Late Summer Photos

15 years ago

Hi all,

A lot of our regulars are moulting now and not too photogenic. But we love them all anyway of course and know they'll soon have their beautiful new winter coats. So anyway here are a few recent photos to share...

We hope you enjoy them,

Kenn

Here is a link that might be useful: Latest Slideshow

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bob414
15 years ago
Great photos as always. Thanks and keep posting them.
bob414
15 years ago
I meant to mention that I think the Goldfinch got a bad toupee.
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beegood_gw
15 years ago
Those are stunning photos. My fav are the doves , But they are all great!!!
bob17257
15 years ago
Breathtaking pictures, Kenn. You are a magician with your camera.
bandjzmom
15 years ago
Love the Goldfinch, the Robin, and the baby Blues. Such awesome pics, as always. Splendid!!
ginni77
15 years ago
Wonderful photos! I'd love to know what kind of camera you use and what settings. The detail is great!
lisa11310
15 years ago
WOW!
kenn3d
Original Author
15 years ago
Many thanks everyone for all your encouragements,
Sharing our birds with others who enjoy them greatly adds to our own joy of them. :)

ginni77 - We are shooting with 4 different cameras now, and there are shots from each of them in this set. They are Canon S3-IS and Canon S5-IS (to both of which we usually attach Sony 1.7x teleconversion lenses) , a Canon SX30, and a Fuji S100fs. We shoot all of these cameras in Manual mode, using various settings of focal length, aperture, ISO, and shutter speed as needed to expose each individual shot or series. So we really can't recommend any specific settings which would likely give good results in all situations. We've found that operating our cameras manually usually allows us to make better decisions about the settings for any given shot than the cameras will normally make in any of their auto-exposure modes. Although I must admit the cameras' auto-decisions are certainly faster, and shooting manually does cause us to miss many shots. Anyway, I don't think there's really any easy answer to your question.

And btw, for any who don't know us here... I should explain that although I do all the posting in the forums, I don't take all these photos myself.
"We" are Kenn and Temple, and at least half of all the photos we post, both in the forums and in our Smugmug galleries, are ones she's taken. :)

Thanks again, and happy birding all.

Kenn

Kenn & Temple
Backyard Birders in St.Louis, MO USA
http://kenn3d.smugmug.com

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