Grouse - through a window

Ann McRaeAnn McRae Registered Users Posts: 4,584 Major grins
edited December 29, 2004 in Wildlife
A pair of grouse have moved in to my yard - my daughter described them as big sparrow chickens when she first saw them. I have followed them with the 828 and tcon when they are in the willow (they eat willow branches?!:dunno ), but the shots always have branches obstructing. Today, we found one sitting in the big spruce out our dining room window, so I grabbed the 828 and shot through the glass.
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I am hoping to get some good shots of them without having to shoot through the window.
My other window shot of note is this woodpecker from early last month - there were actually a pair of them here this day:
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ann

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  • Ann McRaeAnn McRae Registered Users Posts: 4,584 Major grins
    edited December 28, 2004
    and here with the 20d
    I also got him through the window with the 20d and the 85mmf1.8(my sports lens - it was on the camera). This is a 100% crop.

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    ann
  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited December 29, 2004
    thanks for sharing, ann.

    so, you've now had a dslr for a month or longer... are you and your 20d now best friends?

    i was thinking about you, and your kids' sports shooting - a lens you may want to look at seriously would be the 135 f/2.0 :D

    cheers
  • Ann McRaeAnn McRae Registered Users Posts: 4,584 Major grins
    edited December 29, 2004
    Hi Andy

    so, you've now had a dslr for a month or longer... are you and your 20d now best friends?
    We have a very good relationship, but I still pull out the 828 often - I am lacking long glass for the 20d. I also still haven't gotten over the lack of a swivel.

    i was thinking about you, and your kids' sports shooting - a lens you may want to look at seriously would be the 135 f/2.0 :D

    The 135 would be great for the back boards and the opposite goal. I pcik one end of the 'field' and stay put the whole game - gets me shots on our net one half and theirs the other.
    I got a monopod and a grey card for Christmas. Setting custom white balance really helps deal with the color shifting caused by the lights recycling. The monopod is taking some getting used to - but now I am forced to concentrate on the center of the field as opposed to along the boards and anywhere else I could get away with. I am pretty sure it is really helping with OOF shots - I think a big number of them were camera shake related.
    Now if I could master good focus every time.....

    ann

    cheers[/QUOTE]
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