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  • Birds along the river Murray

    Some of the birds I photographed while doing a 5 day riverboat cruise along the Murray River in South Australia.

    #1 Black Kite, or Whistling Kite, I'm never sure with these two. Identification from the experts would be appreciated. Not the best IQ, but better than my usual BIF images.
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    #2 Little Corella. My usual BIF quality
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    #3 3 Little black cormorants all in a row.
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    #4 Sulphur Crested Cockatoo.Click image for larger version  Name:	Sulphur Crested Cockatoo.jpg Views:	12 Size:	178.2 KB ID:	489315

    #5 Australasian Darter.
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    Last edited by Grumpy John; 31-08-2022, 03:47 PM.
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  • #2
    G'day GJ

    A beaut collection of images ... and your #2 (claimed quality) is much the same as mine .... so we're both still got a lot to learn and catch up with the experts here
    I do like all of them really ... a 'well done' from me

    Phil
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    • Grumpy John
      Grumpy John commented
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      Thanks for the kind words Phil. These old hands are pretty shaky these days and when you bolt a 600mm lens on a 1.6 crop sensor body you end up with a 960mm lens. Not easy to hand hold at the best of times.

  • #3
    They look pretty good to me John, although the small size on the forum hides a lot of problems. Is your Sigma the sport version because it is quite heavy. I used to use the 120~300 2.8 which was a similar weight (around 3kg without the camera) so I understand the difficulty. I tried a gimbal head on the tripod but couldn’t manoeuvre it well enough for BIF.
    Alan W

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    • Grumpy John
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      I couldn't justify the extra $1000 for the sport model, so I settled for the "C" class. All up body and lens it weighs in at 3.115Kg. I do have a DIY monopod, but that doesn't always make things easier.

    • avkomp
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      I think overall handheld is best for BIF but with big lenses not so easy. I use the full wimberley head for a lot of my flight stuff. you need to practice though. I used to go work on seagulls or something repeatable. also a spot where cormorants would do laps, you get the hang of it. need a bit of a tuneup cos I not done to much recently

  • #4
    top bird appears to be whistling kite. blacks show a forked tail in flight but sometimes the tail is spread wide and looks flat. whistling kite tails generally longer and more rounded
    Stephen Davey. Nikon Shooter

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    • Grumpy John
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      Thanks for that Stephen.

  • #5
    you set yourself a tough gig shooting in harsh light but did ok.
    darter is my pick of these
    Stephen Davey. Nikon Shooter

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    • Grumpy John
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      When you're on a holiday river cruise you don't have the luxury of asking the captain to go back when the light improves.
      The darter is my favourite too.

  • #6
    #4 is my pick.

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