Wetland Fliers

[RockOne]

G'Day All.
Spent the day at Shortland Wetlands Centre, in the suburbs of the city of Newcastle.
A great spot for getting photos of waterbirds. I think i've found out that I need a better lens for photographing birds in flight :-) :-).

Heres a few from the today.
The first is a Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopica).
EOS300D + 75-300 II ISO400 1/1000 f8. Cropped off the right and bottom.

The second is a Magpie Goose (Anseranas semipalmata).
EOS300D + 75-300 II ISO400 1/1000 f11.

[RockOne]

A couple more
Firstly, the Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus megarhynchus), a bird that looks like it has a fishes tail :-).
EOS300D + 75-300II ISO400 1/1000 f5.6

Secondly, a flier of a different kind. A dragonfly..type unknown :oops:
EOS300D + 75-300II ISO400 1/1000 f10.

[tupe]

Great work, Steve! The clarity is amazing.

Maybe it's my claustrophobia, but I'd like it better if the croppings weren't quite so tight.

[RockOne]

Thanks Tupe.

I'd like it better if the croppings weren't quite so tight.
Didn't have a lot of choice on the ibis. He had just about flown out of the frame (underestimated how fast they fly :-) ). I could have left some space behind, but it looked a little off like that.

[TammieO]

Good job on the flying birds.

[am_pitbull_terrier]

Great work, The dragonfly is awesome!