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I agree re: flash photography. I think it's got to be really soft if it's front flash, or else remote flash behind to give a little edging. Or maybe in really dark forests when that's the only way to get a photo. Maybe get a stuffed bird or Christmas ornament or something and put it on a branch and play around with power and gels to see what looks good to you. Wild Turkeys, Albany Village-9011on Flickr Wild Turkeys, Albany Village-9052 on Flickr Wild Turkeys, Albany Village-9057 on Flickr Wild Turkeys, Albany Village-9095 on Flickr
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BeastOfExmoor posted:I got a "better beamer" flash lens for Christmas and tried it out for the first time the other day on my feeder bird. Not really thrilled with the results thus far and the vast majority of the photos were blurry (max sync speed 1/250). Still, interesting to be able to shoot birds in the shade in overcast conditions in December.
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InternetJunky posted:You need to enable high speed sync if you're going to use flash with wildlife. I'm still not a fan of the flash look but it is possible to play around with the settings so it's not quite so glaring. drat. Looks like I've got a Yongnuo model without HSS. Perhaps I'll return this thing for the moment and save the flash for photographing my kids as initially intended.
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One guy who does good wildlife with flash stuff is Richard Peters http://www.richardpeters.co.uk/portfolio_backgardensafari.html His ebook goes in to a lot of technical detail http://www.richardpeters.co.uk/ebook.html
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I like the effect flash gave me on some of my shots, but I had to have a softbox right up next to their feeding site. Blue Jay by Steven Sarginson, on Flickr
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Some pics from a recent trip: Young Little Blue by Justin Cook, on Flickr Tri Colored by Justin Cook, on FlickrI'm terrible at sandpipers so if anyone has any ideas on this one it would be appreciated:  Sandpiper by Justin Cook, on Flickr Red Bellied by Justin Cook, on Flickr Painted Bunting by Justin Cook, on Flickr Merganser by Justin Cook, on Flickr
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The sandpiper is a Spotted Sandpiper.
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That is a bunch of excellent photos, Mirage.
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Cold morning in Discovery Park. Not much out and about except for sparrows, foraging   
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Kenshin posted:Cold morning in Discovery Park. Not much out and about except for sparrows, foraging Nice. I was just watching these boogers in my yard eating the leaf buds from one of my plum trees.
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A couple of higher iso shots, due to being in the woods iso 6400 for the tomtit, 32000 for the tui  North Island Tomtit by Marc, on Flickr  tui by Marc, on Flickr
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Crossposting from PYF.RareAcumen posted:
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Kenshin posted:Cold morning in Discovery Park. Not much out and about except for sparrows, foraging TheMirage posted:Some pics from a recent trip: Raikyn posted:A couple of higher iso shots, due to being in the woods Cythereal posted:Crossposting from PYF.
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InternetJunky posted:This is a neat idea. Any clue how much the thing was selling for on amazon? It's showing as out of stock for me. I have not. I have a strong suspicion that if I tried putting that thing up in my yard it would be 80% squirrels, 10% grackles, 8% doves, 1% red-bellied woodpeckers, 1% everything else.
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Cythereal posted:I have not. I have a strong suspicion that if I tried putting that thing up in my yard it would be 80% squirrels, 10% grackles, 8% doves, 1% red-bellied woodpeckers, 1% everything else.
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Kenshin posted:On the upside, squirrels attract hawks. We used to have rabbits that would come out every morning to eat food the birds and squirrels scattered. Then a family of owls moved into the area and we don't have rabbits anymore.
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That bird feeder cam is awesome! A grackle in the snow... now I've seen everything. Here is a few more from the trip as I slowly go through them:  Osprey Fish by Justin Cook, on Flickr White Ibis by Justin Cook, on FlickrPied Bills. Cute Grebe, or cutest?  Pie Billed Grebe by Justin Cook, on FlickrI've been trying to see one of these in the wild, let alone photograph one for years so excuse the high ISO.  Pileated Woodpecker by Justin Cook, on Flickr Flying LBH by Justin Cook, on Flickr
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Not a good photo but I figured some people would find it interesting: This is a swiftlet nest in a cave in Borneo. Yes that is "blood" (according to the guide at the time but some Googling tells me that is not the case) in/behind the nest. These are the nests that are collected for birds nest soup.
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Hey, it's sunny in Seattle this week. Fortunately the birds are coming to me, because I don't have a lot of time to go out looking.  Wigeons At Dusk by Josh, on Flickr Trumpeter Swans With Mountains by Josh, on Flickr Trumpeter Pair by Josh, on Flickr
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Cythereal posted:Crossposting from PYF. That's cheating. Cool pics though. I like the dove sitting in the feeder. I'm still kicking myself for not remembering to bid on & win an outrageously cheap custom-made motion-triggered Yashica T4 in a camo box that was up for sale on eBay. I'm trying to find ways to combine my hobbies of film photography and birding without spending too much money, and it would have been perfect for that kind of stuff. Dread Head posted:Not a good photo but I figured some people would find it interesting: I've always wondered what it tastes like. The soup, I mean. I doubt many people just eat the nest straight-up.
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SMERSH Mouth posted:I've always wondered what it tastes like. The soup, I mean. I doubt many people just eat the nest straight-up. Yeah not sure, it seems like an odd thing to eat honesty.
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Finally found a Great Grey after probably 100 hours of searching.  [edit] one more from today  SMERSH Mouth posted:I've always wondered what it tastes like. The soup, I mean. I doubt many people just eat the nest straight-up. InternetJunky fucked around with this message at 01:05 on Jan 8, 2017 |
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Audubon photo contest is now open http://www.audubon.org/get-outside/2017-audubon-photography-awards-official-rules Anyone entering?
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BetterLekNextTime posted:Audubon photo contest is now open if I take anything I really think is worth entering before the deadline, sure
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It's been cold but sunny the past few days here in Seattle. A few of these are from today, a few from Thursday morning.        
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That Cooper's Hawk (?) is awesome, as are the towhees. Nice one of the Lincoln's sparrow too- I think even if I happen to have my camera when I see them, they usually dive into the middle of a bush before I can get a shot. For NorCal goons, I got a message from someone at one of the local Audubon societies (Golden Gate chapter) that they are thinking about organizing a big lens demo event during their April birdathon. They'd work with a local camera store and reps from Canon and maybe Nikon. Still kind of up in the air what it would be, but they are looking for input now (talks or just hand-on demos, which lenses people are interested in seeing, etc). It would be a fundraiser, so the message I saw suggested there might be an ask of a $50 donation. The chapter does a lot of substantial conservation and education work so the money would go to a great cause. Anyway, if you are local and interested feel free to PM me and I can keep you updated as more info develops.
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BetterLekNextTime posted:That Cooper's Hawk (?) is awesome, as are the towhees. Nice one of the Lincoln's sparrow too- I think even if I happen to have my camera when I see them, they usually dive into the middle of a bush before I can get a shot. I don't live there and am unlikely to be able to take advantage, but I would love to be able to demo some of the new m43 pro long lenses from Olympus and Panasonic. Not that I could afford one even if I liked it.
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From a little more than a year ago. Black-capped chickadee  Cottage 2015 64 by Martin Brummell, on FlickrBlue Jay, digging up peanuts recently hidden by a red squirrel  Cottage 2015 67 by Martin Brummell, on FlickrBlue Jay, going for the source  Cottage 2015 74 by Martin Brummell, on FlickrDowny Woodpecker  Cottage 2015 75 by Martin Brummell, on FlickrPileated Woodpecker  Cottage 2015 88 by Martin Brummell, on Flickr
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I traveled north of Seattle and got to watch a whole bunch of short eared owls hunt and try to chase off one another. It was pretty drat awesome. I'll need to make the trip again.   (not a short eared owl)
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ant mouth posted:I traveled north of Seattle and got to watch a whole bunch of short eared owls hunt and try to chase off one another. It was pretty drat awesome. I'll need to make the trip again. Brown Creeper  Cottage 2015 145 by Martin Brummell, on Flickr
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ant mouth posted:I traveled north of Seattle and got to watch a whole bunch of short eared owls hunt and try to chase off one another. It was pretty drat awesome. I'll need to make the trip again. I love Eide, but that place has been too much of a zoo the last few years. I went up to bird on Thursday and there were like 40 cars there. Can't imagine a weekend.
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Thanks! Execudork! I got a brown creeper last month. The name is apt, because it seems like they're always creepin' on the opposite side of the tree as you. It was my first time at Eide and there were a whole lot of people and thousand upon thousand dollars worth of glass. However, that place delivered in spades. I don't know if I just got lucky, but it is rare that I am given a "Hey Ant Mouth, if you go here you'll see this species of bird" and when I step out of the car five of them are flying around. I hope that is business as usual for that place because at four hours, it is a serious hike!
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ant mouth posted:It was my first time at Eide and there were a whole lot of people and thousand upon thousand dollars worth of glass. However, that place delivered in spades. I don't know if I just got lucky, but it is rare that I am given a "Hey Ant Mouth, if you go here you'll see this species of bird" and when I step out of the car five of them are flying around. I hope that is business as usual for that place because at four hours, it is a serious hike! It's been pretty hot there this year. I estimated about 9 Short-Eared's flying around when I was there which is as many as I've ever seen. Doesn't hurt that we had a nice couple dry spells at the right time.
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ant mouth posted:I traveled north of Seattle and got to watch a whole bunch of short eared owls hunt and try to chase off one another. It was pretty drat awesome. I'll need to make the trip again.  well done!
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Getting into birds and it is like crack because I took one bird picture and now I just want more; I just want to find all of the birds and take their pictures. I have finally gotten a long enough lens to really do it - I have some more interesting (not common as poo poo) birds but the photos suck and these suck less so this is my first real go with the new lens. Looking forward to actually setting aside a day for a bird hunt. DSCF3754 by Paul Hofreiter, on Flickr DSCF3772 by Paul Hofreiter, on Flickr DSCF3826 by Paul Hofreiter, on Flickr DSCF3984 by Paul Hofreiter, on Flickr
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Couple of recent owl shots:  rio posted:Getting into birds and it is like crack because I took one bird picture and now I just want more; I just want to find all of the birds and take their pictures. Also, well done on your first set!
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The Bird Photographer of the Year competition, in it's second year, have revealed their short-list http://birdpoty16.picturk.com/pages/shortlist
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Pablo Bluth posted:The Bird Photographer of the Year competition, in it's second year, have revealed their short-list A lot of not very great photos in there to be honest.
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VelociBacon posted:A lot of not very great photos in there to be honest. You are not joking, some are not even close to being sharp/in focus...
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