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winter birding
Topic Started: Jan 13 2011, 07:12 AM (445 Views)
wk2004
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had a snow shower overnight :) this time abit more significant amount of snow fell. picked up my gears and headed down to great falls national park to shoot shoot abit. here are some winter-biriding shots to share ~

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tufted titmouse

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blue jay

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carolina wren

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red-bellied woodpecker

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red-bellied woodpecker with fruit

thanks for viewing!
cheers
david
Edited by wk2004, Jan 14 2011, 02:59 AM.
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kingfishers
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Nice.Wow so cold still can shoot Ah. :thumbsup1:
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Love the red-bellied woodpecker against the white background. :thumbsup1: :thumbsup1:

Can you perhaps at later stage share with us how the camera responded to the cold temperature..........??
Does shutters freeze up & how you keep it a body temperature?
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Galdor
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Beautiful shots. :thumbsup1:
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yktan9
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Fantastic shots.

Thanks for sharing!

Is it the 500mm reflex lense?
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les40sail
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nice shots..........lucky your cam din't freeze up!
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kingfishers
Jan 13 2011, 10:27 AM
Nice.Wow so cold still can shoot Ah. :thumbsup1:
thanks jeff :)
cold also must tong... not much such chances for such shots you know. quite an experience though.
actually not so bad with proper clothing, no wind is quite comfortable. if got wind... jialat! cannot tahan... and also fingers really suffer.
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Goldie9009
Jan 13 2011, 12:18 PM
Love the red-bellied woodpecker against the white background. :thumbsup1: :thumbsup1:

Can you perhaps at later stage share with us how the camera responded to the cold temperature..........??
Does shutters freeze up & how you keep it a body temperature?
thanks bro :)

i did checked the manual before bringing the cam out. it states the operating temp for alphas is between 0 to 40 degreeC. giving some safety factor, i think it can still operate at -10 degreeC (try at your own risk though :sweat: )

the environment i was shooting in was between -5 to 5 degreeC. no issue whatsoever with the camera & the lenses. the parts that were "jamming" were my fingers!

only challenge that i had was with the viewfinder. sometimes, it gets a little fogged up due to my breathing and the eye lashes can also "blur" the viewfinder a bit because of moisture.
other than that, no issue with shutter freezing on my a550 while shooting multi-frames (3-5 frames no prob).

i was slinging my cam on my shoulder... never thought about keeping it warm :sweat:
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Jan 13 2011, 04:54 PM
Beautiful shots. :thumbsup1:
thanks bro! :)
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Jan 13 2011, 07:15 PM
Fantastic shots.

Thanks for sharing!

Is it the 500mm reflex lense?
thanks man! :)

shot with a550 + tam 200-500 ;)
Edited by wk2004, Jan 14 2011, 12:23 AM.
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