Recent content by nc_killie

went out yesterday afternoon, harsh light and the chiff chaff was high up but hey ho......

I’m impressed with your flexibility!!

Lousy weather here, so decided to look over some photos from earlier in the year........strawberry Poison Dart tree frog in Costa Rica. Strawberry Poison Dart Frog by nc_killie, on Flickr

I think that Espen Hellend shows how you can have a button that changes to Procap, the benefit being that none of your other settings changes - rather than have a Custome mode r change the dial to pro cap. Google him and check out.

Barn owl numbers typically vary on a cyclical nature based on the numbers of their main prey item( usually voles). Climatic conditions also impact as mentioned above. The cyclical nature of the owl population is very much a local thing and whilst some areas may have a booming population, other...

Bill thank you for asking the question, you are correct. The intent is bird photography / watching. We are not beach people, unless it’s winter for waders!

My wife and I are thinking of going to the Gambia next February, does anyone who has been have any tips / recommendations for hotels, locations, guides. Thank you in ad

I am mainly into wildlife, especially birds, so most photos were taken with a 150-400 (micro4/3). You do not want to be changing lenses in many of the places so a zoom would be preferred. You may want to try borrowing / renting another body / lenses, cheaper than going to CR again!! We did not...

Enjoy, its a fantastic lens - I wish my skills matched it!! Go well!

Costa Rica has many different places and they are not all dimly lit rain forest. I was there last year and would go for the zoom based on where we went. Cannot comment on the quality of lenses as I have never used Nikon. There are also plenty of opportunities for frogs, snakes etc so not sure...

Thank you Des ( #dragonfly ) and to the others involved in this!

Not sure if it counts as gear failure but I dropped a hard drive 9 days into a trip in Costa Rica:oops: :$. So much for downloading a daily basis.Fortunately was able to retrieve the photos when back in the UK, but at a cost! Guess who will be backing up to two drives on any future trips:confused:

I used fast stone and found it useful and simple for many tasks. I then bought a Mac a few months ago and have looked to try and get something that works similar to fast stone I used faststone with on1 fwiw

300 by a mile. The 100-400 can vary a lot but the 300 is incredibly sharp even with teleconvertor.

Thinking about a trip to Sri Lanka, does anyone have any recommendations regarding tour guides - would prefer a local company if possible. thanks in advance