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Some pictures I took recently

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#6572 03-01-2016 10:36pm
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Mod Note:

Congratulations to Splish for July's Picture of the Month - not only a fine shot of a Comma, but a picture of its egg too - something I'm sure very few of us have ever seen or noticed!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057260006

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#6573 03-01-2016 11:05pm
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Woodpigeon by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

Sparrow by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

Collard Dove by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

Robin by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

Hooded Crow Calling by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

Goldfinches by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

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#6574 03-01-2016 11:08pm
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They don't appear to have uploaded properly Nightforce.

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#6575 03-01-2016 11:11pm
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Hotei wrote: »

They don't appear to have uploaded properly Nightforce.

I am trying to take them from my Flickr page directly to boards , click on the link and they should open.

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#6576 04-01-2016 12:13am
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You need to click the "Share Photo" arrow to the bottom right of your photo. Choose BBCode, then the size (no longer than 800px on its longest side) and then just copy and paste the code it generates.

Nightforce 65X55 wrote: »

I am trying to take them from my Flickr page directly to boards , click on the link and they should open.

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#6577 04-01-2016 9:38pm
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Swan in Flight by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

Swan Sailing... by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

Swans in Flight 1 by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

Swans by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

Long Tailled Tit by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

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#6578 04-01-2016 10:22pm
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Just a couple from a long walk today – St Catherine’s Park

I know this is a Goldfinch

I am hoping I am right in saying this is a Siskin?

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#6579 04-01-2016 10:59pm
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Yeah Keps , Siskin it it !

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#6580 04-01-2016 11:03pm
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I love the clarity of those shots Keps.

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#6581 04-01-2016 11:18pm
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Jazlyn Incalculable Yo-yo wrote: »

I love the clarity of those shots Keps.

haha -

I took 18 photos of that pesky Siskin - and that was the only one that had 'clarity'

Trial and error

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#6582 05-01-2016 12:21pm
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keps wrote: »

haha -

I took 18 photos of that pesky Siskin - and that was the only one that had 'clarity'

Trial and error

Are you using manual, or at least shutter/aperture priority Keps?

Focus on the eyes, have fast enough shutter speed to reduce subject blur.. lens opened wide...low aperture number... iso to suit conditions..

Also don't fill up on strong coffee before taking the camera out..:P

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#6583 05-01-2016 12:40pm
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@pegasus

thanks- the problem was this bird was at the top of a 40 ft tree directly above my head and so I was holding heavy camera lens/ vertically... bird kept moving and became half hidden behind other branches... camera on manual(apart from AF)-600mm lens ( zoom)at max aperture and 400 ISO - and 160th sec.
Should have increased ISO /shutter speed- but afraid bird would be gone

PS Exif available by double clicking on photo

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#6584 05-01-2016 12:41pm
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Two from this morning There was also a rare appearance of a Long-Tailed Tit but I was slow to get the camera sorted

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#6585 05-01-2016 1:05pm
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a couple more

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#6586 05-01-2016 3:58pm
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Chaffinch

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#6587 05-01-2016 4:32pm
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Redpoll

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#6588 05-01-2016 10:38pm
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#6589 05-01-2016 11:25pm
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#6590 06-01-2016 8:50am
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I think that's answered me a nagging question. Not long ago I saw two birds like that flying along a road under the tree canopy, flitting up into the branches and back down , almost as if they were playing. I now reckon they were Kestrels. Thx for a great photo

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#6591 06-01-2016 10:52am
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Bull Island Pics Sunday

Stonechat by Joe-Delaney, on Flickr

Wren by Joe-Delaney, on Flickr

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#6592 06-01-2016 11:22am
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#6593 06-01-2016 11:40am
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keps wrote: »

Redpoll

Another one that I have never seen, another one to add to my list. May I also copy your picture or is this a no, no?

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#6594 06-01-2016 12:17pm
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Phoenix Park

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#6595 06-01-2016 12:28pm
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First time I've seen this bird in the garden( nijer seed I guess)

Presume it is a siskin?

Edit > @LinF - not 100% sure what you mean by 'copy'? - will PM you

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#6596 06-01-2016 2:13pm
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rarely do I like my pictures of Coal Tits for some reason. I thought this one is passable.

hmm, not as good as I thought, still I may as well leave it....

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#6597 06-01-2016 2:56pm
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#6598 06-01-2016 4:14pm
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Starlings are so pretty.

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#6599 06-01-2016 4:17pm
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Bsal wrote: »

Starlings are so pretty.

Just thinking the same thing. Great photo!

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#6600 06-01-2016 6:05pm
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Bsal wrote: »

Starlings are so pretty.

Eyepatch wrote: »

Just thinking the same thing. Great photo!

The sunshine brings out their wonderful colours.

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#6601 06-01-2016 10:18pm
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Hotei wrote: »

The sunshine brings out their wonderful colours.

Hi any chance of access to your flickr collection? Great photo's!

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