Goldfinch [One]

[OneTen]

Thanks for looking.

[Roger_Provins]

Yet another nice one Richard Are you using fill-in flash at all?

[OneTen]

Thanks Rog, no just ambient light.

[rharris]

Yes, beautiful clarity and colours. A good shot!

[Badgerman]

A great shot of one of my favourite birds.

[4BIKER2]

Another nice shot Richard, there must be a shortage of these around here, unless they disguise themselves as sparrows

[OneTen]

It's funny, we don't get any sparrows in the garden, I'd love to photograph one.

[4BIKER2]

Your welcome to try your luck here next time you are down this way

[lisadb]

Hi Richard,

fantastic pic as always. Please could you explain how you set your feeders etc up to get these ? Thanks Lisa.

[OneTen]

Thanks Lisa. I have three feeder holders set up with 9 feeders; 1 home-made fat block, 2 niger, 2 black sunflower, 3 crushed peanut, 1 mixed seed and three trays with a mix of things. On one of the feeders I've attached a couple of old branches using wire, in the vertical one I've drilled holes in the back and insert peanuts.



I then shoot through a gap I've created in the hedge. The feeder is placed so that the background is the trees on the other side of the valley.

[chr1s]

wow, i never realised these shots were so well planned!

[Fire_Monkey]

Me neither! Nice picture Richard!

What lens do you use?

[OneTen]

Thanks, this is with the EF 400mm f/5.6L @ f/8.

[GDN]

Excellent setup Richard.....

[bob58]

Me neither! Nice picture Richard!

oh yes, seen it first hand, which will help me with my set up with a bit of advise from richard, but first i am trying to perfect a technique and that aint no simple task......well for me anyway

by the way richard i did try hiding behind my bean plants the weekend...didnt work...mind you a white t shirt and bald head probally didnt help so next step camo

[jchrisc]

It's funny, we don't get any sparrows in the garden, I'd love to photograph one.

Patience Richard - everything comes etc. This little hen perched right by me as I was sitting on a bench last week.

[OneTen]

Patience is something I do have, along with an ever increasing list of things I want to photoghraph.

[swanseadave]

An excellent pic Richard.We get flocks of sparrows descending on the shrub roses in the garden,presumably after aphids.
BTW,it occured to me that,as the crow flies,it can`t be more than 30 miles or so from Swansea to Hartland where you live.Pity you can`t just nip across
maybe I could get a bridge built.

[OneTen]

I'm coming through Swansea station on Friday on my way to Skomer, it would be a 280 mile trip by road and like you say, just across the water.

[lisadb]

Thanks for the info Richard.

I've got something similar without the branches and I've also got some feeders in an apple tree. I think I need to put them all together and attach branches. The somewhere to hide is going to be a problem though. Lisa.