Posted by John Williams on October 25, 2011 at 2:33 PM
Another of my old photos digiscoped with a Nikon 880 and Fieldscope III ED. (This one from 2003.)
Posted by Craig Strand on October 26, 2011 at 9:19 AM
Good Morning John,
Help me, I didn't catch it at first but is that a bird behind the foreground bird, buried in the sand? I'm also pretty weak on shorebird ID, Least Sandpipers? A very nice picture but doesn't look like a nice day at the beach.
Posted by John Williams on October 26, 2011 at 11:32 AM
That's an old seashell half buried in the sand. I believe these are Western Sandpipers, but I'm not the sharpest on them either. It was a sunny day, but very windy with sand blowing by.
Posted by Bruce King on October 26, 2011 at 11:52 AM
I don't know what that technical stuff you mentioned is but I really like the image. It has a soft artistic look I find very soothing and the posing of the birds......very cool.
Very special! By going in close with the digiscoping, you got a look that's uncommon- refreshingly so. Very artistic flavor to it along with a clear impression of nasty weather, in this case, the blowing sand. Look, all their little feets are covered with sand; clearly they are posed for self-protection with all "hatches" battened down. Love it.
Tell us about digiscoping and the field scope. I'm curious.
Posted by John Williams on November 2, 2011 at 2:03 PM
Marylynne, it's a technique of holding or mounting a pocket (usually) camera up to a spotting scope (small telescope), sort of a poor man's telephoto. It's quite limited, needing the right combo of camera and scope, and requires very good lighting because of the small amount of light the scope gathers.
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7 repliesHelp me, I didn't catch it at first but is that a bird behind the foreground bird, buried in the sand? I'm also pretty weak on shorebird ID, Least Sandpipers? A very nice picture but doesn't look like a nice day at the beach.