Stuck in the greater Atlanta, GA area with nothing but an iPhone, a monocular, and a MARTA pass? No excuse – it’s still birding “go time!” An epic special report from BirdngPI.com’s roving correspondent.
Tucked away amid the swank neighborhoods of Buckhead, GA is the lovely Blue Heron Nature Preserve – stream, wetland, mixed deciduous/tall-pine forest, well-maintained trails. Lots of Brown Thrasher activity. Bird of the outing: Carolina Wren; unfortunately no photos (see commentary below).
iPhone + manual focus monocular = bad bird photography –> hard to gauge sharp (or any) focus, hard to focus quickly, hard to get a bird in the field of view. But probably better than an iPhone by itself. Let us explain:
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Circular image format: uncropped/zoomed out. Normal/rectangular image format: iPhone zoomed in. (All handheld shots; images not cropped in post-processing.) Landscape photos: iPhone w/o monocular.
If you thought focusing on hummingbirds was hard before. Yikes.
At least the trail shots look ok:
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Makes total sense! Thanks!