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March 2026 in Germany

Technical Details:

Olympus O-MD E-M1 Mk III + OM System 100-400 f/5.0-6.3 II @400 mm

  • Shutter: 1/4000
  • Aperture: f/7.1
  • ISO: 3200
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[–] Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Great photo! You did a good job freezing that flap. 1/4000s is crazy stuff, ha. I'd never have good enough lighting to shoot that with my lens. I got a few photos of a goldfinch yesterday, but they're not good enough.

Edit: now that I look at this a bit more, isn't this a goldcrest? This seems very similar to our golden-crowned kinglet in the US, which are cousins to the goldcrest.

[–] Linsensuppe@feddit.org 2 points 6 hours ago

Yeah. Had to push my ISO quite a bit to get that fast.

[–] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I'm curious - in the UK I would have called that a Goldcrest or perhaps Firecrest: a Goldfinch being very different. Is this another case of different places, different names?

Nice sharp action photo either way!

[–] Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Yeah, I think the same too. I think this is a goldcrest. Very similar to our golden-crowned kinglet in the US.