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Birds of the Garden & Countryside :

Birds of the Garden & Countryside

Birds of the Water & Shore : A new subject for me, but one that I hope to expand and improve upon as I gain experience.

Birds of the Water & Shore

Birds: 2010 : After a 4-month gap (6 weeks of which was spent in Argentina - see separate galleries under that title) and with the end of winter finally in sight, I have started my morning walks again.

This year I am using a new device, a "Flash X-Tender" (known in the U.S. as a "Better Beamer") to provide fill-in flash for some of my long telephoto lens photos. The Flash X-Tender is a fairly simple device, a flat plastic fresnel lens velcroed onto twin arms that attach to the head of an ordinary flash gun - in my case a Canon 580 EX II. The light from this flash would normally be too spread out be effective at the distance of most of these birds, but the fresnel lens focusses it into a much tighter beam, whicvh travels a lot further. The effect is most visible in the small birds that I try to photograph high in the trees. As well as providing better illumination, the fast speed of the flash enables me to get a much sharper picture, despite my preference for hand-holding the camera.

Photos will be captioned (and thinned-out a bit) when I have time!

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