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  1. falconer2406

    ID Please

    I'm not good with Warblers and think this is a Willow but just wondering if per chance its a Yellow browed.
  2. falconer2406

    What to do, stick or jump.

    Hi all, a canon user for ten years or more now with my go to camera being the 7d mk11 and my back up body being the 1d mk111. I often shoot with a buddy whom is a staunch Nikon man using mainly an 810. We recently had the good fortune to visit Bence Mattes farm in Hungary with both of us...
  3. falconer2406

    Making one image from many.

    Can anyone help with a link for a tutorial in LR or PS whereby I can learn how to make a single image using parts of other images please. I want to create a single image of a bird coming into a nest with food using five other images. I don't want to blend the images more make one shot a...
  4. falconer2406

    Canon 500mm mk1 f4 focus hunt

    Hi all, seem to have an issue with my mk1 500mm prime in as much as it doesn't want to lock into focus. No matter what I try and what setting I use the lens simply won't lock on. It sounds like a hammer drill in use where it's constantly trying to lock focus on. I last used this back in June...
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    Struggling with focus/sharpness

    Hi All, Of late i am really struggling with my 7dmk11 and 100-400 is usm mk11 lens The attached picture taken recently, using single focal point and the camera indicating focus achieved gives me this result. Its obvious the focal point sits right over the subject and with the camera...
  6. falconer2406

    Levelling Base.

    Currently use a feisol levelling base on a feisol tripod. It's as much use as a chocolate teapot. What do you use please can't seem to find anything decent. Considering the acratec base?
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    Help with 7dmk 11 focal points active

    Hi looking for any 7dmkk users out there please that might be able to help with the following. I am after some help and advice if possible. Canon 7d mk11 with 100-400 is usm lens. I am doing an Osprey workshop next weekend and have a problem setting the canon so that ALL focal points are...
  8. falconer2406

    Juvenile Black Redstart

    Forgive me if this is obvious but have i managed to find some juvenile Black Redstarts? Taken July this year in the Sierra Nevada mountain range near Granada Spain
  9. falconer2406

    Birding advice please

    Bit of a long shot I'm currently staying between Moulins and Vichy. Travelling here on A41 i think, i passed a small lake teaming with Egrets and herons it was approx 30 mins east of Moulins. Anyone know this area or can point me in the direction of any lakeside birding in the area please.
  10. falconer2406

    Places to visit

    Hi Everyone, This weekend a chum and i are travelling up to Flamborough head for a morning out chumming and photographing diving gannets, we are as you can image most excited by this. We are travelling North from Cambridge on the Friday and looking to do a bit of birding/photography on the...
  11. falconer2406

    Sigma 12-400 to what??

    Me: I am a wildlife photographer and would class myself as a serious amateur with a reasonable rounded knowledge of cameras and lenses. Currently i use a canon 1D Mk3 with a Sigma F4.5 prime. That in itself has been a great combination however i plan to upgrade any day now to the Canon 7D Mk2...
  12. falconer2406

    Birmingham birding

    Hi All, Off for a long weekend to Birmingham staying around the Coleshill region. Does anyone have any advice on places to visit, possibly anywhere with hides where i could set up a camera, or any other advice on good birding/wildlife spots happy to drive for half an hour or so. Thanks all
  13. falconer2406

    ID Help Please.

    Hi All, Happy new year. I am putting this one down as Chiffchaff as i cant find anything else in my collins book that's similar. Can anyone please confirm or deny. Cheers Keith
  14. falconer2406

    Multiple Bird Box Cameras

    Hi All, I hope this is the right place for this question. I am busy installing various birdboxes and hopefully a log tunnel camera. I am hoping to do this using a wireless set up and currently researching the available cameras. Question does anyone else view various cameras and if so how do...
  15. falconer2406

    Pictures Required For Local School

    Hi All, After seeing one of my recent Kingfisher photos a schoolteacher friend of mine has asked me if I would provide a copy for one of her classroom doors as each class is named after a bird, on enquiring further I found out the school has classes called, Kingfisher, Kestrel, Puffin...
  16. falconer2406

    Flash Gun

    Hi All, After emailing direct to a couple of UK distributors asking questions and advice re buying a flash from them and receiving no replies, i thought i would pose the question to the group. I currently have a 50D and 1DS MK3 and with the recent birth of my god-daughters baby and another...
  17. falconer2406

    ACR to Elements photo quality

    One for all you photoshop experts out there please. When i open a raw file in photoshop it first opens it in ACR so i can make chnages to the raw file, the photo is shown as i expect to see it. I make the relevant changes and then choose to open the picture in photoshop using the "open...
  18. falconer2406

    ACR to Photoshop picture quality

    One for all you photoshop experts out there please. When i open a raw file in photoshop it first opens it in ACR so i can make chnages to the raw file, the photo is shown as i expect to see it. I make the relevant changes and then choose to open the picture in photoshop using the "open...
  19. falconer2406

    Canon 1D mk3

    I'm looking for help and advice from any fellow 1d mk3 owners. I have a mk3 married to either a sigma 500mm prime or sigma 120-400 and upgraded from a much loved 50D. My problem is one of autofocus and generally flat pictures. I can't seem to set the focusing points correctly despite following...
  20. falconer2406

    Used Camera

    Hi All, I have searched but cant seem to find what i am looking for. Does anyone know if there is a link on here or anywhere that can give me a brief guide on what to look out for and what to check when purchasing a used camera. I am collecting one tomorrow and whilst i believe its 100%...
  21. falconer2406

    Unknown Gull UK

    Help on final ID please, short dark legs im going with Kittiwake ?
  22. falconer2406

    Gull ID

    Gull ID GB These still get me and even with a collins guide i struggle. Convinced its one of two, either a Black Headed Gull, or visiting Med gull. Would appreciate knowing what it is and why you think its what it is? I'm going for BH Gull...
  23. falconer2406

    Blue Tit

    For some time now and since the purchase of a s/h lens i have felt my images to be somewhat flat an lack any pop. Attached is a recent example of a blue tit where i was reasonably close in a hide. I would appreciate any feedback and advice please.
  24. falconer2406

    Sigma 500mm f4.5 + 50D Autofocus Problem

    Hi all recently purchased a second hand Sigma 500mm f4.5 and am having serious problems with it on my 50D body. The lens /body combination flatly refuses to autofocus no matter what i try. I contacted the seller who told me i needed to switch to manual focus give the focusing ring a twist and...
  25. falconer2406

    Birding Locations Spain

    Hi All, Im going to be lucky enough to be in Spain for about a month during Feb 2012. I am travelling down the west coast of France arriving at Pamplona and traveling across country to Valencia area travelling back up the east coast back through LLeida possibly Huesca back into France. This...
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