This is not about a bird sighting but it is so amazing I had to pass it on.
I know that many of you have tried digiscoping. That's how I started out as well. I mostly use my DSLR now but I still stay subscribed to the digiscoping list serve. The following message came through and shows the amazing possibilities of digiscoping. ****************** Many of us enjoy sharing our digi-scoped photos with friends, but I suspect that few of them realize the awesome magnification that can be achieved. Swarovski Optik sponsors an annual contest, where they ask the participants to include a shot of the scene taken before mounting the scope to the camera. I decided to do that yesterday when viewing a male Peregrine Falcon at the Point Reyes National Seashore Lighthouse viewpoint. Bird was about 200 feet + distant and well down the rock outcrop. Scenic photo taken with the 8400 at full zoom (21.6mm). Digi-scope shot also at 21.6mm, and the photo was cropped about 50%. Of further interest, the height of the bird in the original scenic shot is 19 pixels, or less than 1%. Cheers, Len Blumin, Mill Valley, CA Swaro 80HD, 30X, DCA, Nikon 8400. ********************* Here's a link to the photo that Len is talking about. http://www.flickr.com/photos/9062441 at N02/2066302901/ Earl Orf www.earlorfphotos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20071127/ad632c5a/attachment.html
