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I've been messing around with wildlife photography over the last while, which around here ends up being bird photography because there isn't much else to see. Gear needs some improving, using a 70-210mm F4 minolta "beercan" and a 400mm F5.6 Sigma that you have to manual everything because the chip isn't compatible with my Sony alpha. Some good pointers in this thread, I'm just getting into shooting from my sea kayak so I'll try to share some info on that once I get a bit more experience. Here are a couple bird shots from this winter/spring:    
whaam fucked around with this message at 15:22 on Jul 18, 2009 |
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Jul 18, 2009 00:57
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^ as far as I know yeah. They are extremely common here, almost more of them around than seagulls, pretty bird though. We get an absolute ton of small birds in our backyard, especially goldfinches. Going to pickup some seed tomorrow I think and try to shoot them.
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Jul 18, 2009 01:17
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Clayton Bigsby posted:Share your shots and how you got 'em when you do. Wow that is the most human looking bird I have ever seen.
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Jul 18, 2009 01:32
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Clayton Bigsby posted:Herons are wonderful, aren't they? Yeah I was hoping to have lots to contribute this week but the weather has been terrible here. Looks like sun for the tail end of the weekend and I'm planning a full day out on the water looking for wildlife. I geared up an old tripod for use in the kayak and added a large strap so I can anchor the whole assembly between my back and the seat while shooting. Won't save my gear if I tip but at least will save it from falling in. Will take some shots of the rig before I go out and post them.
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Jul 24, 2009 13:54
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diarrhea for girls posted:
This is really fantastic.  Excuse the noise. Went out today and it was really foggy and I kept missing focus with my 400mm (manual only), so pretty much everything came back lovely. The new tripod rig worked well though. 
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Jul 26, 2009 23:59
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diarrhea for girls posted:
Very nice, what is up with the foreground light? Looks like a streetlight? Have been out on the water a lot this week and am missing focus like crazy, it is really starting to drive me nuts but my 210mm isn't nearly long enough so I'm stuck with this hit-or-miss 400. Had to trash a ton of (what I thought would be good) osprey and hawk shots because they were just out of focus. 
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Aug 4, 2009 01:36
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Holistic Detective posted:Been working through some photos of Terns I took on holiday a couple of weeks back: Those tern shots are fantastic. Those little guys are so fast I'm impressed you caught such great action.
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Jun 13, 2010 14:42
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