IanLong

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Great timing!

Thank you.

now he/she gets the food!

Thank you , sometimes they fight over it very calming to see.

Hi Ian,
Here is your CC as promised:
The timing on the image was great, but I find the pole on the right is distracting. I would crop it out of the image.

Otherwise, great capture!

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A lunar phase or phase of the moon is the appearance of the illuminated (sunlit) portion of the Moon as seen by an observer, usually on Earth. The lun

Got a visit from this guy today, waited ages for this to happen, finally the wait was over,

Was wondering why the birds had stopped coming in to our garden to visit the feeding station that we have, now we know why.

Behind The Lens

Location

This shot was taken in my back garden, Wallingford Oxfordshire, UK

Time

I think this was taken about mid morning.

Lighting

There's not much to say about the light as I just used the sun as my light source.

Equipment

The camera I used for this shot Was a Canon EOS 1200D with a EF 75 - 300mm f4-5.6 III USM Lens. I used the sports setting as I wanted to catch the birds in flight and as I am new to this I thought that was the best setting. I must have taken Hundreds of shots to get this one, and I think it was worth it in the end.

Inspiration

Since I got this Camera (This was my first DSLR) I Have been interested in wildlife and Astrophotography. So we set up the bird feeding station and they came to us.

Editing

No, None of my shots have Post-Processing as I don't know how that works as I have said above I am still learning.

In my camera bag

The main body is the Canon EOS 1200D, with the following Lenses EF -S 18 -55mm f3.5-5.6 III & EF 75 - 300mm f4-5.6 III USM. I have now added a Nikon Coolpix P900 which boasts a whopping 83x zoom.

Feedback

I can't give much advice out yet as I myself have lots to learn but I will say that to get that one shot you will have to take lots of shots to find it.

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