Knocking on (Nuthatch, Woodpecker)
Written by Wednesday, 30 November 2005 00:00
"The reasons for legal intervention in favour of children apply not less strongly to the case of those unfortunate slaves and victims of the most brutal part of mankind - the lower animals." John Stuart Mill
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Sitta europaea (Nuthatch) In one of the local forests I heard some knocking on a tree. I slowly moved closer and expected to see a woodpecker. To my surprise it was a rather small bird making all this noise. A Nuthatch was picking insect larvae that it searched under the bark of a dead branch above me. I quickly took some shots and got 2 good ones. The first one looks a bit awkward because of my tilted shooting angle. The second picture shows the bird with it's meal. Photo by Frank Panis Shooting Data: (both photos) Camera: Nikon D2x Lens: Nikkor AF-S 300mm f/2.8D IF-ED + TC14E-II Sensitivity: ISO 800 Shutter speed - aperture: 1/1600 - f4 Flash:none Support: handheld Image: RAW, converted in Nikon Capture 4.4.0 |
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Dendrocopos major (Great Spotted Woodpecker) Instead of reading about digital photography (I've learned almost every nuance and detail through the internet) I decided to go out and shoot more. I visit the forest almost daily, and that's why I see so much more things happening than ever before, but I'm still far from being an expert on local forest wildlife. The knocking of a woodpecker barely passes unnoticed though, so I decided to sneak in on them. Hearing them is one thing, but seeing them is a completely other business. I spotted the "suspect" tree that matched my ears observations as close as possible and started looking for movement between the branches. After a while I saw the very active woodpecker and I immediately pointed my lens at him and took a few pictures. Then the bird flew to another tree and I lost it. A while later I saw another one which was photographed too. Both of them were shot against the light, so I hope to make better photo's the next time with the sun behind me. Photos by Frank Panis Shooting Data: 1. Camera: Nikon D2x Lens: AF-S 300mm f/2.8D IF-ED + TC14E-II Sensitivity: ISO 400 Shutter speed - aperture: 1/1000 - f4 Flash:none Support: handheld Image: RAW, converted in Nikon Capture 4.4.0 2. Camera: Nikon D2x Lens: AF-S 300mm f/2.8D IF-ED + TC14E-II Sensitivity: ISO 800 Shutter speed - aperture: 1/1600 - f4 Flash:none Support: handheld Image: RAW, converted in Nikon Capture 4.4.0 |
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