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| 20250224 Cattle Egret 2 wintering in Wighton area. |
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| 20250224 Russian White-fronted Goose Warham Fort, River Stiffkey flood plain. |
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| 20250224 Lesser White-fronted Goose 9 birds here. |
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| 20240224 Lesser White-fronted Goose & Greylag Goose Greylag 73% longer & 56% heavier...! |
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| 20250214 Lesser White-fronted Goose Comparison with White Fronts. Larger gander at right end. |
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| 20250219 Smew Male with 2 female type, Layer Breton causeway. 2400mm. Subject detection frequently pulls the focus point nearer off the target with the MC20... |
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| 20250219 Smew 2400mm equiv. |
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| 20250219 Smew 2400mm equiv. |
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| 20250219 Slavonian Grebe |
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| 20250219 Slavonian Grebe Pair by VP on causeway. |
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| 20250219 Slavonian Grebe |
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| 20250219 Slavonian Grebe 2400mm, 1/1000th sec, F13, ISO8000....!!! Overcast dull white cloud. |
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| 20250219 Slavonian Grebe 2400mm with MC20. Birds bobbing on choppy water causing subject detection in C-AF to jump closer, as seen here. Most shots in burst missed like this.... Use of S-AF without subject detection gave good focus throughout burst. |
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| 20250219 Goosander Abberton Res is the site for this species... MC20 at 1570mm. |
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| 20250206 Pallid Harrier Adult female. Big Black 2400mm equiv plus x2 in camera crop.... |
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| 20250206 Pallid Harrier Darker brown secondaries into which black bars merge. |
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| 20250206 Pallid Harrier |
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| 20250206 Pallid Harrier |
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| 20250206 Mallard Pair wandering salt marsh on a quieter evening... |
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| 20250206 Barn Owl |
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| 20250201 BHGull Big Black x1.4 telecon, 1108mm equiv. Great bokeh. At long range Bird Subject detection with C-AF fails to focus consistently enough... so far. Use S-AF+MF for bang on focus in long range mode. |
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| 20250201 BHG 300mm F4 x2 Tele. 1200mm equiv. Very sharpe... Also Subject detection was left on at all times with this lens combination with very few missess... |
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| 20250201 BHG 2400mm equiv... As a past well pleased user of the Sigma 50-500mm with, adapter on an E-M1, The Big Black's spec appeal is exceptioally desireable... |
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| 20250201 Mute Swan 680mm with x1.4 telecon, nice and easy shot, very smooth. |
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| 20250202 Bearded Reedling x2 telecon,1896mm equiv. Note this converter gives ample reach to pull back the zoom. Note lens still at a higher focal length than the x1.4 can reach... |
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| 20250204 Coot Selbrigg Pond. x1.4 telecon at 740mm. Composition options are great with the Big Black. Smooth tones and sharp edges creates a nice image. |
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| 20250215 Fieldfare Rain, dull and grey evening. 1200mm, F9,1/400th, ISO12800. Vitariski as hide. |
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| 20250215 Fieldfare Dull as above. 1680mm x1.4 tele, F9, 1/400th ISO10000. Vitariski as hide. |
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| 20250222 Dunlin The Ultimate test. 2400mm equiv. at back of Simmond's, a difficult shot... |
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| 20250222 Dunlin 2400mm equiv. At long range and with normal daylight the x2 telecon gives the desired reach for ID. The x1.4 telecon can be used in all lights, but is not decisive enough for long range... as ever. Is The Big Black the ultimate twitching lens...?? |
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| 20250221 Avocet Flock off Pat's. x2 telecon at 846mm equiv. |
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| 20250125 Lesser White-fronted Goose Shot from Beach Rd upon arrival, flock flying to South end of Marshes. |
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| 202501225 LWFGoose One Russian WF had joined the flock. |
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| 20250125 LWFGoose & RWFGoose |
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| 20250125 LWFGoose |
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| 20250125 LWFGoose |
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| 20250114 Feral Pigeon Much Peregrine prey about cliff, also Fulmar, and Waders on shoreline... Ideal nesting location but for disturbance in the summer months. Last nested in about 1815 and birds have roosted on the cliffs more recently, surely to return...? |
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| 20250114 Glaucous Gull 1st winter loafing on tideline. Image from 100% frame shot. |
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| 20250114 Glaucous Gull Image from in camera x2 crop... 200%. Let the camera do the work? |
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| 20250114 Glaucous Gull |
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| 20250114 Sanderling Abundant and tame on Old Hunstanton Beach. |
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| 20250114 Red Kite Pre-roost gathering on Grimston Warren. 25 counted into woods. 2 male Hen Harriers into Roydon Roost very late and too dark... |
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| 20250114 Glaucous Gull |
