Been playing around a little more.. helped by so many birds all trying to get the sought after perches on the feeder. I think its 2 flocks of Goldies, which is why they dont get on so well!
Incoming
I think this one is my favourite with his feet hanging down!
The feisty little little bugger didnt want him landing, he screemed and shook his wings at him
2nd try...
Eventually, after a few seeds he got his way and shooed the imposter away! Check out those angry wings!
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Good shots of the Goldfinches flying, I have tried to take pictures of them flying in my garden, the wings are a little blurry on mine.
ReplyDeleteyou just need a really fast shutter speed, these shots were up around the 900 mark, anything less and you loose quite alot of detail as well as the body blurring. If you have a compact and can control the aperture then setting it as small as possible will force the camera to up the shutter speed.
ReplyDeletemore lovely shots of your goldies Matt.Love the way you have caught the flying motion.~Brill
ReplyDeleteSheila
plenty of perches on those feeders for the visitors. Great photos.
ReplyDeleteThanks Chris, yes the perch additions made a huge difference to the amount of visitors. Even the robins visit that feeder now.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed seeing your pictures of the Goldfinches. After a year of trying I am just beginning to get a couple visit my feeders.
ReplyDeleteWell done with the 'in flight' photos.
John