Photography

[jagged lake]

He’s so prettyyyy

The one where he’s looking to the right is my favorite

he’s smiling lol

[narrow pollen]

Nature walks are fun.

Also 56mm lens is surprisingly good for birds.

[verbal laurel]

It is

50 mm is also nice

If you can get close enough ( ps, remote shot with live view on a phone)

[verbal laurel]

@deft garden what u think about the 35 mm 1.4 S Z ?

[deft garden]

35mm is a good usable focal length. 1.4 is a fantastic aperture. But idk how needed it is overall.

I’d rather have my 24-70mm f2.8. I don’t feel like I’m missing out.

[verbal laurel]

Im thinking of buying a new lens

Was looking the 24-70

But idk about price

Since the 50 mm for group photos are pretty much impossible for small environment

Are u using the 24-70 mark 1 ?

[deft garden]

Yes, I bouth the mk I the day before the mk II was announced and released. BUT, its essentially a new coating, faster AF and internal zoom. All I care about is the internal zoom but not 800 USD worth of care.

Ive only done astro with it so far though. Have not taken a single day time photo with it. 😂

[verbal laurel]

I was quoted to cover a 2 night balet event

The problem is

I have no idea how much should I charge

And i have no ideia if my z5 would hold

I have fear that it broke during the shooting

[deft garden]

it shouldnt break doing the shoot, but Id be worried about the 4.5 FPS and AF as the dancers spin around stage.

[verbal laurel]

My z5 is kind old

Like 2021

And after the 180-600 Im pressing more the shutter

[verbal laurel]

Believe or not, I tested it the 50 1.8

Was not bat

Ok, asking for eye tracking was to much

But from 1k photos a few only the focus was lost

Most of time I was using the fewer points

[deft garden]

Yeah, trying to keep them in that box will probably help a lot. Youll be pushing it to the max with that stage lighting too im sure.

But even then, the shutter shouldnt give out even from being in 2021. Its a more modern camera and while mechanical, it shouldnt die at 300k.

[narrow pollen]

One of these is from in-camera adjustments, the other from simple post-processing. Which is better/prettier?

[verbal laurel]

2

[verbal laurel]

well i hope it wont XD

[deft garden]

Agree. 2.

[verbal laurel]

uhmm, https://www.merlinlocacao.com.br/camera-sony-a7r-iv-mirrorless-a7r4-a7riv/ rent a a7r4 would be nice to

pay one day cause the event will be on a weekend

uhm

UHM

oh forget i would need to rent a lens to

fuck

[narrow pollen]

That's interesting. I like the additional detail I see on 2, but the mistiness of 1 also has an interesting quality to it. As a print, I'd definitely prefer 2 though.

[narrow pollen]

A7IV is a curious camera. It is awesome as far as what I've read, and it is one of the few cameras that is roughly the same price in Switzerland as in most of Europe (most cameras are way more expensive in Switzerland than in the rest of Europe). But yes, having a lens would definitely help.

[deft garden]

I think 1 would work better blowing out more of the sky I think. Not all of it, just more of it.

[narrow pollen]

Oh I like that idea.

[deft garden]

You’ll have to share once it’s done. I want to see how it comes out.

[verbal laurel]

not bad for a old camera

[verbal laurel]

what is not expensive in Switzerland

[deft garden]

Oh see. You have a lot of life left.

[verbal laurel]

Yeap

But i set the price considering renting a camera, just in case

Since renting it will come with 2 batteries and 2 fast sd cards

And if use mine, will have to buy at least 1 more

[verbal laurel]

Card and battery

[deft garden]

I def had to buy a second battery when I got the Z8 it eats battery. 🪫

Get the rental early and practice a lot with it. I’d be worried to rent a camera I’m not familiar with and not have it be intuitive

[verbal laurel]

Yeap, I will get 1 day before and in the day of the event

Since is at night

And I'm planning to rent nikon Z 6 iii or Z6 ii ( need better af on bad light)

The learning curve shouldn't be too big

But I'm already wanting a new SD card and battery for my z5, hope nikon dont change batteries format so soon

[verbal laurel]

Aaa the store i would rent dont send by mail

And they are in another estate

[deft garden]

Glad you looked into it now.

[verbal laurel]

XD

well i already accepted the cover the event

so what a better excuse, to buy a nikon Z5 ii

i was looking the z6 iii, but nah, z5 ii is way to better value for money

since i have no idea how to edit videos, so why 6k

that 20 fps looks nice....

[deft garden]

20fps is fantastic.

[verbal laurel]

i was checking this site https://www.e-infin.com/eu/item/19499/nikon_z5_ii_mirrorless_digital_camera_(body_only)

https://www.e-infin.com/eu/item/16436/nikon_z6_iii_mirrorless_digital_camera_(body_only) the z6 iii is not that different in price

like 200 euros

but like

200 =1-2k reals, so idk if is worth honestly

[deft garden]

I don’t know enough about the sensor on the z5ii. Regular sensor with exspeed 7 AF processor? And the 6iii has the partial stacked which idk how I feel about that, does the 6iii have a shutter at all?

With the z8 fully stacked sensor I’ve had zero banding so I’m not worried about that. But if the 6iii has no shutter and partial stacked, I’m not sure how reliable that would be in bad light, higher iso with fats moving dancers.

At least the 5ii has an actual shutter

Google says z6iii better for fast action and more demanding environments.

[verbal laurel]

Make sense

Z5 ii would be more nice

Saddly z8 too much

🥹

[deft garden]

Its so good though. I love it.

Oh the z5ii has 14 fps? Yeah, you should be more than fine with that.

[jagged lake]

mines 8 in the usual mode that’s good

12 in high speed which is crazy fast

R50 does 12/15 which is very nice

[verbal laurel]

Probably, since i already have low fps with z5

[jagged lake]

How many

eek 4.5

my a700 does 4.9 from 2007 :p

A900 from 2009 (24MP FF) does 5

[verbal laurel]

F

🥹

[jagged lake]

I HAVE DONE IT 🧪 🧑‍🔬

COLOR FREAKING FILM

in my OWN HOUSE

[verbal laurel]

Oh no he ons heavy stuff

[deft garden]

20 is amazing for action and air show.

[verbal laurel]

.....

I was looking the nikon z8

Just by curiosity

God

Looks so good

[verbal laurel]

Hehehe

The z180-600 + z5 can see planets

@deft garden @jagged lake @wise patrol

[deft garden]

That’s awesome. NGL, jealous of that shot!!! Nice work!

[deft garden]

It’s amazing. I love it. Doesn’t make me even second guess if I should have gone z9 instead.

[verbal laurel]

Hehehe thanks

Ultra cropped

600 mm at dx mode XD

Miss some more mega pixels to get more details

A nikon z50 probably would be better for the job

[verbal laurel]

In a small sensor

[deft garden]

Even the z8 cropped is super low mp. 45 down to I think 18. Not even 26.

[elder ingot]

Saturn?

[jagged lake]

woww

[jagged lake]

a6700 is probably great for astro - 33MP apsc

but then fuji has 40

but of cours

e

noise performance WILL drop

a lot

[deft garden]

This is what I got from Astro on the z8. 30 images stacked in photoshop. 24mm, f2.8, 8 seconds iso 3200

[deft garden]

and muh moon.

[elder ingot]

better than samsung

[deft garden]

The fullmoon has too much direct sun to get details of the craters so, im going to wait for waining gibbus to get the other half detailed like this and stitch them together.

[verbal laurel]

yeap

[verbal laurel]

still more than z5 XD

[verbal laurel]

nice

u should try stack those with siril

not even 100 photos and im in a small city

https://youtu.be/KMED8_sWu5c?si=cKFgFZovI9308yxw

and windows wont complaining sayind siril is not safe etc etc

just because is not signed

[verbal laurel]

I hate z5 af sometimes

[verbal laurel]

Yeap

Full frames are good for astro if u have a open space image in mind, deep space the small the better

For example some astro camera have 2mp sensors

[jagged lake]

Are you using all the sensors / wide mode, or is that on single point

[verbal laurel]

Single point on dx mode

Z5 af is bad sometimes

And the box was over the bird

[jagged lake]

RIP

[jagged lake]

Another lens cleaned and “repaired”

(Cleaned the oil off the aperture blades so that it could stop down)

Also cleaned the closest internal elements, and both exterior ones

[verbal laurel]

Nice

@deft garden what i think, z5 ii or try tk go to z8 ?

Just for basic usage

[deft garden]

I regret nothing about the Z8. But thats me. You want a new Camera for your shoot you got paid for, z5ii may not be a bad choice either and def work better for you than the z5 does, especially with AF.

[verbal laurel]

I was planning try to go more pro

On it

So I fear the z5 ii may not be enough

The z5 is amazing camera, but af let me in hand a few times

[verbal laurel]

A forget

The z8 is 4k

Us freddom money

[jagged lake]

If you can afford 6iii or 8 go for that

But the z5ii is insane

from what I’ve seen it’s nothing like the i

Anyways the new camera im looking at getting

Is 9 years old

lol

A99 mark ii

I want it so bad

[deft garden]

That’s insane. It was 4k when I got it. Then price dropped to 3500 and now the tariffs kicked in and it’s 4300.

[verbal laurel]

If i earned in usd I probably just buy it anyways

Saddly can't handle a 5-6 times currency exchange

[verbal laurel]

Buy it

👀

[jagged lake]

$1600 At least

[verbal laurel]

Do it

[ember plaza]

I almost died bruh https://www.kkinstagram.com/reel/DNKDuIUJb4p/?

Apparently panavision is rental-only but considering Arri’s lens prices this is probably about 30k$ worth of lens

[elder ingot]

I cringed when he threw it

[ember plaza]

Bitdefender is smoking honestly

Just paste the link on your browser and remove the kk

[verbal laurel]

XD

[elder ingot]

Lol my phone doesn't care

[deft garden]

It’s so foreign to me to have 24-70mm available to me now. I’m really having to focus on how to frame things wide.

[verbal laurel]

I was thinking of buying the 24-70

When need those wide shots I use my phone;-

@deft garden what u think, worth buy a z5 ii ( not because of the shoot, but considering a 2 camera )

[deft garden]

I think it would be just for the AF

[verbal laurel]

Uhmm

I was thinking if is not more worth for now the 28-75 mm 2.8 Z

Since it would cover a range j dont have today 25-50 ( im only have 50 and 180-600)

[verbal laurel]

Mark 2 ou mark 1?

[deft garden]

I love the 24-70 range. It’s a good range to have. I don’t mind the mark 1 at all

[jagged lake]

I have a 16-50 (24-75) and I love it to bits

[narrow pollen]

The Sigma 18-50 (27-75) is my fave. Sharp, small, decently open.

[deft garden]

That’s the mark I

[junior gale]

Impressive!! Color has always been far too much for me to even consider doing at home, nice job 🙌

[jagged lake]

❤️ thank you

It was honestly rather simple :D

Only problem is with heat

I just used a sous vide cooker to keep it warm

Other than that it’s only 2 steps

Dev and Blix then you’re done, there’s a stabilizer bath too but it’s basically just wash

[verbal laurel]

Nice

[verbal laurel]

The 28-75 looks like a nice range, and half price the 20-70 both at 2.8

Don't know if the S would made that difference

For the price

[deft garden]

S glass is soooooo nice. For instagram? No big deal, but printing and showing off, it makes a huge difference.

[jagged lake]

Biggest I have space to print is 8x10

So

Don’t need super crazy glass

[verbal laurel]

worth the 2 time cost ?

and would the 28-75 be that bad in comparisson ?

jupiter and 2 mnoons

@deft garden could u up some shots with the 24-70 on photos ?

i need to wake up early

jupiter is too much down and far at 5:30 pm

got some moons

with a cloud in the front

BROTHERS

AND SISTERS

I FUCKING DID

YEAAAAH

https://tenor.com/view/shikanoko-nokonoko-koshitantan-shikonoko-shika-noko-dance-gif-9552389465683762324

discord is not uploading image.png

ultra fast edit on siril

latter night i will stack 300 photos

wish me luck

[deft garden]

I’ve shared here what I’ve taken so far with the lens. I’ll share more as I use the lens more.

I’ll be bringing it to the air show end of the month too for static displays.

[verbal laurel]

Just so I can see without the discord compress

[deft garden]

Oh yes standby.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Lh4RnEkxHH5jVJ4f8

[verbal laurel]

Thanks

[jagged lake]

colorrr

[verbal laurel]

Coolooor

[verbal laurel]

sometimes i think of selling my nikon equip and migrate to canon

[jagged lake]

don’t :p

I’m thinking of moving from Canon to Sony

[verbal laurel]

canon have oficial suport here :/

nikon leaved

[jagged lake]

Oh

[narrow pollen]

Also went Moon hunting last night.

Not as sharp as CK's, that one eclipses my efforts.

[tawdry forum]

so you guys got to see that 😔

[deft garden]

No red for me being in NA. But still had fun taking full moon photo.

[verbal laurel]

Got sick so no night photos for now

[jagged lake]

I did it.

[jagged lake]

RATATYAATTATATATATATA RAAATATTAATTAATTTTATATATA

https://tenor.com/view/army-hey-man-hold-it-down-its-a-machine-gun-gif-17328516

[verbal laurel]

Heheheh

[verbal laurel]

That looks fun

[verbal laurel]

Not going to lie, that sound good

[jagged lake]

I drove 120mi/2.5 hours (round) to get a camera today lol

Konica FS-1
21mm f4
135mm f3.2

Was $60

Can turn around and sell the 21mm for $300 lol

[verbal laurel]

Amazing what a crop and some gradients can do

[bitter spoke]

First one is a 1/30 handheld pan

[elder ingot]

Very nice

[bitter spoke]

Tanks

[verbal laurel]

Nice

[jagged lake]

Took pics to sell it. This new camera I got with its 42MP is true insanity for macro.

[narrow pollen]

Love the bird, but not a fan of the background. Almost looks greenscreened, not natural.

[verbal laurel]

42 is nice

[verbal laurel]

Yeah

[verbal laurel]

The original was really plain

[verbal laurel]

The background os because of gradients

[narrow pollen]

The original background is a sky, not a plain.

[verbal laurel]

That is some nice pumpkin

[jagged lake]

I found a cliff last night

[limber tartan]

Cliffssssss

[verbal laurel]

Don't fall

[jagged lake]

didnt, dont worry :)

[limber tartan]

Were they the... cliffs of gallipoli?

i probably butchered that spelling tho

[limber tartan]

And did you find a message in the sand?

[elder ingot]

Cliffs of Dover?

[limber tartan]

Smhhhh

Gallipoli is the clearly better reference lol

[elder ingot]

Let me reference songs in peace

[limber tartan]

No

[verbal laurel]

Nice

[jagged lake]

Birds!

[narrow pollen]

Love the red bird, and the brown one with a fluffy tail, that one looks almost posing in motion for you. Very well timed shot.

[jagged lake]

thank you! :)

:p

[tawdry forum]

hey there's a bird that looks familiar

[jagged lake]

Which

The 🦅?

[narrow pollen]

Alvin The Chipmunk means the brown bird with the fluffy tail.

[feral vector]

Rivian 😎

[verbal laurel]

Nice

[tender slate]

Spiked club update

[tender slate]

I know what I’m gonna name my club.
The
||# Heavy Prick||

[jagged lake]

Toucan play it that way

[jagged lake]

Got some leatherette

And I repaired the XGM too

So it works now

And I have 3

[tender slate]

New techwear pants

[urban rune]

The dogs are out 😂

[tender slate]

That’s the third message in the past 5 hours. ISTG, what is it with people and feet?!

[narrow pollen]

No clue. I'm European, we prefer metres here.

[narrow pollen]

You printed out a save icon?

[tawdry forum]

1.4mb of saves

[jagged lake]

Lizard

[verbal laurel]

Lizard

[limber tartan]

Lizard

[tender slate]

sunset 🌅

[tender slate]

I don’t know what this is going to be yet, but it’s something

[jagged lake]

Spinny

[jagged lake]

New old film

[feral vector]

proimage in a costume

[jagged lake]

A cheap costume

Also I don’t entirely believe that it’s proimage- this doesn’t say anything about higher temperatures and that doesn’t say anything about Kodacolor or VR

I firmly believe this is Gold 100

90s emulsion returns

Proimage is much smoother

More classic good look

but kodacolor 200? Oh yeah that’s definitely ColorPlus

I think they just revived its sibling.

Now we wait for Gold 800 (kodacolor 800) to return :)

and KC400

Proimage seems like it was designed for different climates (se Asia) and has different looks

[feral vector]

I thought this existed in disposables still

But also all the cheap color (Kodak) manufactured films are just different versions of the same base (historical base?) emulsion

Which works!

[jagged lake]

It does

I wait for it to return to actual stock

[jagged lake]

I mean I want the original version

Proimage is probably a modified version of kodacolor 100

[verbal laurel]

Fuckkk

[narrow pollen]

Nikon disintegration?

[verbal laurel]

saddly looks like

first the 50 mm 1.8

now the z5

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4646642 looks like my 50 mm

wasnt the only one

saddly my country dont have a nikon repair oficial

[jagged lake]

isnt that just dirt

[tender slate]

I gave him a lanternfly as an offering

[jagged lake]

Wonderful

lady native Carolina Mantis eating an invasive spotted lantern fly

Assuming U.S. or NA

[tender slate]

East Coast USA

[jagged lake]

Yep most likely female Carolina mantis

[jagged lake]

reminding me I really need to edit a bunch

[limber tartan]

Yes probably

[jagged lake]

kk will

some are really good

this camera EATS storage

[elder ingot]

Need 4TB at least

[jagged lake]

I have 6

(I:) is sd card

[jagged lake]

KiNGFiSHER!

male I believe

[jagged lake]

Big ol spider - pretty cool :)

Finally got a really good shot of an Eastern Bluebird

WOAH THIS NEXT IS PERFECT (woodpecker)

[elder ingot]

I like these ones

Eating the wasp

[jagged lake]

I like the nighttime one its moody

but the wasp was so cool

thank you spider!

[elder ingot]

Spider go nom

[jagged lake]

absolutely PERFECT framing my guy, thank you Mr Woodpecker (red-bellied) for posing so nicely :)

fixed color on wings

@wise patrol you said you like photos with things framed in between items - look what Mr Bird did

[jagged lake]

Tufted Titmouse :)

spot the warbler (notoriously fast birds, extremely hard to get photos of)

[jagged lake]

@limber tartan is this enough?

( I still have probably 80gb to go through)

[limber tartan]

That should be good for now haha

[junior gale]

These bird pics are really great 👌

[wise patrol]

Whoa!!! Absolutely perfect framing!!!

[jagged lake]

Thank you!

[jagged lake]

Indeed! He perched in the perfect spot :)

[tender slate]

1 and 4. Red billed woodpecker
2 and 3. White-breasted nuthatch
5-8. Key deer

[limber tartan]

5-8 i believe may actually be a white tail deer no?

[tender slate]

Key deer are a species of white-tailed deer

||I used Google Lens||

[limber tartan]

Oh

That makes sense then haha

I didnt realize there were subspecies to White tailed deer haha

[tender slate]

https://tenor.com/view/happywithoutjt-deer-fat-deer-stan-twitter-gif-12254339369436034648

[jagged lake]

regional diferences but pretty close

red bellied woodpecker

white breasted nuthatch indeed

and whitetail deer

im not fancy enough to have anything but "deer"

[limber tartan]

Right? Lol

[jagged lake]

key deer are from florida and I am... not.

[limber tartan]

I didnt realize there were subspecies until now 😆

[tender slate]

I might have mistyped that. I meant red-bellied

[jagged lake]

fair

ive never heard of red billed but its probably a thing somewhere idk

[limber tartan]

Probably so

Ya know what i miss? The mourning doves :(

[jagged lake]

theyre all over here

they aint gone

unless you mean migrated

do they??????????

[limber tartan]

They might?

I havent recalled hearing any up here in Michigan since ive been up here

[jagged lake]

I wanna see loons

but yall hog all those

I cant have any >:(

he is wonderful

gimme

[limber tartan]

I probably have seen those and havent even realized it haha

[jagged lake]

theyre common

hence the name

but mostly hang out on the lakes

or near

[limber tartan]

Makes sense lol

Imagine not having a lot of lakes

[jagged lake]

[verbal laurel]

Nice

[tender slate]

New rice hat came today

[verbal laurel]

That is nice

[limber tartan]

Hello from the UP of Michigan. Mighty Mackinac bridge and a freighter

[elder ingot]

The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald quietly plays

[limber tartan]

Indeed lol

[limber tartan]

"Touching grass"

[verbal laurel]

nice

[limber tartan]

Yessssss. The UP of Michigan is very prettyyyy

[verbal laurel]

i would live there

https://tenor.com/view/dino-tricks-funny-flip-boating-t-rex-gif-9964650

[limber tartan]

Sameeeee

[verbal laurel]

Really nice

[verbal laurel]

But I prefer the mountains

[limber tartan]

Same honestly lol

[elder ingot]

Smaller Emirates plane. I know the bigger ones have showers on them

[verbal laurel]

First time 1 see one around this area

[limber tartan]

Mackinaw Bridge at night 🤩

[cloud wyvern]

FInally feeling my vibe for photography after a long while.

[tender slate]

Techwear gloves

[desert ivy]

Walking along the water

[desert ivy]

Beautiful!!

[tawdry fossil]

Thanks! I was trying to catch the meteor shower but no luck

[limber tartan]

Some Fall Foliage from the UP this last weekend

So much prettier in person

[jagged lake]

gorgeous

[limber tartan]

Right?

Theres so many scenic places in the western part of the UP we didnt get to

I need to go back 😭

[junior gale]

Did you go to Pictured Rocks? One of your pics looked like it might have been from there

[limber tartan]

We did yes :)

[limber tartan]

we unfortunately didnt get to do the boat tour due to the weather on Lake Superior that day

[junior gale]

Ahhhh so good! Really want to get back up there

[junior gale]

Oof, I bet. We just hiked when we went, but also did Apostle Islands during that same trip and they almost cancelled our boat trip due to weather. Superior is no joke.

[limber tartan]

over 6000 boats have been lost on her waters over the last 100+ years. its crazyyyy, we also went to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point and such. there still so much more to see in the UP we didnt even get to haha, i want to go back next year at somepoint potentially

[jagged lake]

I assume you saw the bell

So cool

[limber tartan]

yessssss

[desert ivy]

Dang, yeah I was out for a bit trying to see some as well. Full clouds (like usual 😅).

[tawdry fossil]

Clouds moved in last night just after midnight

[jagged lake]

Shot some kodacolor the other night

[verbal laurel]

really pretty

[little quartz]

Ordered some things from Japan.

[tender slate]

https://tenor.com/view/stitch-gif-21949630

[desert ivy]

Couldn't buy all the pumpkins I wanted, but I set em up for pix at least 🎃

[jagged lake]

Early morning farm pics in the middle of nowhere

And some birds and bugs!

[tender slate]

Mallard duck, finch red winged blackbird and a female cardinal

dunno wtf that bug is

Shit, I was wrong about the second picture. It’s a red-winged blackbird

The insect is a milkweed bug

[verbal laurel]

That is nice

[verbal laurel]

Those horses are beautiful

[tender slate]

Before and after staining

[urban rune]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQSOdJ-EpEX/?igsh=MWE3YWFqOTd4c2Jybw== that dog was fully trained…

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[verbal laurel]

That is cool

[jagged lake]

Minoltas second best ever film camera

MAXXUM 7!!!

Handles my 150–600 and 80-200 wonderfully :D

Feels and handles like a DSLR

But its FILM :)))))

[junior gale]

oooooooh, late-model film stuff is a fun combo of old and new school 🙂

[jagged lake]

It’s so cool

And yes I love the combination of old and new

Body from 2000 but the 150-600 lens is from 2013

And it can take lenses made from 1985-2019

[tender slate]

Any firearm owners in the server?

[nocturne escarp]

Not something to be talked about in this server 😬

[tender slate]

Oh, ok

[tender slate]

Does anyone here own fake guns from video games, like a laser pistol from Fallout?

[jagged lake]

probably ask #casual this one isn’t the main chat

[verbal laurel]

We have some

And I don't think we have a specific rule on that topic ( dont know why need one ), so better consult the mods

[verbal laurel]

Thinking on cosplay ?

For halloween 🎃

https://tenor.com/view/pose-kay-lynn-syrin-kay-jessie-james-gif-17675438

[elder ingot]

Squirrel

[tender slate]

Greedy pestilent little rodents

Found these stones in my backyard.

[urban rune]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQc48L6jcoW/?igsh=MXEweWc4bXA1aGlsaw==

godwintse

Catch flights, not leaves 🍁🤣.
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Fall, the only time the air gets colder and the colors get warmer.
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🎥 | @godwintse
📍 | @altexdronehub
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#leavesonlyleaves #leavesarefalling #leaves🍃 #leaveonlyleaves #leaveschangin...

Instagram

[tender slate]

https://www.kkinstagram.com/reel/DQc48L6jcoW/?igsh=MXEweWc4bXA1aGlsaw==

AHA

[tawdry forum]

smol pixels

[elder ingot]

Bird

[jagged lake]

love these

[elder ingot]

What bridge is the second one?

[limber tartan]

A bridge

[elder ingot]

[tawdry forum]

ponte 25 de abril

[tawdry forum]

aka Portugals golden gate bridge

[elder ingot]

Something 25th of April

Interesting name lol

[tawdry forum]

bridge 25th of april

the bridge was renamed to honor the 25th of April

many streets are also named after that date

[elder ingot]

What happened that day?

Oh I see now

I googled

[tawdry forum]

25th of April 1975 was when the dictator government was overthrown or however you say it

this year was the 50th year

I think it was 1975 idk I'm bad with years

[elder ingot]

51st

1974

[tawdry forum]

it was after the bridge was built, no clue what the original name was

[tawdry forum]

so close yet so far

the other bridge going into Lisbon is the ponte Vasco da Gama

[elder ingot]

Salazar Bridge

[tawdry forum]

ironic lol

[tawdry forum]

which is like 12km long or something

realllyyyy big

and kinda ugly fromome angles ngl

[tawdry forum]

(that was the name of the dictator)

[elder ingot]

António de Oliveira Salazar

[tawdry forum]

ja

bro fell from a chair 😭

[elder ingot]

I mean that's way less embarrassing than Australia's former prime minister defecating himself in a McDonald's

[tawdry forum]

ok dude 😭

[elder ingot]

Real thing btw

[jagged lake]

Countries that have eastern their prime minister

[elder ingot]

Lol

[jagged lake]

OOOOOH

[also a reminder you dont need new gear - 18 year old DSLR and 40 year old lens]

[jagged lake]

newer set for this one but YEAHHHH DUCK PORTRAIT

[elder ingot]

DUCK

Where's the other duck and the goose?

[jagged lake]

DUCK YEAH

also these are all a 12mp camera (megapickles dont really make it better :p)

the barn and duck are 42mp tho

[tender slate]

PUFFBALLS

[tawdry forum]

"no, but ours fell off a chair and died" 😭

[jagged lake]

hey man it happens

[tender slate]

Shinjuku Gyoen National Park, Tokyo by Danny Dungo

📸 : Roy Pedersen

[little quartz]

USJ, Osaka

Tbh, I wish the lighting was better on this one.

My favourite ride, Raging Spirits, at Tokyo DisneySea.

[verbal laurel]

WOOOOOOW

wait

those were not taken by you, right ?

[verbal laurel]

DUCK !

[tender slate]

No, read the caption

[junior gale]

China Lights installation at a nearby garden

[urban rune]

https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/fcc-takes-next-step-toward-banning-dji-drones-in-the-us/

[jagged lake]

https://ebay.us/m/bTJY4Z

Does this seem like a good deal to you guys?

[narrow pollen]

Honestly, A-mount is difficult to find anything for where I am so it could be, if you have an A-mount camera.

[jagged lake]

I have plenty :)

A-mount is my favorite

A700
A77ii
A99ii

That’s my digital

a-7 (Minolta)
Maxxum STsi
a5 xi
and a bunch of other assorted ones

For film

Also got a 150-600, 80-200/2.8, 16-50/2.8, macro 50, a few primes, etc

I love how the film and digital lenses just work so well together

And I’m not a huge fan of canon

And Nikon is so expensive

A99ii is my favorite, it’s the last/latest/greatest of the DSLTs Sony made, came out in 2016 as their flagship

[narrow pollen]

You already have a 80-200/2.8 so I'm not terribly sure how much an extra 90/2.8 will give you. But I also have a growing collection so I can't really judge anyone else with GAS.

[jagged lake]

Well the 90/2.8 is a 1:1 macro lens

The 80-200 won’t focus closer than about 4 feet

(It’s an old design)

[narrow pollen]

Dang, I can use only 2 feet. But if you think you have a use case, I don't see a reason not to go for it.

[jagged lake]

Fair enough

I might

Ugh I’m torn between the Sony 100/2.8 and the Tam 90/2.8

Sony is screw-drive autofocus but has 399 focus points on my a99ii
Tamron is in-lens motor but can only use 79 focus points

I think I’ll still probably go Tamron because it’ll be quicker and it’s internal not external focusing

[narrow pollen]

For macro you normally manual focus anyway?

[jagged lake]

Yeah that too

Hm

In that case the Tamron doesn’t change size when focusing and I think has slightly better quality

Oh right it’s weather sealed too

[verbal laurel]

do it

have no idea if is worth it

probably it does not

but hey ho YOLO

[junior gale]

Pics aren’t loading for me 😕

Also it’s fun when I recognize a city from over there. Stoke on Trent is where the great pottery throwdown is filmed 😄

[little quartz]

These pictures aren't as cute as when the dog had chin resting on the mirror and then turned to look back at us.

[urban rune]

Winter came early

[narrow pollen]

Would love to have snow here.

[jagged lake]

I got some :D

[jagged lake]

YES

Perfectly sharp photo of squirrel on a branch in the snow with a nut

He’s f a t

[tawdry forum]

no fat shaming

[jagged lake]

It’s good

You got good food

[tawdry forum]

shout out all fat squirrels ✌️

[jagged lake]

Are you fat?

Should be

It’s almost winter

[tawdry forum]

have you seen alvin

[jagged lake]

Yep

[jagged lake]

Not fat

Get fat

Need food

[tawdry forum]

damn 😭

[jagged lake]

Gonna starve

https://tenor.com/view/muerto-gif-16250174877271582365

[jagged lake]

killdeer in da snow

Theyre so pretty with their lil necklaces n whatnot

[narrow pollen]

Cute, especially with the snow.

[desert ivy]

Looks fake almost 😳

[jagged lake]

YESSSS

@tawdry forum

Red-Tailed Hawk - look at the claws!

[verbal laurel]

Nice 🐦

[paper bear]

Not really a photograph but i thought this was cool

[ashen heath]

My Friends Band Midnight City at Eleven music venue in stoke England

Another one from Midnight City

From our visit to Llandudno earlier in the year

[verbal laurel]

nice!

[jagged lake]

Wilson's Snipe

[elder ingot]

https://tenor.com/view/wilson-castaway-sea-lost-gif-6160664

[narrow pollen]

You know, I am not always sure that a single bird can impress me, but toucan!

[verbal laurel]

👀

[narrow pollen]

A beak peek!

[jagged lake]

and a peak beak!

Toucans beaks are the best :)

[narrow pollen]

They really are.

[verbal laurel]

Since you guys liked it so much

[narrow pollen]

twotoucan!

[paper bear]

Some wild supercells lately

[jagged lake]

Got a super wide angle lens

Tokina AF 20-35/3.5-4.5

Was $20

IT LOOKS SO GOOD

[paper bear]

Another thunderstorm cloud, this ones quite small.

[paper bear]

nvm it grew much larger lol

[ashen heath]

With some Friends my trip to Stoke in England this weekend just gone

[gilded dust]

15th Century European royalty jewelry

Kronentor (Zwinger, Dresden Germany)

Church of Our Lady (Dresden Germany)

[verbal laurel]

Wow

[verbal laurel]

Nice place

[verbal laurel]

🥳

[ashen heath]

The moon tonight unusual for here

[icy river]

Taken on an iPhone 14.

@wise patrol, some early Christmas pics. ^^ 🤣

[wise patrol]

Love that second photo!

[icy river]

Same.

And more. I would post another, but it’s too large for here.

@jagged lake ^^^

I know you like cameras and photos.

[jagged lake]

Oooh

Likey

[icy river]

@jagged lake lookie here. 🤣

[jagged lake]

I love the ones of the purple orbs

[bitter spoke]

From my Oregon trip

[feral vector]

There's like a 99% chance I have a picture in the exact same spot

[jagged lake]

Warm in Canada today?

[urban rune]

Bahamas , idk about Canada

[tawdry forum]

the editing is mid tbh

[jagged lake]

I love the door through the hole pic

[gilded dust]

Theatine Church, Munich Germany

[gilded dust]

Austrian Alps

[tawdry forum]

that is a lot of vignette

[ember plaza]

Your vignette has got some photo in it

that is a lot of sharpening

[tawdry forum]

ikr

photos got so fucked up 😭

just pretend you got new glasses

[ember plaza]

Contrast is also off the charts lmao

[tawdry forum]

brother

let me be bad at photography

consider them deleted

[ember plaza]

im sorryyyyy

[tawdry forum]

why

[ember plaza]

I didn’t mean to offend youuuu

[tawdry forum]

you didn't

I just didn't realize how badly I edited those photos 😭

[jagged lake]

☢️ Thorium laced

[narrow pollen]

I did not see what you posted, but when it comes to editing, as a rule, less is more.

[tawdry forum]

no I'm just bad

[narrow pollen]

Practice makes perfect. Also

[icy river]

No. I do not agree.

[narrow pollen]

https://tenor.com/view/evil-dead-army-darkness-be-bad-bad-gif-10896469514103868592

[paper bear]

Talk about golden hour

[verbal laurel]

Someone using lightroom mobile, knows how to optimize it

[verbal laurel]

Nice

[paper bear]

Car

[jagged lake]

Wing spread

[jagged lake]

Fat squirrel collecting leaves for the nest :)

[elder ingot]

Second one looks like he's waving at you

[jagged lake]

Really does

It does, I didn’t see that before

He was grabbing the leaves :) 🍂

[limber tartan]

SS Wilfred Sykes paasing under the Blue Water Bridge earlier today 🫡

Pretty ol gal

[jagged lake]

Beautiful

[limber tartan]

Absolutely. The paint scheme is just beautifulll 🫡

[somber yarrow]

I love it

[somber yarrow]

I have new york squisqui but i dont found it 🙁

[urban rune]

Leading lines

[limber tartan]

SS Wilfred Sykes from earlier this afternoon 🚢

[jagged lake]

you caught her other side

so pretty again

[limber tartan]

Yessirrrr i sure did haha

Very pretty

[junior merlin]

https://tenor.com/view/lizard-lizard-lizard-button-lizard-tom-the-lizard-pixar-gif-17194109322617058326

[ashen heath]

I took this some years back when i was living in England and working in the pottery industry in North Staffordshire on the wedgewood factory

[jagged lake]

Some of my Family

a7
a700
a77II
a99II

[verbal laurel]

Nice

Thinking of buying the Z8, what u guys think?

[urban rune]

Omg…the white lens already screams ik what im doing

[jagged lake]

Awww well thx

[jagged lake]

dewitt

[strong fractal]

Yes

[jagged lake]

NOT the best pic ever but

bald eagle

(Juvenile)

[elder ingot]

The cats duking it out on the fence lol

[little quartz]

They were spooking the deer!

[limber tartan]

Mmmm cinnamon roll

[nocturne escarp]

It's so damn good 😭

[icy river]

In my opinion, the left-most pillar/wall is over-exposed. I’d turn the brightness down a tiny bit.

Good overall though.

[paper bear]

Was probably 150m from the runway, heat distortion ruined the bottom half of these shots

Using my iphone 14P… which overheated in the first 5 mins.

[narrow pollen]

You have some really pretty red friends.

[jagged lake]

I got some incredible bird shots today

Was sunny AND snowing

So

So so pretty

Snow falling in the background behind a Tufted Titmouse on a branch

[ember plaza]

New bag

@tawdry forum Boi what do you think

It’s the Tenba Fulton V2 16L, I can carry about 3 cameras, 2 lenses, 2 extra backs for the hasselblad, filters, laptop, tripod and water bottle

I like it because it doesn’t scream "I’m a photo backpack ! Steal me !" And it also fits under the seat on Ryanair flights

[jagged lake]

Tufted Titmouse - a99ii / Tamron 150-600

BEST photo I've ever gotten of him.
snow and feather in the background, perfect pose, perfect focus, great framing, pretty tree :D

discord really kills it :(

its only 13.8MB

[tawdry forum]

approved

[verbal laurel]

nice

[jagged lake]

Carolina Chhickadee - a99ii / Tamron 150-600

[bitter spoke]

mightt be a bit soft

but damn i love the scenery

[verbal laurel]

Nice

[somber yarrow]

Depend of you i choose A6400 for street ans night photo

[paper bear]

Niceeee

[bitter spoke]

tanks

i woke up at 5 am to go sunrise spotting

[jagged lake]

Pretty bird

[elder ingot]

Absolute unit of a deer

[little quartz]

Would've been cute head-on with the big ears, but maybe another time.

A magpie unexpectedly flew nearby. Then jumped onto its back. Couldn't get a clear shot of that quick encounter.

[elder ingot]

Here's a good one of my cat

And some birds

[urban rune]

So chubby omg I love

[urban rune]

How did u get/make this shot

[urban rune]

That fat one at the end 🤣

[bitter spoke]

So i went to some spot that some other spotters told me about and I woke up at 5 am to catch the sunrise

and yea it was in winter too

So mountains had alot of snow

[urban rune]

Did u just slot the plane in?

[bitter spoke]

Slot?

[urban rune]

Or like was the plane flying in the shot LOL

[bitter spoke]

The plane was flying

[urban rune]

Damnnnnn

It’s so crisp

Sell that to air Canada or smthn

Thts ad/poster worthy

That’s perfect timing wow. Good shot bro

[bitter spoke]

Thanks❤️

Actually means alot

Some more AC shots

[urban rune]

I was on that plane back from Miami, so nice inside

Bluetooth infotainment, I was able to connect my AirPods

[bitter spoke]

I never knew AC actually offered that

The bluetooth

[strong fractal]

poor birb

look at beak

[jagged lake]

she’s needin some vitamins

[strong fractal]

my heart breaketh

[jagged lake]

fr

[elder ingot]

Who stole my cat

[junior merlin]

https://tenor.com/view/catnapping-cat-kidnap-cat-steal-that-was-useful-cat-bag-gif-5865080542707714620

[jagged lake]

Dark-Eyed Junco

[narrow pollen]

Birb!

[junior merlin]

Food

[jagged lake]

Ndeed

[jagged lake]

One bite. He smol.

[junior merlin]

He's the aperitif

[paper bear]

Thoughts on sony A6700? Thinking of getting one

[junior gale]

I love my 6400, only thing I wish it had is in body image stabilization, which the 6500+ do. Ultimately probably depends on price and if it ticks all the boxes for you, but it’s a great camera. You’re not invested in a lens ecosystem yet I assume?

[paper bear]

Right now im going with all sony since nothing really beats native compatibility. Plus my dad already has a sony apsc 70-350mm which would be a perfect fit for the a6700

Only thing im slightly concerned about is the overheating issues when it comes to recording 4k 60fps or higher

It will definitely cook in Australian summer heat

[junior gale]

Ohhhh yeah that is one thing I can't comment on, maybe someone else can weigh in. I just shoot photos and 1080 if I am doing video.

Oof shooting outside, or still pretty warm inside? If you'll have a detached mic you could look into a fan for cooling, I think I remember seeing that as a viable option to help

[paper bear]

Yeah ill be mainly using it for planespotting or as a travel camera. Seems super compact compared to the a7 im using right now.

[paper bear]

I did see those coolers where you flip the screen to the side and put it where the screen would be. Seems to work but heh needs an extra battery

Ill probably figure it out when i get it.

[junior gale]

Yeah that's a little annoying, lol, maybe it will give you enough continuous recording time before needing to let it chill though?

[paper bear]

Yeah i think its like 20 mins of 4k 60fps.

Should be more than enough time

[narrow pollen]

20 mins of 4k60 sounds low, but then again, for photography it doesn't matter as much. And maybe 4k30 is good enough for long videos. I'm on a ZV-E10 and would love the IBIS and backlit sensor of the a6700, but having both cameras doesn't make much sense.

I do love the compactness of the camera, plus the compactness of many APS-C lenses (though smaller FF lenses are also sweet on the tiny body).

[jagged lake]

YESSSS

ive wanted this shot for over a year now

:DDDD

Look at his claws! he has DiNNER!

[limber tartan]

Fish?

[jagged lake]

Yiss

fish foosh

fosh

[limber tartan]

[verbal laurel]

The Fredoom chicken

[ember plaza]

Which airport is it ?

[bitter spoke]

YVR

vancouver

[paper bear]

Only canada has such beautiful backdrops tbh

[paper bear]

Bitta contrail spotting

[jagged lake]

idk if i posted this before

he cutems

[paper bear]

Just bought a sony 200-600mm lens

Spent over half my savings on it lmao, but its worth it

[jagged lake]

worrrrth

[jagged lake]

never seen an a380 myself other than the Intel GPU

[paper bear]

They are huggggggeeeeeee

[verbal laurel]

Nice