Kooka…
by Rodney Campbell on Nov.22, 2012, under Life, Photography
We’ve had a number of Kookaburra’s adopt our backyard lately (waiting for worms in our lawn and gardens).
They seem quite content to sit patiently on our swing or trampoline waiting for their meals to make an appearance.
It was a nice overcast early morning with soft even light so my daughters wanted me to take a few shots – now I don’t confess to be a brider by any stretch but I fitted the Sigma 50-500 to the D600 and took a few frames of this fellow – I stayed on our deck looking out and he watched me quite intently but I get the feeling he would have let me get a lot closer – maybe next time.
These were shot wide open (f/6.3) between 380 and 500mm and I traded ISO for a fast shutter speed since it wasn’t all that bright and I’m really happy with how clean the images are – the middle was shot at ISO 2000
Note: These images (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger – so click any of the images below to see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer.
NIKON D600 + 50.0-500.0 mm f/4.5-6.3 @ 380 mm, 1/800 sec at f/6.3, ISO 800
Would you call this sly or cheeky?
NIKON D600 + 50.0-500.0 mm f/4.5-6.3 @ 380 mm, 1/800 sec at f/6.3, ISO 2200
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NIKON D600 + 50.0-500.0 mm f/4.5-6.3 @ 380 mm, 1/800 sec at f/6.3, ISO 1000
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