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The Sunday BIRD Volume 2; Issue 52, April 29, 2007

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Those all are quite nice, especially the Peacock. Noticed that you shot all at ISO 100 - I find that using ISO 200 or even 400 works better when using the longer lens for birds - I almost always use ISO200 as a minimum when shooting handheld with my 50-200 + 1.4.
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Best Regards, Jim
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All of these from Gilbert Water Ranch...

1st wo are bigma shots with the E1:

A Starling near it's nest in the Saguaro:



A canyon towhee:



... and a pair with the E1, Nikon 300 f/4 & EC14:

green heron portrait - about 10 days old:



and a long billed dowitcher in breeding plumage:



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Rob Davies
Searun
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Good captures Peter.

Try the tripod/monopod route, and as Dave mentioned car windows are great too - I use a bean bag out of my window. Richard is not human with what he does hand held!
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Rob Davies
Searun
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Great exposure, and so crisp. How is life with the Sigmonster? Looks like you're handling it very well, and it is producing for you.
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Rob Davies
Searun
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Very nice as I expected Dave.

I am still waiting for the Sigma - they are saying probably this month. I don't understand what's taking so long but... waiting.

Are you finding the sweet spot with it at F/10 - F/11?
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Very nice Jay, you sure get better results out of the Rubinar and digiscoping than I do on the 330.
JimB
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It all started long ago and far away with a lowly OM-G

The OM of Getto cams
 
white crowned sparrow, crissy field, san francisco
Canon 20D with Canon 300mm f/2.8L + 2x TC



pied-billed grebe and baby, stow lake, golden gate park, san francisco
Canon 20D with Canon 300mm f/2.8L



baby pied-billed grebe, stow lake, golden gate park, san francisco
Canon 20D with Canon 300mm f/2.8L



canadian goslings, stow lake, golden gate park, san francisco
Canon 20D with Canon 300mm f/2.8L

 
It was really quite hazy over the reed beds yesterday morning, the 50-200 was hunting quite a lot, I suspect that was why.

There were about 4 Marsh Harriers hunting, unfortunately all just that bit too far away, aren't they always?

Thanks for taking the time to look and comment Colin.

Dave
 
Not usually a bird shooter, but always appreciate looking at this thread. Two shot with the E410 and 40-150 mm lens (the small one). Photos taken at the cooling pond water bird sanctuary in Saga. The cooling water comes from the local garbage disposal incinerator, a very environmentally new construction in Japan, providing a model for all future incinerators of this type, with zero emissions of any substances into the atmosphere, water or surrounding earth. Oh, yes, it was a very, very hazy Spring day.





Ray Kinnane
Saga-shi, Japan
 
Dave thanks for the reply.

When you mentioned the wood duck I did some searching and found that this is actually a female Mandarin Duck. Its markings are close to the African Black Duck except the eye markings are slightly different. Was never 100% sure about it.

Thanks.

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Collin
 
Love the close up of the gerbe chicks.
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Collin
 
Thanks for the kind words and tips re ISO and monopods.

These were all taken while out with mother, wife and son so a tripod or even a monopd might not have gone down too well, especially after spending a while taking a lot of windsurfing photos...

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Olympus E-1, 14-45, SHLD-2, FL-36
Canon Powershot S45
 
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