too cold in the woods

windoze

i was gonna try to get into the woods ( was looking for the nuthatch "cavity" ) today but it was just too cold....
so i returned home to find the nuthatch at the feeder....and a titmouse on a branch......
" I really did try though "









troy

ginger_55

windoze wrote:

i was gonna try to get into the woods ( was looking for the nuthatch "cavity" ) today but it was just too cold....
so i returned home to find the nuthatch at the feeder....
" I really did try though "
troy

I just have to ask: "How hard did you try???"

Cool Nuthatch!

ginger

windoze

ginger_55 wrote:

I just have to ask: "How hard did you try???"

Cool Nuthatch!

ginger

i live in a wooded area, behind the house theres a small stretch of woods i could explore but i only lasted 15 minutes..... i was so cold my fingertips were purple... I gotta get some gloves


troy

Forehead

Chillin'
Define "cold" for us, wouldjya? Here in SoCal, people think it's "cold" when it's 50 degF.

Try near 60-below (NOT counting the chill factor) where I grew up!

windoze wrote:

i was gonna try to get into the woods ( was looking for the nuthatch "cavity" ) today but it was just too cold....
so i returned home to find the nuthatch at the feeder....
" I really did try though "





troy

windoze

Forehead wrote:

Define "cold" for us, wouldjya? Here in SoCal, people think it's "cold" when it's 50 degF.

Try near 60-below (NOT counting the chill factor) where I grew up!

right now its 6 degrees F, with the wind chill! i dont do well with any temp below 40 degrees F. geesh, i need to move!


troy

Rohirrim

Great captures as always Troy.

gluwater

Great shots as usual Troy. I have to ask, do you use a blind to get these shots, are they crops or full frame? I have tried to get this close to the little guys with not much success. Oh, and BTW the first shot has a little cloing gone bad in the top right corner and the front edge of the feeder.

Eric&Susan

Great shots Troy, I'm really digging that second one.

Eric

windoze

gluwater wrote:

Great shots as usual Troy. I have to ask, do you use a blind to get these shots, are they crops or full frame? I have tried to get this close to the little guys with not much success. Oh, and BTW the first shot has a little cloing gone bad in the top right corner and the front edge of the feeder.

hey,
most of my bird shots are crops..... im about 10-15 feet away.
they birds recognize me and are not afraid of me anymore. They will now EAT from my hand! That said, i do wear a hat that covers most of my head and i always have my eye in the viewfinder, so the birds actually wouldnt see my face at all, it helps....
BTW, I am looking into re-buying the 300 mm f/4


troy


better??

windoze

Eric&Susan wrote:

Great shots Troy, I'm really digging that second one.

Eric

C'mon eric - you like the 2nd one because your into the No# 2! You have twins!!! Its always gonna be 2 with you!!!!

im just kidding - right!

BTW, how are those twins and another big congrats again!


troy

gluwater

windoze wrote:

hey,
most of my bird shots are crops..... im about 10-15 feet away.
they birds recognize me and are not afraid of me anymore. They will now EAT from my hand! That said, i do wear a hat that covers most of my head and i always have my eye in the viewfinder, so the birds actually wouldnt see my face at all, it helps....
BTW, I am looking into re-buying the 300 mm f/4


troy

Thanks for the info. Even though I did end up buying the 400mm f/5.6 I think the 300 is sharper and secretly it is my second favorite lens behind the 50mm f/1.4.

windoze

gluwater wrote:

Thanks for the info. Even though I did end up buying the 400mm f/5.6 I think the 300 is sharper and secretly it is my second favorite lens behind the 50mm f/1.4.

well I was gonna ask you if you wanted to sell it???
and do you like better the repost of image 1?


troy

gluwater

windoze wrote:

well I was gonna ask you if you wanted to sell it???
and do you like better the repost of image 1?


troy

I think if you would have asked me before I went to Florida I would have said yes but I found it very useful there and think I will keep it. But if that changes I'll let you know. Your first post looks better now. I always do that, I upload a shot and then I notice I left something in or forgot to take something out.

Eric&Susan

windoze wrote:

C'mon eric - you like the 2nd one because your into the No# 2! You have twins!!! Its always gonna be 2 with you!!!!

im just kidding - right!

BTW, how are those twins and another big congrats again!


troy

Well 2 is better than 1

As for the twins their doing great, but as you can see I'm posting at 1:30am so sleep is still hard to come by. I should have some new pics up in the people section in the next couple days.

Eric

dallas

Great photos ............Too cold...........:uhoh :uhoh :uhoh