A Perfect Day for the Cameras and New Ideas
Hi all,
We had a gorgeous Saturday here on Cape Cod this Cinco de Mayo, 2007. The temperature was around 68, light winds, and the sky was quite clear... All told we took roughly 300 bird pictures, of which about 50 were keepers. Thankfully, the unmanned NovaBird did the vast majority of the work, though by its very nature of motion triggering, we got a ton of shots of swaying feeders and whatnot. But it did offer up some 30 great photographs. The first two (a titmouse and an oriole) were from the NovaBird rig...
The next three were taken with the old standby, the Olympus 2100. The titmouse stands proud in the first two shots...
Finally, here's a photo of the "jury rig" used to properly locate the NovaBird camera relative to the oriole feeder. It looks awkward, but worked like a champ!
Now, about those new ideas...
Enjoy the pictures, and see you by the feeders,
CapeCodAlan
As always, comments and your ideas are most welcome!
We had a gorgeous Saturday here on Cape Cod this Cinco de Mayo, 2007. The temperature was around 68, light winds, and the sky was quite clear... All told we took roughly 300 bird pictures, of which about 50 were keepers. Thankfully, the unmanned NovaBird did the vast majority of the work, though by its very nature of motion triggering, we got a ton of shots of swaying feeders and whatnot. But it did offer up some 30 great photographs. The first two (a titmouse and an oriole) were from the NovaBird rig...
The next three were taken with the old standby, the Olympus 2100. The titmouse stands proud in the first two shots...
Finally, here's a photo of the "jury rig" used to properly locate the NovaBird camera relative to the oriole feeder. It looks awkward, but worked like a champ!
Now, about those new ideas...
- We try to keep the image sizes in this blog around 300 to 400 pixels max on a side so that all of you "eBirdseedites" (including those with slower dial-up connections) can quickly and easily see them, and that is how it should be. But occasionally, I'd like to place a link into a post that would allow high-speed users to see some of the photographs in all their glory. (The original picture of the oriole above stands a whopping 2,048 pixels wide by 1,536 high! However, that shot clearly shows the strands of down on the animal's underbelly.)
- Related to the previous bullet, I'm wondering if I can somehow offer a link into our entire bird photo library on the wife's and my file-sharing service. We certainly have the server space, but bandwidth might well become an issue. Hmmm...
- There will come a time this summer when the NovaBird is going to be used for slightly-less-than-preconceived notions. Its uses in places like mud flats, the shores of ponds, trails, and fields are virtually limitless, as are possible subjects. Crabs, seals, both salt- and fresh-water birds, fox, deer, coyote, butterflies, etc., etc., etc. can all unknowingly stand before the shutter.
- Sometime this summer, we'll explore the local conservation areas and see what we can find. And maybe we'll see if we can't find a unique way to take an immediate look at the surrounding woodlands. (Hey! It's not rocket science... Or maybe it is...)
- I'll try to offer a review of popular bird books and sundries...
Enjoy the pictures, and see you by the feeders,
CapeCodAlan
As always, comments and your ideas are most welcome!
Comments
Beautiful birds...great photos!
Reply from CapeCodAlan... Thank you Kathryn... That means a lot coming from you!
Posted by: kathryn chandler | May 7, 2007 2:57 PM