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Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

01/30/2006 07:43:41 PM · #1

okay it's not the greatest shot, nor is it crystal clear, but this was taken from quite a distance with a 40-150mm lens. I cropped and zoomed it in then edited.
Anyone know what kind of bird it is?
bird

Message edited by author 2006-01-30 19:50:57.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

01/30/2006 07:44:53 PM · #2

It's a "Forbidden" bird.

R.

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

01/30/2006 07:45:43 PM · #3

Linkie no workie.

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

01/30/2006 07:49:10 PM · #4

the links not working? it's working for me and I'm not signed in there . strange
okay guess I'll upload it to other spot and try that.

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

01/30/2006 08:02:00 PM · #5

The link is working now. Can't tell you what bird it is though.

I can't find the link to the bird id site that someone posted a few days ago.

Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM

01/30/2006 08:06:51 PM · #6

I was so wishing I could zoom in closer today. I had a perfect shot at some sort of crane that I haven't seen before. Even with the cropping and zooming in on psp it didn't come out very well to tell what it was. I had my daughter with me and the park rangers were out like crazy today so I didn't want to get in trouble for going off trail to get shots of the bird. The cottonmouth snakes are out early too because it's been so warm, never know what's hiding under all those leaves!

ReallyColorBlind

Canon EOS-70D

01/30/2006 08:16:52 PM · #7

Originally posted by missinseattle:

Looks like a white-breasted Nuthatch.

Canon EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 II USM

01/30/2006 08:17:46 PM · #8

Originally posted by ReallyColorBlind:

Originally posted by missinseattle:
okay it's not the greatest shot, nor is it crystal clear, but this was taken from quite a distance with a 40-150mm lens. I cropped and zoomed it in then edited.
Anyone know what kind of bird it is?
bird

Looks like a white-breasted Nuthatch.

Bingo!

orussell

Canon EOS Rebel T6s

01/30/2006 08:19:01 PM · #9

Similar to a Whiskey Jack/gray jay. (I take that back...the face markings are completely different)

Message edited by author 2006-01-30 20:21:26.

01/30/2006 08:24:55 PM · #10

Thank you! We saw one in our dogwood the other day and my husband thought it was some type of woodpecker. Talk about chipper little things! They were all over the place in the woods and just zipping around. I was lucky I even got this shot lol.

01/30/2006 08:25:59 PM · #11

Originally posted by orussell:

Similar to a Whiskey Jack/gray jay.

Not really. The grey jay is part of the Corvidae family of birds (jays, crows, ravens, etc.) while nuthatches are part of a seperate family of birds (Sittidae).

I know, I know... I'm a great big geek.

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 12-24mm f/4.0G IF-ED

01/30/2006 08:30:30 PM · #12

Originally posted by orussell:

Similar to a Whiskey Jack/gray jay. (I take that back...the face markings are completely different)

Good save.

jbsmithana

Nikon D300

01/30/2006 08:34:18 PM · #13

Looks like a Nuthatch but if missinseattle is really in Seattle then she saw a rare bird there. Normally no white-breasted on this side the mountains that I know of.

edit: never mind. I just noticed in another thread that she is from the southeastern VA- yorktown area.

Message edited by author 2006-01-30 20:44:47.

ragamuffingirl

Sony Alpha NEX-5N

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

01/30/2006 10:31:20 PM · #14

I'm really scared to try RAW. I don't kow why. I just am.

Beetle

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

01/30/2006 10:33:26 PM · #15

Originally posted by ragamuffingirl:

I'm really scared to try RAW. I don't kow why. I just am.

So was I at first...... NO idea why!!!
There is nothing to it. Just go try it out for the fun of it, not for a challenge. You'll see how easy it is.

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

01/30/2006 10:33:58 PM · #16

Originally posted by ragamuffingirl:

I'm really scared to try RAW. I don't kow why. I just am.

The only way to get over the fear is to try it. What have you got to lose? Just think of what you could gain.

01/30/2006 10:54:43 PM · #17

Actually I'm not in Seattle, I'm in southeastern VA. I'm missin seattle haha.

I haven't actually used any other setting on my camera. Only used the RAW. You can do more with it editing wise- like the shot for example I took with a 40-150mm lens and I was about 8 ft away from the bird. So obviously the picture I took was not that big. Had I had my tripod on me and been sitting in the bushes all day I could have gotten a better shot, but it's kind of hard to do that with a 5yo in tow.

Only thing I need now is another CF card. I can only hold 40 RAW on my 512mb card and if I'm not close to home that means I have to go through delete what I don't want when it's full and sometimes it fills up fast. If I'm not far from home and on this side of the bridge I'll actually come in, upload and then go back out lol.

Try the RAW, you won't go back. And don't look at my challenge entries lol, they aren't my best work. I don't do well under pressure! hehe

01/30/2006 10:57:53 PM · #18

and just so you have an idea of how much I cropped this lol. Here's the original
original

And that is what RAW can do for you. At least that's what I've been told lol. Have not tried to crop anything like that with this camera on any other setting. Tried it with my p&s and it did NOT work.

Message edited by author 2006-01-30 22:59:05.

01/31/2006 06:01:50 AM · #19

Sweet. I have been shooting RAW since June 2005 and haven't look back since. It offers so much more flexibility. I love it.

Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS

01/31/2006 06:45:16 AM · #20

That's how I feel Beagleboy. We have a friend who is a professional photographer and he told me to not even bother with the other settings unless it's just for snapshot use. ANd I use my p&s for things like that.

docpjv

Fujifilm X-E1

01/31/2006 06:55:45 AM · #21

Me 2, I just LUV my RAW;-)

pix-al

Canon EOS-5D

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

01/31/2006 07:03:51 AM · #22

Originally posted by ragamuffingirl:

I'm really scared to try RAW. I don't kow why. I just am.

I too felt like that.
I didn't know what to expect when I viewed a RAW file as every one said they needed work. In fact, the RAW files I test shot looked identical to the JPEGs, though I had the opportunity to adjust things like exposure before creating the final JPEG/TIFF file - GREAT!

I still shoot JPEG at the moment though, but only as I don't have much memory for my camera. Once I get a few more CF cards, that will change!

docpjv

Fujifilm X-E1

Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS

01/31/2006 07:08:51 AM · #23

Once you RAW'ed, you will never go back to the limited world of jpeg. Buy "The Photoshop CS2 Book For Digital Photographers" by Scott Kelby, what a book! Another great one is real world's "Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS2" by Bruce Frazer.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

01/31/2006 07:11:32 AM · #24

Originally posted by pix-al:

Originally posted by ragamuffingirl:
I'm really scared to try RAW. I don't kow why. I just am.

I too felt like that.
I didn't know what to expect when I viewed a RAW file as every one said they needed work. In fact, the RAW files I test shot looked identical to the JPEGs, though I had the opportunity to adjust things like exposure before creating the final JPEG/TIFF file - GREAT!

I still shoot JPEG at the moment though, but only as I don't have much memory for my camera. Once I get a few more CF cards, that will change!

It's not that long ago that when you opened a RAW file it always looked like mud; nowadays, in the more modern converters, they open up with the parameters defaulting to whatever the camera was set at when the capture was made. Makes it a whole lot easier :-)

R.