Hi Darin,
The coot is fulica atra (I looked it up). It also has a very distinctive red
eye which I was going to emphasise in photoshop but I couldn't find it (the
eye not photoshop), such is the quality drop off with stacked extenders into
the sun :-)
I note that you chose the same route for your shots that I took, namely
extreme focal length.
Maybe we should both get some camouflage and a tilley hat with twigs in the
hatband then sit and wait for the birds to come to us. All this serves as a
reminder as to why I prefer landscapes.
--Graham
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darin" <d.rhein@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 5:18 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: #089
>
> Hi Graham,
>
> Would that be the Eurasian Coot? Very similar to ours here in America,
> ours
> don't have the white patch between the eyes. I feel your pain, I've been
> attempting some Bird photography lately myself, with less than stellar
> results I might add. Here are a few I've shot recently, using an OM-2S I
> purchased from Chuck Norcutt about a month ago, and a Sigma 600mm F8
> mirror
> lens I picked up on ebay about the same time. They're scanned from prints,
> so they aren't that great.
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/cougar101/Bird/BarnSwallow1.jpg
>
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/cougar101/Bird/Wading%20Birds/GreatBlueHeron1.jpg
>
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/cougar101/Bird/Waterfowl/Brood2.jpg
>
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/cougar101/Bird/Waterfowl/Mallard.jpg
>
> Darin
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