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Lovely shots!I went out a couple of days ago and got two of the "holy grail" Wisconsin warblers. Yellow-throated and Cerulean Warblers, are less than an hour from me and only 10 minutes from each other. Made for a nice trip, since nothing has been going on In my area. Tonight the NE winds should lift and blow some new birds in. Friday should be a mega day!
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Great shots and I love the Cerulean Warblers. keep them coming!I went out a couple of days ago and got two of the "holy grail" Wisconsin warblers. Yellow-throated and Cerulean Warblers, are less than an hour from me and only 10 minutes from each other. Made for a nice trip, since nothing has been going on In my area. Tonight the NE winds should lift and blow some new birds in. Friday should be a mega day!
Jeremy
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Nice! They are common city birds here, but so-o-o difficult to take a decent picture. They would walk around you, but the moment they notice you're paying attention to them - they would immediately fly away.After these beautiful warblers - just one very common Common Myna: I didn't resist it's posing (this evening, right after I came back from work, handhold)
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Unfortunately they are common at too many places - very invasive...Nice! They are common city birds here, but so-o-o difficult to take a decent picture. They would walk around you, but the moment they notice you're paying attention to them - they would immediately fly away.
Like the photo but don't like the bird. As you say, invasive and displace native species. Fortunately, we don't have them in the UK but I often photo them when I travel.Unfortunately they are common at too many places - very invasive...
My tactic in the beginning when I was trying to take photos of any bird around (no mater of posture, background e.t.c.) was just to seat somewhere where they were abundant (very easy to find such a place) with the camera prepared and shooting when they come in reasonable distance.
Now, when I'm trying to get them in better postures/background (and if I'm in mood to shoot Mynas - or if there is nothing else) it's more complicated: you can walk near them (just few meters of them!) and they are like "who cares!". But try to stop and point the lens! On other hand exactly because they are so abundant one is getting plenty of opportunities...
Nice Alan! now I am going to have to order the 2x LOL because IQ looks really good!Just walking out my front door with the R5 +2xTC + 100-500mm and a Great Tit landed on a gate in front of me, 6-7m away. I just had time to fire off a few shots at iso 6400 and 1/800s. The crop had to be reduced 3x to fit the 2048px max of the site. I would much have preferred the bare lens at that distance.
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I agree...I had written off the 2x and f/14 as a non-starter. Until very recently, I've struggled a bit with the 100-500 + 1.4x and f/10. To me, f/14 seemed like it would be unusable. With much persistence and the right tools, I'm now getting good results with this combo and thinking (thanks to Alan) that f/14 may not be unreasonable.Nice Alan! now I am going to have to order the 2x LOL because IQ looks really good!
Nice pictures, my 2x will be here next Friday hopefullyI agree...I had written off the 2x and f/14 as a non-starter. Until very recently, I've struggled a bit with the 100-500 + 1.4x and f/10. To me, f/14 seemed like it would be unusable. With much persistence and the right tools, I'm now getting good results with this combo and thinking (thanks to Alan) that f/14 may not be unreasonable.
Ugh...I hear my B&H card calling me from the desk drawer.
One from this past weekend, ISO 5000 + DxO DeepPRIME
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ISO 12800 + DeepPRIME
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Gorgeous. Seeing one was a highlight of a trip to Florida.Always glad to see the Painted Buntings return every spring.View attachment 197631