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13-01-2011, 08:05 AM
| | New Member | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kemsing Nr Sevenoaks.
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| | | Re: Mince Pie Meet at Sevenoaks, December 28, 2010
A very nice set of pictures and makes me more regretfull that I was wallowing in flu on the day.
I had a visit to the reserve this Sunday. I had two highlights, well 3 really. First was that on one of the Islands that cant be seen from any of the hides I counted 38 snipe. I am sure I missed some. I am used to a dozen or so on the reserve so this was astounding.
I dont know if you you went as far as the new hode that overlooks a reed bed. I went there and apart from a couple of reed buntings everything seemed desolate. Then I was rewarded with a bittern having a strole across a narrow channel in the bed. Then whilst in best bino using mode I was aware that something had landed on the ledge adjacent to me. Shifted my gaze sans binos and it was a robin about 20cms away from my face. I didnt have my camera at hand (just a fuji compact) but when the robin went on an exploration of the hide I started to use it. I took over 40 pics in a short space of time. For a while it was very close to me and I was using the macro setting.
I have posted the best on my photobucket site, but it appears I have to upload them to this site to be ahared so will get on with that later.
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13-01-2011, 06:15 PM
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| | | Re: Mince Pie Meet at Sevenoaks, December 28, 2010
Cracking pics, Cordaline. It was a lovely day. 
And I did get my roots done a couple of days later! |
13-01-2011, 09:14 PM
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| | | Re: Mince Pie Meet at Sevenoaks, December 28, 2010
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Originally Posted by Susie  Cracking pics, Cordaline. It was a lovely day.
And I did get my roots done a couple of days later! | Thanks Susie.
I enjoyed it too.
Even if I did go for a burton. Hence a few blurred pics from my poorly camera. 
Sooo glad it's recovered.
Otherwise I wouldn't have got my fresh Waxwing pics yesterday & today!
(See WW thread) 
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14-01-2011, 05:38 PM
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| | | Re: Mince Pie Meet at Sevenoaks, December 28, 2010
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Originally Posted by Cordaline Thanks Susie.
I enjoyed it too.
Even if I did go for a burton. Hence a few blurred pics from my poorly camera.
Sooo glad it's recovered.
Otherwise I wouldn't have got my fresh Waxwing pics yesterday & today!
(See WW thread) | Waxwings? FAB!  Am soooooo jealous! |
17-01-2011, 10:19 AM
| | New Member | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kemsing Nr Sevenoaks.
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| | | Re: Mince Pie Meet at Sevenoaks, December 28, 2010
Struggling to get to grips with the picture uploading facility on this site, but fingers crossed the robin pics I mentioned recently are here. Reg Oakley Gallery - Wild About Britain Pics
Bit like belated Krizzy cards. |
17-01-2011, 03:12 PM
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| | | Re: Mince Pie Meet at Sevenoaks, December 28, 2010
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Originally Posted by Cordaline 7 go mad in Sevenoaks with my cracker party hats. 
Didn't we all just have a lovely time. | Don't listen to Neil, I think we all look very smart in our party hats! Quote:
Originally Posted by Reg Oakley | Nice shots Reg! If you take a little seed or dried mealworms with you that robin will sit on your hand.
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20-02-2011, 10:13 PM
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| | | Re: Mince Pie Meet at Sevenoaks, December 28, 2010
Just dragging this thread out of retirement for a quick update on the scarlet elf cups. They were tiny at the end of December but some of them are a good three inches across now. And there's loads of 'em!   
That last one is still quite small and is a ten image focus stack.
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20-02-2011, 10:52 PM
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| | | Re: Mince Pie Meet at Sevenoaks, December 28, 2010
Nice pics, Dave |
20-02-2011, 11:06 PM
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| | | Re: Mince Pie Meet at Sevenoaks, December 28, 2010
Great stuff dave. Great thing about fungi, photographable even if the weather is dull. |
21-02-2011, 08:17 AM
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| | | Re: Mince Pie Meet at Sevenoaks, December 28, 2010
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Originally Posted by Ukwildlifeo Great stuff dave. Great thing about fungi, photographable even if the weather is dull. | and they don't move much. | | | |
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