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Success! I took my camera and went for a walk near my office at lunchtime today, and I saw a large hawk on a distant pole. As I approached from a distance, it flew off of it, and towards me. I snapped a few shots of it in flight, then it landed on a pole right in front of my office. I took almost 150 shots as I stood nearby while he perched there for about 20 minutes. Here are 3 chosen more-or-less at random. I have a lot to go through over the coming days!

 

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Success! I took my camera and went for a walk near my office at lunchtime today, and I saw a large hawk on a distant pole. As I approached from a distance, it flew off of it, and towards me. I snapped a few shots of it in flight, then it landed on a pole right in front of my office. I took almost 150 shots as I stood nearby while he perched there for about 20 minutes. Here are 3 chosen more-or-less at random. I have a lot to go through over the coming days!

 

554160b233dca_1flight.jpg

 

554160cbc7f4a_2Perch.jpg

 

554160dd2719a_3Perch.jpg

 

Very nice gotchya moment ...I am so weanting to do this stuff when time allows and money

 

 

Any suggestions on a fair priced starter kit

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Success! I took my camera and went for a walk near my office at lunchtime today, and I saw a large hawk on a distant pole. As I approached from a distance, it flew off of it, and towards me. I snapped a few shots of it in flight, then it landed on a pole right in front of my office. I took almost 150 shots as I stood nearby while he perched there for about 20 minutes. Here are 3 chosen more-or-less at random. I have a lot to go through over the coming days!

 

554160b233dca_1flight.jpg

 

554160cbc7f4a_2Perch.jpg

 

554160dd2719a_3Perch.jpg

That's not a Hawk you Idiot.. that's a Moth. Big difference. ;)

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Very nice gotchya moment ...I am so weanting to do this stuff when time allows and money

 

 

Any suggestions on a fair priced starter kit

 

Thanks Loader. The compression the site uses really  degrades the shots. The RAW images are just awesome.

 

I'm still a novice myself, and my wife and I did a bit of research before settling on the Canon 70D kit that came with 2 good lenses. It helped that I won a Microsoft Surface RT tablet at a trade show, and it came with a gift receipt. I exchanged it + some cash for the kit.

 

It all depends on what your budget is. Get the best camera body (new or used) that fits the budget, plus at least one good lens, and slowly build from there. That's how I built the lens kit that I have for my astronomy hobby. Built slowly and patiently over time, looking for new or used  (mostly used) deals on top lenses. Other than that, I honestly don't know enough yet to even begin to offer good advice. There are a bucket-load of photography forums out there with a lot of good advice.

 

Good luck!

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Well i have finally ditched the point and shoot and bought my self a Nikon D5300,Its a great starter DSLR and not too complicated once you get to know what everything does,which is a whole new learning curve for me.I only have the 18-55mm kit lens at the moment but plan on adding a telephoto and a wide angle lens in the not too distant future.

 

Here are a few shots i took while on a recent trip to Snowdonia in Wales.

 

 

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@ . . . .That looks like a post card WTG!

The desert is a such a great place to shoot pics, people tend to look at the desert as uninteresting .. just a bunch of lifeless sand and "puckerbushes" but that is sooo wrong as your picture here demonstrates what kind of beauty the desert holds.

Get out there and take more pictures . . . .  lots of them  . .   . . .then come back and post them.   :cool:

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@@Astronomer nice job framing that Hawk in flight. Capturing a bird in flight can be tough.

 

What kind of Telescope do you have?

Do you use the same camera with the telescope that you used here on the bird?

 

I have 2 Telescopes and would like to start capturing some images with them.

 

Telescopes, . . The amount shit you can buy for telescopes will definitely put your brain into orbit . . . . .

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@@Astronomer nice job framing that Hawk in flight. Capturing a bird in flight can be tough.

 

What kind of Telescope do you have?

Do you use the same camera with the telescope that you used here on the bird?

 

I have 2 Telescopes and would like to start capturing some images with them.

 

Telescopes, . . The amount shit you can buy for telescopes will definitely put your brain into orbit . . . . .

 

Hi @@Leadfinger, Thanks! I was over the moon when I saw how the hawk in flight shot turned out!

 

See the first post on this thread for camera and info on one of my telescopes. That 'scope is a big hunk-o'-glass, a 4" f8 800-ish mm triplet lens of the highest quality. I have an adapter for it so my camera can connect to it directly. The 'scope then becomes another camera lens. I also have a 13.1" f4.5 reflector that the camera can connect to for short images, mostly of bright solar-system objects. I also have a dedicated solar telescope, and a couple of other specialized telescopes that I can't use the camera with, though there is a very cool adapter that lets me use my smartphone as a camera with these telescopes. That's on my radar to pick up eventually.

 

I haven't dipped my toes into astrophotography yet. I'm primarily a visual astronomer, but my camera and remote-control tracking mount has me itching to try my hand at photographing the night sky. I plan on experimenting with it over the Summer, with the help of friends who have been shooting the night sky for years, and have won awards for their work.

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Some shots from my backyard, one per post. My foot's gimped up, so I stayed close to home. Canon 70D, 55-250mm Zoom/Macro lens

 

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This is a picture I took on my Fuji S4500 just using auto mode, I was quite happy with the result

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tried a little light painting couple weeks back

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tried a little light painting couple weeks back

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Interesting effect, BigD0g.

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As I was walking around the back yard this morning, this scene caught my eye with a nice combination of near and distant, accentuated by the mist and a splash of yellow to draw the eye.

 

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Our little boy.  He loves sitting on the chest by the front window.

 

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Great shot!

simple but good light  . . . and the sweet boy knows how to pose

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tried a little light painting couple weeks back

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Very cool effects @@BigD0g what gave you the idea?

 

Tell us a little about how you did it

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These little beauties gotta be one of the most hated and poisoned little flowers in lawns all over North America

but with the right light and a little patience something as simple as a Dandelion can look so brilliant.

well done @@Astronomer

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Very cool effects @@BigD0g what gave you the idea?

 

Tell us a little about how you did it

sorry all was a little bit in a hurry when i posted.....it was a 30 second exposure on a tripod  i had two led work lights with magnets i put in the fenders to look like headlights one flash with a blue jell on it  in the cab and one flash behind the truck on the ground  that i fired wirelessly  ooohh 6 or 7 times  and then i had a maglight and shined on the truck to light it up the hole time i was taking the picture...

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These little beauties gotta be one of the most hated and poisoned little flowers in lawns all over North America

but with the right light and a little patience something as simple as a Dandelion can look so brilliant.

well done @@Astronomer

 

Thanks @@Leadfinger. I thought the same when I looked at the shot for the first time. I've spent hours p[lucking the little bastards out of my lawn...

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Leave the dandelions there great for the bee's and butterflies  and lord knows we need the bees . I think a great shoot is a yellow field of dandies. Stunning flower makes a great salad and a wine. Rather complete i'd say :)

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Forgot cross your fingers for me I'm off to try and get some shots of a pair of white herons frequenting a swamp not far from here.

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