Bird photos

June 9th, 2009 Peter Korkala

Today’s trip in the woods ended up with photos of two birds, one European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) and one Black Grouse or Capercaillie - I cannot tell the difference…

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Tags birds, 400 mm, photo, European Robin, Black Grouse

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Close-ups of swans

April 14th, 2009 Peter Korkala

This afternoon we drove by a lake in Grängesberg where there usually are swans. We were lucky! The ice was melted and a pair of swans were there.

They came so close I had to stand back a bit. My close-up limit of the 400 mm lense is somewhere around 3-4 meters, and the swans came too close! Very exiting! :)

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In the last photo you can see the swan chewing on a bit of bread. That’s the reason they came so close - we gave them some bread to eat. :)

Tags photo, swans, birds, close-up, 400 mm, Grängesberg

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Common cranes (Grus grus)

April 13th, 2009 Peter Korkala

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This is a fascinating bird. It’s really big - at least for being a bird! It’s more than one meter long and around 2-2,5 meters wingspan!

I really love my “new” Tokina 400 mm lense! :)

Tags common cranes, 400 mm, birds, photo

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