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April 2003 Competition Entries - Post Here! (1 Viewer)
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Andrew
wibble wibble
Not Another Goldfinch!
Here is another Goldfinch, I liked this one so it is my second entry and I hope it qualifies as a perched bird. I was not sure if it had to be perched on a twig or it could be on anything. It is on a peanut block cage.
Location : My garden.
Date : 11th April 2003
Gear : Nikon 4500 & Swaro ATS65
Weather : Cloudy I think.
Setting : Mid zoom on scope and Macro setting on camera.
Here is another Goldfinch, I liked this one so it is my second entry and I hope it qualifies as a perched bird. I was not sure if it had to be perched on a twig or it could be on anything. It is on a peanut block cage.
Location : My garden.
Date : 11th April 2003
Gear : Nikon 4500 & Swaro ATS65
Weather : Cloudy I think.
Setting : Mid zoom on scope and Macro setting on camera.
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Forcreeks
If you want to see something new in nature!
April Comp4 Anna's Hummingbird
Entry no. 1, Anna's Hummingbird, male
time: 3:49 p.m. ; date: Mar. 30, 2003
Place: Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge, Portland, Oregon, USA
Eqpt.: Olympus C-50 zoom digital w/ Kowa TSN-824 fluorite and 32x e.p.
shutter speed: 1/60 sec; aperature: F4.8
focal lgth.: 55mm; ISO speed: 80
distance to bird: abt. 10 meters
He was perched on small branch of shrub about 15 ft. high, singing and displaying.
Entry no. 1, Anna's Hummingbird, male
time: 3:49 p.m. ; date: Mar. 30, 2003
Place: Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge, Portland, Oregon, USA
Eqpt.: Olympus C-50 zoom digital w/ Kowa TSN-824 fluorite and 32x e.p.
shutter speed: 1/60 sec; aperature: F4.8
focal lgth.: 55mm; ISO speed: 80
distance to bird: abt. 10 meters
He was perched on small branch of shrub about 15 ft. high, singing and displaying.
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paulh
New member
April Competition #1 Jackdaw
Canon Eos 10D with Canon 75-300 IS zoom.
Shooting Date/Time: 12/04/03 13:06:22
Shooting Mode: Aperture-Priority AE
Shutter Speed: 1/125
Aperture Value: F6.7
Metering Mode: Partial
Exposure Compensation: 0
ISO Speed: 400
Focal Length: 250.0 mm
White Balance: Auto
Canon Eos 10D with Canon 75-300 IS zoom.
Shooting Date/Time: 12/04/03 13:06:22
Shooting Mode: Aperture-Priority AE
Shutter Speed: 1/125
Aperture Value: F6.7
Metering Mode: Partial
Exposure Compensation: 0
ISO Speed: 400
Focal Length: 250.0 mm
White Balance: Auto
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April Comp: Dartford Warbler
Dartford Warbler taken at Dunwich Heath in Suffolk. A mighty challenge for a digiscoper, they're a bit like Seals in the sea.... they pop a head out of the heather for a very quick look-a-round then dive down into cover and then pop-up again in a totally different place a few minutes later.
Camera: Nikon cp990
Scope: Zeiss 85fl with 20-60x eyepiece @ 20x
ExposureTime : 1/132Sec
FNumber : F3.5
ISOSpeedRatings : 100
DateTimeOriginal : 2003:04:11 08:58:12
MeteringMode : Partial
FocalLength : 18.10(mm)
Dartford Warbler taken at Dunwich Heath in Suffolk. A mighty challenge for a digiscoper, they're a bit like Seals in the sea.... they pop a head out of the heather for a very quick look-a-round then dive down into cover and then pop-up again in a totally different place a few minutes later.
Camera: Nikon cp990
Scope: Zeiss 85fl with 20-60x eyepiece @ 20x
ExposureTime : 1/132Sec
FNumber : F3.5
ISOSpeedRatings : 100
DateTimeOriginal : 2003:04:11 08:58:12
MeteringMode : Partial
FocalLength : 18.10(mm)
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jdbirdman
John Dempsey (jdbirdman)
April comp: Chaffinch
Canon EOS 10D with Canon 400mm f/5.6 L USM
Shooting Date/Time: 13/04/03 10:50:53
Shooting Mode: Aperture-Priority AE
Shutter Speed: 1/180
Aperture Value: f/5.6
Metering Mode: Evaluative
Exposure Compensation: 0
ISO Speed: 400
Focal Length: 400mm
White Balance: Auto
Canon EOS 10D with Canon 400mm f/5.6 L USM
Shooting Date/Time: 13/04/03 10:50:53
Shooting Mode: Aperture-Priority AE
Shutter Speed: 1/180
Aperture Value: f/5.6
Metering Mode: Evaluative
Exposure Compensation: 0
ISO Speed: 400
Focal Length: 400mm
White Balance: Auto
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April comp: Great Tit
Never entered a competition before so I thought I'd go mad and enter a second photo!
Canon EOS 10D with Canon 400mm f/5.6 L USM
Shooting Date/Time: 13/04/03 10:48:13
Shooting Mode: Aperture-Priority AE
Shutter Speed: 1/180
Aperture Value: 5.6
Metering Mode: Evaluative
Exposure Compensation: 0
ISO Speed: 400
Focal Length: 400mm
White Balance: Auto
Never entered a competition before so I thought I'd go mad and enter a second photo!
Canon EOS 10D with Canon 400mm f/5.6 L USM
Shooting Date/Time: 13/04/03 10:48:13
Shooting Mode: Aperture-Priority AE
Shutter Speed: 1/180
Aperture Value: 5.6
Metering Mode: Evaluative
Exposure Compensation: 0
ISO Speed: 400
Focal Length: 400mm
White Balance: Auto
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paulh
New member
April Comp #2 Robin
Canon Eos 10D with Canon 75-300 IS zoom
Shooting Date/Time 13/04/03 11:14:10
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Shutter Speed 1/250 sec
Aperture f8.0
Metering Mode Partial
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 200
Lens 75.0 - 300.0 mm
Focal Length 300.0 mm
White Balance Auto
Canon Eos 10D with Canon 75-300 IS zoom
Shooting Date/Time 13/04/03 11:14:10
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Shutter Speed 1/250 sec
Aperture f8.0
Metering Mode Partial
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 200
Lens 75.0 - 300.0 mm
Focal Length 300.0 mm
White Balance Auto
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paula
Well-known member
Greenfinch on Ramanas Rose
Another try at an unadulterated photo!
One of the many Greenfinches that come every day to the giant black sunflower feeder. They have to wait their turn, the feeder only has 16 ports!, and that is a good time to take a shot at one.
The light was beautiful, hence the warm colours.
The photo has been cropped and USM applied in PS
Herewith the stats:
Camera Model: Canon EOS D60
Date/Time: 2003.04.05 17:24:10
Shutter speed: 1/400 sec
Aperture: 6.3
Exposure mode: Av
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Partial
Drive mode: Single frame shooting
ISO: 200
Lens: 100.0 to 400.0 mm
Focal length: 400.0mm
Subject distance: 5.30 m
AF mode: One-shot AF
Another try at an unadulterated photo!
One of the many Greenfinches that come every day to the giant black sunflower feeder. They have to wait their turn, the feeder only has 16 ports!, and that is a good time to take a shot at one.
The light was beautiful, hence the warm colours.
The photo has been cropped and USM applied in PS
Herewith the stats:
Camera Model: Canon EOS D60
Date/Time: 2003.04.05 17:24:10
Shutter speed: 1/400 sec
Aperture: 6.3
Exposure mode: Av
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Partial
Drive mode: Single frame shooting
ISO: 200
Lens: 100.0 to 400.0 mm
Focal length: 400.0mm
Subject distance: 5.30 m
AF mode: One-shot AF
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Reader
Well-known member
An Essex bird
I had to go to Ros' family in Essex over the weekend. I did absolutely no birding with the exception of taking the odd one or two shots of Starlings and Sparrows in her sisters garden. It was early morning on April 13th when this photo was taken. The low sun gave a warm look to the Starlings colours.
Equipment used.
Nikon Coolpix 990. Kowa 824 with a 32x WA eyepice. Full 3x optical zoom used as bird was about 50 or so yards away.
CAMERA : E990V1.1
METERING : AF SPOT
MODE : A
SHUTTER : 1/205sec
APERTURE : F4.3
EXP +/- : 0.0
FOCAL LENGTH : f22.5mm(X1.0)
IMG ADJUST : AUTO
SENSITIVITY : ISO100
WHITEBAL : AUTO
SHARPNESS : AUTO
DATE : 13.04.2003 07:23
QUALITY : FULL FINE
I had to go to Ros' family in Essex over the weekend. I did absolutely no birding with the exception of taking the odd one or two shots of Starlings and Sparrows in her sisters garden. It was early morning on April 13th when this photo was taken. The low sun gave a warm look to the Starlings colours.
Equipment used.
Nikon Coolpix 990. Kowa 824 with a 32x WA eyepice. Full 3x optical zoom used as bird was about 50 or so yards away.
CAMERA : E990V1.1
METERING : AF SPOT
MODE : A
SHUTTER : 1/205sec
APERTURE : F4.3
EXP +/- : 0.0
FOCAL LENGTH : f22.5mm(X1.0)
IMG ADJUST : AUTO
SENSITIVITY : ISO100
WHITEBAL : AUTO
SHARPNESS : AUTO
DATE : 13.04.2003 07:23
QUALITY : FULL FINE
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Geoff Pain
Rural Member
Paulyoly
Well-known member
Entry 1: ruby red hummingbird
My first entry is a ruby red throated hummingbird. Shot today April 16, 2003.
Shutter priority, 1/60th, used gamma to bring out the detail in the gorget feathers, sharpened, slightly cropped from original and resized. Macro mode, half zoom, cp990 attached to Pentax pf80ed-a spotting scope with pentax xl-28 eyepiece(18x), 15-20 feet away.
My first entry is a ruby red throated hummingbird. Shot today April 16, 2003.
Shutter priority, 1/60th, used gamma to bring out the detail in the gorget feathers, sharpened, slightly cropped from original and resized. Macro mode, half zoom, cp990 attached to Pentax pf80ed-a spotting scope with pentax xl-28 eyepiece(18x), 15-20 feet away.
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Screech
Well-known member
pnicholls
Well-known member
FOURTH COMP pic
This mockingbird was fussing at another mockingbird, and I love the pose on this one!
Make: Minolta Co., Ltd.
Model: DiMAGE 7i
Description: DCF 1.0
Date/time modified: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 1:50:53 PM
Date/Time taken: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 1:50:53 PM
Date/Time digitized: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 1:50:53 PM
Exposure time: 1/125
Exposure program: Aperture priority
Exposure mode: Auto
Exposure bias [EV]: 0.0
F-Number: F3.5
Focal length [mm]: 50.69140625
35mm focal length [mm]: 200
ISO value: 100
This mockingbird was fussing at another mockingbird, and I love the pose on this one!
Make: Minolta Co., Ltd.
Model: DiMAGE 7i
Description: DCF 1.0
Date/time modified: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 1:50:53 PM
Date/Time taken: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 1:50:53 PM
Date/Time digitized: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 1:50:53 PM
Exposure time
Exposure program: Aperture priority
Exposure mode: Auto
Exposure bias [EV]: 0.0
F-Number: F3.5
Focal length [mm]: 50.69140625
35mm focal length [mm]: 200
ISO value: 100
