{"id":1743,"date":"2010-11-03T05:49:54","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T10:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sipotd.wordpress.com\/2010\/11\/03\/1132010-goldfinch-for-wings-on-wednesday\/"},"modified":"2010-11-03T05:49:54","modified_gmt":"2010-11-03T10:49:54","slug":"1132010-goldfinch-for-wings-on-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=1743","title":{"rendered":"11\/3\/2010: Goldfinch for Wings on Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/Cape-May-NJ-Fall-2010\/13723189_DkwCn#1070357801_3poKW-A-LB\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/Cape-May-NJ-Fall-2010\/IMG4477\/1070357801_3poKW-L-1.jpg?resize=650%2C490\" width=\"650\" height=\"490\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yellow-rumped Warblers were not the only birds to take advantage of Cape May\u2019s smorgasbord on Friday and Saturday. Goldfinches were wherever there were sunflower or thistle heads left standing. Again, they were so busy stoking the migration machine that they allowed unusually close approach. A digiscopers dream. Catching the feeding action, on the other hand, was difficult, especially that \u201changing upside down off the flower head\u201d thing they do. It just does not impress as much in a still image. Once more, late afternoon\/early evening sun picked out the details of the plumage and warmed the shots. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/Cape-May-NJ-Fall-2010\/13723189_DkwCn#1070359169_RDQBN-A-LB\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/Cape-May-NJ-Fall-2010\/IMG4450\/1070359169_RDQBN-L-1.jpg?resize=650%2C516\" width=\"650\" height=\"516\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, of course, I slid the little switch over to video and shot the action in HD. See below.<\/p>\n<p>Stills are Canon SD4000IS behind the 15-56x Vario eyepiece of a ZEISS DiaScope 65FL for equivalent fields of veiw of 1) 2500mm and 2) 1200mm. 1) ISO 400 @ 1\/1000th @ f6.7 (scope limited), 2) ISO 125 @ 1\/400th @ f4 (camera limited).<\/p>\n<p>Blackpoint, Clarity, sharpened, and color adjusted in Lightroom.<\/p>\n<p>Video is a few clips from the SD4000IS edited together.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:inline;float:none;margin:0;padding:0;\" id=\"scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:d3f2eb52-74cc-488c-837d-2af2c88937ab\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\">\n<div><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"904\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ElBkGvObFgA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;hd=1&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"width:448px;clear:both;font-size:.8em;\">Female Goldfinch Feeding!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1743\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=1743&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1743\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=1743&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=1743&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yellow-rumped Warblers were not the only birds to take advantage of Cape May\u2019s smorgasbord on Friday and Saturday. 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