Sparrowhawk

[mikew]

[Rodbender]

Very nice captures, your very good at this type of photography. Something I have never mastered. Still learning even at my age.

Seen many around here but never captured an image of one. Also seen the remains of their captures. IE garden covered in feathers. We have what I believe to be a Buzzard soring above our home just lately. Job to say for sure if I have got that one right.

[Garry]

Stunning captures, Mike. A lovely male bird. He obviously had a good strike. Cant make out what the bird is, that he is carrying.

You must have been relatively close for these. Yes ?

[mikew]

Stunning captures, Mike. A lovely male bird. He obviously had a good strike. Cant make out what the bird is, that he is carrying.

You must have been relatively close for these. Yes ?

Thanks Garry, not sure about the prey, the flight shots were a fair distance away, the perched one not too far

[mikew]

Very nice captures, your very good at this type of photography. Something I have never mastered. Still learning even at my age.

Seen many around here but never captured an image of one. Also seen the remains of their captures. IE garden covered in feathers. We have what I believe to be a Buzzard soring above our home just lately. Job to say for sure if I have got that one right.

Thanks Ron BIF is my favourite type, not so easy now i have gone mirrorless

[Rodbender]

Why has going mirrorless made a difference? Aren't the new Nikons fast regards shutter lag.

[mikew]

Why has going mirrorless made a difference? Aren't the new Nikons fast regards shutter lag.

Some cameras like the Olympus emd1 range and Panasonic G9 are still up to it with a bit more effort but they don't match the evf refresh rate speed of an optical viewfinder of a DSLR, i sold my Nikon Z50 just before lockdown as the sigma 100-400 i used on it was imo not fast enough mechanically.

I now use or would do if i could get out the G9 and 100-400,

[Rodbender]

thanks mikew, so you also have a G9. I'm now just using a pocket camera. Have a job to capture a snail these days.

[mikew]

Ron the thing is to keep taking pictures for as long as you can, when the time comes to make the descision to totally downsize the Olympus tough would be top of my list from current models.