Two types of lenses were used. A Sigma 150-600mm C or a Canon 70-300mm L. A Canon EF-RF converter was used. See if you can tell which lens was used.

Most photos were taken with the camera handheld. Some on a monopod. A couple on a tripod.

I am an exceedingly lazy photographer. For gloomy to bright days, I used Program mode. For very bright sunny days I used Tv mode. I don't fiddle with anything else, apart from choosing which focus area to use - normally point, small square, nine-point or full frame.

One set of Kingfisher shots were taking while experimenting with RAW burst - well CRAW burst really, as I needed to compress the output.

Minimal postprocessing was done in FastStone. No de-noising or sharpening software was used; apart from the limited sharpening in FastStone.

Barn owl. Easy to photograph in flight as they are so slow. Very difficult to actually see. We discovered, this year, that there are three Barn owl nest boxes along footpaths we walk on every morning. I then discovered where the adults could be seen hunting. We set out one evening, and were amazingly lucky to see a Barn Owl hunting. Sadly, that was the only time we saw it. Not surprising as they are very elusive.

Kestrels. The first kestrel photo in this slide show was photographed on Southampton Common, which abuts Southampton University.

Tawny owl. Along footpath we go along every morning. This owl was photographed at 6:35am

Miscellaneous taken this year.

Miscellaneous from previous years

Playing about with CRAW burst for most of these Kingfisher shots. The bridge is about 100m from me. I used a Canon 1.4 extender for a couple of these, with mixed results.