Rich Posted October 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2010 I took this with the lens hood pressed against the glass with the flash on normal and it was pretty much black in there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyelcomb Posted October 17, 2010 Report Share Posted October 17, 2010 Bit of a standoff on Saturday... Squirrel couldn't move because it would mean crossing open ground. Dog couldn't move because I told her not to! (Doesn't always work like that, I can tell you). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted October 18, 2010 Report Share Posted October 18, 2010 My dog would have been up that post like a ferret...... nice picture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagitar Posted November 24, 2010 Report Share Posted November 24, 2010 I found an interesting slime mould in the local park this week. The experts used to classify them as fungi but recently there have been arguments to classify them as animals. To the naked eye they look like a clump of rice pudding, but in time lapse you can see them moving. This image is made up from about 100 exposures, one every ten seconds, compiled into a video file running at 30 frames a second. So the visible movement is very slow, but still quite lively for a mould. The quality isn't that good. It was pretty dark and raining hard at the time. Slime mould in motion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyelcomb Posted November 24, 2010 Report Share Posted November 24, 2010 Not sure slime will grab the attention of most of the denizens on here, but interesting nonetheless. Instead, here's Petra in action at the finish of the London to Brighton Veteran run. A more typical pose.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2010 I found an interesting slime mould in the local park this week. The experts used to classify them as fungi but recently there have been arguments to classify them as animals. To the naked eye they look like a clump of rice pudding, but in time lapse you can see them moving. This image is made up from about 100 exposures, one every ten seconds, compiled into a video file running at 30 frames a second. So the visible movement is very slow, but still quite lively for a mould. The quality isn't that good. It was pretty dark and raining hard at the time. Slime mould in motion. Sounds interesting and not something I've heard of before...I will watch the video when I get home tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooflessdriver Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 Friend of mine emigrated back to Texas where she was born and was opening an english tea shop, so wanted some traditional 'english images' Apparently this one is very popular with visitors! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 I found an interesting slime mould in the local park this week. The experts used to classify them as fungi but recently there have been arguments to classify them as animals. To the naked eye they look like a clump of rice pudding, but in time lapse you can see them moving. This image is made up from about 100 exposures, one every ten seconds, compiled into a video file running at 30 frames a second. So the visible movement is very slow, but still quite lively for a mould. The quality isn't that good. It was pretty dark and raining hard at the time. Slime mould in motion. Sounds interesting and not something I've heard of before...I will watch the video when I get home tonight. Forgot to watch this...it looks gross and not something I've ever seen before. Friend of mine emigrated back to Texas where she was born and was opening an english tea shop, so wanted some traditional 'english images' Apparently this one is very popular with visitors! I wonder why that is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagitar Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 The bird feeders are getting a lot of customers in this cold weather. We have had crowds of Goldfinches recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 What a beautiful bird...I think he sensed you photographing him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 Agreed, stunning looking bird, what is it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 The bird feeders are getting a lot of customers in this cold weather. We have had crowds of Goldfinches recently. Agreed, stunning looking bird, what is it Read the post Tony! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 The bird feeders are getting a lot of customers in this cold weather. We have had crowds of Goldfinches recently. Agreed, stunning looking bird, what is it Read the post Tony! It's a picture thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagitar Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 The bird feeders are getting a lot of customers in this cold weather. We have had crowds of Goldfinches recently. Agreed, stunning looking bird, what is it Read the post Tony! It's a picture thread It's definitely a Goldfinch - here's another shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted December 28, 2010 Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 Nothing anywhere near the standard you peeps display but nevertheless here are my two babes..... Honey.... 7yld tart who tugs my forelocks constantly.... And then there's YIP, aka Lexie.... Two years old and suffering from "little dog syndrome", you know the one..... The little dog that's thinks it's much bigger than it is. She yips at everything..... Love them both though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooflessdriver Posted December 28, 2010 Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 And then there's YIP, aka Lexie.... Two years old and suffering from "little dog syndrome", you know the one..... The little dog that's thinks it's much bigger than it is. She yips at everything..... Love them both though Sweet! Funnily enough, Lexie looks like hms car, lexie. Black with a white patch on the front. Except hms' white patch is paint peeling off his bumper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Come to think about it the engine sounds a bit like yip too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagitar Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 It's good to see how many small garden birds have survived the recent weather in apparently good shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted January 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 I've hardly seen any birds apart from pigeons, seagulls, magpies and the pair of crows that like to play chicken with my dog!! I guess you put alot of bird seeds out to attract them to your garden? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMARTLY Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 I've been getting in the last few weeks pigeons, magpies, sparrows, starlings, blue tits, a robin and an occasional woodpecker. I put seed out in feeders the sparrows pick at it and spit most out and some of the others sponge on the pickings. The woodpecker takes the nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyelcomb Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 I've been getting in the last few weeks pigeons, magpies, sparrows, starlings, blue tits, a robin and an occasional woodpecker. I put seed out in feeders the sparrows pick at it and spit most out and some of the others sponge on the pickings. The woodpecker takes the nuts. Same here. The sparrows and pigeons do chuck a lot on the ground and the dunnocks and wrens pick over that stuff. Whilst the woodpeckers do take the nuts, they have to be quick because the squirrels normally get the lion's share! Our newly acquired cat (which just appeared and adopted us) also spends time at the feeder - fairly successfully by the amount of giblets that have appeared on the path recently... The mice & rats also come to the bird tables and the duck's food bowl and a sparrowhawk occasionally pays a visit too. It's a proper food chain in our garden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMARTLY Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 I've got a squirrel too and I've fixed down the lids of the feeders with some garden wire to stop them pinching the nuts. It was too easy for them, now they have to work hard just for nibble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagitar Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 The bright weather brought masses of birds to the feeders today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted January 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 Very nice photos there, amazing what abit of sun does. I was having a look at the EXIF data, is there any reason you took these at 800 ISO considering it was a bright day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagitar Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 Very nice photos there, amazing what abit of sun does. I was having a look at the EXIF data, is there any reason you took these at 800 ISO considering it was a bright day? The feeders are under trees and in the shade of the house once it gets to mid-afternoon. So they were not well lit when I took the pictures. I wanted reasonable depth of field and fairly high speed so high-ish ISO resulted. One of the good things about the 5DII is that it give good noise performance at high ISO. I would like to have taken the pictures earlier but I was busy with other things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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