Your R System Images - September 2023

[David Berry]

A scrap over… (a scrap?)​

Silver Gulls : Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Sandgate Beach, Moreton Bay, Queensland​

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I have no idea what these two were scrapping over (food presumably). It was just after eight in the morning, which made it far too early for every gull's favourite titbit (fish and chips) to be on the menu; apart from that it was extreme low tide and I was three or four hundred metres from the shore.

 

[PKM-UK]

A scrap over… (a scrap?)​

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Silver Gulls : Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Sandgate Beach, Moreton Bay, Queensland​

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I have no idea what these two were scrapping over (food presumably). It was just after eight in the morning, which made it far too early for every gull's favourite titbit (fish and chips) to be on the menu; apart from that it was extreme low tide and I was three or four hundred metres from the shore.

Hi David,

Looks like tit for tat over a tit bit...

(Possibly warming up for table service later in the day?).

P&K

 

[Plamen_11]

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PKM-UK, thanks! Some more photos from this place . I don't know if it will be interesting. I like to shoot more macro, but I'm new to Canon and still don't have a macro lens. Sorry for my bad english.
Pleven Panorama

 

[dgphoto8]

The first rains of the coming season(s) stopped long enough and allowed the Sun to peek through. This Dalhalia is called "Bridezilla" from Swan Island Dahlias.



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Wow, wonderful perspective looking up at the flower and that dramatic sky

 

[David Berry]

Time to 'land'… or to just keep flying?​

Bar-tailed Godwits : Limosa lapponica​

 

[PKM-UK]

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PKM-UK, thanks! Some more photos from this place . I don't know if it will be interesting. I like to shoot more macro, but I'm new to Canon and still don't have a macro lens. Sorry for my bad english.
Pleven Panorama

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Hi Plamen,

Cheers for the additional images and information - keep up the good work.

You can rest assured your English is significantly better than our Bulgarian!

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

Time to 'land'… or to just keep flying?​

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Bar-tailed Godwits : Limosa lapponica​

Hi David,

Never ceases to amaze us there aren't more mid-airs - terrific piloting skills...

(Excellent BIF - we are wondering whether you're stood waist deep in water?).

P&K

 

[Kamoshika]

Back at my local park today (after a few weeks) on a very slow afternoon, but still managed to get two decent shots, a grey and a black-crowned night-heron (juvenile). The grey heron was snacking on a taunagi (Asian swamp eel).

 

[PKM-UK]

Back at my local park today (after a few weeks) on a very slow afternoon, but still managed to get two decent shots, a grey and a black-crowned night-heron (juvenile). The grey heron was snacking on a taunagi (Asian swamp eel).View attachment 20092View attachment 20093

Hi David,

The moment was well seen and caught - love the eye catch-light...

(We suspect one of the participants enjoyed the snacking experience more than the other!).

P&K

 

[dgphoto8]

Back at my local park today (after a few weeks) on a very slow afternoon, but still managed to get two decent shots, a grey and a black-crowned night-heron (juvenile). The grey heron was snacking on a taunagi (Asian swamp eel).View attachment 20092View attachment 20093

Great capture of the heron feeding.

 

[Kamoshika]

Great capture of the heron feeding.

Thanks. I've actually seen it before, but this was the first time to get the pic.

 

[David Berry]

Refuelling after a long flight …​

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Bar-tailed Godwit
Moreton Bay, Queensland​

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Back from the species's northern breeding grounds – a 9,000 km journey around the western edge of the Pacific – this Bar-tailed Godwit and its companions will stay with us until the March autumn equinox.

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We are wondering whether you stood waist deep in water?

'Get down low!' is the advice given to all shorebird and waterfowl photographers, so I lay prone on the sand, using my elbows to prop the R5 and RF 100–500 (actually 420–700 mm with the 1.4X extender) as low as possible.

With the tide fully out, I was able to wander around the sandflats of western Moreton Bay. I wear kayakers' neoprene 'boots' when venturing out to the birds' feeding grounds.

 

[PKM-UK]

Refuelling after a long flight …​

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Bar-tailed Godwit
Moreton Bay, Queensland​

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Back from the species's northern breeding grounds – a 9,000 km journey around the western edge of the Pacific – this Bar-tailed Godwit and its companions will stay with us until the March autumn equinox.

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'Get down low!' is the advice given to all shorebird and waterfowl photographers, so I lay prone on the sand, using my elbows to prop the R5 and RF 100–500 (actually 420–700 mm with the 1.4X extender) as low as possible.

With the tide fully out, I was able to wander around the sandflats of western Moreton Bay. I wear kayakers' neoprene 'boots' when venturing out to the birds' feeding grounds.

Hi David,

Top marks there for effort (and preparation) - leading to these wonderful results!

'Look at life from a different angle' is great advice for anyone...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

Our final offerings for this month's thread - a few more images from Chester Zoo.

The usual challenges of distorting glass, steamed up glass, steamed up distorting glass, wire fences, low lighting, bright lighting - and fate all applied...

(Shot raw and processed using: DxO PhotoLab Elite, Adobe Lightroom Classic/ Photoshop and Topaz Labs Photo AI/ Studio 2).

Phil and Karen


1. Tiger Club...

2. What a bunch of cuties...

3. Hello matey...

4. Hold it right there...

5. When animals people watch...

6. Feathers as art...

7. Sharknado!

 

[Tim Mayo]

I do love to see the little goldfinches in the garden, even though they cost me a small fortune in sunflower hearts.

 

[PKM-UK]

I do love to see the little goldfinches in the garden, even though they cost me a small fortune in sunflower hearts.

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Hi Tim,

A wonderful composition - and bright-eyed subject!

(We haven't seen any goldfinches in our gardens this year).

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[Tim Mayo]

Hi Tim,

A wonderful composition - and bright-eyed subject!

(We haven't seen any goldfinches in our gardens this year).

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

Thanks Phil. Are you using sunflower hearts? We didn’t have any either until we started putting them out. They can’t resist them!

 

[PKM-UK]

Thanks Phil. Are you using sunflower hearts? We didn’t have any either until we started putting them out. They can’t resist them!

Hi Tim,

I believe the answer to that is ‘no’, but that’s a great tip and I’ll pass it on to our garden wildlife treats supervisor (Karen).



Phil

 

[PKM-UK]

*** Your R System Images - September 2023 *** Thread Closed…

Another terrific collection of inspirational R System images this month - posted by people all around the world and viewed by people all around the world - we’ve really enjoyed them all. A HUGE ‘thank you’ to the contributors and commentators - your talents and time are appreciated!!

You can continue to post any comments here, but the October thread is now open for all new images (including any additional September material).

Phil and Karen

 

[Tim Mayo]

*** Your R System Images - September 2023 *** Thread Closed…

Another terrific collection of inspirational R System images this month - posted by people all around the world and viewed by people all around the world - we’ve really enjoyed them all. A HUGE ‘thank you’ to the contributors and commentators - your talents and time are appreciated!!

You can continue to post any comments here, but the October thread is now open for all new images (including any additional September material).

Phil and Karen

And a very big thank you to yourself and Karen for managing the thread so well and providing such great feedback on everyone’s images Phil! It’s certainly appreciated by myself and I’m sure everyone who contributes here too. Roll on October but not too fast!