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Posts Made By: James Robinson

June 7, 2005 12:08 AM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Bobolink

Posted By James Robinson
Thats nice, I've never gotten that close to one. I rarely see them here but a few weeks ago there was a large flock eating something out of the top of some very tall trees. They stayed a few days and haven't been seen since.

June 7, 2005 02:05 AM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Bluebird

Posted By James Robinson
Nice pose.

June 11, 2005 01:02 AM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Northern Flicker

Posted By James Robinson

The female taking off. I was just raised the camera and she sinced it and took off so I just pressed the shutter.

D70 & TV Ranger

June 23, 2005 01:56 PM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Red Head

Posted By James Robinson
That's a nice shot and a nice find. As I recall you use moderate focal lengths so you must have gotten close.

July 11, 2005 05:17 AM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Flapping Loon

Posted By James Robinson
Another loon, same equipment and location.

October 10, 2005 04:28 AM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Northern Flicker

Posted By James Robinson
Very nice, I really like the pose. These birds are around in my area but I hardly even get a good look at one.

Jim

November 10, 2005 04:16 AM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Ahh..the colors of fall.....

Posted By James Robinson
Tom, that's really outstanding and I'm amazed you could o a handheld shot that sharp at that FL. What is your camera/lens setup? That's a really fast shutter speed at a relatively slow ISO.

Jim

December 2, 2005 09:53 AM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Newbie

Posted By James Robinson
The mirror lenses you have would make a good start. I use several mirror lenses with good results. In some lighting situations you get "donuts" in the background but you know about that.

If you have a fast refractor or other small scope you can hook the OM1 up with a t ring.

For other lenses consider 300mm a minimum, 500mm better, and the faster the better. However I suggest you practice with your mirror lens.

Oh, and consider using faster film, 400 or greater. I don't know the f number of your mirror lens but you need to get the shutter speed pretty fast to get sharp photos of wildlife.

Jim

December 6, 2005 02:40 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

NEF file

Posted By James Robinson
If you have photoshop you can get a plugin for "Raw" formats. It understands NEF. The plugin is free, but I can't remember where I got it (Adobe maybe).

December 7, 2005 05:07 AM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

NEF file

Posted By James Robinson
I just discovered another option. The free program "Picasa" from Google understands NEF files. Open the NEF file in this program then "export" it to a jpeg.

Picasa is a really cool program in its own right.

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