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    Norfolk birding

    Thanks very much. Is Titchwell as good a place as any? Probably is, just checking if there's some weird stat that things hardly ever turn up there! Cheers Oscar
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    Norfolk birding

    I'm staying in Norfolk at the moment. I was at Titchwell today, and am going to get out early tomorrow morning. Is there a best place to go for rares? Cheers Oscar
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    D3S or D700

    To be honest, the D7000 is a very good camera; why were you unable to get good flight shots of seabirds? If you have it with both a 300 f2.8 and 500 f4, I am not sure that one bad experience is enough to warrant spening a huge sum of money on an upgrade. Oscar
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    Little Owl Nestbox

    Thanks Marmot I saw this one online: http://www.just-green.com/3624/Just-Green-Little-Owl-Nest-Box-.html?referrer=froogle&utm_source=google&utm_medium=froogle&utm_campaign=pid3624 Oscar
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    Little Owl Nestbox

    Hi all, I am fortunate enough to be in the position where my aunt has a pair of little owls that nest very near her every year. I would like to put up a nestbox, but do not which one. Does anyone have any experience with little owl nestboxes? Thanks Oscar ;)
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    Input please on upgrading from D80 to D700

    As you are doing bird photography, I would go for the D300s. I have it on a Sigma 50-500 and it performs fantastically - the quality is stunning - if you wait for a possible new camera to come out, the price of the D300s will drop. Oscar
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    More anatid hybrids - Rutland Water, UK

    I would agree with barnacle x canada
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    Nikon long lens thoughts

    What about the 200-400?
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    raptors in Portugal, July

    thanks guys for looking at all of them!
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    raptors in Portugal, July

    here are the last ones is number 1 a booted eagle?
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    raptors in Portugal, July

    here are some more!! i think number 1 are honey buzzards.
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    raptors in Portugal, July

    here are some more am i right in thinking that number 10 is a honey buzzard?
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    raptors in Portugal, July

    Here they are, there are more coming!!
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    Help with dull image / exposure correction please?

    If you are shooting against a white sky, the exposure is verydifficult and the sky will never be flattering to the bird! Try to isolate it against a blue background such as shy. Dark grey clouds can look quite nice as well sometimes. Ths sun also helps to bring the bird out from the background...
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    Ducks on water question

    Although it is a widespread belief that ducks like bread, it is not a nutritional source of food for them and so is best not to feed them with it. Have you tried using a hide to get closer to them. Also, try to shoot and the beginning and end of the day, when the light is at its best. Another...
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    Using decoys....

    Do you usre a hide? If so, the should be ok with your presence anyway. Even if you use duck calls, I still think that if you are stnading there on a bank they would see you and prefer not to come closer
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    feather details

    is the image a crop? i think that when it is sharpened, from what i can see here, it makes the drops of water look unnatural-i think maybe you need to get closer to it the light also helps
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    DSLR newbie

    if you use shutter priority, the higher the shutter speed, the lower the aperture will be. The realationship between them will be different as in good light you will be able to achieve a faster shutter speed with say, f8 than you would in bad light. Once the shutter speed has reached the point...
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    UK bird ID

    thanks
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    UK bird ID

    http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FWUn7MUA_Io/SyvrHXYh9dI/AAAAAAAAAxg/QVy2cApkiMs/s1600-h/7C9V7573blog.jpg does anyone know what this is? is it a black redstart? thanks oscar
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    Critically Endangered

    I've only had 2-Grenada Dove -Balearic Shearwater
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    DSLR v Compact ?

    Get a DSLR. It will have the best image quality-something like the D300 from Nikon. Then get a Macro lens. The sigma 70-300 won't give you life size shots, but a specialised prime macro lens will. Because the canon and nikon macros are expensive, go for one like the Tamron 90mm f2.8 SP DI Macro...
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    D300s

    just to let you know I have just tried it and you can still get 7 fps in RAW.
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    D300 Camera Batteries

    pm'ed
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    D200 or D700 or 40D?

    Gaz, Duke Leto, what i meant was if you use the Nikon 300mm f2.8 VR + a 1.7x converter, you will get a 500mm f4.8 with VR. Sorry if it was unclear. ;) As for the image quality of the D300s, Andy Rouse is testing it at the moment and I would wait for his review to come out before nying. He's in...
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