The bird near the start of your video was a Little Grebe (Dabchick). The Lower Hide isn't closed yet, I was in it today!! Some great sightings Hobby, Marsh Harrier, Kingfisher...and images! I only live a couple of miles away so it's my local patch. Cropping is a fact of life with wildlife photography at Leighton Moss I'm afraid, I use M43 Lumix G9 and 100-400👌 TFS, cheers Alistair 👍
I read on the notice board near the toilets that the hide was closed when I was leaving. I use the 100-400mm lens and hate cropping. I bought the RF 800mm lens but all the photos apart from a few out of 2000 shots weren't sharp, so I got a refund. I bought a 1.4x extender for a little more reach, but even then I still have to crop. Can't wait to own the 200-800mm so I can reduce the amount of cropping. (Wish I owned one now because I'm going to Scotland in 2 weeks this weekend. Could do with it for otters.) In most cases, I prefer to fill the frame with the subject rather than cropping all the time. I didn't stay long at the Causeway Hide because there wasn't a bird in sight between the island and the hide. I didn't see any bird of prey that day. Never seen a kingfisher there before. First time seeing the red deer up close. Doubt I'll be back until Mid-October and onwards.
Nice one 👍
The bird near the start of your video was a Little Grebe (Dabchick).
The Lower Hide isn't closed yet, I was in it today!! Some great sightings Hobby, Marsh Harrier, Kingfisher...and images!
I only live a couple of miles away so it's my local patch.
Cropping is a fact of life with wildlife photography at Leighton Moss I'm afraid, I use M43 Lumix G9 and 100-400👌
TFS, cheers Alistair 👍
I read on the notice board near the toilets that the hide was closed when I was leaving. I use the 100-400mm lens and hate cropping. I bought the RF 800mm lens but all the photos apart from a few out of 2000 shots weren't sharp, so I got a refund. I bought a 1.4x extender for a little more reach, but even then I still have to crop. Can't wait to own the 200-800mm so I can reduce the amount of cropping. (Wish I owned one now because I'm going to Scotland in 2 weeks this weekend. Could do with it for otters.) In most cases, I prefer to fill the frame with the subject rather than cropping all the time. I didn't stay long at the Causeway Hide because there wasn't a bird in sight between the island and the hide. I didn't see any bird of prey that day. Never seen a kingfisher there before. First time seeing the red deer up close. Doubt I'll be back until Mid-October and onwards.