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  1. Yelvertoft

    Is this an ex-deer?

    Hello, I was out walking in some broad leaved woodland today when I came across these remains. We have a lower jawbone, pelvis and rear legs, shoulder blade and forelegs. Ribcage was nearby but difficult to photograph because of the undergrowth. I was wondering what it was. The leatherman...
  2. Yelvertoft

    Pentax *ist DS firmware update

    There's a few of us out there, not many I know, but in case any DS owners didn't know, there's a V2.00 firmware update available. This adds some very useful extra features, certainly more than a minor tweak. Update available from...
  3. Yelvertoft

    Thinking of buying a teleconverter?

    I found this to be quite interesting http://www.prime-junta.net/pont/Reviews/de_TC_vs_TC/a_Tamron_vs_Sigma_1.4x.html Not much difference from what I can see, especially considering the price difference. Any Pentax dSLR users out there (there's one or two of us out there) may like to know that...
  4. Yelvertoft

    Has anyone used Microglobe?

    Hi, Just wondering if people here have had previous experience dealing with www.microglobe.co.uk ? I've not come across them until very recently and they are an unknown to me. Anyone had good/bad/indifferent experiences with them? Duncan.
  5. Yelvertoft

    A different attitude to nature photography

    Hmmmm, Darwin's theory of "Survival of the fittest" can be paraphrased as "Death to the stupid". http://media.ebaumsworld.com/index.php?e=cobrabite.wmv Duncan.
  6. Yelvertoft

    Like an acorn, but is it an oak?

    Hi, I don't normally look much in this forum but I have seen a plant that I can't I.D.; it seems to be a recurring theme in this section! The "fruit" appears to be very, very much like an oak acorn, but the leaf is completely different to the oaks we have in the same area. This has been...
  7. Yelvertoft

    Scat I.D. Is this fox?

    Hi there, Firstly, an apology to those who may find this subject matter to be in poor taste. Sorry if it's a bit much for a Sunday lunchtime but it is nature in the raw. I am curious to know what has been visiting my garden for the past few weeks and leaving its "calling card". I began...
  8. Yelvertoft

    I don't intend to start a flame war....

    ...... but this just might. http://kenrockwell.com/tech/notcamera.htm Having lit the blue touch-paper, Duncan stands well back.
  9. Yelvertoft

    Interesting article - photo journalism

    Found this article interesting. Not nature photography related I know, and a bit of a thinly veiled Olympus advert, but interesting nevertheless. http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=7-6468-7844 Duncan.
  10. Yelvertoft

    Bigger than a Blackbird, smaller than a Wood Pigeon

    Hello, I've just seen this bird (attached photos) in my local "patch" in North Essex. It's a mix of grass, heath and broad leaved woods. Looking through the scope there was quite a distinct black stripe running through the eye which doesn't come out so strongly in the photos. The long...
  11. Yelvertoft

    You'll have to take my word for it but.....

    ..... the brown blob in the back left corner of the lawn, about to disappear behind the hedge at the bottom of the garden, is a Muntjac buck deer. Got up at 5:30 the other morning and was standing in the bathroom when I noticed a large'ish brown shape moving around the lawn in the back garden...
  12. Yelvertoft

    Suggested settings for Sony W1/12/5/15

    Hi, I've been using a Sony DSC-W12 camera for digiscoping for several months now and thought it may be useful for to post some of the things I've learned. As ever, these things are just what I've found to work for me. Others may have found other things work best for them. I'm not saying this...
  13. Yelvertoft

    Recently fledged Thrush? Not got a clue myself

    Hello, Sorry for the blurred pictures, but they were a bit of hurried before it flew away. Can't find anything in the books that fit the description. Area is open heathland near large gardens with a few small ponds thrown in for good measure. Speckling on breast makes me think thrush, but...
  14. Yelvertoft

    Young Dunnock? Sparrow? Little brown job

    Hello, I spotted this little thing hiding in my patch of heather and couldn't figure out what it was. I would have said Dunnock, but the bill is distinctly reddish, rather than the black dagger of a Dunnock. It was behaving as though it didn't know what to do, just sat in the heather for a...
  15. Yelvertoft

    Sony memory stick very cheap (misprice?)

    Sony memory stick very cheap (misprice? Yes, it was a misprice, now corrected) So cheap, I think it may be a mis-price. 512MB for £34.99 delivered. I've placed an order anyway and had an order confirmation e-mail back so they should honour the order hopefully even if it turns out to be an...
  16. Yelvertoft

    I have to comment

    Hi everybody, I have to say that something has struck me about birdforum.net, but it took a while to sink in. Everybody here is so wonderfully polite. I've "lurked" on many forums, and newsgroups previously to that, on a variety of interests over the years but never posted because almost...
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