvenile.

Bonedigger

keps

Watched these 2 for a while- the bird on the left did an extened leg-lift every so often- wonder is it some kind of mating move?

Bsal

keps wrote: »

Watched these 2 for a while- the bird on the left did an extened leg-lift every so often- wonder is it some kind of mating move?

Nothing to do with mating its just a wing stretch.