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I finally got a couple of chances to try digiscoping... I can tell you this: the Celestron Ultima 80 is really crap for digiscoping and will not focus on anything. The optics aren't that great anyway to begin with, but with a camera that can't compensate like an eye can, you need to leave the eyepiece on 20x and hope what you're looking at isn't very far away and the light is awesome. I got an adapter to mount my Panasonic GF1 directly to the scope eyepiece, but it tilts everything by about 30 degrees, which needs to be fixed in post production. So here are some birds! From today at Stocker's Lake, Red Crested Pochard:   And in the "you're not supposed to be here" file, Black swan:   Those were taken with my 20mm prime because as soon as he saw people he made a beeline for the shore and was close enough. I kind of forget how to use my camera, so I just took those quickly on auto. From yesterday at Barnes (poo poo poo poo weather), Grey Heron:  Grey Heron caught a vole, vole isn't quite ready to be eaten yet   After a bit of a drowning (I think he was wetting it so it would go down easier), it wasn't putting up a fight anymore. That's some state of nature poo poo right there, pictures are bad (shot through the scope), but I can't believe I actually caught it. There were some magpies that looked interested in what it had got, so I put my scope on him and holy poo poo it caught a vole!
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I've always thought starlings were pretty birds. For some reason I kind of like them, even though they're invasive and kind of dicks. Starling by venusian-weasel, on Flickr  Starling by venusian-weasel, on Flickr
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Feb 11, 2014 08:43
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Venusian Weasel posted:I've always thought starlings were pretty birds. For some reason I kind of like them, even though they're invasive and kind of dicks. They're very personable and intelligent birds, too - I used to work for someone who ran a small scale starling rescue operation, and would take in injured birds or hatchlings because otherwise shelters would kill them. Once they get used to being around humans, most of them are very friendly and learn words/phrases very quickly (then teach those to each other). One of them would even combine things it learned from people into its own nonsense. It became very fond of saying "Sweet doin', baby!" which it combined from "How ya doin', baby Maya?" and "Sweet bird." Within a month, two other starlings were saying "Sweet doin', baby!" along with it.
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Got a few shots of this Lanner falcon hunting Sandgrouse in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park StraightFace fucked around with this message at 21:03 on Sep 17, 2016 |
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Feb 11, 2014 20:43
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Oh my god, what a beautiful shot.
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Feb 11, 2014 21:07
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Kenshin posted:Oh my god, what a beautiful shot. Thanks for the compliment Also, how do I embed a flickr image? I have tried using the [img] tags with no luck.
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Feb 11, 2014 21:22
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StraightFace posted:Thanks for the compliment When you're in the photobox for the image on Flickr there's a square icon with an arrow coming out of it. Click that, chose Grab the HTML code and chose the preview image size.  small-2571 by jankyangles, on Flickr Example if you quote my post ^^^ Edit: Christ, I really need to clean up that image. So much poo poo in the water. Maker Of Shoes fucked around with this message at 21:47 on Feb 11, 2014 |
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Feb 11, 2014 21:44
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Maker Of Shoes posted:When you're in the photobox for the image on Flickr there's a square icon with an arrow coming out of it. Click that, chose Grab the HTML code and chose the preview image size. Got it thanks
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Feb 11, 2014 21:47
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StraightFace posted:Got a few shots of this Lanner falcon hunting Sandgrouse in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park Wow! Very well done.
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Feb 11, 2014 22:03
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StraightFace posted:Got a few shots of this Lanner falcon hunting Sandgrouse in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
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Feb 11, 2014 22:34
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Moon Potato posted:Wow! Very well done. InternetJunky posted:Jumping on the bandwagon...beauty of a shot! Appreciate the compliments! Lappet-faced Vulture in the Kruger National Park, I unfortunately clipped the wing tip  Lappet_Faced_Vulture by StraightFace, on Flickr StraightFace fucked around with this message at 09:24 on Feb 21, 2014 |
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Feb 11, 2014 22:50
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StraightFace posted:I unfortunately clipped the wing tip Looks fine to me    /\ /\ /\ Not My photo
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Feb 12, 2014 16:55
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Wandered around the arboretum today in Seattle. Didn't find the bald eagles, but there were plenty of little birds around.   
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Feb 12, 2014 21:54
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Was out for a walk a few months ago at a local park and saw these guys in the water. DuckButt by Ezekiel980, on Flickr
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Feb 13, 2014 02:05
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Those shots are great, StraightFace. Are you vacationing or do you live down there? What are you shooting with? For people wondering how well that Tammy 150-600 works for birding, check this out. Seems to me like it might be the new no brainer choice for serious entry level wildlife photography.
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EDIT: Wrong thread
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Feb 13, 2014 15:05
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800peepee51doodoo posted:For people wondering how well that Tammy 150-600 works for birding, check this out. Seems to me like it might be the new no brainer choice for serious entry level wildlife photography. The more I read the more I want one. 
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Feb 13, 2014 17:37
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800peepee51doodoo posted:Those shots are great, StraightFace. Are you vacationing or do you live down there? What are you shooting with? http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1273142
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Feb 13, 2014 17:39
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So it looks like I'm flying to Panama City, Panama on a whim in two weeks. Anyone been down there for birding? Any quick tips?
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Feb 13, 2014 18:07
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I take complaints like that with a grain of salt until I start seeing it show up a little more "officially". There's a lot of fud and fanboyism that goes around on camera forums and I constantly see people trash sigma and tamron stuff. That first poster in the link you put up doesn't even own the lens and he's writing complaints to Tamron about it, which seems pretty weird to me. It could very well be a real issue but I haven't seen it mentioned in any full reviews yet. If it is an actual issue, Tamron better deal with it because it would sink that lens considering its main use.
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Feb 13, 2014 18:36
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800peepee51doodoo posted:Those shots are great, StraightFace. Are you vacationing or do you live down there? What are you shooting with? Thanks, I live here and those two was with a 7D and a Canon EF 400 f5.6 L(The best BIF lens in my opinion)
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Feb 13, 2014 20:51
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Found some birds I haven't noticed much before while wandering around Warren G. Magnuson Park today in Seattle Common Starling ISO 220 (auto), 400mm, f/8, 1/500sec  Red-winged Blackbird ISO 450 (auto), 400mm, f/8, 1/500sec  "King of the Blackberry Bush" (species unknown) ISO 280 (auto), 400mm, f/8, 1/500sec  (male) House Finch I think? ISO 320 (auto), 400mm, f/8, 1/500sec  (female) House Finch I think? She was with the male in the previous picture. ISO 320 (auto), 400mm, f/8, 1/500sec Kenshin fucked around with this message at 22:11 on Feb 13, 2014 |
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Feb 13, 2014 22:07
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Kenshin posted:
Yep, male and female house finches. Minus the red the females have that same up and down dark brown stripping on their breast.
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Feb 13, 2014 22:22
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Kenshin posted:Found some birds I haven't noticed much before while wandering around Warren G. Magnuson Park today in Seattle Song Sparrow. King of the Blackberry Bush would make a good alternative name for that species locally, actually.
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Feb 14, 2014 00:58
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Not sure if anyone is interested in this, but I finally got my whole digiscope rig (birding scope + digiscope adaptor + camera body) setup and had a chance to take some test shots on my pet owl that I have trained to stay very still for me. Both shots taken with 7D, straight out of camera using default RAW conversion. This is a shot taken at 30x zoom, which is the equivalent of about ~1300mm according to my scope manufacturer.  (original size:  )This is a shot taken at 70x zoom, which is the equivalent of about ~3300mm according to my scope manufacturer.  (original size:  )This is going to be a great addition to my current birding setup, and I hope to get a lot of shots I just couldn't get with all my other gear. Unfortunately I can't use my 1DX with this since the digiscope adaptor is for crop bodies only. That's pretty sucky since high-ISO is needed for decent shots since the lens is so poor for light.
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Feb 14, 2014 01:07
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That's pretty cool- much better than I got with a collar-type adapter for my EOSM. Which adapter is that?
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Feb 14, 2014 01:35
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And what scope are you using? That's real clean for digiscoping
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Feb 14, 2014 01:44
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It's the Swarovski ATX 95mm + their APO adaptor. link
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Really curious to see how that handles with distance shots. I've long been under the impression that digiscoping is almost always worse than a DSLR with a 400mm+ lens in almost every circumstance, but I'd be happy to be proven wrong.
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BeastOfExmoor posted:Really curious to see how that handles with distance shots. I've long been under the impression that digiscoping is almost always worse than a DSLR with a 400mm+ lens in almost every circumstance, but I'd be happy to be proven wrong.
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Feb 14, 2014 02:13
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InternetJunky posted:my pet owl
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Feb 14, 2014 03:27
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I'd guess that it's stuffed.
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BeastOfExmoor posted:Really curious to see how that handles with distance shots. I've long been under the impression that digiscoping is almost always worse than a DSLR with a 400mm+ lens in almost every circumstance, but I'd be happy to be proven wrong. I think so much depends on the quality of the optics. See my lovely pics at the top of the page. That was a cheap-rear end scope (since returned). A 95mm swaro atx is about as good and about as expensive a scope as you can possibly buy.
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Feb 14, 2014 07:06
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From Yellowstone Park., I have no idea what it is.
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VendaGoat posted:From Yellowstone Park., I have no idea what it is. Killdeer. Probably the most common shorebirds in the US because it breeds and feeds in fields rather than exclusively on the shore.
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Was that at Mammoth Hot Springs? I got a Killdeer photo there a couple of years ago. Yellowstone2012 355 on Flickr
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Feb 16, 2014 06:32
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You got it in one. 
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InternetJunky posted:I can toss my 600mm on the same body from the same distance and post a comparison if you want. I can't really get further away without going outside unfortunately. I'd be most interested to see how well it works on real world situations where the digiscope setup outperforms the 600mm so if you get a chance to shoot shots like that of be really curious to see the results. I'm sure you'll probably want to wait until it warms up a bit though 
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BeastOfExmoor posted:I'd be most interested to see how well it works on real world situations where the digiscope setup outperforms the 600mm so if you get a chance to shoot shots like that of be really curious to see the results. I'm sure you'll probably want to wait until it warms up a bit though  After cropping and processing I ended up with this:  ...it's nothing to write home about, but still produces a decent image and I wouldn't have ended up with anything if I didn't have the scope. I drove 1000 kms yesterday looking for Short-eared Owls. Didn't find any unfortunately but I did spot 7 snowys which was a treat since they were very sparse here this winter. Here's a nice all white male in a very natural setting: 
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InternetJunky posted:I wouldn't say it outperforms the 600, just that it offers some opportunities for shooting that the 600 doesn't. For example, yesterday I spotted some Gray Partridge far up on the road ahead. This is the shot taken at maximum zoom (so about ~3000mm equivalent focal length): How do you drive around aimlessly looking for birds? I've always wondered how that works...
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