Camera in our special “APERTURE Mode Birds”: minimal or no camera reset at all during actual photography.
Illustrating not only birds’ beauty, but also their behaviour and living environment: foraging, flying, fighting, singing, swimming, diving, displaying, mating, nesting, feeding their young:
(Click on a picture in the gallery below and you will enlarge it and get info on the technicalities thereof:)
31004 Holland Kingfisher (IJsvogel) light fog some hazardous ice feathers tail size 22cm distance 12m D300 Nikkor 300mm F/4D equivalent900mmLNBRBS009 Holland sun Red-backed Shrike (Grauwe Klauwier) size 17cm distance 35m D500 Nikkor 300mm F4E PF VR equivalent 900mmLNBLIL009VER after sunset Holland Little Owl (Steenuil) size 25cm D500 Nikkor 300mm F/4E PF VR equivalent 900mmHolland sun Kestrel (Torenvalk) size 35cm distance 35m D500 Nikkor 300mm F/4E PF VR equivalent 900mmHolland 22 May 2025 cloudy Kingfisher (IJsvogel), size 16cm distance 35m Nikon Z7 II Nikkor 500mm F/5.6E equivalent 1500mmHolland Common Tern (Visdief) size 35cm distance 40m cloudy D500 Nikkor 500mm F/5.6E PF VR equivalent 1050mmLNBBNE009 Holland sun Black-necked Grebe (Geoorde Fuut) size 31cm distance 35m Z7 II Nikkor F/5.6E PF VR equivalent 1500mmLNBLIN009 Lesbos cloudy Little Bittern (Woudaap) size 35cm distance 50m D300 Nikkor 300mm F4E PF VR equivalent 900mmLNBRIG01 Lesbos sun (Ringslang) distance 30m D500 Nikkor 300mm F4E PF VR equivalent 900mmLNBDIK009VER Holland cloudy Dik on great stirdy LUKA Cratos tribikeHolland rain Little Owl (Steenuil) size 22cm distance12m D7200 Nkkor 300 F/4E PF VR equivalent 900mmLNBKFR03 sun Holland Kingfisher (IJsvogel) size 18cm distance 32m D500 Nikkor 500mm F5.6E PF VR equivalent 1050mmLNBKEL01 Algarve cloudy Kestrel (Torenvalk) size 35cm distance 85m D300 Nikkor F2.8 70-200mm equivalent 900mmHolland cloudy Grey Heron (Blauwe Reiger) size 94cm distance 35m Z50 Nikkor 500mm F/5.6E PF VR equivalent 750m LNBTOE01 Holland sun Tortle Dove (Turkse Tortel) size 33cm distance 35m D500 Nikkor 300mm F4E PF VR equivalent 900mmLNBSWA009FTFVER Swallow (Boerenzwaluw) size 20cm distance 15m D500 Nikkor 300mm F/4E PF VR equivalent 900mmLesbos sun sleeping Nightjar (Nachtzwaluw) size 25cm distance 10m equivalent 900mm sun D300 Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR equivalent 600mm Holland 2024 sun Great White Heron (Grote Zilverreiger) size 92cm distance 50m Z50 Nikkor 500mm f/5.6E PF VR equivalent 750m LNBCRK Israel Crested Lark (Kuifleeuwerik) size 18cm distance 30m D500 Nikkor 300mm F/4E PF VR equivalent 900mmLNBHAL01 Holland sun Hawk Owl (Sperweruil) size 40cm distance 35m D500 Nikkor 300mm F4E PF VR equivalent 900mm LNBLIL009VER after sunset Holland Little Owl (Steenuil) size 25cm D500 Nikkor 300mm F/4E PF VR equivalent 900mmLNBLTT009 Holland sun Long-tailed Tit size 14cm distance 35m D500 Nikkor 300mm F4E PF VR equivalent 900mmLNBBEV001 Holland sun Beaver job (Bevervraat) distance 40m D500 Nikkor 500mm F5.6E PF VR equivalent 1500mm Holland cloudy Cormorant (Aalscholver) size 90cm distance 35m Z7 II Nikkor F/5.6E 500mm PF VR equivalent 1500mmHolland june 2025 sun Deer (Ree) distance 125m Nikon D500 Nikkor 300mm F/4E PF VR equivalent 900mmHolland sun Koninginnepage Z7 II Nikkor 500mm F/5.6E PF VR equivalent 1500mm
Holland sun june 2025 Kingfisher (IJsvogel) size 16cm distance 35m Z7 II Nikkor F/5.6E PF VR equivalent 1500mm. Mating near first nest 2025Holland sun june 2025 Oystercatcher (Scholekster) size 90cm distance 30m Z7 II Nikkor F/5.6E PF VR 500mm equivalent 1500mmSpain cloudy Bee Eater (Bijeneter) size 28cm distance 25m D500 Sigma qqq 600mm equivalent 1260mmGV100001G Spain sun Griffin Vulture size 100cm distance 60m D500 Sigma qqq equivalent 1260mmLIL009BEA Holland sun Little Owl (Steenuil) size 22cm distance 30m D500 Nikkor 300mm F/4E PF VR equivalent 900mmTT03101U Holland cloudy Coloured Turtle Dove (Turkse Tortel) size 31cm distance 12m D500 Nikkor F/4EPF VR 300mm equivalent 900mmHolland rain heavy overcast Little Owl (Steenuil) rain bath size 22cm distance 30m D500 Tamron 600mm qqq equivalent 1260cm Holland sun Great Crested Grebe (Fuut) size 55cm distance 30m equivalent 1260mmMorocco sun Osprey (Visarend) size 58cm distance 50m D500 Nikkor F/2.8 70-200mm equivalent 600mm Estremadura heavy overcast White Stork (Ooievaar) size 101cm distance 80m, equivalent 1260mmGRN009UNIVER Holland sun Grey Heron (Blauwe Reiger) size 94cm sdistance 75m sunbathing drying wings distance 75m Z7 II Nikkor 500mm F/5.6E PF VR equivalent 1500mmExtremadura Roller (Scharrelaar) sun size 35cm distance 20m V3 Nikkor 300mm F/4E PF VR equivalent 1135mmHolland sun Black-headed Gull (Kokmeeuw) size 40cm F/5.6E PF VR equivalent 1500mm, hunting small fishes top dam
