Voting Booth - October 2011 photo theme challenge - Digiscoped Birds (1 Viewer)

IanF

Moderator

• Oct 22, 2011

• #1

With just 11 entries for this months competition the fate of this theme is likely sealed.

The 11 entries though are all first rate so please take the time to view the entries and cast your vote for your favourite Digiscoped Bird.

Entries can be viewed individually by the links above or via -

1. Thumbnails

2. Slideshow


On completion of voting entries will be moved to their respective gallery forum.

 

E

eloader

Member

• Oct 24, 2011

• #2

Why am I unable to vote in this competition?

 

delia todd

If I said the wrong thing it was a Senior Moment

Staff member

Opus Editor

Supporter

• Oct 24, 2011

• #3

Hi eloader and welcome to Birdforum from all the Staff.

New members have a few restrictions, one of which is the inability to vote in competitions until you have been a member for 5 days and have at least 10 forum posts, so you haven't too far to go now.

D

 

Dryocopus

Was Eagle before...still am in life!

• Oct 25, 2011

• #4

The standard of each and every one of these entries is actually higher than some other months! Please do not make any negative decision on this category. Think instead this month is when lots of birders are on holiday - Scillies /shetland and I wonder if another category would have had a higher entry?
Digiscoping may not be flavour of the month with competitive photographers but look at the standard!
Took me longer than usual to decide which to vote for and then tricky between my final 3!

 

Rob Smallwood

Well-known member

• Oct 26, 2011

• #5

I agree - I'd like to see it continue

 

lmans66

Out Birding....

Supporter

• Oct 26, 2011

• #6

I want it to continue too...I would like to see a the digiscoping forum be broadened a bit to include a category on 'photo's..' and one on 'digiscoping techniques'....but at the same time I am not for digiscoping with a phone...that is no different than a camera, poor as it might be. Keep it pure digiscoping with a spotting scope and camera

 

IanF

Moderator

• Oct 28, 2011

• #7

Announcing the winners of the October 2011 photo theme challenge - Digiscoped Birds

With just eleven entries this month, it seemed likely voting would be close.

The winners are -

1st place - Paul Hackett with Peregrine Falcon with 15/66

2nd place - 5bellies with with You put your left leg in......... with 13/66 votes

3rd place - Antosh with Bee-Eaters bathing which attracted 12/66 votes.

Congratulations to the winners and to everyone who took the time to view the entries and cast their vote.

We may retain this theme in some form but really from the low number of entries digiscoping appears to be of limited appeal to our membership nowadays compared to previous years.

 

D

Dave Williams

Well-known member

• Oct 28, 2011

• #8

The standard of some of the entries was so high they didn't need a separate digiscoping section to compete against other types of photography.
Well done to all, especially the winner.

 

John In Ireland

Well-known member

• Oct 28, 2011

• #9

Digiscoping theme.

Why cant digiscopers just enter the competitions each month anyway. There is no rule on the other themes saying "No Digiscopers". Is there??

 

Shirley Roulston

Well-known member

• Oct 30, 2011

• #10

I'm so sorry I forgot to vote, first time I've done that. Congratulation to the winner.

 

lmans66

Out Birding....

Supporter

• Oct 30, 2011

• #11

rioja said:

The standard of some of the entries was so high they didn't need a separate digiscoping section to compete against other types of photography.
Well done to all, especially the winner.

Click to expand...

I don't think you are right.... I am not an expert photographer or digiscoper but I do know that I can go out just about any time of the day and with my 7D and 400 get a pretty decent shot. But not so with digiscoping...much harder.

To put the two in the same category is not recognizing the skill that goes into digiscoping in relation to taking a 1000 shots with a camera and coming out with one good one.

There are times for both and I enjoy both (camera+ lens and / digiscoping) but I recognize there is a huge difference. Keep the Digiscoping theme challenge...I admire those who took shots in this digiscoping theme. The lack of photos (although wow, I am impressed with the quality) only shows the difficulty of obtaining good photos.

 

Dryocopus

Was Eagle before...still am in life!

• Oct 30, 2011

• #12

lmans66 said:

I don't think you are right.... I am not an expert photographer or digiscoper but I do know that I can go out just about any time of the day and with my 7D and 400 get a pretty decent shot. But not so with digiscoping...much harder.

To put the two in the same category is not recognizing the skill that goes into digiscoping in relation to taking a 1000 shots with a camera and coming out with one good one.

There are times for both and I enjoy both (camera+ lens and / digiscoping) but I recognize there is a huge difference. Keep the Digiscoping theme challenge...I admire those who took shots in this digiscoping theme. The lack of photos (although wow, I am impressed with the quality) only shows the difficulty of obtaining good photos.

Click to expand...

I agree totally! I can take reasonable photos with a good slr and a brilliant lens - but digiscoping is an art in itself! I learnt a new trick this October from advice - realised that I had been doing it incorrectly - probably ought to have gone on a course instead of just trying what I thought would work!

 

John In Ireland

Well-known member

• Oct 30, 2011

• #13

I am sure you are all right in your opinions. I realise how difficult it is to get a decent shot with my DSLR and lens. I really don't think I could manage a digiscope and I realise how very skillful this must be. No one is doubting this. But to be fair here, the organisers did mention before this months competition started that historically this theme is not well supported, and that they would see how it panned out this year regarding number of entries. This was then to decide it's fate. I would have thought that that statement alone have would have boosted the entries this year. But sadly not. We all seem to have the good ideas and opinions after the event. If I were into digiscoping, I think I would have entered my best photograph stunning or not, just to keep the numbers up and the theme going. The digiscoping forums are always busy which tells me there is still a big interest in it. After all, we are all interested in digiscoped pictures so lets see some of them. I also would like to see the theme continue but not just with a handful of entries. If I remember, two weeks into the competition only three entries had been submitted. I don't think the lack of interest is in digiscoping, it's just a lack of interest in the competition. Don't take my word for it. Eleven entries proves it.

 

Last edited: Oct 31, 2011

Dryocopus

Was Eagle before...still am in life!

• Oct 30, 2011

• #14

Some of us were on Shetland at the end of Sept and October and didn't see anything about the competition- dont think I was alone in this - I said before the one month when birders might actually not see notices or even think about entering competitions was this month.
Whatever birding topic might well not have been as well supported as this is a time when lots of birders have little or no internet contact.

 

P

Paul Hackett

Well-known member

• Oct 31, 2011

• #15

12 years in this hobby, seen it all and more, one thing for certain, many lurkers on this forum and others that just enjoy takin plcs, dont be too hard on yourselves, the number of new digiscoped pics in the galleries still grows, surely thats the reality check in all of this?

 

John In Ireland

Well-known member

• Oct 31, 2011

• #16

.... the number of new digiscoped pics in the galleries still grows, surely thats the reality check in all of this?

Click to expand...

Of course it is.