It's nest building time

Female House Sparrow gathering nest building material.

Boy, these city birds don't mind humans so much. I actually had to back up on this one as it was closer than my lens could focus, and it posed for a few shots. No crop - you'd have thought I'd think to zoom out....

That is really really nice. It is exceptionally sharp. Nicely done

Nice shot, Scott.

I know what you mean by being too close to the bird with the 100-400. I had a similar experience with a nuthatch. First I had to set the switch from 6.5 to 1.8. But it still wouldn't focus so I had to back up two steps. And of course the nuthatch, which had been in a perfect pose when I was trying to get the picture, had decided to creep along to the other side of the tree when I finally had him in focus.!

WOw,. great Justabird! in action!

Beautiful .... fantastic feather detail.

I think you got it just right.

PacAce wrote:
I know what you mean by being too close to the bird with the 100-400. I had a similar experience with a nuthatch. First I had to set the switch from 6.5 to 1.8. But it still wouldn't focus so I had to back up two steps. And of course the nuthatch, which had been in a perfect pose when I was trying to get the picture, had decided to creep along to the other side of the tree when I finally had him in focus.!

Don't you hate that?

You'd be amazed at what a set of extension tubes does for the 100-400. Many of my butterfly shots are done with the 100-400 - a 20mm tube lets you focus pretty closely. And a 12mm tube gives you a bit of a magnification boost when shooting small birds, and you still can reach out to 25 or 30 feet - and if they get *real* close you can still get them.

New trained pet huh?

WOW great shot..

JZ

Great shot

nicely sharp

WOW, that really close.
Great picture.
Jose

I should be so lucky. Ours don't even wait fetching the camera


Great shot.


Jiame

Bring those tubes with you Scott. Really nice capture. Classic Justa.

WOW !! great job, everything is dead on focus.

I rarely go anywhere without the 100-400 and tubes. I might leave some of the other stuff home, but that lens and the tubes are permanent fixtures. It's just a very useful setup that will do most anything.

that's a great (terrific) shot


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