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Very nice picture, Alan.
Alan, the sparrows are cute as long as they are not "English" sparrows here in Canada! 
This rates as a nice one.
Jack
This rates as a nice one.
Jack
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I managed to get out today, I shot with the 5DIII and the 100-400, I decided to shoot without the 1.4TC today to see how my lens performs, as I was starting to wonder if it was a little soft, or user error. It's the later for sure.
I managed the following
1. Kestrel
2. Mute Swan......with attitude!
3. Either a Graylag or Greater White Fronted Goose.
4. Blue Cheeked Bee Eater
5. A couple of Pied Myna's enjoying the fountain.
I managed the following
1. Kestrel
2. Mute Swan......with attitude!
3. Either a Graylag or Greater White Fronted Goose.
4. Blue Cheeked Bee Eater
5. A couple of Pied Myna's enjoying the fountain.
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Went out to Bird Island two days ago in the drizzling rain, with some breaks, in a small rocking boat. Used the 7DII and the 100-400mm II without the TC because of the poor light and difficult conditions. The puffins were difficult to photograph but got a few reasonable shots. A Bald Eagle had rain dripping off its beak. A doublecrested cormorant was trying to dry itself.
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I live in North Texas, and there is a neighborhood in Arlington where a flock of peacocks live among people in a neighborhood. So I paid them a visit and took a series of them, looking for unusual angles as well as what is usually portrayed. Here are three.
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Thanks Alan. The dear little Downies are in abundance out here and they are sweet and pretty well behaved. It's the nuthatches that misbehave.
Sounds like you are having a good time in Canada!
Jack
Sounds like you are having a good time in Canada!
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Hi JackJack Douglas said:Thanks Alan. The dear little Downies are in abundance out here and they are sweet and pretty well behaved. It's the nuthatches that misbehave.
Sounds like you are having a good time in Canada!
Jack
At the airport on the way home. Yesterday morning from my son's deck was phenomenal. As the mist cleared, I got my first hummingbird, a nuthatch, northern flicker, American robin, black capped chickadee and a sparrow within a few minutes, followed by these mazing downies.
Alan
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It's great when you can get close enough to capture a bird at high resolution or in exciting action or pose. But, for some of the time you use your camera to take a record of what you have seen and to identify it. On many occasions, I have taken shots of a bird so far away or against the light that I could not identify it. Here are some shots that aren't great photos but they are good enough to out in an album and tell me what I have seen. Most of the these images taken yesterday were of small dots in the distance (on 7DII + 100-400mm II) of only about 400x400 pixels. The 7DII + 100-400 II is great for this, as are the 150-600s. The yellow humming bird was very exciting for me as I couldn't make out what it was until I took the photo and it is the first time I have seen a hummingbird.
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Yes Alan, aren't we fortunate to have gear that allows us to photograph what we can't even see very well and then be able to ID it. I do that quite a bit too.
August 10, 2013 before they trapped my beavers, there were tons of touch-me-nots and almost equal numbers of hummers. Now the little pond is all dried up and there is next to nothing of any sort except thistles.
Jack
August 10, 2013 before they trapped my beavers, there were tons of touch-me-nots and almost equal numbers of hummers. Now the little pond is all dried up and there is next to nothing of any sort except thistles.
Jack
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