Chet showed up to keep the place interesting More info | Jun 23, 2016 12:49 | #10171 Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #18047973  Thank you very much, Joayne and Clare. Your support and kindness means a lot to me. 
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LevinadeRuijter I'm a bloody goody two-shoes!  23,025 posts Gallery: 457 photos Best ofs: 12 Likes: 15645 Joined Sep 2008 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, EU More info | The old bitty does better than ever!  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size. Wild Birds of Europe
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LevinadeRuijter I'm a bloody goody two-shoes! 23,025 posts Gallery: 457 photos Best ofs: 12 Likes: 15645 Joined Sep 2008 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, EU More info Post edited over 7 years ago by Levina de Ruijter. | Jun 23, 2016 14:12 | #10173 I can often be found at my bedroom window, looking at the birds that live in the canal below me, the gulls flying about, etc. There's always something going on and I just love watching things for a while. Well, this time I thought I would see if I could shoot birds with Nifty. I grab the camera and see two light spots moving under water. Hmmm, fish? Nope. One surfaces and it is a Great Crested Grebe and he is charging!  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size. As you can see, the 50mm is really really bad for this stuff. They were way down in the canal and focusing was hard and missed more than once. I cropped as much as I dared, but these are obviously seriously bad shots. Still, the story is cool so I'm posting the whole lot of them.  Then the other Grebe surfaces and before I know what is happening they are at each other's throat. I mean, these guys were fighting for real!  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size. Wild Birds of Europe
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LevinadeRuijter I'm a bloody goody two-shoes! 23,025 posts Gallery: 457 photos Best ofs: 12 Likes: 15645 Joined Sep 2008 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, EU More info | Jun 23, 2016 14:16 | #10174 Next the Coots who reside in that part of the canal come charging in. They have a nest close and they also have offspring from a first brood. In short, this is their territory and you better believe it!  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size. So now we have two fighting Grebes and two adult Coots (a couple) protecting their territory and most importantly their offspring. One of the youngsters can be seen in the upper left corner of the frame. He stays where he is, just looks at the scene.  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size. Wild Birds of Europe
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Chet showed up to keep the place interesting More info | Jun 23, 2016 14:17 | #10175 Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #18048065 I can often be often at my bedroom window, looking at the birds that live in the canal below me, the gulls flying about, etc. There's always something going on and I just love watching things for a while. Well, this time I thought I would see if I could shoot birds with Nifty. I grab the camera and see two light spots moving under water. Hmmm, fish? Nope. One surfaces and it is a Great Crested Grebe and he is charging! Hosted photo: posted by Levina de Ruijter in ./showthread.php?p=18048065&i=i153940600 forum: Member Activities As you can see, the 50mm is really really bad for this stuff. They were way down in the canal and focusing was hard and missed more than once. I cropped as much as I dared, but these are obviously seriously bad shots. Still, the story is cool so I'm posting the whole lot of them. Then the other Grebe surfaces and before I know what is happening they are at each other's throat. I mean, these guys were fighting for real! Hosted photo: posted by Levina de Ruijter in ./showthread.php?p=18048065&i=i58549157 forum: Member Activities
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LevinadeRuijter I'm a bloody goody two-shoes! 23,025 posts Gallery: 457 photos Best ofs: 12 Likes: 15645 Joined Sep 2008 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, EU More info | Jun 23, 2016 14:21 | #10176 Then one of the Coots decides he had enough and that this has to stop and he attacks the Grebes.  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size.  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size. Wild Birds of Europe
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LevinadeRuijter I'm a bloody goody two-shoes! 23,025 posts Gallery: 457 photos Best ofs: 12 Likes: 15645 Joined Sep 2008 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, EU More info | Jun 23, 2016 14:24 | #10177 The Coot trying to drown the Grebes flees. The Grebes are still fighting.  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size. It lasted only a minute or so but Nifty got it all!  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size. This must be the weirdest series of shots ever to be posted in the Nifty thread. Seriously bad shots but a story too cool to not tell I thought.  Wild Birds of Europe
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CameraMan Cream of the Crop  More info | Jun 23, 2016 14:51 | #10178 Levina, love those lightning bolt shots! My goal is to get shots like that too. With a nifty or with another lens. Photographer
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LevinadeRuijter I'm a bloody goody two-shoes! 23,025 posts Gallery: 457 photos Best ofs: 12 Likes: 15645 Joined Sep 2008 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, EU More info | Jun 23, 2016 15:05 | #10179 Chet wrote in post #18048068 Sorry the nifty ruined the experience for you. You could had thrown the lens at them to break it up. That is so funny! Wild Birds of Europe
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LevinadeRuijter I'm a bloody goody two-shoes! 23,025 posts Gallery: 457 photos Best ofs: 12 Likes: 15645 Joined Sep 2008 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, EU More info | The Nifty is a bit long for these kinds of shots. You want something wider. I have taken shots with the Samyang 14mm before and I thought that was a very good lens for it as it covers so much sky. Of course even then it's all about timing and that is seriously difficult with lightning bolts as they strike when you don't expect it and don't when you do. Wild Birds of Europe
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hawaiiboy Goldmember More info | Jun 23, 2016 17:15 | #10181 I love the lightning shots Levina....and the story/shots with the birds is a good one. https://www.flickr.com/gp/hawaiiboy/6V74P7
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joayne Cream of the Crop  More info Post edited over 7 years ago by joayne. | Jun 23, 2016 19:47 | #10182 Levina, those grebe/coot shots are amazing.. even tho it is Nifty, you captured the story! joayne Contribute to POTN | Worldwide Photo Week
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LevinadeRuijter I'm a bloody goody two-shoes! 23,025 posts Gallery: 457 photos Best ofs: 12 Likes: 15645 Joined Sep 2008 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, EU More info | Jun 23, 2016 22:43 | #10183 Thanks very much, Kevin! Wild Birds of Europe
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hawaiiboy Goldmember More info Post edited over 7 years ago by hawaiiboy. | Jun 24, 2016 23:05 | #10184 Vancouver float plane terminal and Vancouver Convention Centre  2016.06.16 75 by KevinA local tour boat and North Vancouver (where I live)  2016.06.16 74 by KevinF Grass...an art installation by artist and social activist Ai Weiwei It is here as part of the Vancouver Biennale 2014-2016 exhibition. http://www.vancouverbiennale.com/artworks/f-grass/?location=Vancouver  2016.06.16 76 by Kevinhttps://www.flickr.com/gp/hawaiiboy/6V74P7
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LevinadeRuijter I'm a bloody goody two-shoes! 23,025 posts Gallery: 457 photos Best ofs: 12 Likes: 15645 Joined Sep 2008 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, EU More info | Jun 28, 2016 10:51 | #10185 Love the shots, Kevin. Wild Birds of Europe
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