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| 01-04-2018, 04:44 AM | #27151 |
 Originally posted by luftfluss  That is a fine set. | |
| 01-04-2018, 06:05 AM - 1 Like | #27153 |
| Originally posted by Pentaxians Happy New Year 2018, have a great year to everyone in this 300mm++ lens club! Ending my 2017 post with this little Collared Bush Robin, a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to Taiwan. | |
| 01-04-2018, 07:53 AM - 7 Likes | #27154 |
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Lots of great photos on this thread! Since it seems many of you are bird shooters, I thought there might me some interest in yesterday's visitor to my feeders, a male northern cardinal with bird leucism. I grabbed my KP with DA 300* lens and shot through open mini blinds and the dual glass of our atrium door. Shot at f/4 1/6000 ISO1600, my previous settings for whatever I was shooting. This is what I had to work with:  I shoot JPEG, and tweak with Picasa and/or Google Photos. Not perfect by any means, just glad I got the shots and hope like heck he returns, with the blinds up.   | |
| 01-04-2018, 08:27 AM | #27155 |
| 01-04-2018, 08:32 AM - 1 Like | #27156 |
| Originally posted by WPRESTO Those are really interesting photos of a very rare bird. Somewhere I have chromes of a blue jay with leucism that visited our feeder way back, cannot remember precisely when but I think in the 1980's. Will try to find those chromes, scan the best one and post here out of interest. There are only about 80,000 chromes to search through - do not hold your breath or check here for the scan on an hourly basis. Get to work | |
| 01-04-2018, 08:56 AM - 1 Like | #27157 |
| Originally posted by robtcorl Lots of great photos on this thread! Since it seems many of you are bird shooters, I thought there might me some interest in yesterday's visitor to my feeders, a male northern cardinal with bird leucism. I grabbed my KP with DA 300* lens and shot through open mini blinds and the dual glass of our atrium door. Shot at f/4 1/6000 ISO1600, my previous settings for whatever I was shooting. This is what I had to work with: | |
| 01-04-2018, 08:57 AM | #27158 |
| Originally posted by Aslyfox Excuses, excuses Get to work  | |
| 01-04-2018, 09:00 AM - 5 Likes | #27159 |
| Originally posted by Aslyfox Excuses, excuses Get to work  A few images of red-throated loons (divers) to compensate. The male in the last image was showing off to attract a mate. He put on quite an energetic display, but he was way far away from us. | |
| 01-04-2018, 10:40 AM - 21 Likes | #27160 |
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There was a bit of construction going on nearby, and it was forcing the local wildlife out of their homes. At the end of October, a small Opossum decided to start living in my back yard. After determining that it was a very healthy opossum, I relocated it to a spot in the woods where I see a lot of deer. I walk the trails and woods often, and chose a spot where I don't normally find coyote feces. It took a liking to me, and tried to follow me back to the truck like a lost kitten. I had to walk around in the woods with it until it got comfortable enough to want to stay on its own. A few days ago, I was walking near that same spot that I left it, and found this coming down a tree.    I don't know if it's the same one, but it was coming towards me and not going away from me. I stood under the tree and talked to it, just like when I released it. We got within 4 feet of each other and had a staring contest. I backed away, and it followed. It came up and walked around me, smelled my shoes, then went walking around under the pine trees. I slowly backed away and watched it dig around through the pine needles. Afterwards, it went back up into the tree and I went on my way. Considering the age and rate they grow, I want to believe this is the same one, but I really don't know for sure. Perhaps, just another curious 'possum who's never seen a human before. K3 + DA*300 | |
| 01-04-2018, 10:48 AM - 2 Likes | #27161 |
| Originally posted by r0ckstarr There was a bit of construction going on nearby, and it was forcing the local wildlife out of their homes. At the end of October, a small Opossum decided to start living in my back yard. After determining that it was a very healthy opossum, I relocated it to a spot in the woods where I see a lot of deer. I walk the trails and woods often, and chose a spot where I don't normally find coyote feces. It took a liking to me, and tried to follow me back to the truck like a lost kitten. I had to walk around in the woods with it until it got comfortable enough to want to stay on its own. A few days ago, I was walking near that same spot that I left it, and found this coming down a tree. I don't know if it's the same one, but it was coming towards me and not going away from me. I stood under the tree and talked to it, just like when I released it. We got within 4 feet of each other and had a staring contest. I backed away, and it followed. It came up and walked around me, smelled my shoes, then went walking around under the pine trees. I slowly backed away and watched it dig around through the pine needles. Afterwards, it went back up into the tree and I went on my way. Considering the age and rate they grow, I want to believe this is the same one, but I really don't know for sure. Perhaps, just another curious 'possum who's never seen a human before. K3 + DA*300 | |
| 01-04-2018, 09:09 PM - 1 Like | #27164 |
| Originally posted by r0ckstarr There was a bit of construction going on nearby, and it was forcing the local wildlife out of their homes. At the end of October, a small Opossum decided to start living in my back yard. After determining that it was a very healthy opossum, I relocated it to a spot in the woods where I see a lot of deer. I walk the trails and woods often, and chose a spot where I don't normally find coyote feces. It took a liking to me, and tried to follow me back to the truck like a lost kitten. I had to walk around in the woods with it until it got comfortable enough to want to stay on its own. A few days ago, I was walking near that same spot that I left it, and found this coming down a tree. I don't know if it's the same one, but it was coming towards me and not going away from me. I stood under the tree and talked to it, just like when I released it. We got within 4 feet of each other and had a staring contest. I backed away, and it followed. It came up and walked around me, smelled my shoes, then went walking around under the pine trees. I slowly backed away and watched it dig around through the pine needles. Afterwards, it went back up into the tree and I went on my way. Considering the age and rate they grow, I want to believe this is the same one, but I really don't know for sure. Perhaps, just another curious 'possum who's never seen a human before. K3 + DA*300 | |
| 01-04-2018, 09:19 PM - 21 Likes | #27165 |
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Snowstorm here in NJ today. Only 5-6 inches of snow, but very windy, gusts up to 40 mph. The birds were out despite the rough conditions. My new K-3 II + old friend A 400/5.6. Still learning this combo, and feeling optimistic... A couple of the Rusty Blackbirds are still hanging around. I guess they like the food I'm putting out. | |
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