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LevinadeRuijter THREAD STARTER I'm a bloody goody two-shoes!  23,021 posts Gallery: 457 photos Best ofs: 12 Likes: 15630 Joined Sep 2008 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, EU More info | May 14, 2023 14:22 | #3391 From last week, a Shelduck. Image hosted by forum (1210121) © Levina de Ruijter [SHARE LINK] THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff. Wild Birds of Europe
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CapnJack Cream of the Crop  More info | May 14, 2023 14:49 | #3392 Nice colors on that bird.
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LevinadeRuijter THREAD STARTER I'm a bloody goody two-shoes! 23,021 posts Gallery: 457 photos Best ofs: 12 Likes: 15630 Joined Sep 2008 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, EU More info | May 14, 2023 15:06 | #3393 Capn Jack wrote in post #19518925  Nice colors on that bird. They are colourful birds indeed. Thanks, Jack! Wild Birds of Europe
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sidknee Goldmember  More info Post edited 6 months ago by sidknee. | May 14, 2023 15:15 | #3394 Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19518751 Probably yes.  It’s interesting though. Take your common coot. These birds are very territorial and will fight any other coots stepping over their threshold. But they are very caring parents. When the chicks are small the parents’ whole countenance changes. I find it quite moving. Anyway, the young from a first brood will help raise the young from subsequent broods. Which, for a fiercely territorial bird is maybe remarkable. Herons on the other hand, who are not territorial (they just don’t tolerate other herons in their personal bubble) become downright hostile to their offspring once they have fledged. I've seen at least three different long tailed tits feeding into the same nest, I supposed that the extra bird/s were last years young, don't really know. There certainly is 'no one size fits all' Knowing that the Swifts are back, I went to a location in the harbour, close to my home. There are a few big, old, stately buildings where both House Martins and Swifts breed. I go there every year. So I went there yesterday and sure enough, the Martins have arrived; the sky is filled with them. And there were a number of Swifts flying by too. I came home with a number of really nice pics. Except I can’t process them as my Mac is too old. I have tweaked that Mac Pro to its limit but I can’t access the new camera’s raw files. I also can’t use DPP or Adobe’s DNG converter as it requires a version that my Mac doesn’t meet system requirements for. The R6 was the last camera my OS (Mojave) could handle. I have tried several image viewers and converters and none do a good job. All of them convert the files to 8 bits, some convert to a lesser resolution, some gave me purple tiffs because they can’t read the embedded colour profile. Houston, I have a problem. Well we're looking forward to these pics when you get it sorted, have you tried Darktable? Free, open source and it works with R6II files. I downloaded a few to check. If you want me to show you what it can do send me a raw and I'll process it for you.
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sidknee Goldmember More info | May 14, 2023 15:18 | #3395 Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19518897 By the way, one of the last things I photographed with the R6 was this Greenfinch in the park last week. I actually think it was a first for me. Perhaps they are making a comeback there as well as here, I've seen more this year than ever before. Nice!
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sidknee Goldmember More info | May 14, 2023 15:26 | #3396 I'm way behind with processing, this is from a month ago on the banks of Afon Teifi  DSC00834--2023-04-13--11 by Sid Simmons, on Flickrgreat cormorants
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ChrisLF Senior Member More info | May 14, 2023 17:01 | #3397 The markings really are nice and for a duck it looks really graceful! http://www.flickr.com/photos/hinkleigh/
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ChrisLF Senior Member More info Post edited 6 months ago by Chris L F. | May 14, 2023 17:13 | #3398 Must admit Ihat this year I haven't been going out as much as I should and photographing water bird offspring, partly due to all the rain we've had. And laziness!  http://www.flickr.com/photos/hinkleigh/
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sogs Goldmember  More info Post edited 6 months ago by sogs. | May 14, 2023 18:50 | #3399 Very nice! Chris L F wrote in post #19518880 Just back from a sister-in-laws in Yorkshire and managed a few shots of our usual suspects though the weather was variable. Which had to include a robin! The young blackbird clearly shows that they are part of the thrush family.  IMG_4475-2 by Hinkleigh, on Flickr IMG_4643-2 by Hinkleigh, on Flickr IMG_4572-2 by Hinkleigh, on Flickr IMG_4332-2 by Hinkleigh, on Flickrhttps://flic.kr/p/2oApWxs IMG_4526-2 by Hinkleigh, on FlickrGreat series! Nicely done! Chris L F wrote in post #19518972 Must admit Ihat this year I haven't been going out as much as I should and photographing water bird offspring, partly due to all the rain we've had. And laziness! So I'm posting a previous photo of coot chicks. They're funny looking things aren't they compared with the cute ducklings and goslings. I've never seen a Coot chick. They're quite the cute little thing. Fine capture! Time waits for no one!
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LevinadeRuijter THREAD STARTER I'm a bloody goody two-shoes! 23,021 posts Gallery: 457 photos Best ofs: 12 Likes: 15630 Joined Sep 2008 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, EU More info | May 15, 2023 03:47 | #3400 sidknee wrote in post #19518934 I've seen at least three different long tailed tits feeding into the same nest, I supposed that the extra bird/s were last years young, don't really know. There certainly is 'no one size fits all' Well we're looking forward to these pics when you get it sorted, have you tried Darktable? Free, open source and it works with R6II files. I downloaded a few to check. If you want me to show you what it can do send me a raw and I'll process it for you. Darktable, yes! I had Darktable installed last year (when I tried out the R7 and also couldn't open its files) and it's one of the first apps I wanted to try. Unfortunately I decided to install the latest version of the app and after opening it I got a message that "the database schema has to be upgraded for /Users/Levina/.config/darktable/library.db but clicking "upgrade database" does nothing. After googling it I found a user forum and I think the best thing is to delete everything Darktable from my system and then hopefully reinstalling it will solve the problem. But I much appreciate your offer, Sid. Thank you! sidknee wrote in post #19518935 Perhaps they are making a comeback there as well as here, I've seen more this year than ever before. Nice! Thank you! Wild Birds of Europe
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LevinadeRuijter THREAD STARTER I'm a bloody goody two-shoes! 23,021 posts Gallery: 457 photos Best ofs: 12 Likes: 15630 Joined Sep 2008 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, EU More info | May 15, 2023 03:48 | #3401 sidknee wrote in post #19518937 I'm way behind with processing, this is from a month ago on the banks of Afon Teifi DSC00834--2023-04-13--11 by Sid Simmons, on Flickrgreat cormorants These are nice, Sid. I love their little "crest". Wild Birds of Europe
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LevinadeRuijter THREAD STARTER I'm a bloody goody two-shoes! 23,021 posts Gallery: 457 photos Best ofs: 12 Likes: 15630 Joined Sep 2008 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, EU More info | May 15, 2023 03:50 | #3402 Chris L F wrote in post #19518970 The markings really are nice and for a duck it looks really graceful! They're quite handsome ducks, yes. Wild Birds of Europe
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LevinadeRuijter THREAD STARTER I'm a bloody goody two-shoes! 23,021 posts Gallery: 457 photos Best ofs: 12 Likes: 15630 Joined Sep 2008 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, EU More info | May 15, 2023 03:50 | #3403 Thanks, sogs. Wild Birds of Europe
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ChrisLF Senior Member More info | May 15, 2023 05:07 | #3404 Looked out the kitchen window this morning and.........  IMG_4732 by Hinkleigh, on Flickr IMG_4774 by Hinkleigh, on FlickrThey were calling to others so they are not too far away either. I was wondering if they'd been any ducklings and was going to ask my neighbour, now I know! How they've got to our garden when the adjacent gardens have 1.8m high fences around them I don't know. Haven't seen the parents though. http://www.flickr.com/photos/hinkleigh/
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May 15, 2023 14:29 | #3405 These little guys nested in a wall attached to our house, love the colours of these little birds.  DSC00039 by Jose Raposo, on FlickrSony A1, A7R2
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