18th shot of a serie of 20, to be shown as a slideshow.

20th and last shot of a serie of 20, to be shown as a slideshow.

It was fun making this serie and I learned a lot more about the possibillity's of settings on the camera. I wrote some of it down by the slide's so ohters can bennefit of it. I hope you'll enjoy the slideshow now its finished. If you have suggestions to improve the technical aspects I hope you let me know. Perhaps I will make anohter one next year if the coletits wil breed again in this bird house and show the improvement.

Distinctive with its buffy-pink plumage and black neck collar, it is usually seen singly or in pairs, although flocks may form where food is plentiful. It feeds on the ground but readily perches on roofs and wires. The collared dove is now one of our most common birds and its monotonous cooing is a familiar sound.

Today I picked up a 1.4 teleconverter and attached it to the E5 and the 300mm 2.8 shot this Collared Dove in the back yard ....( 425 mm ) or analog ( 850 )

Collared Doves are much smaller than the pigeons, with a longer, narrower tail and pinky-buff plumage. They are easily told from Turtle Doves by their plain upperparts and neat black line around the back of the neck.

This Dove came to get some food of a just installed feeder.... My new Tokina lens was ready for a tryout.....