Wildlife Photography

minikin

Any birding photographers on here that have shot up at Roganstown?
How do you gain access, do you have to be a member of a club to use the hide etc...

minikin

or anywhere else?

Paulw

Might be worth asking in the Nature and Bird Watching forum.

minikin

cheers paul

minikin

First pics with Sigma 500mm 4.5 I got at the weekend:
decent light at last!



detail:

Paulw

Very nice. Great detail.

minikin

a wee bit soft on the eye but happy enough with it as a quick snap

soccerc

minikin wrote: »

Any birding photographers on here that have shot up at Roganstown?
How do you gain access, do you have to be a member of a club to use the hide etc...

Birdwatch Ireland Event

Saturday 16 February: Field trip to Rogerstown Estuary Nature Reserve and Hide. Meet at council allotments (off Turvey Avenue) at 10:30am.

minikin

thimblefull,
that's deadly... are you involved yourself?
Will have to contact them to see if i can 'duck' in for a while

GristlyEnd

minikin wrote: »

thimblefull,
that's deadly... are you involved yourself?
Will have to contact them to see if i can 'duck' in for a while

Let us know how you get on. Could be interested in attending this myself.

Ricky91t

wow you have an excellent lense for that
500mm must be very good?

xshayx

minikin wrote: »

or anywhere else?

Wexford Wildlife Reserve is excellent, hides, loads of species of birds

minikin

Hi Ricky,

Yeah, it's a fine piece of glass alright, got it second hand (mint) for a very good price.
For the likes of birding, cricket and landscape pics of africa
(without boarding a plane)

Have wanted this lens for years, have a 300 2.8 but it's just not long enough for feathery birds

Paulw

300mm f/2.8 + 2x extender = 600mm f/5.6. That should be enough for wildlife.

Something I have yet to really try though.

digitalage

I have shot at Rogerstown estuary, to gain access head out the old swords road then take right hand turn towards Donabte, Turvey gold course is on the same road, before the golf course on your left hand side there is a sign post for rogerstown estuary, the road is not great you drive past alotments and just keep following a dirt track until it brings you too a bird watching post. The last time I was there, I climbed over the fence and was in the middle of the marsh taking shots, not sure if your allowed do that but nobody was around. I recommend at least 400mm as its a wide open place with not much cover.

minikin

are the back roads passable this time of year?


Detail:

minikin

Detail:

minikin

last one from today i promise...
this was taken with a 2x convertor

Ricky91t

minikin wrote: »

last one from today i promise...
this was taken with a 2x convertor

On your 300mm lense?
Like everything about the pic except for the shadow across the eye!

minikin

Sigma 2x on the 500mm, kills the contrast a bit but nothing a bit of 'shopping can't correct... more of a challenge as it loses the AF on a 20d.

I'll have to take a hack saw to all the trees so that each one only has one branch... no more obtrusive shadows

Fajitas!

Very nice Minikin!

Ricky91t

minikin wrote: »

Sigma 2x on the 500mm, kills the contrast a bit but nothing a bit of 'shopping can't correct... more of a challenge as it loses the AF on a 20d.

I'll have to take a hack saw to all the trees so that each one only has one branch... no more obtrusive shadows

Haha Nope no need to do that
Im not bothered that much
That Lense is long so :eek:

minikin

cheers al, I'm hoping to shoot something for half an hour either before work or during lunchtime everyday for a while... being indoors under flourescents all day is bad for the soul!

countryjimbo

Great shots Minikin, all very good, very sharp. The claws on the Blackbird are something else, just sitting off the branch creating nice shadows. Keep at it!

minikin

cheers jim, i don't know if garden bird photography is frowned upon by the serious birders but it's all that's available until the weekend... gonna head up to ardgillen or a local lake as early as possible on saturday (light permitting)