SeattleDan
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I've been playing, getting photos through a telescope, and this week I've experimented with using the camera's onboard "digital zoom" feature. I'd never used it because they say it degrades image quality. However, for getting an image as an aid in identification, it's going to be a valuable tool this year. I'm very happy to have discovered this.
My Anna's are mating (do they ever stop?) and it's a delight to watch all of their behavior. 30 to 40 feet from my living room window is a tree top where the "Roosters" like to perch. They do their death defying dives, right here, and I feel blessed to be able to watch them, helicopter up, then swoop down at light speed to impress the females.
Normally, to get a close look, the bird and camera must be perfectly still, the light perfectly right, etc. Mostly it's one in five hundred dumb luck. Thank goodness for an intelligent camera. Now, however, with this digital zoom, plus the scope at relatively close range, I'm getting some fun detail.
All this to say, "Hey, look at the rain drops on this bird's beak!" In my best California Cul de Sac accent, "I'm totally stoked."
My Anna's are mating (do they ever stop?) and it's a delight to watch all of their behavior. 30 to 40 feet from my living room window is a tree top where the "Roosters" like to perch. They do their death defying dives, right here, and I feel blessed to be able to watch them, helicopter up, then swoop down at light speed to impress the females.
Normally, to get a close look, the bird and camera must be perfectly still, the light perfectly right, etc. Mostly it's one in five hundred dumb luck. Thank goodness for an intelligent camera. Now, however, with this digital zoom, plus the scope at relatively close range, I'm getting some fun detail.
All this to say, "Hey, look at the rain drops on this bird's beak!" In my best California Cul de Sac accent, "I'm totally stoked."
