Feral pigeon (Columba livia domestica).

A feral pigeon photographed on the flat roof of a building which the birds use as their "washroom" after heavy rainfall.......the water gathers here and remains for a day or two so it is often frequented by flocks of birds.

This photograph was taken from a distance of approx. 50 yards / 46 metres using a manual-focus Samyang 500mm catadioptric ("mirror") lens which, on a cropped sensor (APS-C) camera has the equivalent magnification of a 750mm lens. These lenses are small, lightweight and cheap but they are also quite difficult to use. They have a single, fixed aperture (which is f6.3 for mine) and, as there is no electronic communication between lens & camera, most of the Exif information is not recorded.

Camera: Nikon D300s.
Lens: Samyang 500mm catadioptric.
Processing: Nikon Capture NX2.

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William Sutherland ^club

Terrific shot!

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9 years ago.

Pam J ^club

Handsome Lad !

9 years ago.

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9 years ago.

Jaap van 't Veen ^club

Nice bird picture.

9 years ago.

Jeff Farley

An excellent image Phil, thank you for posting to Fur, Fin and Feather.

7 years ago.

Marie-claire Gallet

Such a neat capture, Phil *************

7 years ago.

Heidiho ^club

I like this strong red and blue tones

7 years ago.

natureoncam aka Greg ^club

Very striking shot.
Looking at getting one or two of these lenses so good to see some shots taken with them, thanks Phil.

5 years ago.

Phil ^club has replied to natureoncam aka Greg ^club

Thanks Greg. Most of these lenses have a fixed aperture of f8 but this one (from Samyang) has a slightly faster aperture of f6.3. In good light, especially when used with a tripod, they can produce some excellent results and once you get used to the very sensitive focusing they're quite easy to use hand-held with a fast shutter speed. For about £100 they're very good......the equivalent "glass lens" from Nikon or Canon would cost at least £10,000 so they're definitely worth the investment if you want a powerful & lightweight telephoto.

5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.

natureoncam aka Greg ^club has replied to Phil ^club

Thanks Phil, very useful info especially about the aperture from Samyang.
Definitely worth a look but have just bought one new lens so had better wait a bit!!

5 years ago.

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