Kookaburra TEC110 fluorite

[gregbradley]

Continuing the birdlife series I have been taking with the fabulous TEC110 fluorite triplet telescope here is one of a Kookaburra yesterday.

It had started to rain and that's what those streaks are - raindrops! Canon 40D, flattener.

http://upload.pbase.com/image/142376966

Greg.

[Rigel003 (Graeme)]

Beautiful image, Greg. sharp in focus and lovely background. I'm sure Yuri wouldn't have guessed it would be used as a kookaburra scope.

[RickS (Rick)]

Yes, very sharp!

[bloodhound31]

Lovely. Just lovely.

Baz.

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by Rigel003

Beautiful image, Greg. sharp in focus and lovely background. I'm sure Yuri wouldn't have guessed it would be used as a kookaburra scope.

Yes that's right! I also posted these bird photos over at the TEC Group. I was surprised by the number who commented and also had a request from an Italian Magazine to print one.
I suppose those big 500mm Nikons and Canons are super expensive so if you can live without autofocus (which would make it hard to catch birdds in flight though) these scopes make a very good alternative.

Originally Posted by RickS

Yes, very sharp!

Cheers Rick.

Originally Posted by bloodhound31

Lovely. Just lovely.

Thanks for that. Especially as your photography site is totally superb.

It gives great Bokeh don't you think? The Bokeh is better with the APS sensor. It wasn't quite as good with a 5D mark ii.

Greg.

Baz.

[prokyon (Werner Probst)]

Wow, so detailed and sharp! This telescope is great.

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by prokyon

Wow, so detailed and sharp! This telescope is great.

Yes the scope is magnificent (and light!). Yuri and his opticians at their finest.

Greg.