Some pictures I took recently

New Home · 19-01-2018 2:48am

Nessie!

bogman · 19-01-2018 3:59pm

Peregrine Falcon chasing starlings during a recent murmuration in West Cork.

keps · 20-01-2018 11:54pm

A bit mundane after those great murmuration pics but......here goes

cormorant

Grey Heron

keps · 22-01-2018 12:25am

Grey Wagtail

Moflojo · 22-01-2018 6:08pm

I only recently became aware of this channel and really enjoy it. This is my first time posting here: Great Tit, Blue Tit, and Coal Tit at the peanut feeder.

Bsal · 22-01-2018 6:33pm

@Moflojo welcome to the forum, look forward to seeing more of your photos here.

WildIreland · 23-01-2018 12:19pm

Got the chance to play with the new Panasonic LUMIX G9 and the Leica DG 200mm (400mm equivalent) f2.8 lens at a PR event in Dublin's Botanic Garden's last Thursday. Quick, responsive, solid and remarkably compact -- looks like a fantastic mirrorless option for wildlife.

Just a shame the only squirrels available were non-native greys...

keps · 23-01-2018 4:24pm

You'd probably need c€5k+ to buy the pair

WildIreland · 23-01-2018 5:22pm

keps wrote: »

You'd probably need c€5k+ to buy the pair

Somewhere around that, I think -- which is pricey, but compared to roughly equivalent spec DSLR gear it doesn't seem such bad value. Equivalent full frame Nikon body, for example, would cost you c. €3.5K, and the Nikon 400mm f2.8 will set you back a cool €12.5K... plus you probably wouldn't want to carry it around with you for the day.

Very impressed with the new Lumix in the short time I got to spend with it.

keps · 23-01-2018 7:33pm

Dodder- Milltown- today

Dodder today

keps · 23-01-2018 7:46pm

Long Tailed Tit

Today with Second hand Nikon D 800 full frame camera 780euros ( this delivers a 36mp image -great to work with especially in RAW)
Second hand Tamron VR lens 150-600 - 450 euros

The VR lens gives a 2 stop advantage - bringing it close to F4 and I find that with a monopod I can get close to F3.2 equivalent
Plus you have the advantage of a zoom feature

Not a professional's gear - but great for the price

WildIreland · 24-01-2018 8:44am

keps wrote: »

Today with Second hand Nikon D 800 full frame camera 780euros ( this delivers a 36mp image -great to work with especially in RAW)
Second hand Tamron VR lens 150-600 - 450 euros

The VR lens gives a 2 stop advantage - bringing it close to F4 and I find that with a monopod I can get close to F3.2 equivalent
Plus you have the advantage of a zoom feature

Not a professional's gear - but great for the price

Great shot... and a great setup. I normally shoot with a Nikon D7200 DX frame body, and had the Tamron 150-600mm G2 on loan for review the tail end of last year... cracking lens, giving a staggering 900mm equivalent focal length on the D7200.

Grey-cheeked thrush on Galley Head in West Cork last October shot handheld using that setup.

keps · 24-01-2018 9:01pm

A family of cormorants( or just good friends) have made their home on top of the ' Old Dublin Laundry Chimney' in Milltown.

This shows three - five there at times

Cormorants

bogman · 25-01-2018 8:45pm

More photographs from the daily starling murmuration in Timoleague.

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Peregrine falcon top left had no success on that occasion.

keps · 25-01-2018 9:41pm

Today

Coal Tit ( Irish)

bogman · 25-01-2018 10:19pm

Cracker Keps ;-)

keps · 26-01-2018 10:35pm

A couple of kinda garden birds from today’s stroll along the Dodder

wren

Blue Tit

Singing Thrush

Moflojo · 27-01-2018 12:57pm

Blue Tit buffeted by the wind.

Great Tit at the feeder.

gzoladz · 27-01-2018 6:04pm

Peregrine Falcon, M&F

gzoladz · 28-01-2018 7:49pm

Grey Wagtail

corks finest · 28-01-2018 8:46pm

gzoladz wrote: »

Peregrine Falcon, M&F

nice

corks finest · 28-01-2018 8:49pm

hi lads off subject, noticed mice feeding under my niger deed feeder, so had to stop putting out the seed, any advice to feed the birds, but keep the rodents away, thank you.