Official Photography Thread

[Copelius]

I can watch birds in my back yard. Here's a recent shot of a falcon eating a dove on my lawn.
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We had one of those under our bird feeder a few weeks back. I missed it but saw the remnants.

[Northwestcoug]

IMG_5978.jpgHere's a few photos from City of Rocks. The first day we had mist and clouds all day, which made the landscape very moody. The next day was pretty bright.

[Northwestcoug]

OK one more:
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[Jeff Lebowski]

Wow. Very cool.

[smokymountainrain]

that looks fun, nwc. thanks for sharing

[swampfrog]

OK one more:
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Cool. Went there early on in my photography journey, need to go back.

[swampfrog]

Wife wanted to go to the bird refuge in Box Elder County for Mother's Day, so off we went. I am currently test driving a 150-600 lens which was able to get these. My only complaint is following birds in flight with it out at 600 is not easy.


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That's what I'm talking about!

Birds in flight are tough, similar muscle memory to shotguns tracking clay pigeons. You have to be able to find it quickly.

[swampfrog]

I have a small pair that my kids share but for the most part we don't. The zoom lens, on the other hand, is very helpful to capture what I want to.

600mm is roughly equivalent to 12x power binoculars. And it auto-focuses. I never use binoculars when I have my camera with me. Which 150-600?

[swampfrog]

Becoming a bit of an annual trek. Eastern Oregon Spring 2022.

[Copelius]

600mm is roughly equivalent to 12x power binoculars. And it auto-focuses. I never use binoculars when I have my camera with me. Which 150-600?

It was a Tamron, but I'm looking at Sigma. Lower price and I love my Sigma 18-300. Still not sure if I can justify it. The guy I borrowed it from uses what amounts to a shooting scope hooked into the camera to follow the birds in flight when using it. Says it works pretty well.

[swampfrog]

Time for the annual Ridgefield NWR photo contest. Here's the 6 entries that won't be selected this year.

Black-capped Chickadee


Marsh Wren


Bewick's Wren


Trumpeter Swan


Sandhill Cranes


Northern Harrier

[Bo Diddley]

[BigPiney]

I like all of them.

[Northwestcoug]

The one with the sandhill cranes is excellent.

[Northwestcoug]

I hauled my camera bag with 2 lenses, filters, and a tripod to Ireland. I only used the tripod at the Cliffs of Moher though. If I go again, I'll still take it and plan for some sunset seascape pics.

I ended up taking over a thousand pics. A lot of them were crap. Here are some of my favorites:

The Burren, just north of the Cliffs of Moher. Who knows how old this stone gate was:
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Dingle Peninsula. What can I say, other than spectacular:
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Killarney National Park. The greens were even more green here, if that was possible:

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Long Range near Moll's Gap. The sky blessed us with beautiful light. Upper Lake:

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Right as we were ready to leave to drive back to Killarney I turned around to take more more pic. It was sort of a throwaway, but it turned out to be one of my favorites:

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