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sensy v2.0 posted:Wow I didn't notice it before but I think this is a great shot. I'd like to buy a print of it but I have nowhere to put one for awhile. 
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Went to Ding Darling last weekend. Yay. I don't have LR or Photoshop, so I don't have a whole lot for post processing (Picasa's I'm feeling lucky is what I'm working with  )Whillet coming in on this Ibis hoping to get a piece. Wings are a little blurred, but the eye seems to be sharp. 1/2000s and I still got blur   Click here for the full 912x650 image. White Ibis finding a marine worm and a Willet wanting to get in that action.  Click here for the full 912x650 image. A Snowy  Click here for the full 912x650 image. Getting tired of this thumbnail bullshit. Little blue heron flying in.  tuyop posted:Wow I didn't notice it before but I think this is a great shot. I'd like to buy a print of it but I have nowhere to put one for awhile. I ordered a 20"x30" print from Shutterfly. The CSR's are outsorced so it's a son of a bitch to try to talk to anyone on the phone, but they have a no bullshit return policy. You don't like, you send back and get a full refund. I haven't tested it out because I was happy. Bahama.Llama fucked around with this message at 01:09 on Apr 14, 2010 |
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Apr 14, 2010 01:04
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I spotted a bird I have never seen before: He was doing this:  To protect his eggs:  Hi-Ya! 
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Apr 14, 2010 01:10
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Pretty sure it is a killdeer, they tend to nest in gravel or rocks like yours has.
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Apr 14, 2010 01:12
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Very cool. At first I thought it was a plover of sorts, but I second the killdeer suggestion. Good work on getting low for the bird-on-nest shot btw. (that or you have some really big glass... in which case gently caress you you rich bastard) http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/101/_/Killdeer.aspx Bahama.Llama fucked around with this message at 01:27 on Apr 14, 2010 |
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Apr 14, 2010 01:20
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I've been working like crazy these past few weeks so I haven't done much photographing aside from some random road snapshots, however I saw this bird haul across a really country/hardly traveled back road earlier today and glance at me before disappearing into the grass with his/her three offspring. Any ideas what species it is? I haven't seen one around here before: I was in Monteagle, Tennessee.
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Apr 14, 2010 01:29
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Probably a American Woodcock http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Woodcock Bahama.Llama fucked around with this message at 01:35 on Apr 14, 2010 |
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Apr 14, 2010 01:30
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Bahama.Llama posted:Probably a American Woodcock drat, that's some service. Haha. Thanks a lot! That definitely looks like it.
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Apr 14, 2010 01:34
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Anytime! I've recently become a huge bird dork (all my buddies make fun) and always hope to see a new species. This site is the poo poo though for identifying birds: http://identify.whatbird.com/mwg/_/0/attrs.aspx
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Apr 14, 2010 01:36
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That is some service! Thanks for the link, I can never figure out what bird I'm looking at. Here is a video of the killdeer doing it's broken wing trick: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tom_rintjema/4518942589/
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Apr 14, 2010 01:57
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InternetJunky posted:First bird with my new 7D Hooray for Black-Capped Chickadee-dee-dee-dee-dees!  
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Apr 14, 2010 09:24
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TomR posted:I spotted a bird I have never seen before: Wow! I love birds' cool nesting rituals.
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Apr 14, 2010 13:44
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TomR posted:That is some service! Thanks for the link, I can never figure out what bird I'm looking at. This is neat! Cool to see it along with the photos. If I didn't know it was just for show I'd assume its wing was broken too. Tricky devil.
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Apr 14, 2010 16:51
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Here's a shot of a killdeer from last year: It was actually in the middle of someone's driveway. They parked their car at the start of the driveway all summer to protect it.  Eggs are so hidden too 
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Apr 14, 2010 18:58
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InternetJunky posted:Here's a shot of a killdeer from last year: I once saw three baby killdeer running around in the street, lost. They're tiny little things, about two inches long, and so soft...I managed to grab two but an 18-wheeler ran over the third before I could get it. It was the saddest thing I've ever seen. I got the other two over to the forest where there was a killdeer doing its thing and responding to the little peeps from the babies, though. I hope they made it.
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TomR posted:Here is a video of the killdeer doing it's broken wing trick: Wow, I'd heard that DSLR video was shaky but that's pretty crazy.
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Apr 14, 2010 19:43
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tuyop posted:Wow, I'd heard that DSLR video was shaky but that's pretty crazy. What? Yes, it's shaky because it's a DSLR and not because it's handheld with a telephoto lens.
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Apr 14, 2010 20:24
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the nicker posted:What? Yes, it's shaky because it's a DSLR and not because it's handheld with a telephoto lens. I don't know, his shots are sharp so I didn't think that was really the problem. I've never shot video with a DSLR or even touched one that could shoot video outside of a store, so I don't really know anything about it.
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Apr 14, 2010 21:19
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The individual frames still have a short shutter speed, so in-frame-sharpness isn't affected. Frame-to-frame motion however is.
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tuyop posted:Wow, I'd heard that DSLR video was shaky but that's pretty crazy. Well it looks like he has probably shooting a 200mm lens without IS (does video in SLR's even use IS?) in gusty wind. And his lens alone is 3 pounds at least. Given those factors I'd say he did alright.
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Apr 14, 2010 21:35
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Yeah, 200mm hand held, no IS. I think IS can be used with video. What messes me up the most is when I switch to video I stay looking into the viewfinder and wonder why it went black. Try holding a good 5lbs of camera out in front of you so you can see the screen while crouched down to get a good angle on a bird!
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Haha sorry, I don't mean that TomR is a crappy videoer or anything. I was just commenting on something interesting about shooting video with a DSLR. I don't know anything about it, though, so it must just be the weight and lens and stuff in this case. \/\/ Yeah, that's the "lens" part.
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Apr 14, 2010 23:47
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tuyop posted:Haha sorry, I don't mean that TomR is a crappy videoer or anything. I was just commenting on something interesting about shooting video with a DSLR. I don't know anything about it, though, so it must just be the weight and lens and stuff in this case. Not even the weight as much as the magnification. Small motions over a distance get magnified. Have you ever played with a laser pointer? You know how easy it is to hold it on a single spot when it's up close, but when you try and point it across the street, it wobbles all over the place? Same principle here, except instead of the laser pointer dot, you have the center of the frame.
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Dread Head posted:Really like this shot. There's a nice looking pair of Cardinals at my girlfriends house. I tried getting them with my 70-200 on Friday, but I couldn't get close enough. Looks like a 400mm f5.6 is in order for me... or maybe a 300mm f4IS and an extender
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Tongsy posted:Looks like a 400mm f5.6 is in order for me... or maybe a 300mm f4IS and an extender I went through the same thing you did. After much thought, I picked the 400 with the crazy good AF. I don't regret it for a second. The problem with birding is that the longest lens you have is never long enough. I'm currently thinking about getting a 1.4 tc to get a little more reach (but without AF).
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Bahama.Llama posted:I went through the same thing you did. After much thought, I picked the 400 with the crazy good AF. I don't regret it for a second. The problem with birding is that the longest lens you have is never long enough. I'm currently thinking about getting a 1.4 tc to get a little more reach (but without AF). I've been giving serious thought to the canon 400mm 5.6. Does the AF not work on the center point with the 1.4x? Any other complaints?
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Wooten posted:I've been giving serious thought to the canon 400mm 5.6. Does the AF not work on the center point with the 1.4x? Any other complaints? My understanding is that the AF won't work at all on any non-1d/1ds body body with an extender, and on a 1d/1ds it will work ONLY on the center point.
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Wooten posted:I've been giving serious thought to the canon 400mm 5.6. Does the AF not work on the center point with the 1.4x? Any other complaints? I think Tongsy got it almost correct. Cameras other then the 1D(s) line require an aperture of 5.6 to auto-focus. Once you slap a tc on this lens, you're gone past 5.6 and the AF won't function. The 1d(s) doesn't have this 5.6 requirement (I think it's a stop down), so AF will function with a TC. Complaints... not really. Sometimes I wish it had IS and was faster, but then I remember that new it was $1200, not $2000+. Image quality is great, AF is fast, and it's nice and long  .
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Looks like there's even ways to make the 1.4TC work with lenses like the 100-400.
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InternetJunky posted:Looks like there's even ways to make the 1.4TC work with lenses like the 100-400. I've had mixed luck with that, but it's worth a try. 7D & 400 f/5.6L:    http://jleblanc.smugmug.com/Nature/Black-River/11885258_nAfEE
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Here, have a flamingo. Hmm, maybe I should've burned his back a little there. Anyone know a good source for post suggestions/tutorials?
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wankle posted:I've had mixed luck with that, but it's worth a try. Nice Rufus Sided Towee. It's not a bird you see many photographs of.
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/\/\/\ Good job, man.    I think that ISO 800 was a bad choice, but I'm always terrified of blowing the focus during remote shooting so I didn't want to open the aperture past f/5.6. tuyop fucked around with this message at 15:41 on Apr 21, 2010 |
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Apr 21, 2010 15:38
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That entire bird came out of an egg that size? Wow. It must have really been packed in there.
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orange lime posted:That entire bird came out of an egg that size? Wow. It must have really been packed in there. I was thinking the same thing, jeez! Very cool series, tuyop! I'm enjoying it a lot. That setup is working really well.
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I haven't checked on them for a couple of days so it's possible that I missed the hatching and that chick is like 1-3 days old. Thanks for the comments, though.
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