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57 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

I dont have the words for how good that picture is. You’re like a sweary Dr Dolittle 😂

Don't big him up, the man has no morals. He's nailed that poor bird to the tree just to get a brilliant photograph. 

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2 hours ago, XTreme said:

Do you have to wait a long time to get the right shot Terry?

Sometimes Pete but it's mostly simply a matter of going out a lot and keeping an eye out for a photo opportunity

Though one particular shot has eluded me for nearly 4 years now, need the right circumstances to coincide with opportunity

 

 

 

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10 minutes ago, XTreme said:

Incredible Terry!

How much is a camera to get that sort of quality?

This was taken with my Sony Bridge camera, RX10 III, I bought it used for less than £600

In this instance a Panasonic FZ2000 would have done a good job too

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Box Tree Moth on our window just now.  My wife is now in panic mode as apparently they've been munching box bushes to death in London and this one has travelled here to munch on hers :classic_unsure:

 

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6 hours ago, boboneleg said:

Box Tree Moth on our window just now.  My wife is now in panic mode as apparently they've been munching box bushes to death in London and this one has travelled here to munch on hers :classic_unsure:

 

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There are so many awful jokes here I feel I must step aside for the more double entendre trained to take over 😂

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1 minute ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

There are so many awful jokes here I feel I must step aside for the more double entendre trained to take over 😂

To be honest it did lead it out a little with @XTreme in mind but he must be having an off day 😉

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This is how I get sharp, close up shots of Woodpeckers and some others

Most of us at some time have had a woodpecker visit the garden but they're normally infrequent and very timid

As soon as I saw one in our garden I did the below and in the first Spring we had 10 Woodpeckers visiting constantly throughout each day, including two pairs of adults and six juveniles

Firstly you need to give them a feeding station that's more natural to them

This is a log I propped up and drilled holes in for a special mix of food

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Next was to create some yummy food for them, a mix of crushed up fastballs, peanuts and dried mealworms.....

40 fastballs zapped in the microwave for 4 minutes to soften them, 1 litre of raw unsalted peanuts, 300ml mealworm and 450ml of vegetable oil warmed for 1.5minutes

Use your hands to crumble the fastballs and use a blender to break up the peanuts and mealworms, mix all the ingredients in a large container, depending on the consistency of the fastballs you may need to adjust the quantity of oil but wait until it all cools down before deciding to add more oil or more fastballs

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As you can see, I also added a camera bracket to the log so I could get very close with high quality lenses for razor sharp images, as I knew they were in every few minutes by then I could just set the camera on intervalometer pre focused on where I knew the eye would be

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