2011 Birds in the backyard

Blaumeise (Cyanistes Caeruleus)

Taken with a manual focus Leitz Telyt lens in my backyard. It comes quite nicely with all structures of the feathers clearly visible. Camera: Olympus E-3 Lens: Leitz Telyt 560mm f6.8 with FT-Adapter Original size: 10 Megapixel Software used: Lightroom, Lightzone

Rotkehlchen (Erithacus Rubecula)

Rotkehlchen

Heckenbraunelle (Prunella modularis)

Heckenbraunelle (Prunella modularis)

Feldsperling (Passer montanus)

Gimpel (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

Taken with a manual focus Leitz Telyt lens in my backyard. It comes quite nicely in the morning sunlight. Camera: Olympus E-5 Lens: Leitz Telyt 560mm f6.8 with FT-Adapter Original size: 12 Megapixel Software used: Lightroom

Hausrotschwanz (Phoenicurus ochruros)

Hausrotschwanz (Phoenicurus ochruros)

Zilpzalp (Phylloscopus collybita)

Spornammer (Calcarius lapponicus)?

Spornammer (Calcarius lapponicus)?

Kohlmeise (Parus major)

Zaunkönig (Troglodytes troglodytes)

Zilpzalp (Phylloscopus collybita)

Zilpzalp (Phylloscopus collybita)

Zilpzalp (Phylloscopus collybita)

Zilpzalp (Phylloscopus collybita)

Grünfink (Carduelis chloris)

Zilpzalp (Phylloscopus collybita)

Zilpzalp (Phylloscopus collybita)

Amsel (Turdus merula)

Amsel (Turdus merula)

One of the first tries with changed equipment. In 2011 I slowly moved from using Olympus cameras to Nikon as Olympus lacks affordable tele-lenses. The only real long prime lens is a 300mm/f2.8 with a high price whereas a lot of lenses are available for Nikon/Canon. This one is using the Sigma 150-500/f5.0-6.3 which people often state being not capable to show details. Judge yourself... Camera: Nikon D300s Lens: Sigma 150-500mm/f5.0-6.3 Original size: 12 Megapixel cropped Software used: Lightroom, Lightzone

Grünfink (Carduelis chloris))