Up close & personal - note the crumbs on the beak! Click for an even closer shot!
I love the blur of bird wings in motion!
Maybe a bit too post-cardie but hey 2 jays in a tree!
Another cool motion shot!
I love the snow in the shot and how the bird is all puffed up to keep warm.
The shots above take me back to a backcountry ski trip in Quebec in 99' with Medeba. I remember impressing the non-Manitoban contigent of our merry group with feeding the Grey Jays with some peanut M & M's. We actually stayed in a cottage called Refuge Le Geai Gris.
2 comments:
Your pics always amaze me. What type of camera are you using?
Thanks - photography is my sideline hobby that doesn't get nearly enough attention. My problem is that I have way too many hobbies or sports I'm involved in.
My camera is a Pentax Digital SLR known as the IST-D. I bought a Pentax mainly because over the years I've purchased a number of really good lenses for my regular SLRs.
I shot the bird pics/football pics with a 80-320mm autofocus lens. So although I was quite close - shooting with such a zoom definitely brings me yet closer. An interesting reality of going from a regular SLR to digital is that the lens magnification increases to about a one and half times.
When I use a long lens like that I do have to change my film speed to 400 or higher otherwise there would be too much blur even with a tripod. So the pics are grainier as a result.
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