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  1. Tannin

    Exposure and exposure modes

    We were talking about exposure and variations between cameras, and related matters. Interesting discussion, but getting way off-topic in the 40D v 1D III thread, so I thought I'd start a new one. Well, that opens a whole different can of worms, Adey! To tell the truth, I've never really got...
  2. Tannin

    NZ seabird

    Taken by a friend of mine well off my patch - on the Otago Peninsula in New Zealand. Any ideas?
  3. Tannin

    Australia: small grey-brown bird

    I've just stuck my neck out and called this one as what I think it is, but would welcome other views to confirm (or refute) my opinion. I won't say what I called it as just yet. Location: south Gippsland coast, not far from Lakes Entrance. Habitat I'm not sure of, but obviously well-timbered...
  4. Tannin

    Australia: young cuckoo

    What do you make of this youngster? Taken in the semi-alpine country of far northern NSW during summer.
  5. Tannin

    Bower's Shrikethrush

    Bower's Shrike Thrush Discussion thread for Bower's Shrike Thrush. If you would like to add a comment, click the Post Reply button.
  6. Tannin

    Blind date: Swarovski EL 30s?

    Hi all, my friend Belinda and I both need binoculars. Her little Pentax porros are more or less unusable now (though they were remarkably good for cheapies), I don't have any at all, and in fact have never owned a decent pair. I'm not new to quality optics, however. I've owned two Swarovski...
  7. Tannin

    Two new ones for the database

    http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/data/528/2018060619-111211-4933f.jpg http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/data/528/2018060520-121401-1579apf.jpg Black-eared Miner and Striated Fieldwren
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    New one: Australian Spotted Crake

    Just in case the eagle eyed database editors don't spot it, this one is a new addition to the database. http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/data/528/2018060325-141440-1339.jpg
  9. Tannin

    Australia: confirm this grassland bird ID please

    I think I know what this charming small bird is, but I'm not going to say just yet as I'm looking for a 100% unbaised confirmation. Shot a few days ago near Corryong in far north-east Victoria, not far from the NSW border in open grassland grazing and cropping country. One of two or three...
  10. Tannin

    Just got an A620. Eeek!

    I sent my Canon A95 in for repair under warranty two months ago. Today I got a phone call: Canon have replaced it (that's the good news). The bad news is ... they gave me an A620! The only use I have for this camera is digiscoping. (I have a pair of 20Ds for other work). I understand from...
  11. Tannin

    Australia: juv Red-capped Robin?

    I'm unsure about the ID of this bird. It looks more like a young robin than anything else, but I have doubts. For starters, it seemed too small, though judging size is always a risky business. My first thought — no, make that my second thought, my first thought was "WTF is that little thing?" —...
  12. Tannin

    Photography - Digiscope to SLR - what's it REALLY like?

    There are lots of threads discussing the transition from digiscoping to a DSLR so far as equipment goes (lots of wonderful gear out there) and so far as cost goes (lots! it staggers me to routinely think of my beautiful Swarovski scope as one of the cheaper bits of equipment I need), and even (a...
  13. Tannin

    Some corrections & a question

    First the question: is there a database FAQ? Something to explain where the lists come from and stuff like that? It would be really useful. An apparently missing species: the Western Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria griseogularis). (Look in my gallery for pictures of it.) The Eastern Yellow Robin...
  14. Tannin

    Which teleconverter?

    I have a Canon 20D and Canon 100-400 lens. I mostly hand-hold, but will get around to organising a plate to attach it to my didiscoping tripod & head before too long. I'll eventually get a longer lens (500mm f4? Something in that sort of range, anyway) and a 2X teleconverter, but I'm planning...
  15. Tannin

    How to deal with high contrast

    Consider a dark coloured bird with a patch of bright white plumage. The White-winged Fairy-wren I'm about to try to remember how to attach to this post is a good example. Looking at it you will see right away that although the exposure is pretty right overall, the beautiful white wing is just...
  16. Tannin

    Best CP4500 replacement: Canon A95?

    The situation: I own two Nikon CP4500s, one for digiscoping, the other for macros, landscapes, and as an instant spare. The main camera has a broken body which can be repaired OK. (It's happened before - costs about $AU180 to fit a new plastic body. They should make them out of metal.) So...
  17. Tannin

    New Aussie guide (reposted)

    This is a repost of an excellent thread that went missing in the February 9th disaster. I seem to have found most of the thread in my browser cache, so I'll repost as much of it as I can. unless it all gets too difficult, I'll split it so that the extended discussion of Australian ecology that...
  18. Tannin

    Giving up photography

    Last week I got home from my eight-week, 13,000 kilometre bird photography trip., feelin pretty pleased with myself and delighted with some pretty darn good shots. Today I happened to drive past a second-hand bookshop and picked up a copy of Michael Morecombe's Birds of Australia (1971)...
  19. Tannin

    Oz: where to find Letter-winged Kites at present?

    I'm heading off north in about 36 hours, from Central Victoria (which is home) to outback NSW (Broken Hill area, more or less), possibly slip across the border into South Australia, then the back blocks of Queensland, with my eye on Far North Queensland eventually (if I get time). Then back...
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    Odd diet for a young scrub-wren?

    A delightful day today, and I wasn't even birdwatching. (I'll get to the question shortly - first, I'll set the scene.) I went round to my friend's house (she has 7 acres a few k out of town) to mow her grass. By sheer force of willpower, I left scope and camera at home - knowing all too well...
  21. Tannin

    The Coorong

    Background The Coorong, for those that don't know it by reputation already, is an enormous stretch of hyper-saline water near the mouth of the Murray River in South Australia. The Murray flows into two very large freshwater lakes (Lake Alexandrina and Lake Albert) which, in turn, exit into the...
  22. Tannin

    Estivation in Oz

    In another forum, someone asked me this: " Here's a question for those who know Australian birds. A few years ago, I ran across a description of an Australian bird that estivates (or "aestivates", as it would be written in Australia or the UK). To my dismay, I have forgotten what bird it...
  23. Tannin

    At last: a weekend of sanity and rest!

    Outside of two weekends worth of tree planting for the Regent Honeyeater project just now, there has not been a single day since I bought my scope and camera about three months ago when I haven't either gone out birding with it (joy!) or gone to work (ho-hum). (And come to think of it, I snuck...
  24. Tannin

    Oilskin? Japara? Goretex? Or what?

    I need a coat for my birding expeditions. I want it to be: Not too heavy (but middle weight is OK) Comfortable: able to move my arms freely Windproof Waterproof Hard-wearing Dark, don't-scare-the-birds colour Lots of pockets. Quiet - no rustling fabrics, Mid-thigh length. (I think...
  25. Tannin

    Oz birding east & SE of Melbourne

    I am going to a concert in Melbourne on Friday night (Percy Grainger, Grieg Piano Concerto, Beethoven's 5th - all good stuff). Seeing as I'll wind up that far to the east already (I'm Ballarat-based), I plan on driving for an hour or so to somewhere near or just past the edge of Melbourne...
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