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01-21-2017, 08:29 AM | #11 | ||
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mrsD, Wow! Thank you so much for all the info and I love the photos! I don't know much at all about this as you could see! But wow, your photos and explanation help a lot. I love the fluff container! My parents were winter bird feeders growing up and I always loved the blue jays and cardinals that came to feed. You take great photos! You made my day- thank you so much! I need to read up some more about the visitors to my yard. Thank you so much! |
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01-21-2017, 09:01 AM | #12 | |||
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I am a firm believer that learning a bit of something each day you will enrich yourself and appreciate nature so much more. This link is really good and helpful for learning about birds: . During spring and early summer they run a Red Tailed hawk streaming cam that is fascinating too: . It is not live now however but will be soon. I never was a camera buff or good at photography, but I finally did get a digital camera, and that changed me completely! I use a Sony zoom automatic camera, and it allows me to zoom in on subjects that would be difficult to capture otherwise. Since 2006 I have had 2 of these cameras, and I do confess I don't have 100% abilities on all the features of them. My son is much better and uses a SLR type very well. sigh. Canon, Panasonic and Olympus now make these auto zooms, like Sony and really I think they are lots of fun. No film to be expensive, so you just delete your mistakes. I am also an artist and have had some university level fine art experience as a post degree student. The design courses I took back in the early 70's have strengthened my compositions when taking photos. I also have an older Corel graphics program on my computers --Paint Shop Pro 9-- Which I use to crop and enhance photos that need improvement. When I get off this laptop, I'll put up a few recent drawings to share on this thread. My recent files are on my desktop Training myself and taking some courses in art, has taught me how to fail, and learn from mistakes and move on. Being an artist really teaches one to be patient, and open to new experiences. Apologies to Kiwi for the thread hijack! . Quote:
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01-21-2017, 01:05 PM | #13 | ||
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Hi Kiwi,
What beautiful visitors. Lorikeets and Lories are some of Natures most colorful creations. Do they recognize you when they visit? My new companion Bodhi the blue crowned conure in the two months he has been here has shown a remarkable intelligence. Exotic birds are the greatest. |
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01-21-2017, 04:11 PM | #14 | |||
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Hi stumblefoot
I think that parrots (like your conure) are pretty smart. I don't know if the lorikeets recognise me but they are not afraid - they were about a metre away when I took the photo.
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01-22-2017, 11:53 PM | #15 | ||
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You are so right about digital cameras, when you can take as many pictires as you want and then discard the "bad" ones, all the pressure is off the expensive developing. Thank you again! Hotfoot |
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01-23-2017, 05:08 AM | #16 | |||
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Thanks for sharing your artwork mrsD; I really admire people with that talent
. . Hotfoot, you might like to check out A Field Guide to the Birds of North America - it is published by National Geographic. It has good illustrations and also has lots of helpful geographic information; where and when a bird is likely to be found, where it is likely to breed, etc. I take it with me when I do a trip to the US.
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The Cornell folks now have an app for bird identification, for tablets and smart phones: and they are free.
. I have used this iPhone app 3 times now. They have one for Android now too. Many people believe being an artist requires talent. This is just not true completely. This famous artist explains quickly and humbly: . The Field museum is a huge natural history museum in Chicago. Allow yourself a whole day if you ever get a chance to visit it. . Check out Peggy's website.... it is awesome! . This site is a bit confusing, but very very impressive once you get the hang of it! Anyone can learn the skills for drawing. Betty Edwards has books to teach anyone to draw. One is "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain". It takes patience, learning how to actually SEE and practice--a lot of practice. Wanting to draw and paint, does take desire, however. The right brain does most of the work, and learning how to turn off the critical left brain takes some practice. But once you learn how to let your right brain "free"...there are many benefits besides the art work. I find that it helps relax you, and can even help with pain control. For me "talent" is about 10% and persistence and patience is 90%. Right now I am taking screen shots as references from Safari Live from S. Africa! This is a fabulous learning tool and aid for artists as well: on youtube, Nat Geo wild TV every Sunday, and Facebook etc. I have done one drawing so far from Safari Live: #1 is the screenshot #2 is my pencil drawing
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01-23-2017, 12:44 PM | #18 | ||
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01-23-2017, 12:53 PM | #19 | ||
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I was so impatient when I first started calligraphy, but my teacher would have none of it. So, we did up strokes and downstrokes for weeks before making a letter. It paid off, must know so fundamentals to make it work well. I will try the app and the website. Thanks for the info. If you ever use instagram there are always amazing photos done by the nat Geo photographers and the park services Really beautiful stuff (not that there's any lack of great photos all over the Internet! Have a good day! Hotfoot |
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