From the landing

I recently purchased a new "bridge" camera for concert photography - a Canon Powershot SX50 HS. Perhaps with some coincidence the latest issue of Birdwatch arrived today, containing a review of the said camera.

While I never bought the camera with bird photography in mind, the impressive range of camera functions and flexibility of a 24mm wide angle to a whopping 50x optical zoom (1200mm in 35mm terms) make a portable camera quite convenient for record shots. The camera also boasts full HD filming too...

So when a group of waxwing arrived this afternoon (albeit after 16:00, overcast and arctic conditions), a quick couple of snaps were called for (from the inside the house, I'm not stupid!)...

24mm - spot the waxwing in the top of the tree behind the house:

 1200mm - handheld, naturally and uncropped:

Images taken in .jpg, all in auto mode so no fiddling with exposure for better imaging (RAW possible in manual mode), original width 4000 pixels, reduced to 800 pixels for the blog. Not bad for a record ...