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and i suppose to prove a point ,heres one the wife took on monday with my/our/hers canon 1Dmkii that cost £250 and a sigma 70-300 that cost £60 .
the photo is currently featuring on BBC.UK.NATURE website and getting a good response on flickr to
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long haul training day by blackfox wildlife & nature imaging, on Flickr
goes to show .and proves a point
About 30 million years ago when I made wildlife 16mm films I was doing a film on migration through NNorfolk. Having trudged all over the coastal dunes and heaths chasing key migrants, I returned home. The next day on the school roof opposite our house there started a gathering of house martins. It went on and on for about an hour. There must have been nearly a thousand birds...I kid you not. I managed to get some footage of it but as it was such a surprise I wasnt prepared...and didn't have much film stock left!
Never seen it again. In fact I don't recall ever again seeing a single house Martin congregate on that roof. It was as if the bird world was sticking a couple of digits up at me regarding migration. If only I knew it was going to happen in advance I could have been prepared and got some stonking footage. Not to be.
Ps ...have you asked your wife to try the D7100 set up?
My mate was a wedding tog until his wife bought a small compact slr (think it was a Fuji ?) and accompanied him to weddings to get cadid shots. They were so good all his print orders were coming from her shots he decided to retire. You got to watch these lady shooters ....they can steal the show.
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Eric