Julien
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Cute owl garethwi! I don't remember seeing one so tiny.
Through tough times by julienmartlet, on Flickr
Through tough times by julienmartlet, on Flickr
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BillN
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Julien
it's a C Crow isn't it - not an owl - (Edit - just looked back and realised that your comment related to the previous image - which I have only just seen)
it's a C Crow isn't it - not an owl - (Edit - just looked back and realised that your comment related to the previous image - which I have only just seen)
Julien
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Sorry for the confusion Bill, I didn't expect my post to "open" a new page. I've edited my post to make it clearer.
greyelm
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davect01
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Cute owl garethwi! I don't remember seeing one so tiny.
Through tough times by julienmartlet, on Flickr
Very nice clean shot
davect01
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Thanks Paul - you are correct - the "red" is not a reflection - I've just tracked him down with my "bins" as he is still around the "hamlet" - the back of the tail (and rump), are also the same colour
Hope that you are feeling OK
This guy seems to be making the most noise this evening
Great shots.
davect01
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Here's a tiny owl:
Cute little guy.
BillN
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ID confirm or otherwise needed - Common Redstart?
Has a Common Redstart, (bold white forehead), joined the Black Redstart in our garden
seen for the first time this morning - Black Redstart been around for a few weeks
Hope to get a better shot when it has settled down
Has a Common Redstart, (bold white forehead), joined the Black Redstart in our garden
seen for the first time this morning - Black Redstart been around for a few weeks
Hope to get a better shot when it has settled down
grebeman
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Bill,
You are correct, a male Common Redstart, a very smart bird when in breeding plumage. Just for interest sake, the old Anglo Saxon word for tail, is "start".
Barrie
You are correct, a male Common Redstart, a very smart bird when in breeding plumage. Just for interest sake, the old Anglo Saxon word for tail, is "start".
Barrie
Julien
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Neither (private ftp apparently).
Here are the links:
http:///www.wenltd.co.uk/sc/Red_s_2.jpg
http:///www.wenltd.co.uk/sc/Red_s_1.jpg
http:///www.wenltd.co.uk/sc/Red_s_4.jpg
http:///www.wenltd.co.uk/sc/Red_s_3.jpg
I'm guessing the (incorrect) three slashes after "http" are too much for Opera, while the other browser automatically correct them.
BillN
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Julien
thanks for pointing that out - I have made the amends - can you now see them?
thanks for pointing that out - I have made the amends - can you now see them?
BillN
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Been experimenting with Birds in Flight (BIFs) this morning - it's difficult - light not great - you need a fast shutter speed, (especially for small birds), so I have to bump up the ISO etc, to get speeds in excess of 1/1250th ...then adjust for noise etc., in LR
We have a friendly Nuthatch in the garden - he likes sunflower seeds - I put some out for him - but I still could not get near - so the images are big crops
ISO 800 1/2500th at f4
ISO 400 1/1250th at f4
ISO 400 1/1250th at f4
ISO 800 1/2500th at f4
here he is on my home made bird table - he is quite an aggressive little fellow
We have a friendly Nuthatch in the garden - he likes sunflower seeds - I put some out for him - but I still could not get near - so the images are big crops
ISO 800 1/2500th at f4
ISO 400 1/1250th at f4
ISO 400 1/1250th at f4
ISO 800 1/2500th at f4
here he is on my home made bird table - he is quite an aggressive little fellow
BillN
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Julien - I've always had my own "domain" or whatever it is called - I always put images on that as I never like to fill up the Forum space
winginkris
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Taken with the x100. Heavily cropped and processed for noise. I'm pretty immpresed with the cameras ability to stop action. The camera was just a couple of feet from a feeder and I used a cable release to stand away from things as much as possible. This is where I'm missing a longer focal length.
DSCF2658 by Winginkris, on Flickr
DSCF2658 by Winginkris, on Flickr
BillN
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This morning visitors
A couple of Blackcaps enjoying the young shoots on my wife's boules de neige
A couple of Blackcaps enjoying the young shoots on my wife's boules de neige
Julien
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That make sense, and also allows you to keep more control over your images. And if you post those images on different places you only have to upload it once. So yes, not a bad idea at all.
Bill I'm curious, do you now carry both the 70-300 VR and 300 f4 on your outings? Or only the prime?
BillN
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Hi Julien, thanks
own domain
I like the control and have had the domain for quite a few years: not really expensive - £6 per month
Lens - 70 300 VR and 300 f4
Both very good and IMHO great value for money if you like taking wild life shots
They are completely different and I reckon I need both
The above Blackcaps were taken thru our living room, (salon), window with the 300 f4 on a tripod with gimbal. The light is not good this morning - it's raining here. Small birds move very quickly and so quite a high shutter speed is needed with them. You could not hand hold the 300 f4 in this light and get sharp images.
But to answer your question - it depends how I feel and what the light is like - the f4 is a lot heavier than the 70 300 VR - the f4 does not have VR, but the image quality at f4 is just very very good
You can hand hold the f4 and if the light is good your shots will be good – but it really suits a tripod set up especially as the tripod fitting on the lens is fiddly to remove and re fit - the fittings seems to get in the way when you hand hold the lens
Generally the 70 300 VR can be used in most conditions, and in moderate to good light you will be (very) pleased with the (handheld) IQ; also with the 70 300mm you can start at the wider 70mm view and then zoom to 300mm which is especially good for BIF's and for locating small birds in trees once you have found them with your bins.
99% of my bird shots are big crops and that’s why I really have to start with the best possible IQ, which the f4 gives, (versus the 70 300mm at full stretch).
Most on my “small bird” shots are taken within 5 mins of my house – we are lucky as there is lots of different birds, wild life and fauna. In such circumstances I tend to “spot” the birds with my bins and then try to get an image or go back later hoping that they “hang around”.
I spotted the Blackcaps this morning eating the young shoots – I had time to go back indoors and set up my tripod for a shot thru the salon window – I waited about 10 mins and they came back for a second helping.
I first started with the 70 300mm, (as I expect most people do), and then wanted something better at the 300mm end – I see no reason not to keep my 70 300mm and will use it as much as the 300mm f4.
Taking shots of small birds does make you realise how important (good) light is.
something I would like to try is the Nikon V1 with the 300 f4, (and AF-S lens etc)., to see if the IQ is better than the bigger sensor, D300, crop
