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Birds - Januari 2003
This is my first 'real
life' birdwatching/digiscoping test. All pictures were made the past few weeks
during a holiday across South Australia.
The pictures are organised
in two series: (1) resized images and (2) cropped images. The aim of this overview
is not to be aesthetically perfect, but to offer insight in the possibilities
of the Maxview40-SwaroATS65-CanonG2 combo.
No Photoshop post-processing has been applied.
What did I learn?
- Focussing is the
hardest part. First, to actually find the bird. And second, to get a sharp
image. Having the scope focussed with the 20-60x eyepiece, does not mean it
is correctly focussed with the Maxview40 eyepiece. A higher resolution LCD
display would be welcome.
- (+) Once focussed,
the limited depth of field allows for some nice effects.
- (+) Most of the
time there is no need for a shutter release. Just point and shoot. (Obviously,
pointing is not trivial.)
- (-) The combined
magnification power (34.5x) is good, but often a bit more would be welcome.
The G3 makes it 45x. Eyepieces with shorter focal length may help as well.
- (+) All images
are 4Megapixel images without vignetting, perfectly suitable for (enlarged)
printing.
- (-) The whole setup
comprises quite some bits and pieces and takes time to set up.
1) Cropped
images
These images are cropped
to 1024x800 pixels. They show the actual pixels as they are registered by the
camera.
Kookaburra
|
Black-faced
Cormorant
|
Grey Butcherbird
|
Black-shouldered
Kite
|
Black-shouldered
Kite
|
Silver Gull
(Juv.)
|
Crested Tern
|
New Holland
Honeyeater
|
Silvereye
|
Yellow Rosella
|
Yellow Rosella
|
Silver Gull
|
Gallah
|
Gallah
|
Apostlebird
|
2) Resized
images
When the bird practically
fills the entire picture, there is no point in cropping. These images were merely
resized topublish them.
New Holland
Honeyeater (Juv.)
|
Australian
Pelican
|
Grey Currawong
|
Kookaburra
|
Grey Butcherbird
(Juv.)
|
Noisy Miner
|