tripod; -0.33 EV; 1/1250s; f/7.1; ISO 200
Time is passing by ... the project of my new hide - started in early January - is almost over, only a bench waits to be built.
I've spent a couple of afternoons in it, with frustrating results - the yellow reeds used as a front cover (very fit during...
Captured on my local patch. The Cyber-shot DSC-W200 was set to ISO Mode and the camera took the picture at ISO 250 125sec F5.5. The image size was set to 8M and with the "Smart zoom" on this gave a maximum zoom of 3.7x. Taken with the 2sec timer on.
There were lots of warblers in the reeds by the Island Mere hide at Minsmere on Saturday evening but I was having trouble keeping up with them as they flitted about. I don't know how people manage to get those beautiful close up portraits! Ron
After several trips at last a Reed Warbler that showed itself.I had just abandoned my tripod so only 2 or 3 of about 10 shots were reasonably sharp but so much better to see the whole bird instead of bits of one largely obscured by reeds and other vegetation.
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