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lyskonoh úzkozobý, samice / Red-necked Phalarope, female (Phalaropus lobatus)

lyskonoh úzkozobý, samice / Red-necked Phalarope, female (Phalaropus lobatus)

lyskonoh úzkozobý, samice / Red-necked Phalarope, female (Phalaropus lobatus)

lyskonoh úzkozobý, samice / Red-necked Phalarope, female (Phalaropus lobatus)

lyskonoh úzkozobý, samice / Red-necked Phalarope, female (Phalaropus lobatus)

lyskonoh úzkozobý, samice / Red-necked Phalarope, female (Phalaropus lobatus)

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Monday, 03 August 2009 21:05

thumb Canon 5D mark II or 1D mark III for wildlife photography?

I have dreamt about a full-frame DSLR for a while and was decided to get one after Canon 5D mark II was announced last year. Still postponing the purchase I finally bought the camera shortly before we left for the Scotland trip – Scotland is a dream country for landscape photography and that also was mainly the reason I was buying the camera. Now, after coming back from Scotland I know that the quick decision and purchase was a good thing! I thought of course about using 5D mark II for wildlife photography but I was sure 1D mark III camera was to still be my prime camera for bird photography…

Last Updated on Monday, 03 August 2009 23:02
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Sunday, 28 September 2008 18:25

thumbRadioPopper - radio remote-flash trigger system with TTL

A new wireless system for remote-flash trigger by radiofrequency signal called RadioPopper was introduced in autumn 2007. Since then there have been two main remote control systems used for triggering off-shoe flashes – the IR system that transmits TTL information from the camera but requires the “line of sight” between the infrared signal source (camera, flash in the “master” mode) and the signal receiver (flash in the “slave” mode) and has limited reach and the radiofrequency system (Pocket Wizard), which has quite long reach and does not need the “line of sight” but it does not transmit TTL information from the master unit to remote flash unit. The newly introduced trigger device RadioPopper brings the best from both these widely used systems...

 

Last Updated on Thursday, 03 February 2011 08:33
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Thursday, 03 July 2008 16:32

Stolen bird-hide

Well, sometimes it is said in Czech Republic that everything that is not tied down with a strong steel chain gets stolen soon or later. I thought that this will not happen with the simple bird hide I made from cheap masking net that I placed close to the Kingfisher burrow at the end of the May. The reason was simple - to let the birds get used to the hide while I was away for one month. I expected to use the hide as soon as I come back at the beginning of July...

Last Updated on Sunday, 05 July 2009 16:27
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Wednesday, 25 June 2008 07:16

thumbSkimmer II – ground pod for wildlife photography

The common rule in the photography about the need to make pictures of live subjects from the level of their sight forces us to go as low as possible with the camera – especially in the case of birds, which move down on the ground or float on the water...

Last Updated on Thursday, 03 February 2011 08:45
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