Huh - you make it looking cute! On other hand they are just surviving - their own way!
Show your Bird Portraits
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I once saw a male Bullfinch in my garden, but coming back from a walk with my camera at hand, I saw a female Bullfinch on a new feeder - the first time I have ever seen a female anywhere. Then the male came along. They both returned in the evening - it's rather exciting. I am wondering whether the design of feeder makes a difference. The old one had a cage around it to keep the squirrels out, which might have inhibited the Bullfinches? The new one is squirrel proof without a cage.
Sat in the heat this afternoon and shot some hummingbirds and compared the 5DMKIV to the 5DRS. Autofocus seemed to perform better on the MKIV and definitely had a higher rate of keepers, but the extra pixels on such a small subject helped when the 5DRS did give a good result. First two pics are 5DMKIV, last one is 5DSR. Both with 600II + 1.4XIII and fill flash at ISO800, f 5.6.
Got to watch three juvenile Swainson's hawks hanging out in the backyard from my office window for a few hours. Twice a parent flew by with a snake and they all joined the chase before returning after the snack. At times they were calling continuously like they were still in the nest.
Eventually the sky cleared a bit and they posed together for a photo.
Also got some video and audio with a shotgun mic. Nothing cinematic, the lighting was awful.
Eventually the sky cleared a bit and they posed together for a photo.
Also got some video and audio with a shotgun mic. Nothing cinematic, the lighting was awful.
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Used this - first time - very pleased:
To do some backyard porch hunting. Got a few. Just House Sparrows.
To do some backyard porch hunting. Got a few. Just House Sparrows.
On registering my new "Squirrel Buster" feeder, discovered it was made in Canada! Not surprising, considering the huge number of birders there, out of proportion to the size of the population, it seems from CR and FM.
Had a rare visit from one of my favorite and horribly misnamed little birds yesterday. We call them Brown Creepers. They deserve a better name.
Juvenile Tree Sparrow this afternoon. If only I had an R5 I would have got the eye in focus.
Couple more hummers with the 5DSR - even managed to get a decent one at f8. Really on the knife edge with ISO -vs- f-stop -vs- DOF -vs- shutter speed. Luckily I figured out how to shoot from an open window, sparing me the sweat factor (96F here today).
