Oxon bird Pics Spring/Summer 2005
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Juv. Dunlin,
Shellingford Pit, Oxon 21 August 2005
An amazingly tame
individual.
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Greenshank in summer
plumage, Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon 21 May 2005
The light background was
a problem on this shot, but I have just discovered
another feature of Photoshop - the Levels option which
allows the darker areas to be lightened preferentially.
Very useful for 'silhouette' shots like this one.
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Turnstone in summer
plumage, Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon 7 May 2005
Really challenging
conditions for this nice group of smart Turnstones &
Dunlins - almost gale force winds and annoying
disturbance from wind-surfers! But I got lucky and
managed this close range shot from the shelter of the
huts on the causeway, using them almost as a hide. Shame
about the bird behind, though...
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White Wagtail, Farmoor
Reservoir, Oxon 17April
2005
One of several birds on
the causeway. There were only 1-2 of the more photogenic
Yellow Wags and they were not being cooperative for the
camera!
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Little
Ringed Plover, Oxon 2 April 2005
Managed to get close to
this bird - gradually moving forward in stages seems to
work well for quite a few species.
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Garganey,
Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon 2 April 2005
This was a very obliging
tame bird, but taking pics was very difficult in the wind
and with a strong swell!
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Waxwing,
Culham Science Centre, Oxon 2 April 2005
At last a sunny day with
some reasonably obliging Waxwings in a relatively
undisturbed location!
But even today, I found
pin-sharp pictures difficult to come by - these are the
best 5 of over 200 I took! I'm playing with the
continuous shutter option on the CP4500 now - it
certainly fills up memory cards quickly!
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pictures copyright Stephen Burch |
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