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    Sketching in wet weather

    As I spend a lot of time sketching in the great British weather, sketching in drizzle or light rain is part of the game. As normal pencils etc. rufuse to work in these situations, I find that having a wet weather system invaluable. The best I've come across is a Berol Karisma Graphite Aquarelle...
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    Thank you Leica

    Leica, and others get a hammering here on Birdforum. I suppose it is general negativity you see on so many forums nowadays. A place for folk to moan about everything. I would like to thank Leica for producing the Apo82 and especially the new eyepiece. I spend a lot of time looking through a...
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    Best Scope for spectacle wearer

    I need a new top of the line scope for birding and especially drawing/sketching. I wear varifocals all the time so need good Field of View and Eye relief. 30xww or zoom. Any suggestions. Prefer 65mm as my old 77mm is very heavy.
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    CS4 or Elements 7

    I need advice on which editing software to use on a new Vista laptop I hope to buy. I've used Photoshop CS2 for some time. I use Nikon and shoot in RAW. Would CS2 work on the new laptop? Will Elements 7 do or will I find it wanting? (The cost of upgrading to CS4 is a bit much) Should I use...
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    Do twitchers emit too much carbon?

    I used to do it many years ago, indeed I was mortified if I had to miss a twitch or dipped out or got gripped off. I got the urge back this week and went to see the Yorkshire twosome. Astounded ,I was, at the huge volume of people and cars and distance travelled. Should we be using up so much...
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    American Robin at Bingley

    Had a nice day watching the antics of this lovely bird and meeting other birders and photographers. It had bouts of stuffing itself with holly berries and worms, then resting for a bit to let the assembled admirers admire it. A real poser. Had an elusive firecrest as well in the garden of a...
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    Nikon D2X menu settings

    Just got a D2Xs and entered the digital age and was hoping you helpful people could tell me what settings you alter from the default ones. In particular I am confused over white balance, colour temperature, image adjustment,colour space and colour mode. At present I'm keeping everything on auto...
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    Blacktoft anyone?

    I fancy a trip there on Sun and was wondering what the state of the reserve is with all this rain. Must be a hard life being a bird! Anyone been and care to share?
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    British Birdwatching Fair

    Anyone been this weekend? How was it for you. Were the car parks passable after this rain?
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    Scanning paintings

    Is it better to save scanned paintings as bitmaps or JPEG's? Which gives the best reproduction quality?
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    32WW lens fault

    My 32xWW developed a milky spiral appearance on the inside of the eye lens. typically out of warranty. Never been wet ,dropped or anything. My other lenses have no problem. Sent it to Leica who sent me an estimate after a month for £93 for cleaning. Ouch! The cannot tell me what caused it but if...
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    Wintersett

    Curlew, Swallow and Sandmartin in. Nice and muddy. It appears the powers that be are going to start work on the path around Anglers country Park in a week or so. About time! Wish they'd put a door on the hide brrrrrrrrrr.
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    New Leica 8.4 megapixel camera

    Looks like Leica are out of the woods after 'restructuring their capital'. They have brought out the D-Lux2, an 8.4 meg camera with image stabilizer plus a new adaptor (Leica Digital Adapter 2) The adaptor will even hold mobile phones!!. Long live Leica.
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    Questar scope -is it awesome?

    Anyone tried one of these? I understand them to be rather nice for distant viewing. I do a lot of drawing through a scope and wondered if I'm missing anything by not having even seen through one of these beasts.
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    New bit of kit for sketching

    I prefer sketching in the field (or hide) using a scope. I usually use pencil but sometimes I want to use a bit of watercolour. I find it a pain to get the fieldbox out with brushes and water etc, especially in a hide. I've discovered a Brush pen from Pentel that you can fill with water and us...
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    Watercolour palette

    I thought it might be interesting to find out what palette other dabblers out there use for painting/sketching birds. I keep off most staining colours and mix my own greens. I use 12 -Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow Pale, Crimson Alazirin, Cadmium Red, Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine, Light Red, Burnt...
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    Lars Jonsson Lecture- I was there - not!!

    I still cannot get over the fact I could not get to the Birdfair lecture on Painting Birds in the Field by Lars Jonsson on the Friday night. I should have taken a sickie. I am well gripped that I dipped on this one . Please someone, tell me about it. At least it may make me feel better knowing...
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    Sabine's Gull surprise -lifer!

    There I was, quietly watching waders in Old Moor RSPB Wath Ings hide when a very observant videodigiscoper found a stange small gull. It was quickly identified as a Sabines as two in the hide were familiar with the species, some video footage and images were obtained(only after asking everyone...
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    What's happened to the Horbury Storks?

    Anyone out there got any theories? Is the Cheshire bird one of them?
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    Lakes Ospreys and Eagles

    I hope to get to the Lakes for a week at Easter. Does anyone know if its worth visiting Haweswater for the Eagles or Bassenthwaite for the Ospreys?
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    It'll get longer if I go digital - says Nikon

    I've had an interesting conversation with Nikon Customer Services. I am thinking of getting into the digital age by replacing my venerable Nikon 35mm bodies and beloved Kodachrome 64 with either a D2H or DX1 digital body as they are the only ones that are compatible with my aged 600mm f5.6 IFED...
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    Wear specs -get HG's -now!

    After nearly 20 years of using Leicas and other top-end bins, I've found something better to replace my well worn 8x42 BA's. The Nikon HG 8x42's I've had since last summer have 20mm eye relief so I can see the whole field with specs on (oh joy!). They are significantly sharper, brighter and have...
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    Sketching/painting birds- any interest?

    Hello all! I enjoy sketching the birds I see. I am not very good at it but strive to improve and I've found some good websites like surfbirds.com . There does not seem to be a forum on BF catering for people who enjoy this sort of activity. Is there any interest out there? I really enjoy...
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