stratokaster
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BBW
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Wow, John - what a great catch! I love to look at birds of prey. They're beautifully intense, I think. You use of selective color certainly allows us to see this Red Shouldered Hawk much better than we would if it was all au natural.
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My gosh, I almost missed that stork - an Adjutant Stork! It has such a great name. He looks rather like an aged adjutant, though I know that is their normal look and hasn't got anything to do with balding. I was just reading that they are about five feet tall!
Pavel, how close were you to this stork? He looks as though he might be eyeing you for a potential meal!
Pavel, how close were you to this stork? He looks as though he might be eyeing you for a potential meal!
summerkl
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summerkl
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Another duck shot - the flip down screen is great for low view shots.
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stratokaster
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this is a great big crop ... I'm pleased with the quality though
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E-P2, Cosina Cosinon 135/2.8, 1/500s, f/?, ISO200
This old lens was given to me, having been in someone's loft for many years ... there's fungus in it, but it still seems to manage to produce sharp contrasty images ... it can do a Very Sharp macro with extension tubes ... it's an M42 mount and I use a cheap-and-nasty Fotodiox adapter
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E-P2, Cosina Cosinon 135/2.8, 1/500s, f/?, ISO200
This old lens was given to me, having been in someone's loft for many years ... there's fungus in it, but it still seems to manage to produce sharp contrasty images ... it can do a Very Sharp macro with extension tubes ... it's an M42 mount and I use a cheap-and-nasty Fotodiox adapter
grebeman
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- Barrie
pdh,
That is a male Chaffinch, nice one, doubtless your comment on your bird post on m4/3 was meant for this image, oh dear, never mind. They've been singing for about a week in my neck end of the woods.
Barrie
That is a male Chaffinch, nice one, doubtless your comment on your bird post on m4/3 was meant for this image, oh dear, never mind. They've been singing for about a week in my neck end of the woods.
Barrie
grebeman
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Well they're on time, normally first week in February as they crank up their song, the one on my daily walk had to do a couple of days practice before he got it fully correct.
Barrie
Barrie
grebeman
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- Barrie
We have wintering Chiffs around here and they certainly can start about now, but yes, I know the feeling with Great Tits, if you can't ID a song think Great Tit, 3.5 minutes on my bird song CD as opposed to 1 - 1.5 minutes for most other song birds.
Barrie
Barrie
BBW
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Thank goodness he couldn't reach you!:tongue:
BBW
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My latest with the 20mm:
Vidar was kind enough to allow me to post what I consider a spectacular image in here. Thank you, Vidar!
summerkl
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He's a cutie. Are you already seeing baby birds out there? He sure looks like a fledgling. You managed to get quite close - or, wait, is the beer can a telephoto?
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That photo is sharp, very nicely detailed.
summerkl
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Thanks BB & James,
The beercan lens is a telephoto 70-210mm f4 constant lens. It doesn't fit the "compact" definition but the A33 body does. The lens was made by Minolta in its heyday (costs less than $200 today) and compares favorably to lenses costing hundreds more. Even being telephoto, I was about 10 feet away and cropped the image by about a third.
The beercan lens is a telephoto 70-210mm f4 constant lens. It doesn't fit the "compact" definition but the A33 body does. The lens was made by Minolta in its heyday (costs less than $200 today) and compares favorably to lenses costing hundreds more. Even being telephoto, I was about 10 feet away and cropped the image by about a third.
