I saw one today on the Santiam River.No ospreys in our hood, eagles tho. Had our first band-tailed pigeon. Waiting for the blacked-headed grosbeaks. Due up from mesoamerica any day now.
Hummers are busy and like our dryer lint. Don’t put out lint if you use softeners....
depending on your budget the Sony RX10 IV is a good bridge camera with fast shutter speeds. It's not great in low light but does a good job on birds in flight that are close to medium. It's really good for landscapes. And you can dumb it down, like I do, to sport mode plus image stabilization to get fast moving shots. I do that because the camera does a better job than me through the viewfinder on figuring on settings/focus/exposure + it corrects for my tremor (that point and shoot would make it really good for kids) It is weather resistant (though won't survive a dunking) and has some great telephoto abilities. It's not particularly heavy, though needs its own bag, and does not have interchangeable lenses, which has its pros and cons. I got tired switching lenses on my old camera, plus on a beach the sand issue is a big one when it comes to lenses, That and more junk in the Kayak than I needed to keep dry. If you want to up the game from there you are pretty much talking big interchangeable lenses on great cameras- Nikons etc, and easily 10X the price of the Sony. (Don't get me wrong, I lust after those huge lenses etc) Hope that helps! Would be curious about others and their setups....May have to look into a camera... Now to figure out what it will be... Suggestions? PM"s are fine...
Anybody seen any osprey back yet? I enjoy watching the game between them and eagles for fish.
I have since advanced to other Sony mirrorless cameras, but when I started my more serious digital photographic journey I started with an RX10. I still have it and still use it on occasion because it's a more compact "grab & go" and walking around camera.depending on your budget the Sony RX10 IV is a good bridge camera with fast shutter speeds.
I have tried get pictures of kingfishers, but they always move when you start to get close. That call they make sounds like they're laughing at you.Haven’t seen any yet, but they should be here any time now.
I also like watching them fish and calls they make.
The belted kingfishers were sure busy this weekend. Tough birds, at least for me to get good pictures of. They tend to always be moving when I encounter them and I’m too slow with the camera to get a good shot.
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These are great points! Bridge cameras are a lot fun and cover almost anything you will come across. For ease of travel, they cannot be beat- as Boot points out.depending on your budget the Sony RX10 IV is a good bridge camera with fast shutter speeds. It's not great in low light but does a good job on birds in flight that are close to medium. It's really good for landscapes. And you can dumb it down, like I do, to sport mode plus image stabilization to get fast moving shots. I do that because the camera does a better job than me through the viewfinder on figuring on settings/focus/exposure + it corrects for my tremor (that point and shoot would make it really good for kids) It is weather resistant (though won't survive a dunking) and has some great telephoto abilities. It's not particularly heavy, though needs its own bag, and does not have interchangeable lenses, which has its pros and cons. I got tired switching lenses on my old camera, plus on a beach the sand issue is a big one when it comes to lenses, That and more junk in the Kayak than I needed to keep dry. If you want to up the game from there you are pretty much talking big interchangeable lenses on great cameras- Nikons etc, and easily 10X the price of the Sony. (Don't get me wrong, I lust after those huge lenses etc) Hope that helps! Would be curious about others and their setups....
Not yet, we have a nesting pair that uses a light stanchion at our football stadium yearly. We anticipate their return shortly. Our digital photo classes love photographing them and named them Nachos and Tina.Anybody seen any osprey back yet? I enjoy watching the game between them and eagles for fish.
I shared this thread with my oldest after an indication of a huge interest.
May have to look into a camera... Now to figure out what it will be... Suggestions? PM"s are fine...
Only can imagine what the interest in birds will become...
They are a rather skittish bird. I ran daily by a local lake and one became accustomed to my presence enough to where it would let me run by it if I didn't look too long. An impressive bird,for sure.I have tried get pictures of kingfishers, but they always move when you start to get close. That call they make sounds like they're laughing at you.
The only times I have got to within 40 feet, I don't have a camera.