Phil's photos with the keyword: Paloma

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.