Sparrow In The Rain 16.01.11
This is one of my Sparrows who head’s up a team of 7 but I noticed today another is tagging on. As birds go they must be amongst the messiest, throwing as much seed on the floor as they eat it seems. Still they are doing well but the winter is not over yet I fear, so will see how they do later in the spring.
The light was particularly low and raining of course. The feeder I have on a post which stands 2 meters away from me in my shed hide with a small opening 200mm x 140mm and a small shelf for additional support. I have thick pipe lagging on wooden rails for arms to lean against and have to spend hours sometimes waiting to get these type of shots.
Technical: Ignore the next bit if you’re not into Photographic technicalities.
This picture I decided to take at a fairly high ISO, so for the record ISO switched to on and at ISO 720 1/100 sec hand held at F/8 and at 240mm with -2.0 EV On Nikon D300 with MB-D10 battery pack and my Nikon AF-S VR 70-300 f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens I use so much and love; one of the best value lenses Nikon make in my opinion.
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