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| Barns Near Lake Winnipeg |
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| Abandoned Brick Mill |
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| Brick Mill Kiln |
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| Rose Isle Fall |
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| Rose Isle Winter |
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| Leaf on Duck Weed |
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| Near Dauphin Manitoba |
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| Frosty Morning |
Saturday, 16 January 2016
Some Scenery Photos From Over The Years
Saturday, 9 January 2016
Assorted Birds - Spring 2015
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| Common Grackle Wet and not looking to happy |
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| Merlin |
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| Mourning Dove |
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| Northern Flicker |
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| Northern Harrier |
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| Red Wing Blackbird |
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| Song Sparrow |
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| Song Sparrow |
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| Starlings |
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| Swamp Sparrow |
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| Yellow Rumped Warbler |
500mm Mirror Lens - 9 Jan 2016
I purchased a cheap mirror lens a several years ago to try and get some extra reach from my Olympus E-510. The in camera stabilization worked alright with it. The biggest problem was manual focus. The increments were so fine I had a great deal of difficulty getting subjects into focus. The small viewfinder on the E-510 didn't help.
It was fun to play with but the results were mostly disappointing.
Here are some of the better results. The Grey Catbird being the best I managed with this lens.
One of the biggest problems I had with the lens was finding birds in bush as I was looking at 500mm if you are off by a few inches it is difficult to find the bird as the lens is full of out of focus foliage and by the time you focus and start hunting many seconds pass. Often the bird would depart before I could locate it.
DOF is very shallow so moving the lens required constant focus adjustments which complicated matters further.
It was fun to play with but the results were mostly disappointing.
Here are some of the better results. The Grey Catbird being the best I managed with this lens.
One of the biggest problems I had with the lens was finding birds in bush as I was looking at 500mm if you are off by a few inches it is difficult to find the bird as the lens is full of out of focus foliage and by the time you focus and start hunting many seconds pass. Often the bird would depart before I could locate it.
DOF is very shallow so moving the lens required constant focus adjustments which complicated matters further.
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| Baltimore Oriole at about 12 feet |
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| Baltimore Oriole at about 7 feet |
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| Baltimore Oriole at about 12 feet |
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| Baltimore Oriole at about 10 feet |
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| Baltimore Oriole at about 10 feet |
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| Baltimore Oriole at about 10 feet |
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| Baltimore Oriole at about 12 feet |
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| Baltimore Oriole at about 12 feet |
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| Chipping Sparrow at about 15 feet |
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| Grey Catbird at about 20 feet. There were 2 side by side facing opposite directions. But I wasn't able to locate them in the viewfinder for probably half a minute or longer due to all the reeds around them. One lost interest in me and departed and I finally got this one. That was one shot I was sorry to have missed. |
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| House Sparrow at about 15 feet |
Saturday, 2 January 2016
Swallows - Summer 2015
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| Bank Swallow One of the few photos we've been able to get of one roosting. |
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| Barn Swallows |
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| Barn Swallows Was focused on the two roosting hoping to get photos of them when they flew off. The 3rd Swallow flew into frame and caused a bit of a stir which worked out well for us. |
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| Barn Swallows |
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| Barn Swallows |
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| Barn Swallows |
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| Northern Rough Winged Swallow These Swallows nest in this spot every year and are another Swallow that we seldom see roosting. |
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| Northern Rough Winged Swallow |
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| Northern Rough Winged Swallow |
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| Northern Rough Winged Swallow |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Tree Swallows Another series of photos where we had focused on the roosting Swallows and a 3rd flies into frame causing the others to react. |
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| Tree Swallows |
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| Tree Swallows |
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| Tree Swallows |
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