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I’ve been testing my new camera, a Canon SX50, by taking photos of birds. Lacking time to go and find them in the wild, I resorted to putting out sunflower seeds in a dish on our deck. A house finch came by, and here is its picture.
House finch
House Finch
20 Sunday Apr 2014
Posted in Photography
neihtn 
Beautiful!
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Thank you for stopping by this blog.
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Nice photo and great camera choice for this kind of photography! We love our SX50 for bird and other wildlife shots. I am sure you will have a lot of fun with it.
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Thanks Eric. I am trying out the new camera as much as I can, and some features are amazing, like the button that allows you to zoom out quickly, center your shot, then zoom back in!
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I have recently purchased the same camera model and so far I love it.
I like this photo of the pretty little House Finch on the blue and white dish.
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Thanks, Pat. We’ll have to exchange our experience and possibly tips on using the SX50.
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That is a great capture! The clarity is incredible. Can’t believe you took it through the glass door.
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Amy, the glass door is the only option for now. People say that with time the birds will get used to a photographer and will even feed from his/her hands. I am nowhere near that stage yet.
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Great capture!
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Thank you, glad you like it!
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Isn’t that a sassy little red head! Your new camera is taking some beauties.
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Thank you Sue. I only wish I had more time to use it, like on another long trip somewhere. 🙂
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Sounds like you and I are like minded in the travel wishes. 🙂
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Lucky you to have such pretty local birds, Hien ! – like HJ … Ours are Indian Mynahs and very plain sparrows. 😦
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M.R. even sparrows can look very interesting. I will post some pictures of them, so you’ll see what I mean.
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I await the results. 🙂
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The 50 is doing a great job! I knew the SX40 was out but not the 50. I have the SX30 model, it lacks some of the new modes yours apparently has, as well as a different lens. These are the last step in the point-n-shoot cameras I believe, darn good cameras.
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Thank you for your comments! If this is the last advance for these kinds of cameras, I am very happy to keep mine. By the way, this was taken through the patio door glass, so image quality could be even better out in the open.
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They spread the word, so if you keep the seeds out, you’ll get plenty of birds. The SX50 is certainly excellent for this kind of use.
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So far, the SX50 has been very good, especially its ability to zoom in at 1200mm. As for the seeds, because we have greedy squirrels also, I only put them out when I can watch the deck.:-)
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