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Ok....so wildlife pics don't go down a storm here, however I'm pleased with these so you all get them inflicted on you anyway...

A recent addition to our collection of regular visitors......they've finally found the Nyjer seed.....a Goldfinch


This guy was staring him down from the other side of the feeder, a distant relative Greenfinch


The Goldfinch are so much more relaxed, they just sit there munching away.

Nice clear close-ups....what camera/lens are you using?

.mic

Nice clear close-ups....what camera/lens are you using?

.mic

Hi Mic,

these are from our Fuji s5600.....fortunately the feeder is about 2 metres from the window of our lounge so we can get pretty close in the first place  ;)

Steve

That's neat! Nice and big! Wildlife is very hard to catch on camera... the way you want it at least...

That's neat! Nice and big! Wildlife is very hard to catch on camera... the way you want it at least...

thanks Kris.

It's taken a lot of patience and practice to get these two, shot initially in RAW, and then tweaked a little in PS. The autofocus on the Fuji s5600 is a little imprecise, and only wants to focus on the feeder (the biggest thing), so it's a little hit and miss as to whether or not the birds eye is in focus, still every now and then you get a couple that come out just so  :)

Steve

well done mate.. Birds are especially tough to photograph as they dont like sticking in one place for very long.

Excellent pics... funny thing, though: each of those birds looks like he's been rudely interrupted... "WHAT!?"

Great pictures!

[quote]Great pictures!

[quote][quote]Great pictures!