Brown-Eared Bulbul

This is my favorite, noisy, rude, territorial bird. Shot with the EOS 40D & EF 400 F5.6L.

In His Grip,
Kevin

Little Egret

As the tide came in, this li'l egret was hanging out on a rock. I put on my 1.4x II teleconverter/extender to give me some reach. Of course then I get to manually focus the shot. It comes out to about 890mm of reach. Also using a tripod and had a PL filter on.

1/250, F9

1/250, F8

In His Grip,
Kevin

Osprey on Target

This big bird hit the water some distance from me. I actually sprinted over and when it came up, I started shooting, too excited to change the settings on the camera, so the exposure stinks, I know...it was still a great thrill to get close to all the action. It gets a fish in each claw for its efforts!

click on each picture for the thrill!

Osprey 1

Not too far from our home is an old concrete bridge that crosses the Imazu. At low tide last Monday, I stood on the bridge and watched as osprey (and black kites) put on quite a show for me. This is just one of the "fish hawks". And it was a great chance to practice with the new lens. ;)

Please try the large view--these are magnificent birds!

In His Grip,
Kevin

Worried? Afraid?

Jesus knew we would be...click on the pict

A Black Kite and an Osprey

A few more shots with the new EF 400 F5.6L ...

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Black Kite

Osprey

You need this lens!

Gripped,
Kevin

Daurian Redstarts and the new EF 400 F5.6L

Iwakuni has a couple of rivers that run through it. Along those rivers are vegetable and flower gardens, leased from the city, or actually some could be privately owned and leased. I'm really not sure.

I am sure that these "truck patches" attract birds, and birds attract me!

This is a male Daurian Redstart, who didn't seem to be bothered by me following him around this morning, on my second day out with the new lens. All but the first one were shot "hand held".

Gripped,
Kevin

Click on the pict for the large view!

Plum Blossoms

Things are starting to bloom a bit here. Not too far from our home, there are some really, pink, blossoms. After the rain stopped this morning, I went out to take a look-see.

Please, click on each pict for the larger view.

All were taken with the Canon 40D and EF-S 60 mm F2.8 Macro.