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[ERHP]

Earlier this week we had some wispy clouds which developed into an awesome sunrise(that I missed...) and some nice morning light against the dark clouds over the ocean. This female Kestrel was perched in a large Tree Tobacco and as I setup, she took off, away from me no less. Less than a minute later she was back with breakfast and asked "Pardon me, do you have any Grey Poupon?"

R5 600 II w/1.4X 1/640 : f/10 : ISO 1000

 

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Beautiful pictures, Bert

 

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Great shot, ERHP.

 

[AlanF]

A European Goldfinch in today's late afternoon sun (R5 + 100-500).

 

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Very nice shot, Alan

 

[ISv]

Today I went out to check what my new lens can do in field conditions (after fine-tuning the AF: +1). Rather happy with the results - this is +/- double the distance I use to get acceptable results for the Japanese White-eye (small, ~9-10cm bird) with my older lens. And rather more +++ but I still have to try it with BIF - without good results in this area I wouldn't excuse myself for paying the much higher prize! Well... Huh - I'm not sure!

 

[Jack Douglas]

Today I went out to check what my new lens can do in field conditions (after fine-tuning the AF: +1). Rather happy with the results - this is +/- double the distance I use to get acceptable results for the Japanese White-eye (small, ~9-10cm bird) with my older lens. And rather more +++ but I still have to try it with BIF - without good results in this area I wouldn't excuse myself for paying the much higher prize! Well... Huh - I'm not sure!

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So what new lens - I missed it perhaps?

Jack

 

[jprusa]

Today I went out to check what my new lens can do in field conditions (after fine-tuning the AF: +1). Rather happy with the results - this is +/- double the distance I use to get acceptable results for the Japanese White-eye (small, ~9-10cm bird) with my older lens. And rather more +++ but I still have to try it with BIF - without good results in this area I wouldn't excuse myself for paying the much higher prize! Well... Huh - I'm not sure!

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Great shots ! Bird and Cactus.

 

[jmeyer]

We are blessed to be currently hosting an Allen's Hummingbird in Wisconsin! First state record! It was banded, measured and ID based on that, on Thursday. The home owner is extremely nice and opened her yard for people to come and visit. I went on Saturday morning and watched him for a couple hours and got some great looks. 7D / EF 600 F4 ll / 1.4x lll

Jeremy

 

[ISv]

So what new lens - I missed it perhaps?

Jack

No, you didn't miss any thing: it's a result of the fact that I'm officially in vacation and it was boring time (Covid...). So, I found the lens that I was looking for a long time (shortage in supplies!) from an authorized dealer and... somehow I took the bulled. The lens is 500mm f 5.6 PF. I don't use to hide my metadata files - you always can check my photos. Wasn't sure it makes much of sense in comparison with my 200-500 but it does... by plenty! On other hand I'm keeping the zoom for it's versatility and short distance abilities!

 

[ISv]

Great shots ! Bird and Cactus.

Come to Hawaii and you will see it frequently!

 

[ISv]

We are blessed to be currently hosting an Allen's Hummingbird in Wisconsin! First state record! It was banded, measured and ID based on that, on Thursday. The home owner is extremely nice and opened her yard for people to come and visit. I went on Saturday morning and watched him for a couple hours and got some great looks. 7D / EF 600 F4 ll / 1.4x lll

Jeremy

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" The home owner is extremely nice and opened her yard for people to come and visit." I found this even better than your shots: not because they are not excellent to great, but because such a behavior from the homeowner is so rare...

 

[jmeyer]

" The home owner is extremely nice and opened her yard for people to come and visit." I found this even better than your shots: not because they are not excellent to great, but because such a behavior from the homeowner is so rare...

Yes definitely, however around here, it happens more than it doesn't. Without it, many good birds would go unseen, so it's always really nice!

 

[jprusa]

We are blessed to be currently hosting an Allen's Hummingbird in Wisconsin! First state record! It was banded, measured and ID based on that, on Thursday. The home owner is extremely nice and opened her yard for people to come and visit. I went on Saturday morning and watched him for a couple hours and got some great looks. 7D / EF 600 F4 ll / 1.4x lll

Jeremy

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Great Pictures Jeremy!
Joe

 

[ISv]

More series from today. What maters (at least for me) is that the distance is ~2x in comparing with the previously posted photos of my "new friend"! (Another thing is the tracking of the bird but it's different chapter...) This is a different bird, many miles far from the location where I enjoy my friendship...

 

[ISv]

Yes definitely, however around here, it happens more than it doesn't. Without it, many good birds would go unseen, so it's always really nice!

You live in great neighborhood! People that make real sense (and real humans)!!!

 

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Beautiful shots, ISv. I especially like the first series.

 

[AlanF]

No, you didn't miss any thing: it's a result of the fact that I'm officially in vacation and it was boring time (Covid...). So, I found the lens that I was looking for a long time (shortage in supplies!) from an authorized dealer and... somehow I took the bulled. The lens is 500mm f 5.6 PF. I don't use to hide my metadata files - you always can check my photos. Wasn't sure it makes much of sense in comparison with my 200-500 but it does... by plenty! On other hand I'm keeping the zoom for it's versatility and short distance abilities!

It's a much sharper lens at 500mm.

 

[Click]

We are blessed to be currently hosting an Allen's Hummingbird in Wisconsin! First state record! It was banded, measured and ID based on that, on Thursday. The home owner is extremely nice and opened her yard for people to come and visit. I went on Saturday morning and watched him for a couple hours and got some great looks. 7D / EF 600 F4 ll / 1.4x lll

Jeremy

Lovely shots. Nicely done, Jeremy.

 

[AlanF]

No, you didn't miss any thing: it's a result of the fact that I'm officially in vacation and it was boring time (Covid...). So, I found the lens that I was looking for a long time (shortage in supplies!) from an authorized dealer and... somehow I took the bulled. The lens is 500mm f 5.6 PF. I don't use to hide my metadata files - you always can check my photos. Wasn't sure it makes much of sense in comparison with my 200-500 but it does... by plenty! On other hand I'm keeping the zoom for it's versatility and short distance abilities!

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