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Long-tailed-Tits

A rather distinctive looking bird; the tail constitutes around half the entire length of the bird. I was very fortunate to get these photographs over one day, so there aren’t that many of them. I would normally prefer to have more than this, but this is quite a special bird so deserves to be included in the album. I hope to get more photos of this bird in the future.

The photos here were all taken through a window, with the bird only around one meter away, so for once I didn’t need to use the huge 400mm lens for bird photography; in fact, it was so close, I was using a macro lens, which can focus much closer than normal lenses.

29 March 2025, Leica SL(601), Apo-Macro-Elmarit-R 100mm f/2.8, 1/200sec @ f/5.6, ISO 800.

Note that the tail is around half the whole total length of the bird, which justifies the name.

29 March 2025, Leica SL(601), Apo-Macro-Elmarit-R 100mm f/2.8, 1/200sec @ f/2.8, ISO 200.

29 March 2025, Leica SL(601), Apo-Macro-Elmarit-R 100mm f/2.8, 1/400sec @ f/5.6, exposure compensation +0.6 stops, ISO 800.

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