Posted by John Robinson on April 29, 2015 at 5:36 PM
Grasshopper Warbler(Known as Groppers by the twitchers)
A very elusive bird at the best of times – never mind to photograph.. was working a sedge warbler at the time, in one of my home made pop up hides and this little fella turned up and started “reeling” 6 foot from the hide Managed to grab a couple before he skulked off. Trouble is this was taken straight into the sun. I quite liked the light in the end though. They never did nest so he must have been passing through. Before he went by the way he started sunbathing which allowed me to get some once in a lifetime pics.
D7100
640 ISO
640th second @ f9
70-300 Nikor @ 240 mm. Crop from horizontal.
One or two bright stems calmed down a bit.
Thanks for comments on my last pic.
Discussion
4 repliesA very elusive bird at the best of times – never mind to photograph.. was working a sedge warbler at the time, in one of my home made pop up hides and this little fella turned up and started “reeling” 6 foot from the hide Managed to grab a couple before he skulked off. Trouble is this was taken straight into the sun. I quite liked the light in the end though. They never did nest so he must have been passing through. Before he went by the way he started sunbathing which allowed me to get some once in a lifetime pics.
D7100
640 ISO
640th second @ f9
70-300 Nikor @ 240 mm. Crop from horizontal.
One or two bright stems calmed down a bit.
Thanks for comments on my last pic.
Malcolm
Hi Malcolm - another name from the past.! Well done. Get sticking some gems on !!
John
Bob.