Recent content by Thomas Covenant

I reckon regardless of lens size you still have to be as physically close as you can get to your subject plus IS or the fastest shutterspeed over and above your focal length makes for the best results if hand held shooting that is. Sat in the comfort of a hide with your kit mounted on a tripod...

My thanks to both of you too Richard and Roy. It seems quite alien to me to have started a hobby which puts me instantly out of my depth and I lack the safety net of the picture painting where I pretty much knew what to expect using my chosen medium and technique although I am far from an...

Thanks Chris and Andrew, much appreciated. Its nice to get confirmation that what you are thinking is correct as I have read articles on various photographic topics where what one says seems to conflict with other articles on the same subject elsewhere. John:thumbs:

Might seem a daft question ( don't worry there's more where this came from !) but if you use a 1.4x extender on a lens attached to a small sensor camera such as my 7D I take it that the 1.6 crop factor still comes into play ? As I say, may seem daft but I've noticed sometimes when reading...

Hi Bob and welcome. What are you going to be pointing yer new aquisition at mostly ? John

Welcome Nuray! Very nice selection of shots and I am sure you will enjoy this site and what it has to offer. John

Hi everyone , my thanks for your comments and sorry for delay in reply. I used my EOS 7D together with the Tamron AF 18mm - 270mm F3.5 - 6.3 Di ll VC which I reckon was a very good buy and has certainly produced some of my better and crisper ( in my opinion of course ! ) images. The 7D is...

Many thanks for looking LucyQ and Yardbent. Yep you are both right in that it does need cropping which in my haste to try posting a picture I forgot and haste/excitement is also the reason I miss so many shots at the moment too! There is so much to try and remember to do before the subject...

Hi Andy, Ive just purchased one - a reversible lens and camera cover from Wildlife Watching Supplies. www.wildlifewatchingsupplies.co.uk They are very helpful and it works! John

Blast! I've just done a test also but put it in the 'Welcome' forum - hope I've not done wrong and get struck off having only just joined up!!

You will have to excuse me if this doesn't work ! I am trying to put a picture into a thread for the first time and computers are definately NOT my forte. There should be a Dragonfly image (Broad-Bodied Chaser) here if this works! If not its back to the drawing board. John

Hi Ben and welcome. New myself too sir! Lovely county Dorset especially Corfe and spent a lot of childhood holidays in Swanage and popped back there this summer for a couple of day trips. Nice photo's - and you are obviously more advanced than me with computers as its taken me all evening...

Thanks shadow82 and as soon as I work out how then hope to oblige you. As far as I can tell the easiest way to upload material is into your own gallery but correct me if I'm wrong someone please. Unfortunately computers and I are not good bed partners as I was not born of the age where a...

Yep, they definately are fussy about their food and some specialist seeds like niger to attract finches can take a while to actually attract them so perseverance is necessary. If you are unfortunate as I was you will find that you will soon become very proficient at photographing squirrels and...

Hi Brian I'm new here too and have only been photographing in earnest for the past 12 to 18 months. My brother had the bug before me but only went digital SLR when I got started with a 450D afterwhich he bought one too. Since then I upgraded to the 7D earlier this year as I needed the...