The Magee Marsh boardwalk was loaded with warblers yesterday affording everyone up-close views and photo-ops. In anticipation of the close encounters I added newly purchased extension tubes between my camera and 500 mm lens. The 32 mm of extension tubes render my camera rig near-sighted to a point where the far focus (normally ∞) is down to 35' but an advantage is gained on the close focus range which drops from 16' 5" down to 10'8". Did I miss not being able to focus past 35'? Not really, because almost any bird farther than 35' was partially or fully obscured by vegetation. The 6 feet of gained close focus enabled me to get photos of some very cooperative feeding birds
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| Chestnut-sided Warbler eating caterpillar |
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| And an order of flies |
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| Bay-breasted Warbler |
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| Scarlet Tanager |
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| You got a little something right there. |
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| Golden-winged Warbler |
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| Prothontary Warbler |
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| Female Cape May Warbler |
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| Blackpoll Warbler craning for a view |
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| Northern Parula |
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| Common Yellowthroat |
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| Blackburnian Warbler |
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| Black-throated Blue Warbler |
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| Mrs. Black-throated Blue Warbler |
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| Bay-breasted Warbler |
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| No, you're sideways. |
Some interesting non-warblers were also seen.
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| Sora |
