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Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 4:44 pm**

Captured these with the 70-200 at 300 to 400mm using the Sigma 2x teleconvertor...

Gotta love butcher birds, I had four of them watching my every move.. nearly tame, they had no fear of sitting 2ft from me and taking bits of food from my hand (yes i know, i shouldnt feed them.. I was feeding them grubs I got out of the garden earlier)

Comments welcome

Tim

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 5:04 pm**

Great stuff Tim, the Sigma 2x seems to be very sharp, the shots are great and the bokeh is lovely too, your lucky to have such willing models.

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 5:22 pm**

Tim - seems like you're a hit with the birds!

Nice sharp shots -well done.

Bob G

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 5:24 pm**

Nice shots. I think a little bit more DOF would help though.

Those nasty hooked beaks do a good job pulling my gouldian finches through the mesh on my aviary. :evil:

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 5:36 pm**

More like Portrait of a Butcher

Lovely OOF backgorund and crisp images. #1 is my pick here.
cheers
marco

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 6:37 pm**

Thanks for the comments

GC: Sorry to hear about your Gouldians... they have a bad habit of that

Tim

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 6:40 pm**

old mate needs to clean his beak a bit I think.

Nice shots timma

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 6:42 pm**

Tim
You can take his leg clamps off now.

Nice images.

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 6:46 pm**

Tim just love the first. Top stuff

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 7:01 pm**

number one is the best here
well done.

Steve

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 7:13 pm**

I'm sorry im adding more then 4 pics.. but heres another I took of a butcher bird landing.. sorry Gary

Comments welcome on it aswell

and thanks for the previous comments!

Tim

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 8:15 pm**

good action on the new one.

makes me wonder how you are attracting him.

:shock:

Steve

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 8:39 pm**

Superglue

Nah, theres a family of butcher birds that reside in this area... and they often follow whoever is in the garden in hopes of picking up a wandering insect or grub that might be stirred up, i kept what i found and got them setup so they were comfy for a few portraits.. and if they were good after a couple of snaps, i hand fed em... (yes.. they hopped upto me and took food right out of my hand) then i'd take a few more pics

Tim

Posted: **Sat May 20, 2006 12:46 pm**

Great shots Tim and the recent addition action shot is a corker

Posted: **Sun May 21, 2006 3:27 pm**

Tim,

Considering the Butcherbird was taken using a 2x convertor, these shots are very sharp indeed.

Love the first 3 in particular.

Cheers

Michael

Posted: **Sun May 21, 2006 6:41 pm**

Excellent work Tim - love the calrity of the first one and the colour and bokeh in the second.

Posted: **Sun May 21, 2006 9:02 pm**

damn sharp!, nice shots

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Portraits of a Feathered Warrior

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