Mamillarius Maximus

[CT]

Or Great Tit.

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/GT1.jpg

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/GT2.jpg

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/GT3.jpg

Sorry about goin' all Latin on yo asses there. :D

[hypnotic]

Yet more great shots.

I am sure we all want to see how you get these.
Any chance of seeing some photo's of the location & in action?

[Ally]

Great shots CT, Did you have to use the flash at a high power?

[matty]

very nice Cedric, havent seen one of them for a long time

[Venomator]

Lovin' the inuendos Cedric ...:lol:

May even be ... Parus Major too then ...:D

Females of the species methinx ... first and last anyway ... not sure about middle one though ...:thinking:





:p

[oldgit]

Very nice. At least up to your usual standard.
I'm beginning to wonder if you've got just the one tree at the bottom of your garden. A fir tree. :)

[..MD..]

:thumbs: no2 has got some beautiful detail in the feathers cedric but all are great imho:clap:

[Fangman]

Excellent - putting my efforts to shame again!

[pswillies]

Excellent :clap: First one is the pick of the bunch I think... the focus is spot on. :thumbs:

Paul
:)

[dod]

first for me too, there's a touch of motion on the head of the second ;)

[CT]

Great shots CT, Did you have to use the flash at a high power?

No flash used on these Ally, although I can see why you'd think there was, particularly No2. We had an uncharacterstic burst of sunshine for a few minutes - I actually got 1/250 at 400 ISO. :)

[IanC_UK]

nice ones again CT that 500mm will be worn out ;)

[CT]

Yet more great shots.

I am sure we all want to see how you get these.
Any chance of seeing some photo's of the location & in action?

Well the location is my back garden, and I'm loathe to post pics of it as it would be fairly obvious where I live to a lot of neighbourhood ne'er do wells, being on the edge of a local park ;)

The tree is about 20 -25 feet from my kitchen window and most of the shots are taken through the open kitchen window, the camera being tripod mounted. I can get a little closer by sitting outside and keeping very still.

The tree was planted a little over three years ago and only makes on average about 6 inches growth in a year. It's currently about 4.5ft high. It was planted at the optimum distance for photographing birds, and that was the reason for planting it. We chuck a handful of birdseed around it every morning. I still must chuck about 90% of shots in the bin due to how fast moving these birds are, causing blurred shots.

HTH :)

[CT]

Very nice. At least up to your usual standard.
I'm beginning to wonder if you've got just the one tree at the bottom of your garden. A fir tree. :)

I have! If you could see the pocket hanky where these shots are taken you'd be surprised. ;)

Sorry if the tree is a bit repetitive for you guys, but it matters not for stock library shots. I've done most forms of commercial snapping in my time, and now I'm pursuing what I really enjoy the most, which is wildlife, and building up good quality stock library images is as much effort as I want to put into making money out of it these days. :D

[CT]

Females of the species methinx ... first and last anyway ... not sure about middle one though ...:thinking:

:p

:notworthy:

How do you tell?

[IanC_UK]

:notworthy:

How do you tell?

Chloroform, Magnifiying glass and a lot of patience ? ;)

[Venomator]

How do you tell?

:D ... I guess I watch them far too much CT ... :geek: ... instead

Chloroform, Magnifiying glass and a lot of patience ?

LoL ... :D ... How can you tell ... :suspect:

Seriously though ... in breeding plumage ... (as most will already be now ready for next Spring's session !) ... the males are a lot brighter with bolder markings than the females ... but notably ... also have a broader breast stripe ... the black bit from bib to belly ... ;)




:p

[ed34]

excellent shots CT:thumbs: #1 is my favourite

[Diego Garcia]

CT, do you happen to live in an avery?

Cracking work.

[Venomator]

:lol: ... at Diego ... HeHe ...