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Feb 4, 2013 21:06:25   #
PIPDYOUNGER Loc: SUNDERLAND NORTH EAST ENGLAND
 
Erv wrote:
That is pretty good pip. A little more practice and you will start nailing them. You are not that far off.
Erv


Cheers Erv, youve got more confidence in me than I have :? Im trying to run before I can walk :-(

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Feb 5, 2013 10:23:01   #
djtravels Loc: Georgia boy now
 
Not close enough? Bring a bag of popcorn, and someone else to throw it in the air. Now....you're too close. DJT

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Feb 5, 2013 12:52:13   #
PIPDYOUNGER Loc: SUNDERLAND NORTH EAST ENGLAND
 
djtravels wrote:
Not close enough? Bring a bag of popcorn, and someone else to throw it in the air. Now....you're too close. DJT


Thanks djt, problem is I will probably eat the popcorn myself, :lol: :thumbup: cheers pip

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Feb 5, 2013 13:19:57   #
oldmalky Loc: West Midlands,England.
 
PIPDYOUNGER wrote:
oldmalky wrote:
I found black headed gulls to be the tamest to photograph but it does of course depend where you are.


They can get a bit vicious up here in the wild north :evil: :lol: :thumbup:


I take my pics of birds at a place called Himley Hall (try google) and we get the occasional herring gull or lesser black backed gull and those normally stay towards the centre of the pool,birds in flight are certainly the hardest subject to do and the bigger the bird the easier to capture.
I have used my Sony a200 and a57 both with good results.
Keep up the good work.

:thumbup: :thumbup:

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Feb 5, 2013 13:54:50   #
PIPDYOUNGER Loc: SUNDERLAND NORTH EAST ENGLAND
 
oldmalky wrote:
PIPDYOUNGER wrote:
oldmalky wrote:
I found black headed gulls to be the tamest to photograph but it does of course depend where you are.


They can get a bit vicious up here in the wild north :evil: :lol: :thumbup:


I take my pics of birds at a place called Himley Hall (try google) and we get the occasional herring gull or lesser black backed gull and those normally stay towards the centre of the pool,birds in flight are certainly the hardest subject to do and the bigger the bird the easier to capture.
I have used my Sony a200 and a57 both with good results.
Keep up the good work.

:thumbup: :thumbup:
quote=PIPDYOUNGER quote=oldmalky I found black h... (show quote)


Cheers Oldmalky, I will try my best, and try and try again :thumbup: pip

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Feb 5, 2013 16:50:50   #
jamm Loc: northumberland uk
 
PIPDYOUNGER wrote:
Hello everyone, I went for a walk along the beach today to take pics of seagulls. I dont normally take bird pics as,
1, I dont think my camera is up to it, "cant get close enough"
2, I dont think im up to it.
Believe it or not this is the best bird photo I have taken ever, and its not that good. I decided to post this to show how good, your bird photo's are, most of them stunning, amazing and any other word that describes some of our members photographs. C&C always welcome, because Ive got a long way to go. It was blowing a gail today and I took the photo hand held, Ive cropped it, first ever post edit too. Ive put both versions for you to compare. thanks everyone. :? pip
Hello everyone, I went for a walk along the beach ... (show quote)
nice try mate i would try washington wetlands you might get some shots there , jimmy

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Feb 5, 2013 20:39:01   #
PIPDYOUNGER Loc: SUNDERLAND NORTH EAST ENGLAND
 
jamm wrote:
PIPDYOUNGER wrote:
Hello everyone, I went for a walk along the beach today to take pics of seagulls. I dont normally take bird pics as,
1, I dont think my camera is up to it, "cant get close enough"
2, I dont think im up to it.
Believe it or not this is the best bird photo I have taken ever, and its not that good. I decided to post this to show how good, your bird photo's are, most of them stunning, amazing and any other word that describes some of our members photographs. C&C always welcome, because Ive got a long way to go. It was blowing a gail today and I took the photo hand held, Ive cropped it, first ever post edit too. Ive put both versions for you to compare. thanks everyone. :? pip
Hello everyone, I went for a walk along the beach ... (show quote)
nice try mate i would try washington wetlands you might get some shots there , jimmy
quote=PIPDYOUNGER Hello everyone, I went for a wa... (show quote)


Hi Jimmy, never thought of that, great suggestion ;) see how it goes :thumbup: cheers pip

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Feb 5, 2013 21:27:10   #
gregoryd45 Loc: Fakahatchee Strand
 
PIPDYOUNGER wrote:
Hello everyone, I went for a walk along the beach today to take pics of seagulls. I dont normally take bird pics as,
1, I dont think my camera is up to it, "cant get close enough"
2, I dont think im up to it.
Believe it or not this is the best bird photo I have taken ever, and its not that good. I decided to post this to show how good, your bird photo's are, most of them stunning, amazing and any other word that describes some of our members photographs. C&C always welcome, because Ive got a long way to go. It was blowing a gail today and I took the photo hand held, Ive cropped it, first ever post edit too. Ive put both versions for you to compare. thanks everyone. :? pip
Hello everyone, I went for a walk along the beach ... (show quote)


Good shot, pip, I like the composition very much.

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Feb 6, 2013 05:16:28   #
PIPDYOUNGER Loc: SUNDERLAND NORTH EAST ENGLAND
 
gregoryd45 wrote:
PIPDYOUNGER wrote:
Hello everyone, I went for a walk along the beach today to take pics of seagulls. I dont normally take bird pics as,
1, I dont think my camera is up to it, "cant get close enough"
2, I dont think im up to it.
Believe it or not this is the best bird photo I have taken ever, and its not that good. I decided to post this to show how good, your bird photo's are, most of them stunning, amazing and any other word that describes some of our members photographs. C&C always welcome, because Ive got a long way to go. It was blowing a gail today and I took the photo hand held, Ive cropped it, first ever post edit too. Ive put both versions for you to compare. thanks everyone. :? pip
Hello everyone, I went for a walk along the beach ... (show quote)


Good shot, pip, I like the composition very much.
quote=PIPDYOUNGER Hello everyone, I went for a wa... (show quote)


Thanks gregory, I didn't make it easy for myself by wanting Roker lighthouse in the shot as well. It was luck rather than skill that got it. I dont think bird photographs is the way to go for me at present, it must take a lot of skill and patience to turn out some of the shots our members have shown. Thanks again, and Im pleased you liked it :D pip

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Feb 6, 2013 05:28:27   #
angler Loc: StHelens England
 
You've not done too bad at all Pip,it takes a lot of practice to shoot gulls in flight.I try to photograph my BIF on a sunny day,it makes it eaier with more light and i set my shutter speed at 1000 or 1250.Pretend you are aiming with a gun and try to keep the gulls in the centre of your viewfinder and pan the flight of the bird. You will not get every photo perfect but if you get just one out of say 20 shots your on your way.Then practice,practice till your arm aches,you WILL get there.

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Feb 6, 2013 15:50:37   #
PIPDYOUNGER Loc: SUNDERLAND NORTH EAST ENGLAND
 
angler wrote:
You've not done too bad at all Pip,it takes a lot of practice to shoot gulls in flight.I try to photograph my BIF on a sunny day,it makes it eaier with more light and i set my shutter speed at 1000 or 1250.Pretend you are aiming with a gun and try to keep the gulls in the centre of your viewfinder and pan the flight of the bird. You will not get every photo perfect but if you get just one out of say 20 shots your on your way.Then practice,practice till your arm aches,you WILL get there.


:D Thanks angler, great tips to log. I thought seagulls would be easy to capture, at least there's a lot of them anyway. :lol: It was cold and windy which did not help as they were all over the place in flight. I enjoyed the cup of tea and scone with jam n cream in the cafe tho' :P it was warm in there too ;) thanks again I shall put that to practice this weekend :thumbup: pip

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Feb 6, 2013 15:54:45   #
angler Loc: StHelens England
 
PIPDYOUNGER wrote:
angler wrote:
You've not done too bad at all Pip,it takes a lot of practice to shoot gulls in flight.I try to photograph my BIF on a sunny day,it makes it eaier with more light and i set my shutter speed at 1000 or 1250.Pretend you are aiming with a gun and try to keep the gulls in the centre of your viewfinder and pan the flight of the bird. You will not get every photo perfect but if you get just one out of say 20 shots your on your way.Then practice,practice till your arm aches,you WILL get there.


:D Thanks angler, great tips to log. I thought seagulls would be easy to capture, at least there's a lot of them anyway. :lol: It was cold and windy which did not help as they were all over the place in flight. I enjoyed the cup of tea and scone with jam n cream in the cafe tho' :P it was warm in there too ;) thanks again I shall put that to practice this weekend :thumbup: pip
quote=angler You've not done too bad at all Pip,i... (show quote)


Went myself today and got in some decent shots and i've posted some of them,look out for my topic ''went bird hunting today with big sig''. :thumbup:

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Feb 6, 2013 16:39:29   #
PIPDYOUNGER Loc: SUNDERLAND NORTH EAST ENGLAND
 
angler wrote:
PIPDYOUNGER wrote:
angler wrote:
You've not done too bad at all Pip,it takes a lot of practice to shoot gulls in flight.I try to photograph my BIF on a sunny day,it makes it eaier with more light and i set my shutter speed at 1000 or 1250.Pretend you are aiming with a gun and try to keep the gulls in the centre of your viewfinder and pan the flight of the bird. You will not get every photo perfect but if you get just one out of say 20 shots your on your way.Then practice,practice till your arm aches,you WILL get there.


:D Thanks angler, great tips to log. I thought seagulls would be easy to capture, at least there's a lot of them anyway. :lol: It was cold and windy which did not help as they were all over the place in flight. I enjoyed the cup of tea and scone with jam n cream in the cafe tho' :P it was warm in there too ;) thanks again I shall put that to practice this weekend :thumbup: pip
quote=angler You've not done too bad at all Pip,i... (show quote)


Went myself today and got in some decent shots and i've posted some of them,look out for my topic ''went bird hunting today with big sig''. :thumbup:
quote=PIPDYOUNGER quote=angler You've not done t... (show quote)


I am making a cupo tea and sit down and have a view :D pip

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Feb 7, 2013 05:49:55   #
PIPDYOUNGER Loc: SUNDERLAND NORTH EAST ENGLAND
 
angler wrote:
PIPDYOUNGER wrote:
angler wrote:
You've not done too bad at all Pip,it takes a lot of practice to shoot gulls in flight.I try to photograph my BIF on a sunny day,it makes it eaier with more light and i set my shutter speed at 1000 or 1250.Pretend you are aiming with a gun and try to keep the gulls in the centre of your viewfinder and pan the flight of the bird. You will not get every photo perfect but if you get just one out of say 20 shots your on your way.Then practice,practice till your arm aches,you WILL get there.


:D Thanks angler, great tips to log. I thought seagulls would be easy to capture, at least there's a lot of them anyway. :lol: It was cold and windy which did not help as they were all over the place in flight. I enjoyed the cup of tea and scone with jam n cream in the cafe tho' :P it was warm in there too ;) thanks again I shall put that to practice this weekend :thumbup: pip
quote=angler You've not done too bad at all Pip,i... (show quote)


Went myself today and got in some decent shots and i've posted some of them,look out for my topic ''went bird hunting today with big sig''. :thumbup:
quote=PIPDYOUNGER quote=angler You've not done t... (show quote)


Hi angler, have you sent your post in yet, cant find it :-( pip

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Feb 7, 2013 05:51:50   #
angler Loc: StHelens England
 
PIPDYOUNGER wrote:
angler wrote:
PIPDYOUNGER wrote:
angler wrote:
You've not done too bad at all Pip,it takes a lot of practice to shoot gulls in flight.I try to photograph my BIF on a sunny day,it makes it eaier with more light and i set my shutter speed at 1000 or 1250.Pretend you are aiming with a gun and try to keep the gulls in the centre of your viewfinder and pan the flight of the bird. You will not get every photo perfect but if you get just one out of say 20 shots your on your way.Then practice,practice till your arm aches,you WILL get there.


:D Thanks angler, great tips to log. I thought seagulls would be easy to capture, at least there's a lot of them anyway. :lol: It was cold and windy which did not help as they were all over the place in flight. I enjoyed the cup of tea and scone with jam n cream in the cafe tho' :P it was warm in there too ;) thanks again I shall put that to practice this weekend :thumbup: pip
quote=angler You've not done too bad at all Pip,i... (show quote)


Went myself today and got in some decent shots and i've posted some of them,look out for my topic ''went bird hunting today with big sig''. :thumbup:
quote=PIPDYOUNGER quote=angler You've not done t... (show quote)


Hi angler, have you sent your post in yet, cant find it :-( pip
quote=angler quote=PIPDYOUNGER quote=angler You... (show quote)


It's on page one now Pip i sent you the wrong title,derp.Just look for my name Angler and ''Took big sig bird hunting today''. :thumbup:

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