This morning I went down to the river Aire at Denso Marston Nature Reserve to listen to some of the dawn chorus. The usual culprits were belting it out – Robin, Wren, Blackbird, Blackcap etc. as were quite a few Song Thrush.
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I am surprised that any of these are recognisable. The light was poor, they were handheld and for an 800mm lens the shutter speeds were ridiculously long. The Robin, taken at 5:40am was 1/8s, f:9.5 3200ISO.
The Treecreeper, taken at 5:28, has a ring on its leg. With there being very little light the camera struggled to focus and I struggled to find the birds in the trees.
I had to focus manually and then, if the viewfinder showed that the camera had found the bird, I could use auto-focus.
I had my camera with me because I half hoped to be able to stay out a while, at least until there was a decent amount of light. But it started raining and breakfast seemed like a good idea.
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