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Wow! If you don’t mind me asking, do you get these shots without a tripod? I recently got a 55-200mm lens (all i can afford for now) and I’m looking into a better zoom since I know 200mm is not much, but the lenses are so large, I wonder how to get small bird shots like these without stabilization like a tripod, or monopod at least.
Anyway thank you for sharing! the details, feathers etc. on the Carolina Wren especially, are spectacular. And the light and shadows on the lady cardinal! Gorgeous.
stillcrazyman
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It would have to be the in camera or in lens stabilization. I’m wobbly enough as it is, so that camera IBIS is a welcome addition. I use a 100-500 which isn’t much bigger than a 200mm lens.
stillcrazyman
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tizeye
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tizeye
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stillcrazyman
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Two Red Shouldered Hawks in the same tree.
Hello stillcrazyman, I love your photos! If I ask you very nicely, could I get the first photo from your post in full resolution? Please, please, please 😀 I would love to see it as wallpaper on my studio display. Best regards from Berlin, Germany. ✌️
stillcrazyman
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Sorry. I’m not going to give you the full resolution image.
stillcrazyman
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tizeye
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stillcrazyman
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One of the Bald Eagle parents near their nest.
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oblomow
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Funny thing is, we have robins year around. Ours move south in the winter, but the scandinavian ones visit the netherlands during the cold period. So it looks as if nothing changes, but in fact there is a big migration. I had to be 60 to learn that...
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stillcrazyman
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Out in the preserve yesterday morning.
tizeye
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Hawk built a nest in my front yard. Don't hear hatchlings yet but heard a racket as returned from launch photos taken across the street. Feasting on a meal...probably a squirrel as it will keep the population in check. Had the correct lens on after the launch shoot, so had to investigate.
Also hace a wren nest in the eaves by the front door and can hear hatchlings. She gives us a piece of of her mind if we have that audacity to walk out the front door! Didn't want to disturb, so no photos (yet). Wait until the hatchlings are a little older.
Also hace a wren nest in the eaves by the front door and can hear hatchlings. She gives us a piece of of her mind if we have that audacity to walk out the front door! Didn't want to disturb, so no photos (yet). Wait until the hatchlings are a little older.
