Bird Watching a Relaxing Hobby
- Thread starter Lee Drennen
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I have a Canon system John and the lens anti shake adds about three stops of relative speed......wish it added about six though.....the 300 prime was an early lens so only added about one and a half, another reason for swapping it on.
Handsome beast isn’t he....
Steve. That a beautiful bird and you took some great shots. Thanks for sharing. Yesterday there was a Coopers Hawk flying above me in the Barn lot I didn’t get my phone out in time to take a pic till it was to late.
Great thread Lee, and equally great pictures from members.
Plenty of nesting/feeding activity going on in our garden, so hopefully some young will be spotted soon.
...three more.
Our 'Tame' Wood Pigeons.
A Gold Finch
....and a chancer!
Cheers.
Ron
Plenty of nesting/feeding activity going on in our garden, so hopefully some young will be spotted soon.
...three more.
Our 'Tame' Wood Pigeons.
A Gold Finch
....and a chancer!
Cheers.
Ron
Off on slight tangent. Sorry Lee, but on reading the discussion about lens's, I thought the following might be of interest to someone....
I'm an opportunist, point and click merchant and know nothing about camera settings, except where the 'Auto Option' is on the dial thingy.
However, I've always wanted a camera with a good zoom, compact enough to go into a jacket or rucksack pocket. I certainly didn't want to lug around those huge and clumbersome lens's. My son bought this camera and suggested it might fit the bill - And How!
It's a Sony DSC-H400. It has a 63X Optical zoom and goes up to 126X digital. Expensive? Nah, there is a second hand one running on eBay as I type for less than £50. (New, around the £150/ £170 mark.
I took these images this morning. We have a plastic owl on a wall to deter hawks etc. (As much use as a tit on a bull!)
No tripod. I wedged the camera against a tree trunk.
The owl on the wall.
Here it is at 63X optical.
....and 126X digital.
So if anyone on here wants a nice, reasonably priced compact zoom camera, this Sony might just fit the bill - It does for me.
Once again, sorry for the slight diversion, Lee.
Ron
I'm an opportunist, point and click merchant and know nothing about camera settings, except where the 'Auto Option' is on the dial thingy.
However, I've always wanted a camera with a good zoom, compact enough to go into a jacket or rucksack pocket. I certainly didn't want to lug around those huge and clumbersome lens's. My son bought this camera and suggested it might fit the bill - And How!
It's a Sony DSC-H400. It has a 63X Optical zoom and goes up to 126X digital. Expensive? Nah, there is a second hand one running on eBay as I type for less than £50. (New, around the £150/ £170 mark.
I took these images this morning. We have a plastic owl on a wall to deter hawks etc. (As much use as a tit on a bull!)
No tripod. I wedged the camera against a tree trunk.
The owl on the wall.
Here it is at 63X optical.
....and 126X digital.
So if anyone on here wants a nice, reasonably priced compact zoom camera, this Sony might just fit the bill - It does for me.
Once again, sorry for the slight diversion, Lee.
Ron
Nice one Ron. The optical zoom on that is pretty good. It would be even better on a bright day.
Steve. Beautiful pic now that how to enjoy life.
Gerry. That set up you have look so familiar I thought I was looking at mine
Ron. Thanks for the complement on the thread. Those are some great looking pics I don’t mine it’s still tagged as bird watching you got to have a camera. Thanks for sharing your pics.
Gerry. That set up you have look so familiar I thought I was looking at mine
Ron. Thanks for the complement on the thread. Those are some great looking pics I don’t mine it’s still tagged as bird watching you got to have a camera. Thanks for sharing your pics.
That's one of the back feed stations, another beside it, and 2 at the front
He’s a stunner John. As I’ve said before, you get some colourful birds in your neck of the woods.....
John. I caught a pic of one of those yellow Finches last year about this time at my feeder but I’ve lost the pic.
Steve. Nice. If he eats all that I doubt if he could fly. Lol
There was a pied wagtail around here that used to do something similar last year John. He used to sit on the wing mirror of my car, see his own reflection in the passenger side window, and attack it.....he did that time after time. Before I saw him do it I used to wonder what the marks on my passenger window were and where they came from.......
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