Thread: Birds photos with a kit lens

Originally Posted by DeanoH

Not only exposure, I've been trying to take a good picture of a 'Willy Wagtail' for years and am still trying.

Deano

Hi Deano, I am dreaming with capturing a Kingfisher
One day I am going to get a Nikkor 300mm f/4 and a X1.4 converter

are these king fishers? they were not taken with a kit lens though

Yes they are, do you have a close up?
Which lens you have used?
My 240 is way to short to get them

no that's the pics, I do have more of the top one but they are similar both taken on the 70-200mm. both taken in NT

Thank you for posting them It is one of my elusive fav birds

Have a look THIS site and you will have an idea of which type of photos I am aming
Then again........Romy have a $20000 camera/lens combination

Pushing the limits of the Nikkor 75-240 I managed to get this portrait without blowing the whites on the head of the bird.
The perspective it is not the best because it was high up on one of the grevilleas and the time of the day was not the best as well regarding harsh light.
The good thing is that I was able to set the lens at f/9 where it performs very well on all its focal lens.
This aperture give me the chance to capture good details of the plumaje.

Cheers


Galah
Scientific name: Cacatua roseicapilla
Family: Cacatuidae
Order: Psittaciformes
Nikon D200
1/500s f/9.0 at 220.0mm iso200

Thanks everyone for some great photos in this thread, and the good tips. I was hoping to post a couple of my pics, but after spending the last 2 hours looking for them in vain, it made me realise that I need to spend some time in organising my photos. However I will relate an observation of what I thought surprising behaviour in some birds I saw near Woodenbong (Qld).
We had stopped for lunch and while we were eating, noticed a magpie that was making a curious noise. It was like a whistle that a person might make to attract someone else's attention.
After we tossed it a left over apple core to try to keep it nearby, 2 rainbow lorrikeets flew in and very shortly picked a fight with the magpie and succeeded in driving it away so they could eat the apple core. I thought this was very surprising.
The pic I was intending to post was of the lorrikeets hungrily eating the apple core with fragments of apple hanging from its beak. Sorry, you will just have to imagine it.

dullbird, nice pic of a Forest Kingfisher sitting on the pole. I like the photo, perhaps straighten the pic and zoom in a tad more, great. The others an Azure Kingfisher, beautiful bird. You've done well to have two such good shots.

Chucaro, heres a shot of a magpie i took in the Flinders ranges a couple of years ago using a Nikon Coolpix 5700.



You're right about the contrast, get the black ok, lose the white and vice versa. Still if it was easy it wouldn't be as much fun. Once it's burnt out its gone as with the beak. Still, it's the best I've done to date.

BTW with out sounding totally silly, what exactly is a 'kit lens' ? Is it as simple as an SLR body bought as a 'kit' with a certain lens or what ? Am I guilty of posting non 'kit lens' photos in this thread ?, as the Coolpix 5700 does not have a detachable lens.


Deano