The Sunshade by KatieR

Good to see you are still taking photos of m'sh4ooms.

I enjoyed this image.

Fibonacci spiral self-portrait by Darrell

Yep - I'll go with that.

Eeny, meeny ...... by GlennH

Super shot.

i may have pulled the cat off from dead centre to add a bit of tension - but I do like this.

FrancisR

Two Shrooms by steve_eb

Super shots - especially the first.
As you say the water droplets really finish it of.
Fabulous colors.

Epping Forest by cameraman

Agree about the rain and the light at Epping.
Beguiling colours.

Epping Forest by Tony_M

Splendid shot, worth missing the car park for!!
Agree about the backdrops.

Good to see you again.

Tea in Epping Forest by Pete

Pete,

Rusty! That's what the weather does to everything at all Epping forest meets.

Good to meet you.

FrancisR

Swallow by Gio

Good effort - tricky little blighters.

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Mythical Creature by marriedandhappy

Between 2% and 3% of swans are killed annually by - other swans!!

They may look fluffy and white, with ever so cute chicks, but this photo is all about turf wars, and its deadly serious.

The aim of the one on top is to drown the one below.

Nice.

inscrutable cat by blackbird

Super portrait - made me smile.
Francis

Black headed gull by danielwaters

I was just having a general rummage around past uploaded phots and ran across yours.

Yes - know the problem - I have lots of shots like this:

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Winding the shutter speed up helped
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But the common factor was the 100-400mm canon lens, which was always a bit soft especially wide open @400m. I found that using the centre focusing point also helped because using them all meant that the lens would pick up on the water closer to the camera and not the bird.

Anyhow, things improved dramatically when I switched to a 400mm F5.6 canon lens. Its autofocus speed is blistering and it sharp wider open. Try this example link or this one link.

Male Mallard by SueSelley

Like the depth of field and the general colour scheme.
But, to me it looks a fraction (1/3rd of a stop) over exposed. The lighter coloured wing feathers look a little too bright.

Still, nice shot though.

francis

Wagtail by bertty

mmm... any idea what the diagonal and vertical bands are in the background?

Francis

Minutus by Greyheron

Supa dupa shoot.

As always, great exposue and colours.

Francis

Keeley by heids

Love the colour - love the background. We have 4 14+ year old cats. They take on a certain gravitas when the get old!

Nice shot.

Francis

Ready for my Closeup by alliec

Handheld! - Either you have nerves of steel or the bug moves!

Francis