First birdy shot

[Jonny]

The little bugger wasn't scared at all really, came right upto me and Bod

Handheld at 1/125 at 200mm, quite proud of that

 

[Marcel]

Nice!

It even walked past my feet, and walked under my car....very confident it was.

 

[Jonny]

Nice!

It even walked past my feet, and walked under my car....very confident it was.

It was having a look at the dirt shield

 

[Venomator]

Lovely male Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) you captured there Jonny ... although to me it looks a tad over-sharpened ... imo of course ... nicely composed and exposed too though ...

 

[Matt]

good shot jonny, nicely composed and clear, though i would have maybe used a bit of fill in flash?

 

[Jonny]

good shot jonny, nicely composed and clear, though i would have maybe used a bit of fill in flash?

The tiny onboard flash at 200mm? No chance

 

[Marcel]

The tiny onboard flash at 200mm? No chance

The bird was about 2 inches high and you were only about 6 foot away

What's the guide number on the onboard flash for the 20? It's about 12 isnt it?

It would have worked

 

[Jonny]

The bird was about 2 inches high and you were only about 6 foot away

What's the guide number on the onboard flash for the 20? It's about 12 isnt it?

It would have worked

Suppose it would have

I duno, it was kinda spur of the moment thing as you know because it was so close, wasn't thinking about flash

 

[Marcel]

Suppose it would have

I duno, it was kinda spur of the moment thing as you know because it was so close, wasn't thinking about flash

Oh aye, can fully understand. The amount of times I've had to grab the camera quickly and I've forgotten to set something...it's all too easily done unfortunately.