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Post by pontiac1940 on Mar 31, 2024 6:21:06 GMT
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Howard
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Post by Howard on Mar 31, 2024 6:29:02 GMT
Amazing! The composition of the first one is so balanced and interesting. Actually looks like a composite of three images!
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Post by Lillias on Mar 31, 2024 8:05:43 GMT
Amazing to see these photographs. I'm thinking how amazing it must be to actually see these birds in real life.
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Post by jackscrap on Mar 31, 2024 9:40:22 GMT
Awesome photos, especially the trio in the first photo, perfectly frozen in sync with each other. The noise must be deafening when you’re out there in your camouflage.
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Post by BuckSkin on Mar 31, 2024 14:57:25 GMT
My advice = watch carefully where you step, keep your hat on your head, and don't look up without a face-shield.
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Post by hmca on Mar 31, 2024 15:45:21 GMT
Doing what you love and what you are so good at! Howard's comment made me take a cloer look at the first photo. Shutter speed so fast that you can see the water droplets dropping of them. Great capture.
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Post by pontiac1940 on Mar 31, 2024 15:55:40 GMT
Actually looks like a composite of three images! Yes, it does. See below. At 10 fps sometimes they line up well. The is a screen shot of about one third of the snow goose photos yesterday. It was a super event for me. Got a few good photos. I'm thinking how amazing it must be to actually see these birds in real life. I"ve watched these in spring and fall for years. We are on their migration route. I never tires of the spectacle. The noise must be deafening when you’re out there in your camouflage. I was lucky to get so close. The camo does help. I did record some video and try to figure out how to post a the sound. Crazy. My advice = watch carefully where you step, keep your hat on your head, and don't look up without a face-shield. HA HA! Doing what you love and what you are so good at! Howard's comment made me take a cloer look at the first photo. Shutter speed so fast that you can see the water droplets dropping of them. Great capture. Thanks, Helen. I enjoy this stuff. There was reflective snow on the ground, sunny and white birds. I was shooting at 1/2,000 second and ISO 125 mainly. A good camera and good 600-mm lens helps. About one third of yesterday's snow geese photos. I will NOT Take photos today. Brain exploding. Thanks all!  |
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Post by BuckSkin on Mar 31, 2024 16:05:26 GMT
I will NOT Take photos today.
Yeah..., Right... |
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Post by pontiac1940 on Mar 31, 2024 16:24:28 GMT
The noise must be deafening when you’re out there in your camouflage. The first 13 seconds are when they all got up when an eagle flew by. The last few seconds is just the ambient noise from undisturbed geese. Music to my ears.  |
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Post by pontiac1940 on Apr 1, 2024 2:30:13 GMT
I went for a drive after dinner and took 6 photos of distant geese in fields. So I was close to none.  |
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Post by cats4jan on Apr 1, 2024 18:06:03 GMT
So that's where they went...
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Post by dandc on Apr 2, 2024 7:04:24 GMT
Always enjoy and appreciate your stunning bird shots Clive . . Thanks for sharing them! Sometimes seeing your shots encourages me to venture out and take some myself and sometimes they just make me want to hang up the camera and stay home ;^)
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Post by pontiac1940 on Apr 2, 2024 15:40:57 GMT
Always enjoy and appreciate your stunning bird shots Clive . . Thanks for sharing them! Sometimes seeing your shots encourages me to venture out and take some myself and sometimes they just make me want to hang up the camera and stay home ;^) Thanks Dan. Appreciate your kind words. I know the feeling you speak of. Sometimes when I see outstanding photo work I jokingly say, "I am selling all my gear and joining a convent." But we just keep getting getting out and doing the best we can remembering that the most important people to make happy is you and me. Sure I share photos (as demanded by my ego) but I feel good when I get a photo that I think is good. If others have better photos that's okay. Perhaps I will learn something or be encouraged to do better. I am 77 and digital is the best thing ever to keep me busy and happy. Clive |
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Post by dandc on Apr 3, 2024 2:20:11 GMT
Always enjoy and appreciate your stunning bird shots Clive . . Thanks for sharing them! Sometimes seeing your shots encourages me to venture out and take some myself and sometimes they just make me want to hang up the camera and stay home ;^) Thanks Dan. Appreciate your kind words. I know the feeling you speak of. Sometimes when I see outstanding photo work I jokingly say, "I am selling all my gear and joining a convent." But we just keep getting getting out and doing the best we can remembering that the most important people to make happy is you and me. Sure I share photos (as demanded by my ego) but I feel good when I get a photo that I think is good. If others have better photos that's okay. Perhaps I will learn something or be encouraged to do better. I am 77 and digital is the best thing ever to keep me busy and happy. Clive Wise words and sage advise Clive - ideally if photography is a hobby it should be about creating something we find pleasing instead of trying to please others. Can't imagine taking bird photos with film . . not knowing how they turned out for quite awhile and limiting yourself to only take a shot when it's a good one. I remember a time when I practiced treating digital like film after reading an article . . it did tend to make me view a shot in more depth than I had been doing and was a good excersize . . but I just saw that I took 5,000 photos in October and almost 2,000 last Month so I guess that mindset has fallen by the wayside for me ;^) Keep 'em comin' Clive! |
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Post by pontiac1940 on Apr 3, 2024 2:43:55 GMT
I just saw that I took 5,000 photos in October and almost 2,000 last Month so I guess that mindset has fallen by the wayside for me ;^) Keep 'em comin' Clive! We are so blessed to have digital. At 10 fps, on flying birds I'd been in a homeless shelter very fast if I was using film. Sure is burst shoot and shoot a lot of everything BUT I am taking better photos today than ever in my life. It is because I am not restricted. Shoot. Learn from mistakes. Shoot more. Get better. Thanks Dan, I'll try to keep them coming. I've been quiet here as I do a lot of Facebook things, and you know, life. Onward. PS: This is a bit crazy. I bought the Sony A7IV in Oct 2022 ... 17 months ago. The last photo taken yesterday afternoon was number 88,028 !! Some say crazy but it's keeping me sane and probably 500 would make high-end prints. Kind of arrogant but there are some good photos in that mass. All good. |
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