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I did an experiment. The Rufous-Collared Sparrow was uploaded as 3000 pixel-wide file, and it was cut down by the site to 2048 pixels wide and the EXIF data removed. I uploaded the heron at 2000 pixels wide, and it was unaltered by the site and the EXIF data left in. So, it seems keep files to 2000 pixels wide or less for uploading if you want them not to be edited.
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Hi Alan.
I seem to remember that there used to be a guideline posted somewhere (I did a quick search and can’t find it) giving a maximum size recommendation so as to maintain page load speed and minimise server requirements, that seems to have been overlooked by some for quite a while causing pages where they post hoards of images to load sooooo sllloooowly without a significant improvement to the image resolution.
I welcome your recommendation to keep sizes smaller for faster loading and to keep the info from being stripped, it is nice to be able to find the exit info without pleading for people to type it out.
Cheers, Graham.
I seem to remember that there used to be a guideline posted somewhere (I did a quick search and can’t find it) giving a maximum size recommendation so as to maintain page load speed and minimise server requirements, that seems to have been overlooked by some for quite a while causing pages where they post hoards of images to load sooooo sllloooowly without a significant improvement to the image resolution.
I welcome your recommendation to keep sizes smaller for faster loading and to keep the info from being stripped, it is nice to be able to find the exit info without pleading for people to type it out.
Cheers, Graham.
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Yes, I think we all have things we have taken for granted. I can help you out with Blue Jays.
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These are awesome Aaron. Wow. So sharp and the color pops.. My wife and I are sitting here smiling at all of them..
Where are you located (just general - not street address lolol) if you don't mind.
1 - love the pose and bokeh
2 - love the contrast between his blue 'bod' and the crimson leaves
3 - the expression of course
4 - the overlap of the head feathers and the detail
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We live in LaSalle, Ontario, just west of Windsor which is across the river from Detroit, Mi. If you plug this latitude 42°15'7.90"N and longitude 83° 3'30.85"W into google earth or some other gps app it will take you to my neighborhood. Behind our house we have a second lot that borders on a natural habitat area. We get a lot of birds, lots of turkeys and deer every day. Most nights we get visited by a possum(s), skunk(s) and raccoons. BTW, this was taken with a Canon 70-200L at F2.8, approx 75mm and ISO 6400. I was on the porch about 8-10 feet away
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You guys are posting great photos today!
The first two below are Song Sparrows (another favorite of mine)
The second two are White Crowned Sparrows
Did you know Song Sparrows know 20 different songs and are clever enough to improvise over 1, 000 variations of them depending on the circumstances? Bird trivia.
7D2 / Original 100-400L @ 400mm / F6.3 / 1/200 / ISO 640
5D4 / 100-400L w/1.4X III @ 560mm / F8 / 1/320 / ISO 2000
5D4 / 100-400L @ 400mm / F5.6 / 1/2000 / ISO 400
EOS-R / 100-400L II w/1.4X III @ 560mm / F8 / 1/640 / ISO 200
The first two below are Song Sparrows (another favorite of mine)
The second two are White Crowned Sparrows
Did you know Song Sparrows know 20 different songs and are clever enough to improvise over 1, 000 variations of them depending on the circumstances? Bird trivia.
7D2 / Original 100-400L @ 400mm / F6.3 / 1/200 / ISO 640
5D4 / 100-400L w/1.4X III @ 560mm / F8 / 1/320 / ISO 2000
5D4 / 100-400L @ 400mm / F5.6 / 1/2000 / ISO 400
EOS-R / 100-400L II w/1.4X III @ 560mm / F8 / 1/640 / ISO 200
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Very very cool. I don't think I'd like to startle a skunk in my front yard but it would be neat to see one in the wild. From a distance. Like a mile.
YIKES. Clothespin on the nose type dealie-o.
We live on Whidbey Island in the Puget Sound. As the crow flies we're probably about 80 miles north of Seattle, but the two places couldn't be any more different if they tried.
We get all kinds of critters in the yard as well but we didn't know how many until we recently got a Ring Stick Up camera to keep an eye on things while we were camping. We get raccoons and deer mostly, but also cats and random other midnight wanderers we knew nothing about. In the spring will wait until about a day after the tulips bloom and then you'll come out and see a nice row of stems in your garden and the blooms will be snipped uniformly off the tops.
Hilarious.
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Hi Alan.
I think at the moment it is “being discussed“ by the powers that be to ”advise“ over 70’s to self isolate, it is not yet an ”instruction” however starting early may well be a good idea based on how quickly this is spreading. Both sets of parents are ”going dark” this week until further notice!
I’d like to wish you and everyone else the best during this time of extreme uncertainty and tension.
Kind regards, Graham.
I think at the moment it is “being discussed“ by the powers that be to ”advise“ over 70’s to self isolate, it is not yet an ”instruction” however starting early may well be a good idea based on how quickly this is spreading. Both sets of parents are ”going dark” this week until further notice!
I’d like to wish you and everyone else the best during this time of extreme uncertainty and tension.
Kind regards, Graham.
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Deer, they will eat almost everything. That is why I had to build a deer fence. My wife said no fence, no garden, and she likes to garden. And I even managed to have birds in this photo to keep it legit! We are very lucky. We basically live in the city but have all sorts of wildlife around. Whidbey Island looks like it would be a great place to take photos of wildlife. The south end of the island seems to be the more forested area.
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Hancock was interviewed this earlier this morning and here are his words: "Every Briton over the age of 70 will be told "within the coming weeks" to stay at home for an extended period to shield them from coronavirus, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51895873
It will be days, not weeks.
Thanks for your good wishes
Alan
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Right. I'll be avoiding my favourite hides and just sticking to hiking. It's good I've been downsizing my gear.
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Hi.
I have been wracking my brain to think of places locally where I would be able to go to take photos where there won’t be other people about, so far I’ve drawn a blank, can’t think of anywhere I have been that I haven’t seen other people.
The more remote I think of, (On a 23x13 mile island remote is relative) the more likely someone else will be doing the same thing, trying to get away from Corona!
Cheers, Graham.
I have been wracking my brain to think of places locally where I would be able to go to take photos where there won’t be other people about, so far I’ve drawn a blank, can’t think of anywhere I have been that I haven’t seen other people.
The more remote I think of, (On a 23x13 mile island remote is relative) the more likely someone else will be doing the same thing, trying to get away from Corona!
Cheers, Graham.
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