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[ThomasTH]

Great photos, as always!

 

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R52/R1/R1 + RF100-300/2.8, Glaucidium passerinum

Beautiful shots .Well done, antonn.

 

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Today my goal was to figure out what the last version of the LP 9 (particularly the DeepPRIME XD3) can actually do. First two photos of the Northern cardinal are at low ISO (there was no need for anything more of that). After that I went "nuts" experimenting (best illustrated in "Reptiles!!!). Honestly I'm very impressed - see Reptiles!

Lovely series. I really like the first picture.

 

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R5MkII and 200-800 @ 800

Many years ago (and for decades), I admired the photography within the US-based magazine Sports Illustrated.

Their cover photographs, in particular, were often stunningly beautiful.

I remember wondering why photos taken at NFL (American football) games in which there was snow on the ground looked...so wonderful!

Now I surmise that reflected light from the snow-covered turf enables the facial details that you often don't get to see in football games.

I think the same thing happens in our birdbath (if the sky is right, reflections from the water (EDIT: and the white color of the bottom of the bath) are enabled, at least for the undersides of the birds).

Northern Mockingbird

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White helps so much, either as sand or as snow. Especially snow in winter for raptors in flight overhead, breast band of red-tailed hawk can be clearly seen.

 

[josephandrews222]

R5Mkii and 200-800 @ 800

female brown-headed cowbird (with tongue!)





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female Northern Cardinal

 

[josephandrews222]

R5MkII and 200-800 @ 800

Two chicks (in focus) at the same time