Experimenting with the new Nikon D7100
lead to a series of pictures taken through dirty glass windows. The
sharpness of the Nikon 18-300mm can still be seen in these exposures
but shooting through a window with reflections and with considerable
dirt is not recommended if you want to see how well your camera and
lens perform. The autofocus performed superbly but again the
shooting conditions create a challenge even for 51 focus points,15 of
which are cross-type. The pictures were all taken as single shots to
test the cameras capturing abilities from ISO 64000-100 using f
14-5.6 from 1/60th-1/640th- of a second.
These shots are loaded here to share
with those that have experienced our bright coloured loud screeching
garden visitor. His startling call and bright colours form quite a
stunning greeting for our friends. He has moves like Jagger and a
look of Stephen Fry about him from time to time. He was not at all
disturbed by my taking these pictures. My only worry is that he
might get too used to humans. Not everyone eyeing up a pheasant down
the length of a barrel is a photographer. Over the last few years we
have had a few relatively tame pheasant around our South Yorkshire
village. The explanation for these visitors seems to be that they
have been reared as stock for shoots. If the pheasants that we have
now continue to visit I might get out from my centrally heated
shelter and away from dirty windows to record our spectacular garden
birds.
Photographs ©2013 PHH Sykes
