Hello from Kent

[sonyboy]

Hi all
An OAP recently had the time to get interested in photograph to supliment my other passion birdwatching more likely to be a reader of this site than a subscriber as i need to learn before i will have anything useful to add.I use the A700 with minolta 300 g and sony 1.4x converter for bird pictures and minolta 35-105 for pictures of the family no wide angle lens at the moment as not very intered in landscapes.

[bossel]

Welcome!!

[Dr. Harout]

And a big welcome from me too.

[Birma]

A welcome from me as well Sonyboy. That is exciting sounding kit you have there. There are some great bird photographers on the forum and so I'm sure you will learn a lot. kingfisher and RobbieA are two members that spring to mind and so search for their posts if you haven't seen them yet.

The dawn chorus is starting to reach fever pitch here in Worcestershire. As a birdwatcher is this considered a better, worse or average time of year? I noticed today that the Goldfinches have returned to our garden.

[Dusty]

Welcome aboard, and enjoy the forums.

Dusty

[sonyboy]

[quote="Birma"]A welcome from me as well Sonyboy. That is exciting sounding kit you have there. There are some great bird photographers on the forum and so I'm sure you will learn a lot. kingfisher and RobbieA are two members that spring to mind and so search for their posts if you haven't seen them yet.

The dawn chorus is starting to reach fever pitch here in Worcestershire. As a birdwatcher is this considered a better, worse or average time of year? I noticed today that the Goldfinches have returned to our garden.[/quote
Hi Birma and thank you all for your welcome
Quiet time for birding, winter visitors beginning to return North no real influx of Summer visitors yet, will start to get exciting by the end of this month.

[David Kilpatrick]

I am glad the dawn chorus has NOT returned! Last yearm, we had maybe 500-1000 starlings which decided my laurel bush was their home. Three months later, the ground below was two inches deep in starlingcrap. And the noise was incredible - you could hardly hear yourself think.

This year, they have forgotten about this roost - and one bag of chicken feed lasts me about four times as long

David

[Dusty]

David, Can't you find something that would drive them off, short of a shotgun? If I had that problem I would google for what would drive them away. Perhaps a foul smelling substance? A fake owl or hawk to hang in another tree? I don't think I could put up with 2 inches of bird doggie-doo on my lawn!

Dusty

[David Kilpatrick]

They only came one year. There are none this year.

David

[KevinBarrett]

Welcome to the forum, Sonyboy! We're a rich community, as I'm sure you know, and we look forward to it getting richer with your contributions. We're glad to have you.

[RobbieA]

Welcome Sonyboy.. look forward to seeing some of your avian pics..

[caporip]

Welcome from a fellow Man of Kent, or Kentish Man (i forget which)

[aster]

Right, I'm the last one to come around.

Welcome Sonyboy!

Yildiz

[bakubo]

Weclome! By the way, wide angles are not just for landscapes.

In front of Shinjuku Station, Tokyo:
This is at 18mm (fov of about 29mm):


Banteay Kdei, Cambodia. This is at 10mm (fov of about 16mm):


Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, Chiang-Mai, Thailand. This is at 20mm (on film):