Wonderful weaver birds

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Hawkeshead

Hawkeshead

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Whilst there are many interesting discussions about camera bodies, frame speeds, AF etc and yes, I have progressed to the Z9, these were taken on D500 with the 200-500, not the fastest lens but certainly was seemed to be up to the mark for these fast little critters. Focal distance was between 240-250mm and these aren't cropped. Speeds were between 1/650 - 1/2000. All at f5.6 with ISO varying between 125 - 2500. Great to practice as the do make predictable flight paths , just speedy little blighters that do love darting amongst the reeds and bushes just to make things a little more challenging.
 
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Terrific! I LOVE weaver birds, but only see them in Africa. And there, the guides will not stop so I can photograph them! Grrrrr! LOL!

That first shot is stunning! Very, very well done!
 
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Butlerkid said:
Terrific! I LOVE weaver birds, but only see them in Africa. And there, the guides will not stop so I can photograph them! Grrrrr! LOL!

That first shot is stunning! Very, very well done!
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Appreciate your comments. Yup guides here are usually cat focused (unless it's Amboseli where the elephants rule) and are surprised when you want to look a wider variety of wildlife. These were all from the north coast of Kenya where many hotels have them nesting in their grounds which allows time watch and practice tracking.
 
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Hawkeshead said:
Appreciate your comments. Yup guides here are usually cat focused (unless it's Amboseli where the elephants rule) and are surprised when you want to look a wider variety of wildlife. These were all from the north coast of Kenya where many hotels have them nesting in their grounds which allows time watch and practice tracking.
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That first image is stunning and the others are good also. On my first trip to Africa, the tour stayed at a nice little hotel about an hour from Johannesburg Airport. They had a small garden area and that is where I saw my first weaver bird! We only stayed the one night, but I still tried to get some photos. THIS was my best effort. And my only other photo op was inland in Tanzania.....
 
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Butlerkid said:
That first image is stunning and the others are good also. On my first trip to Africa, the tour stayed at a nice little hotel about an hour from Johannesburg Airport. They had a small garden area and that is where I saw my first weaver bird! We only stayed the one night, but I still tried to get some photos. THIS was my best effort. And my only other photo op was inland in Tanzania.....
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Great backlight on the first and second is super sharp, V. nice Karen
 
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