Yellow Tail Black Cockatoo through 500D and ED80

[stardust steve]

Hi. I saw this Yellow Tail Black Cockatoo sitting in a nearby pine tree about 50 meters away and decided to give my (new to me) SWED 80 PRO a try at terrestrial photography.
I was happy with how it performed. It was difficult to get a good shot as i was manually holding the scope, looking through the 500D's viewfinder and focusing the ED's focus wheel....an AZ mount would be handy :lol:
I would like to take more images of this bird as the do not stop by all that often for all that long.

[Larryp]

Great photos Steve, particularly hand-holding the scope!:thumbsup:

[stardust steve]

Thanks Laurie. It got quite heavy very quickly :)

[Irish stargazer]

Very nice capture, especially hand held. I use a Skywatcher AZ4 mount with my WO72. These small scopes make great telephoto lenses.