Wild Birds of Europe

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19375014
I’m pleased to see that putting a link in my signature worked! Hi, Charles!

To answer your question, “ridiculous” because:
a) we are a very small country, so a thread for Dutch birds alone would be all too limited in scope, I feared, and
b) there are probably not even a handful of Dutch bird photographers on POTN, so I might have ended up being the only one to post in my thread.

Although, as it is, only Dutch birds have been posted in the thread so far, so I may have been wrong and “Birds of the Netherlands” would not have been too ridiculous after all!

As I've over 11.000 bird photo's covering at least 100 species(just checked) I can help you keep this thread going if you want to

Here's a Rietzanger(Sedge warbler) from yesterday:

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pcs wrote in post #19375773
Even 1/2500 isn't enough it seems...

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Yeah, they are really surprisingly fast flyers.

pcs wrote in post #19375777
As I've over 11.000 bird photo's covering at least 100 species(just checked) I can help you keep this thread going if you want to

Now you’re talking!

Here's a Rietzanger(Sedge warbler) from yesterday:

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These are nice! I love to shoot these. The reeds are just a very pretty settings. Well, I think so anyway.

pcs wrote in post #19375773
Even 1/2500 isn't enough it seems...

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This looks very sharp to me. Why wasn't 1/2500 enough to satisfy you?

Inspeqtor wrote in post #19375862
This looks very sharp to me. Why wasn't 1/2500 enough to satisfy you?

But it is, I was refering to the earlier conversation about wingtip movement and shutterspeed. Even at 1/2500 there is movement in the wingtip but I like that.

Maybe I should have used q
uote but I used reply, less repeated tekst but clicking on reply(top right of the post) gives you the post it refers to.

flukes wrote in post #19375823

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I really like this one, flukes.

pcs wrote in post #19375884

Inspeqtor wrote in post #19375862
This looks very sharp to me. Why wasn't 1/2500 enough to satisfy you?

But it is, I was refering to the earlier conversation about wingtip movement and shutterspeed. Even at 1/2500 there is movement in the wingtip but I like that.

Maybe I should have used quote but I used reply, less repeated tekst but clicking on reply(top right of the post) gives you the post it refers to.

Thank you for explaining. I did not realize you were replying to Levina for another photo situation.

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19375802
Yeah, they are really surprisingly fast flyers.

Now you’re talking!

These are nice! I love to shoot these. The reeds are just a very pretty settings. Well, I think so anyway.

Where else to take pictures of a rietzanger than 'in het riet'? I find it difficult to spot them, often they are halfway in the reed, you just hear them, they can make a lot of noise!

Here's the Lepelaar(Eurasian Spoonbill):

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pcs wrote in post #19375777
As I've over 11.000 bird photo's covering at least 100 species(just checked) :

It would be nice to see more European/Dutch birds. There are many I've never seen before.

I'll try to keep posting but there are still lots of birds I've never even seen let alone take pictures of.

pcs wrote in post #19376067
Where else to take pictures of a rietzanger than 'in het riet'? I find it difficult to spot them, often they are halfway in the reed, you just hear them, they can make a lot of noise!

Yeah, he sure has a fitting name! They are indeed hard to spot. You use your ears and hope for an opening in the reeds.

Here's the Lepelaar(Eurasian Spoonbill):

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Nice captures! A lot of bling though. Were you able to read the rings? I love to report a sighting because then they send you the bird’s life history. It’s pretty cool.

Lyn2011 wrote in post #19376079
It would be nice to see more European/Dutch birds. There are many I've never seen before.

I’m with you, Lyn. There are in fact quite a number of European bird photographers here at POTN. Hopefully in time they will find this thread. We just have to be patient. And in the mean time those of us who are already posting, can continue to post our pics.

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19376219
Yeah, he sure has a fitting name! They are indeed hard to spot. You use your ears and hope for an opening in the reeds.

Nice captures! A lot of bling though. Were you able to read the rings? I love to report a sighting because then they send you the bird’s life history. It’s pretty cool.

Thanks, only partial, they go round!

From the 4 Spoonbill's I saw 3 had rings.

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