Birds 2015

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a life of extremes Sury. :)
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Jeff,
I am like a statistician. Will keep my head in an over, my feet in a refrigerator, calculate the
average and say I am perfectly comfortable. :lol:

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Sury, Love the reflection in the third image.

Here is one from my recent trip to the Seychelles.
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The peacock is certainly the fancy one of that pair. Looking pretty fancy yourself, Sury :) Nothing better after a hard day behind the lens.
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Beautiful white heron pictures, Sury :) As Ossie say, the reflection shots are particularly good.

Well caught bird there, Ossie. Looks like some sort of humming bird?
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Birma, Thank you. The bird is a Seychelles Sunbird.

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Thank you Andy and Ossie. The first one is superb Ossie (Seychelles Sunbird).

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Lovely bird portraits, Ossie.
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Few more from recent trip to India. I was quite a distance away and was using 70-400G and hence heavy cropping.

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Lots of nice detail in the last one, Sury, and I really like the warm colours and ripples in the water in the second. :)
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Thanks Andy. Sun was just rising it was the golden hour and and my hometown was in tropics.

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A Speckled Hummingbird with a6000 and 24 1.8. They let me get very close.

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Nice shot Pitter. Was a flash used? If so, light seems a bit harsh
and if it is not, perhaps over sharpening?

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Yes Sury flash was used and indeed subject was over flashed as a result of the camera being too close. Some day I will get a more adjustable unit for the camera.
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Ah, that explains it. I would rather a picture than none at all. :)
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