Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

[RED-DOG]

Not a very good effort, but it's my first siskin.

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[RED-DOG]

Goldfinches with a greenfinch.

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[rex008]

Nice pics, and demonstrate nicely the quality difference between optical and digital zoom (unless I'm much mistaken).

[tikay]

Terrific photos!

Oppy, Diggie, or Smarty?

I see you have removed your fat balls from the nets - I really did not know until told as much yesterday by David that the nets had to be removed. Whoops.

[RED-DOG]

Nice pics, and demonstrate nicely the quality difference between optical and digital zoom (unless I'm much mistaken).

Well yes Rex. I'm experimenting tbh.

Pic one is taken at my camera's full resolution of 6m and 12X optical before using digital zoom to get to around 24X.

Pic two virtually the same, but I reduced the resolution to 3m, leaving the camera 3m to play with, thereby (theoretically) avoiding too much interpolation.

Does that make sense?

[RED-DOG]

Terrific photos!

Oppy, Diggie, or Smarty?

I see you have removed your fat balls from the nets - I really did not know until told as much yesterday by David that the nets had to be removed. Whoops.

By Jove, I think you're getting it.

Yes. Remove the nets. Even if it doesn't tangle a birds feet it will blow away when it's empty and that stuff never degrades.

[tikay]

Terrific photos!

Oppy, Diggie, or Smarty?

I see you have removed your fat balls from the nets - I really did not know until told as much yesterday by David that the nets had to be removed. Whoops.

By Jove, I think you're getting it.


Yes. Remove the nets. Even if it doesn't tangle a birds feet it will blow away when it's empty and that stuff never degrades.

If only.

The 2nd photo, to my untrained eye, & ignoring the subject, looks much better, fwiw.

What button shall I press?

[RED-DOG]

I've been trying to get some 'action' shots, but the bloody birds won't move while I'm pressing the shutter button.

Why can't they cooperate? It would only take them 1/800 of a second.

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[rex008]

Nice pics, and demonstrate nicely the quality difference between optical and digital zoom (unless I'm much mistaken).

Well yes Rex. I'm experimenting tbh.

Pic one is taken at my camera's full resolution of 6m and 12X optical before using digital zoom to get to around 24X.

Pic two virtually the same, but I reduced the resolution to 3m, leaving the camera 3m to play with, thereby (theoretically) avoiding too much interpolation.

Does that make sense?

Errrr. Probably . I just assumed you hadn't zoomed beyond optical range in the second one.

I mainly commented for the benefit of grandad, tbh. Picture paints a thousand words and all that. With digital zoom you get a nice close up shot, but there is a lot of grain and noise.

Are either of these cropped from the originals? You get a 6m picture with what, 3000x2000 ish, then post it on here at 600x400ish, you get another 5x zoom for free by cropping.

[tikay]

"Grandad"? What? You seen my tree photo?

[david3103]

Tom, does you camera do rapid-fire shots? Maybe in sport-mode or just via the settings?
It does make action shots easier to capture.

[tikay]

Eat your heart out, boys.

I had been saving these (I have 937 of them) for a special occasion, but you've riled me now.

Who wants to see the whole aeroplane, anyway?

PS - I found it VERY hard to get a snap of the complete aeroplane, & spent several hours attempting it. Think I took - genuinely - over 900 shots ("continous mode", so 10 at a time) & failed to even ONCE get a whole aeroplane in shot. I am so shite at this lark.

Click to see full-size image.

Click to see full-size image.

[RED-DOG]

Nice pics, and demonstrate nicely the quality difference between optical and digital zoom (unless I'm much mistaken).

Well yes Rex. I'm experimenting tbh.

Pic one is taken at my camera's full resolution of 6m and 12X optical before using digital zoom to get to around 24X.

Pic two virtually the same, but I reduced the resolution to 3m, leaving the camera 3m to play with, thereby (theoretically) avoiding too much interpolation.

Does that make sense?

Errrr. Probably . I just assumed you hadn't zoomed beyond optical range in the second one.

I mainly commented for the benefit of grandad, tbh. Picture paints a thousand words and all that. With digital zoom you get a nice close up shot, but there is a lot of grain and noise.

Are either of these cropped from the originals? You get a 6m picture with what, 3000x2000 ish, then post it on here at 600x400ish, you get another 5x zoom for free by cropping.

I'm lost now Rex. Posting on here reduces the entire image, it doesn't crop. (Nothing is free).


Apologies to the people who's eyes have glazed over.

[RED-DOG]

Tom, does you camera do rapid-fire shots? Maybe in sport-mode or just via the settings?
It does make action shots easier to capture.

Yes it does David, but only at a rate of 2 frames per second. A lot can happen in half a second. Usually there is a motionless bird in the first frame, and nothing at all in the second one. 

[tikay]

Tom, does you camera do rapid-fire shots? Maybe in sport-mode or just via the settings?
It does make action shots easier to capture.

Yes it does David, but only at a rate of 2 frames per second. A lot can happen in half a second. Usually there is a motionless bird in the first frame, and nothing at all in the second one. 

Or the aeroplane has plum disappeared, & I just get blue sky.