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dpack

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Posted: Thu May 18, 23 10:53 pm Post subject:
mice are nice

dpack

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Posted: Fri May 19, 23 12:45 am Post subject:
full fat looks like a wet print

dpack

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Posted: Fri May 19, 23 1:22 am Post subject:
jigsaw puzzle?

Mistress Rose

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Posted: Fri May 19, 23 7:11 am Post subject:

Mice are very sweet, but only in the right place, not in the house and preferably not making nests in the middle of my birch store. They leave their distinctive odour if not kept out of places.

We were in the woods overnight Wednesday for an early start to the kiln yesterday, and the owls were starting to call. Loads of birds singing in the morning and yesterday evening as the kiln went on a bit. At least 2 thrushes, possibly 3, and lots of others.

Very sadly a pair of bluetits had built a nest in the door of the kiln, and we didn't know anything about it until the kiln was far too hot to do anything about it, when the parents started bringing food back. Hope it was quick. We now have the hole filled with lagging and sealed with fire cement. We will check the kiln carefully before firing again.

dpack

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Posted: Sun May 21, 23 10:01 am Post subject:
mr brack2 seems to have a worm claim staked

dpack

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Posted: Sun May 21, 23 3:34 pm Post subject:

a nice wee crop

maybe 5% of this shoot have promise, flight with more than one bird, fats in the sun and a few others

that one was there, it would be useful if it had been big lens rather than the general purpose one

that seems a bit odd as they were only a couple of meters away

i will have to try it for this sort of snapping, it is a nice lens, but it has mass and momentum i would be best popping on the tripod
not a bad idea, with the video style table and the hand held remote i might get the hang of it

when i played with it before, i did it like aiming a canon

papping people with a big lens is easy, unless they are jumping off the shed roof into a bush over your head

spose take the space and wait, with a big lens, is another option, it has worked in the past

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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Posted: Mon May 22, 23 6:17 am Post subject:
It is a good picture anyway. With birds in particular most of the shots aren't useable. In the days of film our usual shot of ducklings was the tail end just disappearing out of the picture.

dpack

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Posted: Mon May 22, 23 1:50 pm Post subject:
that is rough as it is a quick compress from work in progress the form has promise full fat has plenty to work with, and with 10 times the pixels looks ok at 2 meg it is rather fuzzy

dpack

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Posted: Mon May 22, 23 2:47 pm Post subject:
the full fat of that is ok, 2meg has the shapes

gz

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Posted: Mon May 22, 23 3:57 pm Post subject:

dpack

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Posted: Mon May 22, 23 5:42 pm Post subject:
not doves of peace, iirc 6764 is far from peaceful and will appear soon it is rather special that they will behave like that without being more worried about me than each other i have been surprised at how savage they can be, their taste for dropped mealworms was educational as well am i nurturing weredoves?

Mistress Rose

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Posted: Tue May 23, 23 6:31 am Post subject:
No, just normal pigeons. I am afraid I can't see a lot of anything nice about them.

dpack

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Posted: Tue May 23, 23 7:13 am Post subject:
try geese vs human or the savage ways of the dirty four dozen, compared to them stockdoves are very polite and surprisingly easy to "tame" they tidy the bits the sparrows drop, they are as pretty as many of the exotic birds popular as pets, they all have personalities, it is possible to use them as couriers, and they taste ok if needs be

dpack

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Posted: Tue May 23, 23 11:09 am Post subject:
a rough version of the next one, back to the raw and do it properly as the shapes are quite nice

Mistress Rose

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Posted: Wed May 24, 23 6:51 am Post subject:

I will grant that they are useful if trained, and I am sure they are easy to get to know; they like food. As you say, they taste good too. I occasionally get one when the peregrine misses and drops one in the garden.

I was always terrified of geese when I was a child as they were as big as I was. Had a frightening moment when we were boating up the Thames when son was small with some swans. He was walking along the bank ahead of us at Windsor and walked into a flock of swans. We called him back very gently as we didn't want to upset the swans in case they went for him. He had no fear of them at all.

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