Hawfinch male. Darley Dale, Derbyshire. DSC_5685.jpg
I got lucky with these. I called in on my way to Howden for Crossbills, saw a few Hawfinch, decided to unpack the camera and stayed but got nothing. www.flickr.com/photos/johndickenson/ caught some nice looking shots early on in great light around the same time in a different tree, we stuck around for about 3 hours with no further joy. John left, I was about to go and was packed away, when I saw some guys obviously photographing something in another part of the churchyard.
I went back and there they were. So dashed back, unpacked the gear again and set up, in time to catch about the last 5 minutes of the action. Not great light, but they were close enough for it not to matter too much, though got a good few with motion blur due to compromise between shutter speed and ISO. Dead jammy really!
Never made it to Howden!
Thank you everyone for the faves and comments on this and previous photos - they are appreciated. My apologies if I haven't looked at your pics this last few days, not been well, the M.E. again.
Hawfinch male. Darley Dale, Derbyshire. DSC_5685.jpg
I got lucky with these. I called in on my way to Howden for Crossbills, saw a few Hawfinch, decided to unpack the camera and stayed but got nothing. www.flickr.com/photos/johndickenson/ caught some nice looking shots early on in great light around the same time in a different tree, we stuck around for about 3 hours with no further joy. John left, I was about to go and was packed away, when I saw some guys obviously photographing something in another part of the churchyard.
I went back and there they were. So dashed back, unpacked the gear again and set up, in time to catch about the last 5 minutes of the action. Not great light, but they were close enough for it not to matter too much, though got a good few with motion blur due to compromise between shutter speed and ISO. Dead jammy really!
Never made it to Howden!
Thank you everyone for the faves and comments on this and previous photos - they are appreciated. My apologies if I haven't looked at your pics this last few days, not been well, the M.E. again.