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Long Tailed Tit
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Aegithalos caudatus - at Sherwood forest Nottinghamshire UK

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All taken with Nikon D300 and Nikkor70-300 f4.5-5.6

Photography is a never-ending journey
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#2

Really super Peter. Ed.

To each his own!
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#3

Really lovely photos. Excellent quality.

Jane
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#4

Great series, love the backgrounds on these.

Not that far from my birthplace, Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
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#5

Nice shots Plantsman... pics with a pulse not Pulses... ? Smile There is a small bird over here similar but not the long tail... Chickadee (?) I think they call it...
Were the shots hand held? I too like the blurred out background as I try to do the same... Thanks for the share!

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Rolf

In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little human detail can become a leitmotiv.

—Henri Cartier-Bresson
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#6

Thanks for your comments on the LTT images - There are a few places in Sherwood forest where bird lovers hang fat balls and lay seed on fallen trunks. It was the first place that I had a robin feed from my hand; a lasting memory for sure.

Peter

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(Jan 29, 2015, 10:35)Rolf Wrote:  Nice shots Plantsman... pics with a pulse not Pulses... ? Smile There is a small bird over here similar but not the long tail... Chickadee (?) I think they call it...
Were the shots hand held? I too like the blurred out background as I try to do the same... Thanks for the share!

Kind regards

Rolf

Yes Rolf, all my outdoors shots are hand held, I'm not into lugging a tripod around with me. The blurred background is down to a combination of lens characteristics, distance between subject and background objects (in this case foliage), and the aperture setting. I do use a Manfrotto when shooting my table top setups.

Peter

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#8

I don't like lugging the scaffolding with me either, though I do on occasion. With my 500 it is impossible to handhold for more than a shot or two so take a monopod with me when I use that.
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