Tuesday, 18 November 2025

20251118 Goldcrest & Hume's Leaf Warbler, Holkham Pines & Holme Dunes

 

20251116 Goldcrest
Shot to demonstrate Depth Blur in background but also foreground. 
Isolates the target very well.
A quality bokeh achieved from a 'small sensor' jpeg.

20251116 Goldcrest 
Study of the wing at F5.9, head and tail out of focus.
The Big Black is a bright lens fully open, and performs well in the darkness of the pine belt.


20251118 Chiffchaff
F7.1, only closed 1/3 of a stop, is the sweet spot of The Big Black.
Should have been a Pallas's on a very dull grey morn at Titch...
Again a bright pleasing image obtained though.


20251118 Hume's Leaf Warbler
On arrival the bird popped up... but sunk back into veg never to show again??
Excellent background and close on path, initially all look well set.
Weak yell-brow type call infrequently heard all day...
Ticker's tweet of the day: 'you got a caterpillar in the sea-buckthorn'...
Being an exponent of extremely long range bird photography this recalls a comment on

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