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Spotted Flycatcher bathing

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Posted by John Robinson on July 23, 2008 at 6:15 AM
Spotted Flycatcher bathing
Spotted Flycatcher
Usual set up. Woodland pool.
D200 Sigma 100-300mm.
640 ISO
80th @ 7.1

Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on July 23, 2008 at 6:56 AM
Hi John a very nice image.

Phil.

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Posted by Matt Cole on July 23, 2008 at 7:46 AM
another nice one John, well captured.

Matt
Posted by Daniel Read on July 23, 2008 at 7:58 AM
Hi John,

Lovely shot. On a related note, how do you find the Sigma 100-300mm? I've been thinking of getting this lens, among others, and it would be good to hear your opinion on it..

Cheers,

Dan.
Posted by John Robinson on July 23, 2008 at 9:14 AM
Thank all.
Dan- I love it !! It's ideal for the close hide work I do, and on top of that it works very well with the Sigma 1.4 teleconverter. I use it nearly all the time at my pool and a lot of the time at my hides scattered around the garden ( and other places ! ) I nearly went for the 2.8 but couldn't really afford it to be honest and also it,s a bit heavy to cart around at my age. !! :frown:

Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Adam Seward on July 23, 2008 at 9:39 AM
This is a good advert for the Sigma 100-300 - another lovely shot with great detail.
Posted by David Kjaer on July 23, 2008 at 4:45 PM
Very nice John!

David :toast:
Posted by Dave Courtenay on July 23, 2008 at 6:01 PM
Love these pool shots-very nice

Dave
Posted by Kim Connolly on July 24, 2008 at 4:28 AM
A beautiful shot John, yet again. Love it! Hoiw long did you have to wait in your hide to produce this splendid photograph?! :jump:
Posted by Robert Lawrence on July 24, 2008 at 8:48 AM
Another cracking shot John and no nits from me. Well almost...... since my eye lit upon that little single piece of oof green weed just right of top centre it keeps distracting me. Now is that a real saddo case of hyper nit picking or what?
All the best
Robert
Posted by John Robinson on July 24, 2008 at 9:44 AM
Thanks All
Robert - now my eye is going to it everytime now !
:frown:
JohnR
Posted by Robert Lawrence on July 24, 2008 at 10:39 AM
Sorry John!
Posted by Magnus Hird on July 24, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Lovely flycatcher John only nit is that the bits of algae or fern poking through the surface are quite bright on my (non-calibrated) monitor. :smile:
Posted by Daniel Read on July 24, 2008 at 2:25 PM
Hi John,

Sorry for the slow reply. Thanks for the information about the lens. I've been on the verge of buying it for a while, but have been considering some longer lenses as well. I like he idea of hiring lenses to test them out, but it's not a cheap thing to do in the UK. I'll let you know when I make my choice!

Cheers,

Dan.