Monday, October 18, 2010

Backyard bird photography setup & surprise

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Photo 1 (above): Swainson's Thrush in my backyard, Tobermory, Ontario. EOS 1Ds mark III, Sigma 300/2.8 lens & Canon 2x teleconverter; ISO 800, 1/80s @ f/5.6

I was sitting out in my blind the other day photographing White-crowned Sparrows, when I was pleasantly surprised to have a Swainson's Thrush drop in on my perch settup for a few moments.


Photo 2 (above): Here's the view of my blind (with me in it) from the old stump that I have scattered seed  around to attract sparrows. I triggered this photo remotely from inside the blind using Pocket Wizard radio remotes. I wanted to get a photo with a bird on the perch, but they wouldn't come in with the remote camera setup so close to the stump.


Photo 3 (above): White-crowned Sparrow (immature) in my backyard, Tobermory, Ontario. EOS 1Ds mark III, Sigma 300/2.8 lens & Canon 2x teleconverter; ISO 640, 1/80s @ f/5.6

White-crowned Sparrows have been migration through the Bruce Peninsula by the thousands over the past two weeks!

5 comments:

  1. very cool

    and here i thought i was the only one that setup a blind in my backyard :-)

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  2. Thanks Markus. I've spent weeks shooting from my backyard feeder blind setups.... it's one of my favourite things to do!

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  3. Wow, nice shots.. you've sold me on that sigma lens, now i want one!

    i know i know, it's the photographer not the lens... but lenses do help an awful lot!

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  4. jared8:09 PM

    I'm with Adam...I wouldn't mind getting ahold of a 300/2.8 Sigma for times when I don't want to lug around my 500/4 IS. Gimme gimme gimme :)

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