[missbirdphotos] Re: Intro and hello!
- From: Kristen Eisbrenner <keisbrenner7@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: missbirdphotos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 19:06:16 -0600
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am likely the newest to birding/photography (binocs arriving this
> week) but have long been fascinated by birds and photography
> separately. I moved to the MS coast a little over a year ago but had
> no backyard birds. There were cats crawling all over the yard so I
> didn't put out any feeders. Prior to this, I was in Michigan my whole
> life--lots of birds, lots of nature, and lots of weather.
>
> After moving to another city less than 10 miles away, where they don't
> truck-spray for mosquitoes, I woke up one morning and heard bird
> songs. Hooray! The story goes, of course you all know, that birding
> is great here. Bought a field guide (o.k., 2 new ones), a used Judy
> Toupes book, and pulled out my old Cornell ornithology home study
> textbook.
>
> This weekend was my first trip out, albeit with videocam, to Ocean
> Springs Inner Harbor and Davis Bayou. Saw and filmed two firsts for
> me: an Eastern Bluebird and a Hooded Merganser couple. :)
>
> I work as a pathologist at a VA hospital and love working at the
> microscope. I am trying to learn Photoshop and have been playing with
> Lightroom. My better half is learning all kinds of photography
> techniques (we both have Nikon), and he just ordered a Nikon 300 mm/f4
> to go birding with me.
>
> I've read the the Better Beamer flash attachment is useful in
> birding--not for light, but for enhancing the true color/reflection in
> the feathers. Does anyone have any experience with this? Do the
> birds mind? Do fellow non-camera birders mind?
>
> It's nice to meet you all so far!
>
> Kristen Vigne
> Ocean Springs, MS
>
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