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Rick
Great work, Cango. Nice feather detail on all three.
Personally, for me, it's best to get as close as possible to the smallest birds, regarding detail. (within 10 meters)
And I'm not sure why, but greenfinches always seem to show more feather detail than other smaller birds (my experience) I guess it has to do how the feathers in the back and around the neck are buildt.
First one here is uncropped, and second is 100% portion of it.
(here a slight noise reduction with Topaz applied to the 100% portion. I always shoot raw and PP with lightroom for contrast/etc)
And I'm not sure why, but greenfinches always seem to show more feather detail than other smaller birds (my experience) I guess it has to do how the feathers in the back and around the neck are buildt.
First one here is uncropped, and second is 100% portion of it.
(here a slight noise reduction with Topaz applied to the 100% portion. I always shoot raw and PP with lightroom for contrast/etc)
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Paul Corfield
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All of them are great, love the colouring of the Long Tailed Tit's pale head compared to the ones we get in the UK. Do you use some sort of hide to get that close to the birds?
Paul.
Paul.
FernandoBatista
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Very nice set of shots Cango. Love the nutatch, great bokeh.
no, no hide.
But food
I buildt 2 of these, and have them out in the woods. We have had more snow than usual and colder, so the little ones need some help. In return I expect them to pose nicely for me.
(this is the bigger one, that holds about 25kg, the smaller one holds about 18kg. They last ca 5-6 days...)
But food
I buildt 2 of these, and have them out in the woods. We have had more snow than usual and colder, so the little ones need some help. In return I expect them to pose nicely for me.
(this is the bigger one, that holds about 25kg, the smaller one holds about 18kg. They last ca 5-6 days...)
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alphan
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Very nicely done. The only bird I can get close to that range without hide would be the Tree Sparrow and they too produce great details. White-breasted Wood Swallow (Artamus leucorhynchus) on the other hand produce no details at all even if taken 20ft away. They have such fine feathers.
alphan
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no, no hide.
But food
I buildt 2 of these, and have them out in the woods. We have had more snow than usual and colder, so the little ones need some help. In return I expect them to pose nicely for me.
(this is the bigger one, that holds about 25kg, the smaller one holds about 18kg. They last ca 5-6 days...)
That works out to almost 9 kg a day, very big reward for posing for you.
thanks. No, no hide. (i have a baghide, and camo net, but not used here.)
alphan
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With 43kg of food in the feeders, he needs no hide. All he need is a chair and a six pack. By the time he finishes his six pack, his memory card would be overloaded o
By the time he finishes his six pack, his memory card would be overloaded o
Do you mean we men can multitask? ;-)
alphan
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We sure can. I've read about forumers shooting garden birds from their patios on a rocking chair with a couple of beers. This will have double effect. You either get all burr shots are super steady shots.:-O
Where you are, are out of reach for me otherwise I would love to shot there sometime but being in summer whole year round, I would be getting all frozen shots this time around.
Thanks for sharing and the laugh.
some from today/yesterday
was lucky today to get some shots at the Dipper. The place is quite dark with pockets of light (when the sun happens to show itself), so it's no so easy to shoot with the scope. Enjoy. All uncropped. (scope 600mm and E-3)
was lucky today to get some shots at the Dipper. The place is quite dark with pockets of light (when the sun happens to show itself), so it's no so easy to shoot with the scope. Enjoy. All uncropped. (scope 600mm and E-3)
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Paul Corfield
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Nice and the light is really good agian, Nuthatch is really nice. We get Dippers near here where I live but I've never got to go and see them yet. Ordered myself some camo netting today so hopefully will get some good close shots of birds this year.
Paul.
Paul.
