100-400 MKii worth it or not

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Darling Starling





A very clean starling...
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Mainly colourful small birds

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Horned grebe with catch in the Marquette Harbor

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Chris Smither - more from the Tav

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Anglesey Abbey - part 2

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Red Swamp Crayfish 2

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Performers at Didcot

Photoshoots organised by Timeline Events usually have re-enactors or performers and the event at Didcot was no exception. Shooting people up close is...
 

British Bird of prey Centre, Carmarthen



Opening day for the centre. Lots of work to be done yet.

But a nice opportunity to photo several birds of prey close up.
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Didcot

Thursday at Didcot for a Timeline event.........got very lucky with the rain staying away for most of the afternoon. Thease are `non model/re-enactor...
 

Just oil and water

At Didcot Railway Centre on Thursday.......there for a Timeline event. Got a few puzzled looks when shooting these.

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A Kookaburra

A Kookaburra landed in a tree in the garden -





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A week later at Herdsman

Another visit to Herdsman Lake and spring is still in the air. The Magpie Lark nest was empty and the Tawny Frogmouth chicks are now roosting out with...

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