Posts for: billbarcus
Feb 19, 2019 01:21:08 #
Somebody ought to snap this one up! I started digital with the S2, it was an amazing camera - shot it until it was completely worn out. If I was in the market for great backup camera this one would be gone in a New York Second.
Feb 19, 2019 01:00:43 #
Get the 1.4 III. I bought new for the warranty ... 5 years instead of 1, if you register on-line. IMO, the 1.4 is much better quality and rates better than the 1.7 & 2.0 and the 1.4 gives more than ample reach. Sorry, never parting with mine. 
Feb 19, 2019 00:48:56 #
Sounds too good to be true ... I just bought a [used] '9' rated D810 from my favorite and trusted Authorized Nikon dealer camera shop in Bozeman, and paid $1600 and thought it was a smoking deal. Probably was + I got a 6-month warranty for any defects and free labor on a used camera. Now, that's a deal!
Feb 19, 2019 00:26:22 #
That's the best one I've heard lately! I laughed so hard, my dog thought I was crying and came over to comfort me. Btw, was thinking ... if Tuesday Weld was to marry Fredrick March II, would she then be, Tuesday March the Second? Or, would she be, Tuesday March the Third?
Feb 19, 2019 00:01:38 #
Serious Wildlife and Nature photographers should - to some degree - become lay wildlife biologists and botanists. We become better photographers when we study and become well acquainted with our subjects habits and habitat ... which usually means spending considerable amounts of time with the subject.
Feb 18, 2019 23:45:54 #
Your photo subject is: Accipiter striatus, a Sharp-shinned hawk. And in this case it is a juvenile. Accipiter means 'to take or seize' which explains why it was trying to grab and eat your Cardinal for lunch. Stiatus means 'striped' as we can see from the photo. So, there you have it - an immature, striped little thief raiding your bird feeder.
The Cooper's is also an Accipter, and both birds are nearly identical in appearance, while the Sharp-shinned is smaller.
Very nice photo, BTW.
The Cooper's is also an Accipter, and both birds are nearly identical in appearance, while the Sharp-shinned is smaller.
Very nice photo, BTW.
Feb 18, 2019 23:01:01 #
Thanks much, Swamp-Cork. Tripods yield far better IQ & detail compared to handheld shots.
Feb 18, 2019 11:13:48 #
Feb 18, 2019 01:44:39 #
Bald Eagle - Scientific: Haliaeetus (Sea Eagle) leucocephalus. 1/200 @ f11 ISO 200 FX Mode - Nikkor 200-500mm f.5.6E VR using a Bogen tripod & cable release @ about 35 yards. Along the Clark Fork River @ Cabinet Gorge.
Feb 18, 2019 01:30:39 #
Simply put: You don't have to screw around with that ridiculous, shutter-release focus nonsense. Using the shutter release to focus will inadvertently cause misfires and teach you new cuss words. i.e. oooops, #@%&!!!, didn't mean to press so hard while focusing and didn't mean to get that blurry shot!
I use BB Focus exclusively - never a misfire again. It makes life behind the camera very pleasant and soooooooooo much easier to focus, and I wouldn't live without it.
I use BB Focus exclusively - never a misfire again. It makes life behind the camera very pleasant and soooooooooo much easier to focus, and I wouldn't live without it.
Feb 15, 2019 00:56:31 #
Feb 15, 2019 00:51:07 #
Feb 14, 2019 11:33:58 #
I wouldn't crop anything ... #1 tells the Whole Story. More DOF would have been nice though, especially focused on that intent fixation of the girl's eyes. In my HO, her eyes are the story.
Feb 14, 2019 11:15:47 #
Well now, Whistletown Wilds, that is one super catch! A Wallhanger.
Feb 13, 2019 00:49:56 #