New Forest in between showers

[draggin]

OK went out to a very wet New Forest today, got a few new critters to add to my shot list

We start with everybodies favourites, hiding under a bush from the rain, this was shot from the car as I was also hiding from the rain

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I think this maybe a Green Finch

http://www.baiterpowerkites.co.uk/open_pictures/img_2057.jpg

Don't have a clue what these two are in the next two pictures

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A Robin

http://www.baiterpowerkites.co.uk/open_pictures/img_2114.jpg

Me sir, no I never destroy the vegitations..................

http://www.baiterpowerkites.co.uk/open_pictures/img_2083.jpg

...........he was ably assisted by his mate

http://www.baiterpowerkites.co.uk/open_pictures/img_2112.jpg

Both New Forest Ponies look a little bedraggled due to a heavy down pour minutes beofre.

The yellow flowers they are eating are very prickly gorse bushes

Comments welcome, thanks for looking

Tim

[bfjr]

don't know what equip you use but
since your light was pretty bad, a
higher ISO or larger f stop would help achieve
a higher shutter speed to stop the motion which is
showing in your critter shots.

The Horse shots however are right ON ! :thumb

[draggin]

Thanks for the comments, the lense was a 70 - 300mm Canon USM IS, I set the ISO at 400 and the f stop was on f4 (max for lense). Problem with the birds were they were at the maximum distance from the lense and hardly stopped moving. I have some slightly clearer ones of the guys on the floor when they were in a tree but in each picture there is a branch cutting across the bird.

Tim

[pyry]

I think this maybe a Green Finch

Don't have a clue what these two are in the next two pictures

Tim

You're right about the green finch and the next two show a male chaffinch :thumb

The chaffinches arrived up here a few days ago and are currently engaged in singing up every other tree :lust

[raptorcaptor]

don't know what equip you use but
since your light was pretty bad, a
higher ISO or larger f stop would help achieve
a higher shutter speed to stop the motion which is
showing in your critter shots.

The Horse shots however are right ON ! :thumb

:agree