Well, just purchased a Canon EOS 300-D from Ebay, with a load of accesories, got all my camo gear, charged up the batteries, palmed the kids of with grandparents, finished work early and off i went into the woods.
Looking like a paratrooper i waded across the fields and founda suitable spot in the woods just behind a rotten tree stump, rested the camera on the log and waited, and waited, waited....2hrs passed and not a thing
, then an old women walked passed me with her dog and i about scared the old dear to death...SORRY!! SORRY!! i'm taking photos of birds!! i was glad she didn't ask to have a look cos i didn't have one to my name...Oh sod it!! i got up and then walked out of the woods, looked into the sky and there like a ghost i saw the most beautiful bird..(feathered variety)...i dont know what it was but my god it was fantastic, so graceous...and off it went.flying like a ghost across the fields...oh no you dont i yelled!!!
Then it was gone....right...sit under this tree and wait....so there i am sitting and waiting then out of no where..whoosh...right, get the camera, aim and OH NO!!! lense cap.....take it off, aim....GONE!!!!!!!!!
I have not given up i will be out at 7am to go and get the shot of the century with this bird.....i will describe the bird and maybe you all could tell me what it is....at first i thought it was a heron, sime size wing span, dark ontop white underneath then as i got closer i could see that it was chasing the crows and swooping down onto the ground....it flew like an eagle does it was huge.......any ideas...DZ