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That Tamron lens is kind of tempting, still a pretty large chunk of cash but for the distance it can zoom and the sample photos I saw it works great.

Moonball Moonball : I discovered that Cornell Lab of Ornithology has a free app in the Apple/android store called Merlin that has a bunch of bird calls and photos for identification purposes. I put a portable speaker out on my balcony area and started using it's bird song/call recordings for cardinals. Turns out the birds will actually respond and chatter back or even come to investigate even though it's a recording. Going to try my luck and use it at a local prairie preserve next weekend to see what I can get to come around. You should give it a shot and see what's in your area.

edit: Female/Male that came to visit our balcony after using the call.
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Moonball

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That Tamron lens is kind of tempting, still a pretty large chunk of cash but for the distance it can zoom and the sample photos I saw it works great.

Moonball Moonball : I discovered that Cornell Lab of Ornithology has a free app in the Apple/android store called Merlin that has a bunch of bird calls and photos for identification purposes. I put a portable speaker out on my balcony area and started using it's bird song/call recordings for cardinals. Turns out the birds will actually respond and chatter back or even come to investigate even though it's a recording. Going to try my luck and use it at a local prairie preserve next weekend to see what I can get to come around. You should give it a shot and see what's in your area.

edit: Female/Male that came to visit our balcony after using the call.
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Cool, I'll have to check that out, crazy thunderstoms right now...:p
 

Tholan

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if you were wondering, a 70cm fall can break your Nikon D810 into pieces, even when in its protective bag.
 
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Moonball

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if you were wondering, a 70cm fall can break your Nikon D810 into pieces, even when in its protective bag.

Tell me you didn't break you D810? I dropped my D800E on the sandy/pebble shore of a stream when I tripped crossing it and threw it to dry land while I went SPLASH. A little dirt but was a-ok.
 
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Hex

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So far it's been raining all weekend, tomorrow night looks promising I hope.

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Hachima

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Here are a couple shots I took in Yellowstone with some various croppings for the same shot. With all the different colors and formations available, I found just a single shot could be broken down into a lot of interesting perspectives.
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Hex

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Got a brief glimpse of open night sky tonight. Hoping tomorrow provides more since the forecast is for clear sky.

While I was setting up and testing settings I managed to snag a shooting star by accident:
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There's so much moisture in the air so it is a little hazy.
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Hex

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Staying up paid off, got a wide open sky (running as many exposures as I can to try and do a time lapse at the moment). Straight from the camera no editing:

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woot!

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Was in Toronto for two weeks, here are a couple shots I made there :
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Hex

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Been an active night out in the bay area of the place we're staying.

Beaver that was coming on land but then got scared off by cranes:
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Asshole cranes that scared off the beaver:
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Hex

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Black tail skimmer:
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Dunno:
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