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Never seen one of these as close as this before. It landed in our garden looking a little distressed in the middle of the afternoon, I managed a couple of frames before it flew up high into a tree.

Funny looking tounge they have

Nice sharp image you have there Geoff. The composition would have been a bit stronger if you'd had the bird looking into the frame rather than out of it. i.e. shift the bird to the left and perhaps have the closest eye on the left line of thirds.

The sharpness is amazing but I am left with wanting to see more of the owl's neck etc. The head appears just cut off a little.

surenj wrote:...see more of the owl's neck etc. The head appears just cut off a little.

Owl? It's a frogmouth which are in a different family from owls (and there are two families of owls). They also don't have much of a neck.

Would love to have got a better angle/composition but unfortuanetly this was not possible.

The sharpness is due to the ever so versatile Nikkor 18-200 VR, which so many people slate for being a 'soft' lens.

That is sharp, i dont like the 18-200 but i will admit that it is damn versatile.

Geoff M wrote:The sharpness is due to the ever so versatile Nikkor 18-200 VR

I for one don't care about the lens Geoff. As long as you can make the pictures you want to make. This one looks excellent from an optics point of view.