This is one of the hardest for me to get a shot of. Here collecting hay for a nest. They are still about a blink of the eye.

Hi Gerry, it is so hard with many of the small jumpy birds. Do you have the EXIF for this shot. The reason I ask is that you seem to have a very narrow DOF. Both your foreground and background seem blurred.

You are ahead of me, I do not have any shots of them. Nice capture.

Very fine. I have never seen one not sit on the ground.

A bird i`ve yet to capture too, nicely done Gerry.

Mark

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting. The shot was a quick one that I had no time to set camera for anything other than normal program. Rafael, I agree about the narrow DOF. Below is the exif from the original. I did crop the picture some to remove some glare on the side of the original.





[Camera]
Exposure Time = 1/50"
F Number = F3.6
Exposure Program = Normal program
ISO Speed Ratings = 80
Exif Version = Version 2.2
Date Time Original = 2007-04-19 18:47:06
Date Time Digitized = 2007-04-19 18:47:06
Components Configuration = YCbcr
Compressed Bits Per Pixel = 4
Exposure Bias Value = ±0EV
Max Aperture Value = F2.83
Metering Mode = CenterWeightedAverage
Light Source = Cloudy weather
Flash = Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
Focal Length = 69.2mm