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    Comment by 'MJS WARLORD' in media 'Robin'

    Well done with that photo , i dont have a very big garden but i am surprised at how many different shapes and sizes of robins i see , tall skinny ones and short fat ones.
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    where have all the birds gone ????

    I forgot to mention that their is a small police station across from where the local event was taking place and i went to tell them about the owls situation and it them who sent for somebody ..... a phone call from the police carries more weight . BTW the sparrow hawk did not actually catch...
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    where have all the birds gone ????

    I am 6 miles away from chesterfield in derbyshire , a few miles away from junction 30 of the M1 motorway. Here is list of the birds i normally see in my small garden and the grassed area in front of my bungalow , i have 6 different feeders in my garden. 1 goldfinch 2 bluetit 3 coaltit 4 jenny...
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    lens advice please

    I have a canon 90d body and my biggest lens is a canon 100 to 400 zoom. In a local nature park their are loads of herons but they are a long way off so i would like to get a bigger lens , the photo shown was taken with the 100 to 400 at its 400 max. I cant afford to go for the canon 800mm as it...
  5. my favorite newbie shot

    my favorite newbie shot

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  6. my new family

    my new family

    Taken near chesterfield england
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    90D manual focus

    Thanks for your reply , since posting here I have seen others post the same question on other forums , apparently what I described with regards to half shutter press , this is supposed to happen. I "borrowed" this from somewhere else it more or less says same as you have said. At least I know...
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    90D manual focus

    Hello , This may seem a silly question but does the canon 90D have some sort of function where it can put manual focus to sleep. I have 2 canon EF/STM lens and 2 EF/USM lens. and the same thing is happening with all 4 lens. I manually focus on the subject i am going to take a photo of and then...
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    Comment by 'Guest' in media 'Learning for to use my new gear'

    Thanks to all for your feed back , the photo was taken in between the swans taking a break from sitting on the eggs. The head was wet because the swan was pulling up reeds to top up the nest.
  10. Learning for to use my new gear

    Learning for to use my new gear

    Chesterfield England Canon 90d and 100-400 F5.6 shutter 1/1000 ISO 400 manual focus look at water drops on neck
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    Where have all the birds gone.

    Hello to everyone I live a few miles north of chesterfield in England. I only have a small garden but I have lots of bird feeders. I could probably make a list of about 15 different garden birds range from the tiny jenny wren and dunnock , right up to a male and female sparrow hawk who are...
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    uploading photos here

    Hello occasional , if you read my original thread you will see that I am a newbie to high tech camera gear , that said , I don't think your suggestion would work because it would have to get onto the site in the first place for this to happen and that was my problem ! I kept getting told the...
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    uploading photos here

    Thanks for all your feedback i found out yesterday that their is a photo package on the canon website and all you have to do is put in the serial number of the camera. It has a fuction that lets you reduce a photo from say 12mb down to 1.2mb on the 1600 x 1200 setting. For the time being that...
  14. what would the prime minister say

    what would the prime minister say

    They are not 1 metre apart ! canon 90d 100-400 at 100 setting. f4.5 1/320 iso 320
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  15. 2nd of 3 newbie photos

    2nd of 3 newbie photos

    i am slowly getting to grips with my first proper set up , I am making myself learn manual because I found out that not all options in menus are accessible in auto mode such as monochrome and 16.9 format. 90d with 100-400 , f8 , 1/1000 iso 200 , my first but not very good try at in flight multi...
    • MJS WARLORD
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  16. first of 3 noobie photos

    first of 3 noobie photos

    taken using canon 90d and 100-400 zoom F5.6 1/250 iso 250 , 10 frames a second setting to get water drops from mouth. converted and resaved using canon software so it would be small enough in memory to post here. The next 2 photos you see by me will also have been converted.
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    progress of a newbie

    Hello to all i am in the united kingdom. Some of you may have seen photos posted by me in the past taken from a bushnell wildlife camera trap. Just over a year ago i lost the best friend and workmate i could ever wish for , she was only 55 years old. Since then i have said stuff the cost of...
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    uploading photos here

    Some of you know that I have posted photos here from a bushnell camera trap without any problems. Over the past year I have lost a lot of close friends so I thought stuff the cost I am getting my first proper set up. I got all canon gear , a 90d body , a 50mm f1.4 and a 100-400mm zoom. I got...
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    advice on settings please

    thanks for reply dave , I have booked a jessops beginner course but its not for another 5 weeks , plenty of time to play around I guess.
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    advice on settings please

    After years of putting up with cheap and primative cameras i have retired from work and treated myself to a canon eos 90d , a canon 100 to 400 zoom and a standard 50mm f/1.8. Have experimented a bit with manual focus and understand how to get certain bits out of focus. Dont want to be lazy and...
  21. what is this bird

    what is this bird

    I uploaded this photo from my tablet as my pc is out of action at the moment so it might not have uploaded correctly. I will describe it as nearly as big as a tennis ball with a tiny beak and 2 thin tail feathers , no it is not a wren it is way too big
    • MJS WARLORD
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  22. just about to pounce

    just about to pounce

    bushnell wild life camera at 3 shots per second , i see both male and female sparrow hawk nearly everyday. His dinner was under the bush in front of him.
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    Comment by 'Guest' in media 'Giant Hummingbird'

    considering how fast a humming birds wings beat that's a brilliant shot well done
  24. look how quick the camera is

    look how quick the camera is

    this was taken a few seconds after 0013 jpeg. for the last 3 years both male and female visit me everyday but never at the same time
    • MJS WARLORD
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  25. sparrow hawk is a regular visitor

    sparrow hawk is a regular visitor

    I am in chesterfield Derbyshire , I left this goldfinch on my patio and waited 2 days for the hawk to come back , he always does.
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