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You gentlemen are too modest! I would be very pleased with any of those shots.
I am surprised no one appears to have a tripod employed. I am not sure I could hand hold my camera and lens for any length of time and capture such clear shots.
In the hide it's as easy to use a bean bag or just rest the lens on the window sill; outdoors, technique and VR get the job done, I know some people use Wimberlys and other aids, if were to use a support it would be a simple monopod.
It looks like you all had a grand time and Robert, I am surprised you were able to make it through the day's outing without taking a nap after traveling over night.
The company was so refreshing and exciting any tiredness evaporated, the concentration of trying to get half decent shots against the odds overcame tiredness, that said, Eric's driving was so sedate on his way back home, following him I almost pulled into a lay-by for a snooze! That all changed when we hit the roundabout near his home, it was a bit like following Lewis Hamilton for the last mile!!! LOL
Enjoyed the photographs and the information on equipment used. I appreciate being able to benefit from someone else's experience with the hope of increasing my own abilities.
So, who will be the first among you to spring for a 1000mm lens?
Well it won't be me, that's for sure, right now a long lens is a very long way down my wish list. I reckon a 600mm on DX (900mm equivalent) is pretty well a minimum with my field craft, but I also need a patient friend who can recognise a common bird from a special, rare bird, because I am pretty well bird illiterate. It helps a lot to know what you are taking pictures of. With plants/flowers I have a germ of an idea, but birds...
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Robert.