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Tyger

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on: February 08, 2009, 05:56:28 PM
Got a chance to capture a few images today. Been awhile since I've went out shooting, let alone post any bird shots. Today I came across a few White winged crossbills. Quite hard to shoot since they like to hang out in spruce trees in the shade. I had to bump the ISO quite a bit and still got pretty slow shutter speeds. These were taken at Halls Rd. in Whitby, I was able to get fairly close...in fact too close, many of my shots were out of focus because I was beyond the minimum focal distance and I couldn't tell on the LCD. LOL!  :lol:

Anyway a few came out ok and I had to use a little noise reduction software to get rid of the noise.










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Reply #1 on: February 08, 2009, 07:59:29 PM
Nice captures!  Looking forward to more of your attempts, I think you'll find that Halls Rd. will have a tonne of species coming through in the next little while for you to practice on!
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Reply #2 on: February 08, 2009, 08:23:07 PM
Excellent shots!!!!WOW :shock:  Talk about real close!!! I think I see you in the crossbills eye.LOL :lol:
Nice work
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Reply #3 on: February 09, 2009, 04:31:04 PM
Great shots.  It's very cool to see them so close up!  I noticed all of them have bits of their lunch on their bills :)

Mark
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Reply #4 on: February 09, 2009, 06:17:48 PM
Great shots... love that they're so close.
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Reply #5 on: February 09, 2009, 10:55:44 PM
Nice shots.  As tame as mallards these days.
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