Cormorants This Morning

This morning very disappointing in these shots (Oh for a 500mm lens) there were 25 Cormorants on the river and all I could get were these,but never mind ,bad light ,short lens,freezing cold,and a policeman asking me what I was doing

Yours A frustrated Owl photographer/North east Kent

 

Thanks Zigs ,I think he probably see's enough grief in his job,and I thought the best course of action was to be polite , courteous,and friendly and we ended up having a good chat about photography

 

Hi Pam many thanks for your lovely comments my friend

 

Thank you Jiffy Oh you mean this one

 

I, like Ziggy, think they're pretty good pics for such low light and distance, Woo. All birds seem to have a trick of doing the unexpected just when you press the button though!! I usually take a test shot and then end up notching it up one stop, and if needed another bit of brightening in the software but try to keep it minimal.

 

Hi Armandll thank you I'm still researching the Canon SX50 which will give me 1200mm at the far end it usually takes me about 6 months to make a decision

 

I know the feeling, Woo, as I'm still "feeling" my way around my K5. There are so many useful things in these modern cameras and it takes a lot of use and time to get to know what's what.

 

Good morning Armandll and Sheal many thanks for your kind comments my friends

 

Good morning Strongy thank you my friend I have been out this morning and changed my settings to Aperture Priority spot metering and upped the ISO to 400 just going to upload them now