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[ISv]

In Kowloon, caught between successive typhoons, with a brief respite of an hour or two of sunshine from the rain after yesterday's afternoon session at the conference where I managed to get out for a few minutes with RF 100-400 on the R5ii. A Spotted Dove, a Crested Mynah and a Red-vented Bulbul. I really wanted the Bulbul and was over the moon when I saw one next to the hotel.

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All nice photos but the shots of the Red-whiskered Bulbul are really great!!!
P.S. - And this is a perfect explanation why you are not posting photos of the Scarlet Tanager

 

[docsmith]

Yellow bellied Sapsucker, I have never seen one here in NH before. Listed as Rare for southern New Hampshire.

Saw some good light on my feeder as the sun was going down and then I saw this guy in the trees well behind the feeder.

R1 EF 500 f/4 II

 

[Click]

Another very nice series. Well done, docsmith.

 

[MSH411]

The last frame in the series is just a cool shot, I like the perspective.

 

[docsmith]

Thanks Click and MSH411.

Always fun seeing a new lifer.

As mentioned, I was photographing birds at my feeder when I saw the Yellow Bellied Sapsucker.

Here are a few of those, all with R1 and EF 500 f/4 II (just getting to know the R1 a bit):

 

[Click]

I really like your shots. Especially the 5th.

 

[Dragon]

I have 5 feeders out, but yesterday, everybody wanted this one. These little guys do get up early in cold weather.

 

[ISv]

I have 5 feeders out, but yesterday, everybody wanted this one. These little guys do get up early in cold weather.

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"I have 5 feeders out, but yesterday, everybody wanted this one." - it has a different species of flowers

 

[ISv]

My first Wandering Tattler in two years! The regular public was there too but I didn't bother...

 

[Dragon]

"I have 5 feeders out, but yesterday, everybody wanted this one." - it has a different species of flowers

True . I had to mix up a fresh batch this morning, so I filled it with warm food and they went nuts. They love warm nectar when the weather is cold.

 

[Click]

My first Wandering Tattler in two years! The regular public was there too but I didn't bother...

Well done, ISv.

 

[ISv]

Well done, ISv.

Thanks Click! There was no possibility to make it color on color

 

[ISv]

True . I had to mix up a fresh batch this morning, so I filled it with warm food and they went nuts. They love warm nectar when the weather is cold.

Well... what i did mean is the plastic flowers on the side of the feeders. But who cares - birds will find the best for them!
BTW I love hot coffee in the mornings

 

[docsmith]

A few more from my feeder.

R1, EF 500 f/4. Most are 1/2000, f/4, ISO 3200 to 10,000

Edit...decided to come back and add ISO.
ISO 10,000. Denoise in LR applied.



ISO 5000. Denoise applied


ISO 8000, Denoise applied


ISO 6400. No denoise


ISO 4000, no denoise


ISO 3200, no denoise


ISO 4000; no denoise


ISO 10,000, Denoise applied

 

[Click]

A few more from my feeder.

R1, EF 500 f/4. Most are 1/2000, f/4, ISO 3200 to 10,000

Beautiful series. Several excellent photos.

 

[docsmith]

Thanks Click

 

[ISv]

Today it was disappointing: only Red-whiskered Bulbul... On other hand I have to recognize that not everything around me is "common" in other areas (or it's just missing there!).
Edited: ISO 1250 with 1.5 crop camera (Nikon D500) denoised in DxO PL 8 and shown at low quality (resulting in ~190-230K files).

 

[AlanF]

A few more from my feeder.

R1, EF 500 f/4. Most are 1/2000, f/4, ISO 3200 to 10,000

Edit...decided to come back and add ISO.
ISO 10,000. Denoise in LR applied.
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ISO 5000. Denoise applied
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ISO 8000, Denoise applied
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ISO 6400. No denoise
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ISO 4000, no denoise
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ISO 3200, no denoise
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ISO 4000; no denoise
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ISO 10,000, Denoise applied
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I want your feeder (and the associated birds even more)!

 

[AlanF]

Today it was disappointing: only Red-whiskered Bulbul... On other hand I have to recognize that not everything around me is "common" in other areas (or it's just missing there!).
Edited: ISO 1250 with 1.5 crop camera (Nikon D500) denoised in DxO PL 8 and shown at low quality (resulting in ~190-230K files).

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Only a Red-Whiskered Bulbul - that bird made my visit to Kowloon a success (and even the current jetlag coming back worthwhile!

 

[Del Paso]

Only a Red-Whiskered Bulbul - that bird made my visit to Kowloon a success (and even the current jetlag coming back worthwhile!

This reminds me of an Englishman discovering some orchis militaris in Alsace, France.
He could hardly believe his luck, until I told him that this species is very common in France, Switzerland, Italy etc...
I must have felt like him when I found my first orchis simia in the Lessinia region (Northern Italy).