I've just been out looking at the moon and planet alignment through the scope. I can see all the moons around Jupiter with no problem even though it's only 33x zoom. The moon is crystal clear with no distortions. It's impressive for a small scope. I bet with a 60x scope you could even see what flavour of cheese the moon is made out of.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I went for one of these after reading some reviews that said that they were as good as ones that cost a lot more. It was under £300 second hand and scopes with HD glass don't seem to come much cheaper than that. I've seen some great second hand ones for around £500 but my budget wasn't going to stretch that far. I need to get out and try it on some long range stuff before I recommend it too much. It looks good so far though.
Your image of the Goldfinches on your feeder is really good. You've bought well there.
Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
I could definitely do with one of those scopes @wild edges your photo is wonderful and so sharp. I spent ages today trying to take a photo with my iPad through my kitchen window of Mr and Mrs Bullfinch who spent a lot of time on my sunflower feeder but my best shot is still so fuzzy 🙈
Do you tinker with your photos @CatDouch, once you have them on the 'pooter? There are lots of editing options available. It's surprising how big a difference it makes. We used to have a very knowledgeable chap on the forum who talked about it, I couldn't believe the difference it made to all my hill photos. The trick is to stop before the colours get too ridiculous I had a lovely, and a horrible wildlife a couple of days ago. The footpath round the cover is across from the wee NT garden. As I walked past a garden, a little bird flew into a tree there and onto a feeder. I stopped, because I knew it wasn't a robin or anything more common. It was nuthatch. There's loads in the NT garden, but I've not had them in my garden for few years. Lovely to see. Unfortunately, later on walking up the road, there was a little casualty at the edge of the pavement. A siskin. I brought him home. They aren't particularly common here which makes it worse. Drivers speeding on that stretch are a nightmare He's now buried next to the blackbirds my daughter brought home on the bus....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I’m not that much of an expert at tinkering @Fairygirl but I had a go and nothing I tried made it much clearer, as the saying goes “you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear” 😂 it was just too blurry I think, I never think my iPad takes great photos, perhaps I’ll try with my phone today!
I get quite a lot of siskins in my garden, I remember I once found a dead one with a ring on it’s leg and I know the BTO like to gather information about ringed birds so I had the grizzly task of removing the leg to take the tiny ring off so I could read the number. I reported it and waited for the findings … I wondered where it had hatched and if it had come far, when the report came back it had hatched and been ringed only about half a mile away from me and it was 2 years old. I got quite upset removing the tiny leg but I buried the bird in my garden, the markings on it were absolutely beautiful.
This one was absolutely perfect @CatDouch - no marks anywhere. I think it had just happened too as it was still warm, and although the sun had just come out, it wasn't in a site that was getting any at that point. Haven't told older daughter yet. She gets quite upset about it. She's always loved birds, right from when she was a toddler. At least if yours was ringed, there was some info. They aren't present in large numbers around here, and I only get them very, very occasionally in this garden. When we lived round the corner we saw them a little more frequently.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I've no idea how but I went from looking for scope tips to reading about extreme birding. Anyway if you want to read about birding in a war zone too then these links are interesting. Some people just really love birds
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Your image of the Goldfinches on your feeder is really good. You've bought well there.
I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
We used to have a very knowledgeable chap on the forum who talked about it, I couldn't believe the difference it made to all my hill photos. The trick is to stop before the colours get too ridiculous
I had a lovely, and a horrible wildlife a couple of days ago. The footpath round the cover is across from the wee NT garden. As I walked past a garden, a little bird flew into a tree there and onto a feeder. I stopped, because I knew it wasn't a robin or anything more common. It was nuthatch. There's loads in the NT garden, but I've not had them in my garden for few years. Lovely to see.
Unfortunately, later on walking up the road, there was a little casualty at the edge of the pavement. A siskin. I brought him home. They aren't particularly common here which makes it worse. Drivers speeding on that stretch are a nightmare
He's now buried next to the blackbirds my daughter brought home on the bus....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I think it had just happened too as it was still warm, and although the sun had just come out, it wasn't in a site that was getting any at that point. Haven't told older daughter yet. She gets quite upset about it. She's always loved birds, right from when she was a toddler.
At least if yours was ringed, there was some info.
They aren't present in large numbers around here, and I only get them very, very occasionally in this garden. When we lived round the corner we saw them a little more frequently.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...