Spotted Towhee

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Posted by John Williams on July 13, 2011 at 1:14 PM

I've been needing to go back and work through some of my really old photos, back to the digiscoping days, and have a few bird shots to post. When I started out I was using a Nikon 880, so considering resolution and noise (forgive the fringing and chromatic aberration) they make excellent postage stamps. Nevertheless, it was a lot of fun back then. Down the road I hope to get a nice telephoto and get back to the birds, but for now I'll have to be satisfied playing with my old stuff and drooling over the great shots the rest of you keep posting.

Posted by Douglas Dietiker on July 13, 2011 at 7:04 PM

You need to turn the red eye reduction on ;) I dont think I have ever seen one of these, pretty darn good for the camera used.

Posted by Scott Smorra on July 14, 2011 at 1:52 PM

I'm amazed you were able to capture this through a digiscope. Looks pretty darn good to me.

Posted by David Bostock on July 15, 2011 at 10:07 AM

John, this is a terrific shot and quite sharp, especially for the tools you were using at the time. Nice to see this.

Posted by Craig Strand on July 15, 2011 at 2:30 PM

A great pose, love the head turn and DOF you captured with the scope, excellent comp.

Posted by Cliff Dodge on July 17, 2011 at 10:59 PM

Beautiful bird captured with a great pose. :)