Little Egret

Beautiful with the water reflections.
Well done Keith.

Thank you Jaap...........such kind words as always.

Super images of this Little Egret Keith nice size lens 40 - 150. my 18 - 400 is too heavy.
All the best TOZ

Thank you so much TOZ......glad you like it.

My "wildlife" lens was a 100-400mm zoom........but it weighed a ton and I rarely carried it. I eventually traded it in for another lens!

Fantastic photo.

Thank you kind sir..........much appreciated.

Well caught and impressive getting them with the 40-150 , they've cropped really well

Thank you Richard......glad you like this little collection. You're very kind.

This particular lens/camera combination produce excellent quality images, which helps when you need to crop!

Diesen Reiher kenn ich gar nicht lieber Keith,da hast du ja eine tolle Entdeckung gemacht mit diesen Silberreiher,rausgehen zahlt sich immer aus,du hast ihn ganz toll aus verschiedenen Ansichten aufgenommen,aber ich finde auch das kleine Entlein ist richtig hübsch,das hätte sich auch ein Fotoshooting verdient:))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Abend,liebe Grüße Güni :))

Little Egrets used to be rare in the UK many years ago, but now they're pretty commonplace!

Glad you like this little collection Güni............and thank you for your kind comments as always.

The little duckling is actually a black-headed Gull :-)

I hope you've had a good day and are looking forward to a nice evening. Best wishes, Keith.

Oh,danke für die Info zu dieser Möwe lieber Keith :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Abend,liebe Grüße Güni :))

Nice photo. 1st PiP with Black-headed Gull is even better.

Thank you kind sir.......glad you like this little collection..!!

Nice one Keith, we see so many of these beautiful birds nowadays.

Cheers matey........glad you like this little collection.

Yes, I remember when they were quite rare..!!

Wonderful capture and a lovely reflection. My go to lens is usually a 12-40 pro grade it's the old style I got it second hand when people were trading them in for the compact version it is a bit heavy but it crops well and you can get in close, I'm not keen on having it around by neck I use a wrist strap and carry it in my hand, my 40-150 is getting a bit loose it tends to creep if it's pointing down, the camera is starting to show it's age it's 10 years old

Thank you so much Peter........glad you like this small collection..!!

I also have the 12-40 f2.8 Pro lens (the MkI) and I have two 40-150 lenses......the f2.8 Pro which is large and quite heavy and the f4 Pro, which is much lighter and compact.

I also use a 12-100 f4 Pro, which is great for when I just want to carry a camera and one lens.

I've got the 12-100 f4 Pro do you remember when you could borrow Olympus kit I think it was for 3 days I borrowed one and finished up buying one the only snag was the nearest place I could borrow from was Jessops in Birmingham I haven't used it recently I have quite a few I've bought over the years I like the 60mm macro I have a pancake lens that has been in the washing machine it survived have you tried any vintage lens with an adapter I like the Helios 44-2 you can't get the swirly background with micro 4/3 but it has a distinctive look, I was given a non working Zenith camera the Helious was on it, There is a YouTube channel Zenography he looks at a lot of old cameras and lenses

I have the 60mm macro as well Peter, which is a smashing little lens. I'd love the OM system 90mm macro, but it's out of my price range at the moment.........even secondhand.

I remember being able to borrow Olympus kit..........but I don't think anywhere does that now.......sadly!

I've never used the old legacy lenses and most of them require you to use manual focus, and my eyes are not up to that nowadays :-)))

Prima mit den Spiegelbildern. Da passt das weisse Gefieder sehr gut.

Thank you so much Mikus.............you're very kind as always.

Awesome shots!

Thank you very much William..!!

An excellent capture, Keith.

Much obliged John.........glad you like this little collection.

beautiful Keith

Thank very much Annemarie..!!

A beautiful bird with great reflections. I understand you well, I also often leave the heavy camera and tele at home now- and your crops work excellently!

Thanks for your visit and kind comments Gudrun........alway appreciated.

I had a 100-400mm zoom, which I eventually traded in for smaller and lighter lenses. I do miss it though!

A beautiful capture of this egret , Keith. The reflection looks so fine in the rippled water.
I like the Pips too, especially the first showing the egret in company of a seagull.

Glad you like this little series Adele.........thank you so much.

Marvelous images, Keith!

I invite you for Group:

Thanks very much Judite.......much appreciated.

(You seem to have forgotten to add the name of the group you were going to invite me to).

Really nice series, Keith.
A nice place for morning walks!

Glad you like 'em Jean-Paul.........very much appreciated.

Yes, the walk follows the route of a railway line that ceased to exist in the late 1960's. It has been converted into an accessible footpath.

Beautifully captured pair.

Glad you like these Eunice.........thanks for your visit and lovely comment.

Nice shot Keith. I try to shoot at a high enough resolution that I can set the composition by how I crop it. Lets me concentrate on the subject while shooting.

Thank you so much Ed...........glad you like these. I do the same as you when I think I might have to crop.

My camera has a built in digital 2 x converter...........but it's pretty rubbish and cropping gets better quality!

Cropped but ok, I have sold my telelens too as I have a friend who is a bird photographer and his lens was in bad shape after a fall on rocks. He purchased the D800 too as his Nikon was arriving at the end in number of shots and it was good for me too as I had no other lens left.
I almost no longer used it because of the weight…

Glad you like the photo Isabel. Many thanks.

I was sad when I had to move mine on, as I like shooting wildlife, but it is what it is...........I'm getting old :-)))

Sehr schön getroffen, auch ohne langes Tele.
Lange Teleobjektive sind schwer. Aber ich gebe mein 100-400 mm nicht her, denn es ist mein Lieblingsobjektiv.