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Birdie Jungle Gym

2008.02.01
Looking beyond the log seat.

Reflected sticks and spot the birdie


This guy was perched way up high

And promptly dashed away.

I finished work early today (something i truly treasured as it wont be happening again for a VERY long time) so on my way home had some time to stop off at the local reserve which has a large duck pond I had never visited. Turns out there are a bunch of bright stick pocking out from the middle of the lake where a variety of birds and ducks enjoy the afternoon sun.

Today I learnt I am really hopeless at tracking birds in flight with a telephoto lens attached to the camera....so damn heavy.
25 Comments
MHJphotos Very nice my friend! I love the very shallow DOF in #1 and the compositions in #3 & #4.

I agree, tracking BIF is not easy. When you see a good shot, you can't really appreciate it until you try it and fail miserably! Believe me, I know first hand how difficult it is to get good BIF shots! You haven't seen ANY posts of BIF on my blog, have you?! There's a reason ... ;)

Very well done here!
MHJphotos · 2008-02-01: 02:06
shutterjitter #4 gets my vote for the best capture
shutterjitter · 2008-02-01: 02:24
chanchiewsoo Yes...it's never easy to track down bird (especially flying one) w a telephoto lens....how heavy is it?
chanchiewsoo · 2008-02-01: 02:38
tomie nice set! i love the #2
tomie · 2008-02-01: 03:31
jet28 Fascinating structure, nice shots!
jet28 · 2008-02-01: 06:02
oldbabe At least you have a telephoto lens! I'm still learning how to use "point and shoot"!

I like the 3 birds in #3. And that's a very unusual bunch of sticks!

Who needs BIF???

oldbabe · 2008-02-01: 06:02
rolpa Wonderful cheerful shots! Great colours. Birds are a bonus.
rolpa · 2008-02-01: 06:56
Peche This is a really great set, Andrea, very natural and great lighting as well. It says a lot about hope.
The composition of #3 is excellent, the three birds on three different levels on the jungle gym.
Birds are never easy to capture - keep it up, your shots only ever seem to improve.
Peche · 2008-02-01: 06:56
SheriJ Very cool and yes it is very hard to track birds in flight with a zoom,but practice makes your shots better. I carry a 300mm 95% of the time! great post I love bird posts!!
SheriJ · 2008-02-01: 07:50
Lindyart beautiful and so colorful with all that great texture thrown in.. 2 and 3 are my favs.. love all that reflection captured too:) super set :) I see brilliance myself .. reflected in all you do :)
Lindyart · 2008-02-01: 07:54
DancingDolphin Well worth the stop I'd say.... really interesting with all the colors, the third shot is my fav.!
DancingDolphin · 2008-02-01: 08:00
bamommy Wonderful shots. I like #3 because it has so much color. I'm like you I like alot of color.
bamommy · 2008-02-01: 08:47
lexlevans i LOVE this set! what an awesome colorful structure - and #1 is so cool the way you composed it! i think you did a great job capturing the little birdies! especially #4 - and i like him flying away in #5 too - all that movement!

what a fun place to go and take photos :-)
lexlevans · 2008-02-01: 11:01
KerBear Hey from Boston! :) The boy is setting up his new TV so thought it would be a great time to check out my friends photos :) Love this set.... wonderful job!!
KerBear · 2008-02-01: 11:56
joycephotography It pays off to check out new places. Reflection in #2 is super!! Nice work.
joycephotography · 2008-02-01: 12:10
noptek Very interesting pictures. I love the blur in 1, the reflections in 2 and this incredible duck in 3.
noptek · 2008-02-01: 15:38
ambersunsets Cool place to take photos. The reflections in #2 are really cool.
ambersunsets · 2008-02-01: 16:18
Queen911 Beautiful set.
Queen911 · 2008-02-01: 16:42
Maxine I love #3!
Maxine · 2008-02-01: 17:32
PaperWings How cool is that?? Makes for awesome photos! great job.
PaperWings · 2008-02-01: 19:06
vollenda I get dizzy trying to catch the little ones! Great colors and birds. My favorite is #3.
vollenda · 2008-02-01: 20:59
a2kblog beutyful shotss
i like 1 photo
i gave it title - focussed but not focussed
a2kblog · 2008-02-02: 00:40
aurian I love the reflections on the water, and all of the rainbow colours. Looks like we're both into bright colours lately ;)
aurian · 2008-02-02: 01:24
BreezyOnTheEyes i'm glad you got out of work early and thought of going here andrea! numbers 2 and 3 really tickle my fancy. i LOVE this strange contraption of mulit-colored wood all in a jumble as a bird jungle-gym. i wonder if that was this formation's original intent? if so, very interesting and if not VERY interesting haha. either way, the way it's reflecting in that second shot is wonderful and it's a fun challenge to try and pick out were all the birdies are ~_^ and i just love the close up of number 3.
BreezyOnTheEyes · 2008-02-02: 12:43
etodd80 Great shots, the colors are excellent and the composition on #3 is right on. Nice set!
etodd80 · 2008-02-02: 15:00
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