Goldfinch feeding on Sunflowers, Frampton Marsh RSPB, Lincolnshire. DSC_0968.jpg
I've not been out with the camera for a while, due to family issues and a series of equipment problems: my go to D500 camera had a shutter break at Bempton in July; my iMac expired mid September, which has prevented any photo processing since that time and I lost my access to Flickr for a number of weeks; then on holiday in late September in south Devon, I got caught in a heavy squall on Bolberry Down and my D7200 camera was reduced to an expensive paperweight and 500mmPF lens was also damaged. My trip to Frampton was an exercise in checking out this lens, which has been confirmed as faulty. I use the 500mmPF lens as a go to lightweight walkabout lens so I may not be out much in the foreseeable future either, being limited in available kit.
The lens was a delight to use at Frampton, since it only allowed one shot (no burst shooting), then jammed and displayed "err" and had to be switched off for a number of seconds before the next shot could be fired, as well as having a focusing problem. Great fun. I was quite pleased to get this shot, as the adjacent track was busy in late afternoon, with people passing to and from the car park, the flock of mixed Goldfinches and Greenfinches, plus sparrows getting in on the act were quite skittish and easily flushed up, back to the hedge where they waited, across the track.
Thanks for the faves and comments. Appreciated as ever.
Goldfinch feeding on Sunflowers, Frampton Marsh RSPB, Lincolnshire. DSC_0968.jpg
I've not been out with the camera for a while, due to family issues and a series of equipment problems: my go to D500 camera had a shutter break at Bempton in July; my iMac expired mid September, which has prevented any photo processing since that time and I lost my access to Flickr for a number of weeks; then on holiday in late September in south Devon, I got caught in a heavy squall on Bolberry Down and my D7200 camera was reduced to an expensive paperweight and 500mmPF lens was also damaged. My trip to Frampton was an exercise in checking out this lens, which has been confirmed as faulty. I use the 500mmPF lens as a go to lightweight walkabout lens so I may not be out much in the foreseeable future either, being limited in available kit.
The lens was a delight to use at Frampton, since it only allowed one shot (no burst shooting), then jammed and displayed "err" and had to be switched off for a number of seconds before the next shot could be fired, as well as having a focusing problem. Great fun. I was quite pleased to get this shot, as the adjacent track was busy in late afternoon, with people passing to and from the car park, the flock of mixed Goldfinches and Greenfinches, plus sparrows getting in on the act were quite skittish and easily flushed up, back to the hedge where they waited, across the track.
Thanks for the faves and comments. Appreciated as ever.