Digiscoper of the Year Contest
September 13, 2008
Article in: Photography
Swarovski Optik, one of the finest makers of binoculars and scopes, has a fantastic contest for digiscopers. The Digiscoper of the Year Contest allows digiscopers to showcase their shots and win great prizes.
For those unfamiliar, digiscoping is the use of a spotting scope and a digital camera to take photos through what is effectively a really great telephoto lens.
The contest is open for anyone with photos taken through any scope. Our current model of scope isn’t that great so we entered the shots below which were taken with a borrowed Swarovski 80mm HD scope.
The three “Digiscopers of the Year” will win outstandig Swarovski Optik products and the best 20 pictures will be published in the Swarovski Optik Digiscoping Yearbook 2009. A publication fee of EUR 300,- will be paid for this. – Swarovski Website
It is very easy to enter but you only have until 30 September 2008, so get going!
You can probably beat these:
Piping Plover chick
Ruddy Turnstones battling
Shorebird Battles – Ruddy Turnstones
August 10, 2008
Article in: Photography
Getting a chance to digiscope courtesy of Swarovski Optik North America on the Cape of Massachusetts led to some interesting shorebird interactions. Here we have a duel between Ruddy Turnstones that got pretty violent.
Ruddy Turnstone Faceoff
Take Down!! That’s gotta hurt!
Rough fight, yet so beautiful
Not sure what this move is called… wing-flashing face-check?
Ouch!
No ear biting!
Willet acting as Referee – “Break it up you two!”
You can’t get away from me!
The battle ended with no serious injuries. Ruddy Turnstone populations are thankfully stable as they are gorgeous shorebirds. Read more about Ruddy Turnstones from Cornell’s All About Birds.
Check out Birdchick’s video of these battling Ruddies!
All photos digiscoped courtesy of Swarovski loaning out a sweet HD Scope and the Birdfreak Canon Rebel XTi DSLR
