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Photography Local Birds this last week.... a few tips
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<blockquote data-quote="F &amp; F2 Man" data-source="post: 60124" data-attributes="member: 9463"><p><strong>Photographed Local Birds this last week.... a few tips</strong></p><p></p><p>I have had a Nikon 100-300mm f/5.6 AiS Macro (Can focus to just under 3 feet at 100mm, a head shot) mounted on my Olympus E-M5 for the last week.... I bought a bird feeder and hung it up in front of my patio glass door on a tree about 5' off the ground. The Tree is about 8-10 feet away from my chair. I sat in a chair for about an hour, from 6:30am to around 7:30am and waited... not too long though, it was feeding time apparently <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I closed down from f/11 to f/32, and used ISO 1600-6400, as needed I used the range between 150mm to 300mm mostly.. my neighborhood birds are small and medium in size. Here are some results <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7167231293/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7245/7167231293_50c3afa6c7_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7167231293/" target="_blank"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7167231293/" target="_blank">Indiana Cardinal</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/69251914@N06/" target="_blank">Peter Arbib</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p></p><p> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7352821976/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7073/7352821976_0b8f97f873_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7352821976/" target="_blank"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7352821976/" target="_blank">Pigeons 6-8-2012</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/69251914@N06/" target="_blank">Peter Arbib</a>, on Flickr </p><p></p><p></p><p> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7354519896/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8011/7354519896_a08b883948_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7354519896/" target="_blank">Todays Birds 6-9-2012</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/69251914@N06/" target="_blank">Peter Arbib</a>, on Flickr </p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7169307683/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8142/7169307683_e2eb0598d6_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> </p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7169307683/" target="_blank">Todays Birds 6-9-2012</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/69251914@N06/" target="_blank">Peter Arbib</a>, on Flickr </p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7169308105/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8167/7169308105_3073c78776_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7169308105/" target="_blank"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7169308105/" target="_blank">Todays Birds 6-9-2012</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/69251914@N06/" target="_blank">Peter Arbib</a>, on Flickr </p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7169308613/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8152/7169308613_242dc9baae_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> </p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7169308613/" target="_blank">Todays Birds 6-9-2012</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/69251914@N06/" target="_blank">Peter Arbib</a>, on Flickr </p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7359782864/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8161/7359782864_c49cc561f3_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7359782864/" target="_blank"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7359782864/" target="_blank">Angry Bird 6-10-2012</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/69251914@N06/" target="_blank">Peter Arbib</a>, on Flickr</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="F & F2 Man, post: 60124, member: 9463"] [b]Photographed Local Birds this last week.... a few tips[/b] I have had a Nikon 100-300mm f/5.6 AiS Macro (Can focus to just under 3 feet at 100mm, a head shot) mounted on my Olympus E-M5 for the last week.... I bought a bird feeder and hung it up in front of my patio glass door on a tree about 5' off the ground. The Tree is about 8-10 feet away from my chair. I sat in a chair for about an hour, from 6:30am to around 7:30am and waited... not too long though, it was feeding time apparently :) I closed down from f/11 to f/32, and used ISO 1600-6400, as needed I used the range between 150mm to 300mm mostly.. my neighborhood birds are small and medium in size. Here are some results [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7167231293/"][IMG]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7245/7167231293_50c3afa6c7_c.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7167231293/"] Indiana Cardinal[/URL] by [URL="http://www.flickr.com/people/69251914@N06/"]Peter Arbib[/URL], on Flickr [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7352821976/"][IMG]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7073/7352821976_0b8f97f873_c.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7352821976/"] Pigeons 6-8-2012[/URL] by [URL="http://www.flickr.com/people/69251914@N06/"]Peter Arbib[/URL], on Flickr [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7354519896/"][IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8011/7354519896_a08b883948_c.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7354519896/"]Todays Birds 6-9-2012[/URL] by [URL="http://www.flickr.com/people/69251914@N06/"]Peter Arbib[/URL], on Flickr [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7169307683/"][IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8142/7169307683_e2eb0598d6_c.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7169307683/"]Todays Birds 6-9-2012[/URL] by [URL="http://www.flickr.com/people/69251914@N06/"]Peter Arbib[/URL], on Flickr [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7169308105/"][IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8167/7169308105_3073c78776_c.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7169308105/"] Todays Birds 6-9-2012[/URL] by [URL="http://www.flickr.com/people/69251914@N06/"]Peter Arbib[/URL], on Flickr [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7169308613/"][IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8152/7169308613_242dc9baae_c.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7169308613/"]Todays Birds 6-9-2012[/URL] by [URL="http://www.flickr.com/people/69251914@N06/"]Peter Arbib[/URL], on Flickr [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7359782864/"][IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8161/7359782864_c49cc561f3_c.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69251914@N06/7359782864/"] Angry Bird 6-10-2012[/URL] by [URL="http://www.flickr.com/people/69251914@N06/"]Peter Arbib[/URL], on Flickr [/QUOTE]
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