A good friend of mine is an avid birder. He is so involved he's considered an expert by many. Jerry Jourdan. His web site info is in my links page, or go to http://jerryjourdan.blogspot.com/. He's a photography expert both for work and for pleasure. His passion for bird photography has caused him to pursue the art of digiscoping, or photographing birds through a spotting scope using a point & shoot camera, and an adaptor to connect the camera to the scope. This new technology has enabled him and other birders to get involved in a previously expensive pursuit. The cost of cameras, lenses, film (old style) and assorted other equipment used for taking pictures of birds, even common ones, is very prohibitive for many people to consider for a hobby. One could easily spend $10K to $20K for camera equipment, and still have to call in the bird, or get lucky to get close enough then wait for a perfect shot. Sometimes this can be more torture than hobby.
Digiscoping allows Jerry to get much higher magnification images, is much less costly and gives more range so as not to alarm the bird. With any new endeavor there are many problems to deal with but the birders are finding out how to do this and sharing their info. His other blog is devoted just on this topic: "the how's and why's of digiscoping" - http://jerryjourdan2.blogspot.com/. Check out his sites and you may catch the bug yourself, I know I have. I just bought an adapter from Cabela's to get me started and maybe I'll be able to get pics like this...
Just like Jerry.
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