cazalea
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My Bird Photo Setup
This morning.
Notice the red and yellow tones in the background. By moving or tilting my camera I can change the background.
Like this.
The colors come from the back garden of the neighbor's house across the canyon from us. I've calculated this wall at 200 feet away from my camera.
In this shot the bird and dish are the blur in the foreground.
I am standing 12 feet inside my kitchen, up against a wall of cupboards. The feeder dish is another 12 feet out on our back wall. If I get closer to the window the birds notice and take off.
I am standing 12 feet inside my kitchen, up against a wall of cupboards. The feeder dish is another 12 feet out on our back wall. If I get closer to the window the birds notice and take off.
I am using a Sony RX10 iv camera which I bought 3 years ago for $1500. It allows me to zoom, focus and shoot with one hand (important for my work at auto shows).
"The Sony DSC-RX10 IV is a premium super-zoom bridge-camera (DSLR-like form factor) with a 24-600mm equivalent F2.4-4 zoom lens and a 20MP 1"-type stacked BSI-CMOS sensor. The sensor allows phase detect autofocus, adding depth-awareness that is important for focusing long lenses. The camera is also faster than its predecessor and can shoot at 24 fps with AF and auto exposure. In short, this camera packs speed, AF ability and lens reach into a convenient package, not to mention 4K video."
Birds don't share very well (like kids) as the brown one bumps out the red guy. I guess this is wherre the term PECKING ORDER comes from.
My camera is excellent in many respects, but not that great at close-ups of watches.
However, after 3 years trying every conceivable software setting, I have recently discovered a tiny hardware switch that seems to be the answer to macro shots...
Cazalea
My Bird Photo Setup
This morning. Notice the red and yellow tones in the background. By moving or tilting my camera I can change the background. Like this. The colors come from the back garden of the neighbor's house across the canyon from us. I've calculated this wall at 20...
Some helpful hints for the photographer from my camera manual
When you shoot with backlighting, keep the sun sufficiently far away from your angle of view. Otherwise, the sunlight may enter inside the camera and cause smoke or fire. Even if the sun is slightly away from the angle of view, it may still cause smoke or...
How do you (or do you not) keep squirrels from raiding the dish?
We tried every kind of squirrel-proof feeder known to man and they still got into the feed every time...
The Cooper Hawks keep an eye on both the small birds and the squirrels
My wife brings the dish in at night, as well.