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Sparrows through Spotting scope

Playing around in the garden, trying our new scope with a Leica de lux 5 compact zoom

It takes some getting used to but I think it will produce some closer Osprey shots.

here's to a good day tomorrow!

This is with the eyepiece on only a 20 zoom and the camera on its full zoom fixed to a swing round bracket, a circle is produced on the L C D first and then camera zoomed until the vignetting disappears . this is from less than thirty feet away

once postiioned carefully it seems to work far better than the SLR which is only manual focus on the scope, fixed , so focusing is hard through the viewfinder,

This method is ideal as focusing is with the scope then the camera swung back in place

a little contrast added and sharpening

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Uploaded on August 2, 2011
Taken on August 2, 2011