Few winter pics today...

Originally Posted by loonytoon

nice pics mate, what you shooting with ?

Nikon D90 with the Nikon 70-300 VR lense on manual.
The one pic was a bit dark so done a lazy auto correct and it made the robins red breast really orangey red, not likey

ah i thought i spied a bit of dslr in them
i prefer to keep mine as they are taken to show a true picture of what i have seen

[Richie]

Great Photos :0)

Originally Posted by loonytoon

ah i thought i spied a bit of dslr in them
i prefer to keep mine as they are taken to show a true picture of what i have seen

I do generally, thats my preference, but sometimes especially when you have only enough time to get one shot, you have to be quick, also what you see with your eyes doesnt always come out on film.
BTW they aint a pro photographer anywhere that dont do post editing of some sort.

thats very true some times its just a quick snap to make sure you get it, a lil tweek to make it look half ok.
yea alot of stuff that pro's do is heavily touched up

Amazing pics! Especially the Robin close ups.

*ahem* gets out bird knowledge

The robin isnt fat it has puffed its feathers up to keep warm

Actualy i read an article in the sun

Cool pics tho

Originally Posted by Holdup

*ahem* gets out bird knowledge

The robin isnt fat it has puffed its feathers up to keep warm

Actualy i read an article in the sun

Cool pics tho

Good point, but he was a lot 'puffed' up more than some of the others
Porky robin.

View from my back garden today









Our neighbour's trees



Wifey

Lovely pics, espesh of the robin. You might be surprised to know that despite robins and other wee birds looking round and well fed this year it tends to not be the result of a plentiful diet but more because the poor things have to fluff themselves up to the max to trap as much air as possible in amongst their feathers to keep warm. All the birds in my garden are doing it atm, poor beggars...


EDIT: Really sorry Holdup, didn't read the second page of this thread before posting, you are absolutely right! and I'm most impressed with the Sun newspaper just this once...not the fact you read it however