Thoughtful pics of fauna...

[scho]

A grey tufted titmouse surveying the seed offering (safflower only) in my BirdBuddy feeder. I ordered this device more than a year ago when it was on Kickstarter and it finally arrived yesterday. It has a solar powered battery and wifi 6 MP camera with a fixed focus and aperture wide angle lens. AI onboard IDs birds that land on the feeder from the image it captures and the image, along with bird id and GPS map location is recorded in a message sent to the app on your phone. The app needs some work to speed up the id process, but it basically works. Misses a lot of the small and quick bird visitors like the tits so hit rate is low. Other issue is extreme lens DOF that results in distracting backgrounds. I tried masking this shot to blur and reduce background exposure.

 

[pegelli]

Raiding the bird feeder


Sony A850 + Minolta 100-400 APO

 

[Knorp]

Not everything perfectly in focus, but I like the background rendering ...
zoo time

| a7r5 | c180 |

 

[scho]

A grey tufted titmouse surveying the seed offering (safflower only) in my BirdBuddy feeder. I ordered this device more than a year ago when it was on Kickstarter and it finally arrived yesterday. It has a solar powered battery and wifi 6 MP camera with a fixed focus and aperture wide angle lens. AI onboard IDs birds that land on the feeder from the image it captures and the image, along with bird id and GPS map location is recorded in a message sent to the app on your phone. The app needs some work to speed up the id process, but it basically works. Misses a lot of the small and quick bird visitors like the tits so hit rate is low. Other issue is extreme lens DOF that results in distracting backgrounds. I tried masking this shot to blur and reduce background exposure.

and another bird selfie. the tiny chickadee:

 

[pegelli]

Lunchtime


Leica M246M + Elmar 50/2.8

 

[scho]

A juvenile red tail hawk hunting for rats that move in and out of the street storm drain below his tree perch.

Panasonic Lumix DC S1R 24-105/4

 

[pegelli]

A cloaked horse on a cold day


M246M + Elmar 50/3.5 (LTM, 1949)

 

[scho]

Big red finally stopped by for lunch and a selfie on the BirdBuddy feeder. The squirrel sitting on the bench in the background looked a bit jealous.

 

[k-hawinkler]

 

[scho]

Just one more for the road.

 

[pegelli]

Stop calling me Ed


Sony A7ii + M-Telyt 200/4

 

[Knorp]

Otis 'The Younger' ...

| m9 | summilux 75/1.4 | 2011 | cropped square |

 

[scho]

This house finch was digging the peanuts.

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[scho]

Busy day at the BirdBuddy feeder. Goldfinch.

 

[scho]

Finally, a couple more from a few days ago during a rain event. Dark day so bad exposures.

White breasted nuthatch

Red breasted nuthatch

 

[scho]

Another house finch visitor to BB.

 

[f6cvalkyrie]

From a walk with my friends of the Natuurfotografen Dijleland group ...
Horses on Vineyard Hill

Stay safe,
Rafael

 

[scho]

Plotting...

Panasonic Lumix S1R SIgma 90/2.8 DG DN

 

[scho]

Three "Bro" male cardinals showed up at the feeder today, no females accompanying them. The BirdBuddy also provides short video clips along with the stills it collects. Click this image for a sample video.

 

[k-hawinkler]

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