#digiscoping — Public Fediverse posts

Perched Cormorants
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, NM

These dead branches on which the birds are perched (and notice their webbed feet) extended over a small pond at the time. Due to drought conditions the pond dried up years ago.

#photo #nature #WildBirds #digiscoping #WildlifeRefuge #NewMexico

The #moon tonight x36 magnification. Sorry for the blurry quality, it was made "free hand" through the window and it's thefirst attempt. I'm still looking for an affordable #digiscoping adapter for my #scope.

#nightsky #digiscope

Waxing Gibbous Moon
Central New Mexico, USA

I was looking for a photo for #MoonMonday and came across this old one. Curiously enough, the moon today is in almost the exact same phase as this 2009 image!

I took this photo using a 5.1 MP Olympus Wide Zoom camera though my Swarovski spotting scope. Don't recall the eyepiece setting.

#space #astronomy #astrodon #moon #photo #digiscoping

Snow Geese on Ice
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, NM

In honor of the Winter Solstice and Throwback Thursday I dug out one of my earliest photos from the refuge. Taken in December 2009 through a spotting scope of geese standing on a frozen pond. I reprocessed it this morning, mostly to increase the size for your viewing pleasure 😎
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#WinterSolstice #ThrowbackThursday #digiscoping #photo #WildBirds #WildlifeRefuge #NewMexico

I wrote about using a spotting scope + iPhone to capture wildlife (and Canada!) from our property on Orcas Island.
https://leelefever.com/digiscoping-from-flattop/ #digiscoping

I was recently gifted a spotting scope by my amazing in-laws and man, I love it.
I’m using a Phone Skope case to attach my phone to the viewfinder and it works really well.
#baldeagle #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #digiscoping #spottingscope

From the same trip: a Hoary Redpoll! This is a target species for birders up here, who are happy to pick just one out in a flock of darker Common Redpolls, and to have it distinct enough to confirm it's truly Hoary and not just a light Common.

We found a flock of 6 foraging together among the alders, and became (very) minor birding celebrities that month.

This is one of the six, another early test of #digiscoping, and one that showcases how difficult crisp focus is to achieve!

Early experiment with #digiscoping bird photos: an American Coot at the Bass Ponds of the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife refuge. This is using the Swarovski ATX scope, most likely with the Swarovski digiscoping adapter, and a Sony a 6300. Taken in April 2016.

Not the most crisp images, but I do love the patterns the feathers make as the bird stretches. Focusing is HARD to get precise when digiscoping!

#birding #birdphotography

Happy Friday! Did some birding while on holiday. Here's a Great Blue Heron through the spotting scope. Like an image in a locket...

#Birdwatching #birding #digiscoping #FeatheredFriendFriday

#MOON and #JUPITER. Recently the Moon was close to Jupiter. Here they are on the left for size comparisons. Then I zoomed in on Jupiter to see its own Moon casting shade on Jupiter.

#astrophotography #photography #moon #jupiter #io #telescope #digiscoping #astronomy #fediverse #local