Comments on: How My Nikon Ruined Me For Bird Watching http://laurakammermeier.com/2009/05/how-my-nikon-ruined-me-for-bird-watching/ Birds, Words, & Websites Wed, 09 May 2012 11:55:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Hey, The Old Birding Thrills Still Resonate! | Birds, Words, & Websites http://laurakammermeier.com/2009/05/how-my-nikon-ruined-me-for-bird-watching/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Hey, The Old Birding Thrills Still Resonate! | Birds, Words, & Websites Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:42:45 +0000 http://laurakammermeier.com/?p=1597#comment-129 [...] out my previous post for the preamble to today’s [...] [...] out my previous post for the preamble to today’s [...]

]]> By: Head on Over To “I and the Bird” #102 | Birds, Words, & Websites http://laurakammermeier.com/2009/05/how-my-nikon-ruined-me-for-bird-watching/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Head on Over To “I and the Bird” #102 | Birds, Words, & Websites Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:45:18 +0000 http://laurakammermeier.com/?p=1597#comment-121 [...] a belated thank you to GrrlScientist for hosting the 101st edition, which included my post on how My Nikon Ruined Me For Bird Watching. I was away slogging through Adirondack bogs when that carnival came through [...] [...] a belated thank you to GrrlScientist for hosting the 101st edition, which included my post on how My Nikon Ruined Me For Bird Watching. I was away slogging through Adirondack bogs when that carnival came through [...]

]]> By: Amber Coakley http://laurakammermeier.com/2009/05/how-my-nikon-ruined-me-for-bird-watching/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Amber Coakley Fri, 29 May 2009 04:17:48 +0000 http://laurakammermeier.com/?p=1597#comment-65 Hi Laura-I too feel like I haven't had a truly great day out birding unless I have some good pictures to bring home with me. I have never been a lister. I came to bird photography from a general digital photography hobby, and a bird epiphany of sorts. I love to sit still in a great spot and study bird (and other wildlife) behavior - they do the darndest things! Happy "shooting." :-) Hi Laura-I too feel like I haven’t had a truly great day out birding unless I have some good pictures to bring home with me. I have never been a lister. I came to bird photography from a general digital photography hobby, and a bird epiphany of sorts. I love to sit still in a great spot and study bird (and other wildlife) behavior – they do the darndest things!

Happy “shooting.”
:-)

]]> By: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) http://laurakammermeier.com/2009/05/how-my-nikon-ruined-me-for-bird-watching/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) Thu, 28 May 2009 16:01:17 +0000 http://laurakammermeier.com/?p=1597#comment-63 <strong>I and the Bird, 101...</strong> The most recent and up-to-date blog carnival about birds and bird watching for you to read and enjoy!... I and the Bird, 101…

The most recent and up-to-date blog carnival about birds and bird watching for you to read and enjoy!…

]]> By: James Spencer http://laurakammermeier.com/2009/05/how-my-nikon-ruined-me-for-bird-watching/comment-page-1/#comment-59 James Spencer Tue, 26 May 2009 19:55:40 +0000 http://laurakammermeier.com/?p=1597#comment-59 I use a dSLR Alpha 100 for photography. I guess the best piece of advice is to focus on the bird's eye. If the eye is in focus it is the difference between an average picture and an out-standing picture. Jim I use a dSLR Alpha 100 for photography. I guess the best piece of advice is to focus on the bird’s eye. If the eye is in focus it is the difference between an average picture and an out-standing picture.

Jim

]]> By: Mike http://laurakammermeier.com/2009/05/how-my-nikon-ruined-me-for-bird-watching/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Mike Tue, 26 May 2009 17:04:27 +0000 http://laurakammermeier.com/?p=1597#comment-57 I know exactly how you feel, Laura! I know exactly how you feel, Laura!

]]> By: Laura http://laurakammermeier.com/2009/05/how-my-nikon-ruined-me-for-bird-watching/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Laura Tue, 26 May 2009 16:37:26 +0000 http://laurakammermeier.com/?p=1597#comment-56 Again, all very good perspectives on the practice of bird photography that make it less like a guilty pleasure and more like a back-to-basics nature appreciation tool! Let's battle nature deficit disorder by making sure every child has his or her own dSLR by age 10! Dawn, you elevate birding bloggers everywhere with the position that our meager photos are still nice to look at! And, by the way, you get some great close-ups with your 20x Canon! I enjoyed your shorebird posts from the Atlantic beaches. Alan, watch out, the dSLR bug has a vicious (and expensive!) bite! But it's so completely awesome and gratifying. Or at least the pursuit of the perfect image is! Life is never about the destination, right? Again, all very good perspectives on the practice of bird photography that make it less like a guilty pleasure and more like a back-to-basics nature appreciation tool! Let’s battle nature deficit disorder by making sure every child has his or her own dSLR by age 10!

Dawn, you elevate birding bloggers everywhere with the position that our meager photos are still nice to look at! And, by the way, you get some great close-ups with your 20x Canon! I enjoyed your shorebird posts from the Atlantic beaches.

Alan, watch out, the dSLR bug has a vicious (and expensive!) bite! But it’s so completely awesome and gratifying. Or at least the pursuit of the perfect image is! Life is never about the destination, right?

]]> By: Alan Tilmouth http://laurakammermeier.com/2009/05/how-my-nikon-ruined-me-for-bird-watching/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Alan Tilmouth Tue, 26 May 2009 16:26:30 +0000 http://laurakammermeier.com/?p=1597#comment-55 I started blogging about birds because I couldnt find the time to get out and bird, now I'm birding and blogging and just about to dive into DSLR, from whose grasp there seems no way back. Slowing down and allowing more of the immediate to permeate can't be a bad thing. I started blogging about birds because I couldnt find the time to get out and bird, now I’m birding and blogging and just about to dive into DSLR, from whose grasp there seems no way back. Slowing down and allowing more of the immediate to permeate can’t be a bad thing.

]]> By: Dawn Fine http://laurakammermeier.com/2009/05/how-my-nikon-ruined-me-for-bird-watching/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Dawn Fine Tue, 26 May 2009 16:01:05 +0000 http://laurakammermeier.com/?p=1597#comment-54 I can relate! I dont have an DSLR but I bought a Canon with a 20x optical zoom..I find I am trying to get that good birdie picture...I really never did much bird photograpy other than some digiscoping. I find that as a learning birder..I am also taking photos to document birds I see..I dont care so much if the photos are art quality.. I also find that I learn a bit more about the bird ..i stick around a bit more trying to get a nice shot. When I download the pics to my computer ..I am re-learning ...looking at the photo again for detail..ID..what other birds did I capture..what are they? I rather enjoy blogs that document birds seen with photos that arent quite in focus...or the bird may be a small dot in the middle of a cloud of leaves. Its not important...Its the excitement..the enjoyment in seeing the bird at all.... I do appreciate the birders who are great photographers as well...but both capture the beauty.. Yes..I saw it...the photos not great..I will try harder...but look what I saw...isnt it cool? I can relate! I dont have an DSLR but I bought a Canon with a 20x optical zoom..I find I am trying to get that good birdie picture…I really never did much bird photograpy other than some digiscoping.
I find that as a learning birder..I am also taking photos to document birds I see..I dont care so much if the photos are art quality..
I also find that I learn a bit more about the bird ..i stick around a bit more trying to get a nice shot.
When I download the pics to my computer ..I am re-learning …looking at the photo again for detail..ID..what other birds did I capture..what are they?
I rather enjoy blogs that document birds seen with photos that arent quite in focus…or the bird may be a small dot in the middle of a cloud of leaves.
Its not important…Its the excitement..the enjoyment in seeing the bird at all….
I do appreciate the birders who are great photographers as well…but both capture the beauty..

Yes..I saw it…the photos not great..I will try harder…but look what I saw…isnt it cool?

]]> By: Laura http://laurakammermeier.com/2009/05/how-my-nikon-ruined-me-for-bird-watching/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Laura Tue, 26 May 2009 15:41:17 +0000 http://laurakammermeier.com/?p=1597#comment-53 "I like being ruined..." Makes the art seem sinfully delicious. : ) You are exactly right about how the photo opps make you pause, slow down, and examine what's in the bush, rather than walking by and ticking it off a list. So instead a linearly progressive evolution of the birding mania, can photog bring a nature lover back full circle? Hmmm.... Thanks for your perspectives, as always. We REALLY need to spend a day shooting together, and I have some ideas of how/where we can test some limits. Laura “I like being ruined…”

Makes the art seem sinfully delicious. : )

You are exactly right about how the photo opps make you pause, slow down, and examine what’s in the bush, rather than walking by and ticking it off a list.

So instead a linearly progressive evolution of the birding mania, can photog bring a nature lover back full circle? Hmmm….

Thanks for your perspectives, as always.

We REALLY need to spend a day shooting together, and I have some ideas of how/where we can test some limits.

Laura

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