Astroscope + DSLR = Gallery! (3 Viewers)

Tord

Well-known member

• Jun 15, 2014

• #1,901

cango said:

Got lucky here.

The harriers are - easier - as they fly low and return now and then. But though it was early and not that hot, hot air became a problem fast as he was very low over the field. Detail suffered on pic 1, because of this I think.

Very rare that I get these opportunities, since I raely shoot wetlands, and not all have harriers, so it was fun.

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I am inclined to agree that Harriers are among the easiest birds of prey to get good pictures of since they will often fly relatively low and the hunting habits are more predictable hence it often pays off to wait at a good spot, but having all parameters converge is a bit of luck.

Still, these are fine captures, well done!

 

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Tord

Well-known member

• Jun 15, 2014

• #1,902

Little Tern

Pity the sun just got obscured by clouds.

 

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cango

Well-known member

• Jun 15, 2014

• #1,903

Tord said:

Pity the sun just got obscured by clouds.

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wow, lovely tern and capture

 

JGobeil

Nature Photographer

• Jun 16, 2014

• #1,904

cango said:

Got lucky here.

The harriers are - easier - as they fly low and return now and then. But though it was early and not that hot, hot air became a problem fast as he was very low over the field. Detail suffered on pic 1, because of this I think.

Very rare that I get these opportunities, since I raely shoot wetlands, and not all have harriers, so it was fun.

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Nice photos Carlos. I tried my luck at raptors with the scope last fall and it was a disaster.

Your Harrier is quite different from the Northern Harrier we have here.

Regards
Jules

 

Tord

Well-known member

• Jun 16, 2014

• #1,905

JGobeil said:

Your Harrier is quite different from the Northern Harrier we have here.

Regards
Jules

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Carlos' photograph is a Western Marsh Harrier (male). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Marsh_Harrier.

Not to be confused with the Hen Harrier (called Northern Harrier in America) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hen_Harrier. Hen Harriers can be seen here but only during off-breeding season/wintertime.

 

Tord

Well-known member

• Jun 16, 2014

• #1,906

Pied Avocet

I am quite pleased with this one.

TS102, E-M5 800 ISO

 

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JGobeil

Nature Photographer

• Jun 17, 2014

• #1,907

Tord said:

I am quite pleased with this one.

TS102, E-M5 800 ISO

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I would also be pleased. :t:

 

Tord

Well-known member

• Jun 17, 2014

• #1,908

Ringed Plover

A long shot sequence that turned out OK. I wish this small wader had chosen a closer path for more details, but you can't always get what you want.

TS102 700mm + 50% crops of E-M5 frames

 

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cango

Well-known member

• Jun 17, 2014

• #1,909

very good "skärfläcka" - never seen one live.

And the wader as well - but getting them closer and being fast flyers, you risk getting one of those (se pic) ;-)

full frame, and never one focused... (but that's me - your skills are waay better )

 

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JGobeil

Nature Photographer

• Jun 18, 2014

• #1,910

At last... the photos of my trip to Florida are on my Web site

It took me 2 months, on and off, to process the 4000 photos of my birding trip to the Florida wetlands. 165 of the 4000 photos taken are published on my Web site.

23 of these (14%) were taken with the SkyWatcher 80ED. The one I like best, the Red-shouldered Hawk in flight, was taken with the scope. I used the scope for 5 of the 25 best (20%) :t:

The photos can be seen here:
http://julesgobeil.com/photo/floride/?lang=en

Regards
Jules

 

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cango

Well-known member

• Jun 18, 2014

• #1,911

JGobeil said:

It took me 2 months, on and off, to process the 4000 photos of my birding trip to the Florida wetlands. 165 of the 4000 photos taken are published on my Web site.

23 of these (14%) were taken with the SkyWatcher 80ED. The one I like best, the Red-shouldered Hawk in flight, was taken with the scope. I used the scope for 5 of the 25 best (20%) :t:

The photos can be seen here:
http://julesgobeil.com/photo/floride/?lang=en

Regards
Jules

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THANKS for sharing these, Jules! Many many great pics! Love the balancing moorhen! It looks like a wonderful experience being able to see all that. (the hawk in flight was stunning)

 

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Paul Corfield

Well-known member

• Jun 19, 2014

• #1,912

Good stuff Jules, I liked the alligator close up.

Paul.

 

JGobeil

Nature Photographer

• Jun 19, 2014

• #1,913

Thanks Carlos and Paul. It was a wonderful trip in this photographer's paradise.

 

Tord

Well-known member

• Jun 20, 2014

• #1,914

Thanks Jules,

Nice pictures, seems you had a great trip.

Sharing a few more decent BIF taken with the TS102. ~75-80% crops. My keeper rate is gradually increasing.

 

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DanC.Licks

AKA Daniel Bradley

• Jun 20, 2014

• #1,915

Back from three weeks + on the road, Sweden and northern Germany. It will take a while to work through everything, but here is a start.

Our friend Tord, still hard at work at the end of a long, hot, beautiful day of chasing birds around Skane o Great day, great locations and great fun. More to follow....

 

DanC.Licks

AKA Daniel Bradley

• Jun 20, 2014

• #1,916

A few from that day....

 

Tord

Well-known member

• Jun 20, 2014

• #1,917

Fine photos of Kites, vivid colors and sharp.

 

DanC.Licks

AKA Daniel Bradley

• Jun 20, 2014

• #1,918

Thanks, Tord.
This is one of my favorites, but unfortunately I missed the focus. :-C


Such beautiful birds! We can't thank you enough for showing them to us.

 

Tord

Well-known member

• Jun 20, 2014

• #1,919

You are welcome. Shame about the 20 cm OOF, enough to be noticeable. I have (or rather had) quite a few with similar OOF issues, all deleted. However before deleting the files I checked the features of each Kite and counted 63 individuals. Was a great day, and a great show. Auto-focus would have been useful.

 

DanC.Licks

AKA Daniel Bradley

• Jun 20, 2014

• #1,920

Yes, for sure.... I am beginning to dream Canon again... I'm hopeless! :-C
I found that I had a considerably higher keeper rate with flight shots with the Nikon, especially if I was shooting burst mode. Had a lot of Avocets flying around cursing at me in Germany. One afternoon I shot 600+ shots with the E-M1+ Canon 400/5.6 USM, naturally MF, and 18 (!!) were really sharp, and only two ended up being good shots. With the Nikon and the ancient Nikkor 400/5.6 I had 5 or 6 times as many keepers, but the lens is not as good as the Canon lens, less contrast and much more CA. The EVF flickers too much and blacks out during burst so it is very hard to follow, not to mention focus. Especially hard against the light as birds in flight so often are. As you said, wrong tool for the job. Autofocus?...more like outafocus!