Posted by John Robinson on April 22, 2008 at 5:21 AM
Starling ( baited )
We don't get these in the forest any more, so taken in a town garden. One of my favourite birds.
D100 Cosinon 200-400
640 ISO
f8
Thanks for looking.
JohnR
Posted by Dave Cordery on April 22, 2008 at 8:02 AM
At this time of the year when they are in full plume alot of colour can be found from a normally uninteresting bird.
Regards
Dave
Posted by John Chapman on April 22, 2008 at 9:16 AM
Great pose from the bird... would have liked a slight head turn but not a lot you can do there... I have them nesting in my attic... but no chance of getting images.
Posted by Rob Fisher on April 22, 2008 at 10:59 AM
John,
Great shot of an under rated bird. love the detail.
Rob
Posted by John Robinson on April 22, 2008 at 11:15 AM
Thanks.
JohnR
Posted by Brian Irving on April 22, 2008 at 2:32 PM
Hi John
Very different, really emphasises the plumage and the jizz. Is that Cosinon a manual with Pentax thread?
Really photogenic these and often overlooked. Nice image John
Posted by John Robinson on April 22, 2008 at 5:40 PM
Thanks
Brian- No it's a Nikon fit lens, which I adapted with a clamp so that you pulled the camera back to zoom instead of the barrel shooting out the front of the hide. A lot of my best stuff done with it. I got through two (at £200 each ) The clamp couldn't take the weight of the camera. But financially worth it. You can still get them if you shop around . The focus was a bit slow but they worked fine for me with a D100 and a D70s. I still use them as dummy lenses in hides that I leave in situ.
Cheers
John
Posted by David Taylor on April 22, 2008 at 6:26 PM
Beautiful individually, en masse sublime. The shape shifting by the flocks is magical.
Sadly starlings along with house sparrows have all but disappeared where I live.
Very nice image.
Discussion
11 repliesWe don't get these in the forest any more, so taken in a town garden. One of my favourite birds.
D100 Cosinon 200-400
640 ISO
f8
Thanks for looking.
JohnR
Regards
Dave
John
Great shot of an under rated bird. love the detail.
Rob
JohnR
Very different, really emphasises the plumage and the jizz. Is that Cosinon a manual with Pentax thread?
Brian
Brian- No it's a Nikon fit lens, which I adapted with a clamp so that you pulled the camera back to zoom instead of the barrel shooting out the front of the hide. A lot of my best stuff done with it. I got through two (at £200 each ) The clamp couldn't take the weight of the camera. But financially worth it. You can still get them if you shop around . The focus was a bit slow but they worked fine for me with a D100 and a D70s. I still use them as dummy lenses in hides that I leave in situ.
Cheers
John
Sadly starlings along with house sparrows have all but disappeared where I live.
Very nice image.
Another cracking image! I love photographing these birds!