Bird Photography

[paper anvil]

Don’t worry, I’ve done the same thing.

[bright oxide]

i’m on fuji as well

using tamron 150-500

it’s pretty good

[scarlet tulip]

Do we know if Sigma is bringing the 500/5.6 to X mount?

[bright oxide]

not horrible but not the best

[bright oxide]

there’s no reason for them not to

at some point

might take a few months tho

if they do, it encourages fuji to start doing the same

[scarlet tulip]

It would be a major assist for Fooj birders

[paper anvil]

They did just bring the 100-400 to Fuji X. 👀

[bright oxide]

smol birbs you kinda need closer to 600, 500 just barely works but i tend to crop a little at 500 anyways. but that’s almost 750 ffeq lmao. im also still not the best wildlife photographer but im learning how to comfortably get close to animals

[bright oxide]

not having tripod collar out of box is ass tho

[spring vault]

the YouTube comments under reviews for the sigma 500 are full of Fuji ppl begging lol

[bright oxide]

it’s like an extra $150

[paper anvil]

Yup

[bright oxide]

not surprised LMAO

we get fuji for small size, and then want big lenses LMAO

[paper anvil]

Don’t forget their looks…

[spring vault]

does Fuji limit teleconverters to first party like Sony does?

[bright oxide]

beautiful looks

[bright oxide]

yeah unfortunately

[spring vault]

rip

[bright oxide]

and it’s only for a select few first parties too

only 6 or so lenses can use it

[spring vault]

I dunno if it's sharp enough for 40mpx apsc wide open

I watched a lotta reviews and 26mp is cutting it close

still better than the huge Fuji 600mm f8 zoom

[scarlet tulip]

Anything is better than the cope tube

Well

It is a neat lens

It’s just bizarre

[spring vault]

bigger and slower than a full frame Sony 200-600 lol

[scarlet tulip]

I bet it’s better than a Sigma though

[paper anvil]

Is the Sigma 100-400 (F5-6.3) sharp enough to get quality pics on a apsc-camera with 26 mpx?

[scarlet tulip]

It should be fine

[spring vault]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MIyCMAfWwI&t=574

should stop down to f8

[paper anvil]

Sounds tempting…

[paper anvil]

Will have a look at this tonight. Thank you for the link!

[bright oxide]

have a look at tamron 150-500 OR, get the sigma 150-600 sports and adapt it to fuji

[paper anvil]

I like everything about the tamron except the price at a quick glance. Edit: don’t trust autocorrect 😳

[bright oxide]

used prices are pretty good

[drifting silo]

I read a lot of good things about the tamron.

I initially wanted to get that lens but I found a used sony 200-600 being sold at a good price

Some people find the zoom lock annoying while others find it quite useful. I personally think it may be useful due to the characteristic of the lens. If u max out the zoom to 500mm you would get f6.7, but slightly pull back a bit and you’ll get f6.3
And from the reviews ive read, people utilize the zoom lock feature to lock the zoom at its max distance while maintaining f6.3

And yes the prices are pretty good for a tele. It also has relatively close MFD at the wide end.

[paper anvil]

Odds are I’ll be getting one. That reach would be very nice to have.

[bright oxide]

its a good mid ground to the 100-400 and 150-600, about the same price as 100-400, sharpness is almost the same as 100-400 with the extra reach, and smaller than 150-600, only downside is no teleconverter

[paper anvil]

Is it nice to use handheld or is a tripod required?

[bright oxide]

depends on how strong you are and what experience you have already with heavy lenses lolol

[bright oxide]

me personally i can hand hold it up for about 3 minutes on a subject

[paper anvil]

Experience with heavy lenses are zero. Strong… eh. Average?

[bright oxide]

I dont think anyone will be able to hand hold for too long at a time

[paper anvil]

Reasonable. Tripod a gimbal added to the list. One day…

[bright oxide]

its 5 pounds

• camera and tripod collar, you're looking at about 7 pounds

fuji 150-600 is 3.5 pounds

[drifting silo]

As a scrawny 18 year old, I can handhold the 200-600 just fine. Usually would start getting tired after continuous shooting for more than 2 hours

So you should be fine with the Tamron

[paper anvil]

Hooray!

[drifting silo]

Only lens I would consider not handholding and using a gimbal+tripod or at least a monopod would be those big tele primes

Those are just monstrous

Stabilization on the tamron is so-so if I remember correctly. Its not bad but not great either

Best stabilization is Sigma I think? Im not too sure

The 60-600mm has great stabilization I think

[bright oxide]

18 years old and getting immaculate photos, must be nice

[drifting silo]

As you may have noticed. I havent been sharing any birb photos lately. Exams are killing me

More immaculate photos coming up after exam season

Gonna spend my semester break in the forests and mountains where I belong

[bright oxide]

LMAO

i need to get out more too

uni is tough but im trying to keep my saturdays open to go out

especially since its starting to get warmer, i want to go to a big feeder place

im surprised i found no birds in the winter at this place

i'd expect more since its harder to get food naturally

[drifting silo]

This is my first sem in uni and honestly its a whole shit show.

I dont know how to live the normal uni life like other people aka be social and participate in organizations or activities and whatnot

[bright oxide]

felt that one

[wispy mesa]

Excuse my sidekick but I guess I know what uni you are attending (judt assuming from your town) and I think it's normal. It will get better in the higher semesters as I think they make the first semesters extra hard to get rid of people. So look forward!

[drifting silo]

Wait what howd u know which uni im attending

Oh is it from my Ponttor photo? 💀

That gave it away did it

[wispy mesa]

I know your city from your photos/ Instagram (you had it somewhere obvious, I was. It stalking!) and there are not a lot of unis in our town

[wispy mesa]

Ah yes this!

[drifting silo]

Loll

[wispy mesa]

This Uni is known for the first hard semesters 😉

[drifting silo]

Fr one person I met at the start is already gone now

bro gave up

[paper anvil]

What, these little things?

[wispy mesa]

My brother didnt make it,too. But I believe in you, he was lazy af, and if you work through the first time, it's absolute possible! Just don't make yourself feel bad about it.

It's not you

[drifting silo]

Nah these things

[drifting silo]

Thank you so much for your words of encouragement

Wir schaffen es! 💪

[wispy mesa]

Absolut!

Also your birbs rock

[drifting silo]

Hehe thanks

I visit the zoos around here for the ducks mostly

Theres a bee-eater in Kölner Zoo and lots of ducks

[wispy mesa]

I still need to go to the cologne Zoo with my 400 lens

But I got a decent duck at least

[drifting silo]

Aachener Tierpark is small af. But they have this nice spot for taking photos of ducks in the lake. I believe these are wild water birds so technically wildlife despite taking photos in a zoo

[paper anvil]

Dear lord that thing is an actual lens.

[wispy mesa]

Ah yes right, I forgot aboht it! Have been a while that I have been there, since I don't live there anymore (only work).

[drifting silo]

Best shots were from a park in Herzogenrath

The light there was just wonderful

@wispy mesa just stalked ur ig
The angel shot is very cool

Nice composition and contrast

[wispy mesa]

Thanks!

[wispy mesa]

Oh have you been at gaia yet?

[hidden wyvern]

didnt get much from mondays haul (just nothing too crazy around yet) but im happy with the squirrel, want a bit more blur for the ducks lol

spring is soon though, so birds will come back, wont just be ducks and crows

kind of exciting since im in a new place, new birds, i heard there's tanagers, cardinals and warblers of all kinds in spring/summer

[drifting silo]

Is that the one in the Netherlands?

I havent been there but Ive seen the posters

[wispy mesa]

Yes, in Kerkrade. They have a pygmy hippo ❤️

[paper anvil]

Like the ducks!

[wheat hare]

Kinda hard to see you have to zoom into the tree tops. But these were the Eagle fucks on my way home about five minutes ago

There were more even but they were around the corner a smidge or flying

[ocean pasture]

im super proud of this one

[hidden wyvern]

had a stalker following me on my walk, also was trying something new i learned in lightroom

my favorite kind of pigeon, whiteish grey rock pigeon

[hidden wyvern]

was trying this thing out, which is kinda cool for small touch ups, wonder if any of you can see where it failed (not the foot), got another photo i worked on ill post later which came out better

here's a blurless photo for comparison, i think its handy for say that branch to the right of the bird, just to blur it a bit more. But yeah, just leaving it to do all the work, it can fail in some spots

[plucky yacht]

what aperture was that robin picture shot at?

[drifting silo]

f6.3

Cuz 600mm f6.3

[spring vault]

I got so many good pics today

gonna be spamming a bit lol

as I edit em

🕴️

[scarlet tulip]

These came out nice

[spring vault]

thx

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1198333040448000104/1213633955010445383/DSC08826-Enhanced-NR.png?ex=65f62fb3&is=65e3bab3&hm=1c45851cb81ad5d7d69d9f1645687e58553e761e19c890c24c6c4eafbf31098f&

they fightin

[scarlet tulip]

I’m surprised a dove is standing ground

[broken mantle]

Looks like those cartoon scene where they don’t fall till they look downwards

https://tenor.com/view/wiley-coyote-fall-bye-looney-tunes-gif-8877272

[cursive linden]

Can you use the denoise feature in Lightroom app?

[wheat hare]

I guess since I have to stay up and drive to Seattle today to drop the wife off I may as well take the camera and stop at samish flats and see if I can spot anything.

[hidden wyvern]

heres the photo which i was happy with, almost impossible to find them in nature

green is coming back now too

[spring vault]

allegedly there's a snowy owl nearby

leaving RN to find it lol

[wheat hare]

Get it

[scarlet tulip]

acquire

[paper anvil]

Find it

[spring vault]

I found it

too far for good pics but I tried anyways

I'll see what I can edit when I get home

mega heat distortion so even with a bigger lens it would've been pretty bad

[wispy mesa]

i just love the blue tits in the garden

[icy sparrow]

(i'm mature i'm mature i'm mature i'm MATU-)
i love tits too

[wispy mesa]

It's not my fault that they are called like this in English

[icy sparrow]

it's not just them, there are (blue-footed) boobies too

[wispy mesa]

Haha 😄

I didn't know them yet

[wispy mesa]

[icy sparrow]

[spring vault]

https://imgur.com/tzJTDJu

[drifting silo]

That heat wave is crazy

[spring vault]

that vid is cropped to like 2000mm lmao

Tried taking pics but theyre completely unrecognisable for some reason so all I got is the vid

[wheat hare]

Having a hard time finding raptors today.

[finite flower]

dis ones a good one

[wheat hare]

All the black dots be bald eagles. 🦅

[spring vault]

wowee

he walkin

[bright oxide]

bros got cctv footage lmao

was there no way to get any closer?

[spring vault]

was an airport

[bright oxide]

sometimes you gotta break the rules for the shot LMAO

[wheat hare]

https://tenor.com/view/what-gif-25726276

[scarlet tulip]

yeah, just go onto airport property

you'll get the shot, and then get shot

[mint warren]

Flying to Singapore wednesday, but will have to wait for a clear day to do bird photography

[mint warren]

or atleast a clear window

forcast does not look promising

[finite flower]

welcome to singapore

@hardy fox shoots birds, and hes singaporean so you can ask him for some locations and stuff

[mint warren]

I'm mostly going to do Gardens by the bay

[hardy fox]

nice

any botanic gardens?

also our weather is like highly variable so better to check on the morning itself

[mint warren]

Yeah thats hte plan

Did Botanic gardens last time

Might do Milk shed

[hardy fox]

whats milk shed

[mint warren]

Definitely Pasir Ris

[hardy fox]

yeah thats also nice

a few resident owls there

[mint warren]

whoops meant Dairy farm

[hardy fox]

lol

[mint warren]

mixed the name up with a resturaunt I went to in Queenstown NZ

Will probably give Botanic gardens another go

last time all I got was the Blue Throated bee eaters

[hardy fox]

theres also places like sungei buloh/coney island/lorong halus if youre willing to go further out

or macritchie

or ccnr

or idk theres a lot

[finite flower]

you should try macritchie or ccnr

saw alot of wildlife when i went for a hike a month ago

[mint warren]

Gonna also check out the new Mandai bird park

Not much for taking pics of birds in capitivity but I want an activity I can share with family

and TBH I'd like to see a Victoria Crowned pigeon

[finite flower]

when will you be arriving in singapore?

[mint warren]

Wednesday night

Hotels about a 10m Walk from Tiong Bahru market

[finite flower]

ill see if im free to join you for a day

[hardy fox]

id be down if its weekends lol

[barren yoke]

Some photos from the weekend

[solar bay]

a stalker what happened?

[solar bay]

woah that is amazing i wonder why they are fighting?

[spring vault]

woodpecker wanted peanuts and didn't wanna share

dove dgaf

[solar bay]

ah so kinda like squirrels

[hidden wyvern]

a pigeon followed me for 4 minutes

[solar bay]

why?

[hidden wyvern]

no idea lol

[icy sparrow]

"pigeon"
clearly a government drone

https://tenor.com/view/conspiracy-theory-gif-10587157

[solar bay]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrUWSfd0Heg

[icy sparrow]

see?
my man c153 broke out of the matrix and figured it out too
though that's the alpha version, the latest one also has a General Electric GAU-8 Avenger 30mm hydraulically driven seven-barrel Gatling-style autocannon

[spring vault]

one time I was at a park and two pigeons kept landing on ppls heads and hanging out. If they got pushed off they'd fly onto someone else's head. You could pet them but they'd peck your hands. It was rly weird but kinda adorable. I didn't know if they were someone's pets or what.

I got some nice selfies with my pigeon homies

my dad

[solar bay]

cool

[solar bay]

a wood pecker once landed on my head while i was walking (i was wearing a camo hat)

[spring vault]

highly effective hat

[solar bay]

yeah

i was scared it would start pecking at my head

[icy sparrow]

government drone operator and maintenance?

[spring vault]

my local bird park has some event with children rn

they're so loud

this is unacceptable

[dusty fog]

this is how they do software updates

[solar bay]

can you give an example?

[spring vault]

left (me) right (children)

[spring vault]

success!

[mint warren]

@finite flower @hardy fox do you guys have a map pin of where the spotted wood owls are at pasir ris?

Just so I'm not walking in circles when I get there

Also is the local hawker center any good?

[spring vault]

goos

[mint warren]

Honk

[finite flower]

yeah there are many good ones around sg

bedok's one is famous

for bird map you gotta ask chili sauce

[mint warren]

I know that, I mean specifically the one I pasir ris that's near the park

Then again, what may be considered average for Singaporeans will likely taste amazing to someone from Perth

[finite flower]

yeah perspective probably

i dont live in the east so

[hardy fox]

i saw them owls here last time

[mint warren]

So I want carport d

Got it

[hardy fox]

yeah somewhere around there

[mint warren]

Ty, will probably see other photographers first which will tell me where they are

[vale lava]

well, @mint warren you actually came

wow

[mint warren]

?

I think I'm missing context here

[finite flower]

probably came to singapore idk

[mint warren]

I went last year as a layover on the way to Vietnam

I havent gotten there yet

I'll be close though in 24hrs

[vale lava]

nah, cos i remember hearing you coming this year

[mint warren]

oh right

@hardy fox Best place to snap Hornbill pics?

[hardy fox]

same park also has hornbills, maybe cross to the right of the river also

alternatively changi beach or jurong lake gardens

[vale lava]

jurong lake gardens have ah

wah

never hear

i see in woodlands b4 also

but very very rare

[green meadow]

Gap between great and ruined photo is sometimes so so small. Camera should have been positioned this much 🤏 differently.

[spring vault]

caught a shiny

[dark minnow]

beutifull

shiny Farfetch'd

[finite flower]

the singaporean text come out liao lols, anyway you can join #1205581168364359701

[drifting silo]

Dang didnt know that existed

[finite flower]

its a little dead but

[wise trench]

how do you get so close

[spring vault]

peanuts

[wise trench]

ah

im gonna try this weekend if its clear

[spring vault]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/737102721638858852/1214768508429406238/pidgeon.mp4?ex=65fa5055&is=65e7db55&hm=1d1a65e7435e4cf5d1c9885b5d7354ee4a87378396dc99e3c9f2066ee5b75173&

[vale lava]

wah got such thing ah

[vale lava]

👍👍👍

[vale lava]

what lens?

[mint warren]

Alright in singapore

[finite flower]

welcome!

how long will you be here?

if im free i can join you on a day

i dont have a super tele but would be fun @mint warren

[mint warren]

Just over a week

[finite flower]

ah thats great

if youre free this saturday

@hardy fox might be free also

i dont do birds but we can chill

[hardy fox]

maybe

[gritty geode]

without pre release shutter, how do you time your burst so that you catch the bird as it takes off, especially on smaller birds? trying to reflexively press the shutter as my eye looks at the bird is still much too slow and all the shots are late

[spring vault]

start the burst before the bird takes off and just need to delete more pics

too fast to react so u just need to get lucky

[mint warren]

@hardy fox @finite flower if you're keen, I'll be up for gardens by the bay soon, depending on morning forecast

I mainly wanna do owls at heritage gardens up in the palms

And kingfishers

[finite flower]

im not too free today and tomorrow, but saturday im good

[mint warren]

Fair, I'll go tomorrow anyway and still go the next morning or if weather is bad there I might see if it's clearer at pasir ris

Can you hire telephoto lens in Singapore?

[finite flower]

yes you can rent them

[mint warren]

Apparently there's barn owls in the palms in heritage garden section

[vale lava]

gl for any afternoon shots though

@mint warren any other plans in sg?

[mint warren]

Mainly hawkers

[mint warren]

Yeah not happening in this current weather

[finite flower]

yeah i can join you this saturday

maybe tomorrow if im free

[finite flower]

yeah raining atm which is unfortunate

[mint warren]

Forecast more promising Saturday anyhow

[finite flower]

yeah

im headed to town later

[mint warren]

Damnit I wanna go to parks but the weather is shit

Oh it's not bad now

Gonna scout gardens

[finite flower]

goodluck!

[mint warren]

It got bad

Lucky I got cover

[finite flower]

yeah saw the weather lol

[night pike]

bound to be another rainy day tmr

[finite flower]

issok

saturday if we all free

[mint warren]

I assume like with most bird photography best time would be V early morning

Or is it different in Singapore?

[hardy fox]

even more so cos you want to beat the heat

well i do

[finite flower]

early morning or evening

[mint warren]

Enough light at 6am you reckon?

At gardens

I'll prob start at that spot near satay by the bay for kingfishers

[hardy fox]

6am is still pitch black

sun only rises at like 7

[mint warren]

Aight so I'll be there around 7

[finite flower]

damn 7am tmr?

@hardy fox @night pike

[hardy fox]

im down

[night pike]

won’t be free unfortunately

[mint warren]

Just look for the very Australian looking fat man

[halcyon brook]

PENTAX Q-S1
HD PENTAX-D FA★70-200mm F2.8 (with Adapter Q for K-mount lens)
35mm equivalent focal length: 920mm

[mint warren]

Common kingfisher is cool as

Hope to see one tomorrow

[mint warren]

@hardy fox @finite flower where do you buy SD cards without getting ripped off?

[vale lava]

go funan confirm will not get scammed (totally not upcharged)

go the building beside it

cheaper

[finite flower]

tbh online, but you can also go to excelsior or peninsula plaza that area if youre in town

commercially theres also challenger thats overpriced imo

[hardy fox]

i bought mine online too

[vale lava]

challenger always upcharge, best to buy from small shops

challenger and popular is last option

adelphi also not bad, but not many shops sell sd cards, most are for body and lens

if in town, stay around that area, should be able to find

[finite flower]

yes

[barren yoke]

I was told that there were like hundreds of swans near me rn

So I'm crossing my fingers they are still there

And then tonight I'm gonna hopefully go out by the fields to look for owls

[broken mantle]

damn, it will rain the next 5 days here.

dont have a camera rain cover.

[barren yoke]

Aww

Me either

[wheat hare]

trashbagggg

[broken mantle]

Yeah. Saw someone using a cling wrap

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Not brave enough to do that(the mud and water)

Just printed a groundpod(which seems to small), hopefully can start having more wilder birding trips 😂

[wheat hare]

that's definitely too small

[broken mantle]

Yeah. Planning on making another one from a broken frying pan.

[barren yoke]

Good idea

I got some cool swan photos :D

[analog kindle]

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/610937685

[dusty fog]

v nice

[scarlet tulip]

Enjoy the name while it lasts

I’m sure the AOS will come up with something as pithy and memorable as “cooper’s hawk” when they embark on their great flattening of the bird names

[spring vault]

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/07/science/honeycreeper-birds-colombia-gynadromorph.html

let's visit colombia

taking ppl to the airport early tomorrow morning which means I can visit the far away park I almost never go to but it's gonna be raining 😞

[vale lava]

haha

[paper anvil]

What, if any, photo editing program are you using for wildlife photos? Or in general? I’ve just moved over to shooting raw rather than using Fuji’s jpeg film simulations and am looking for a software.

I’m looking into Pixelmator Pro, Affinity 2 and Photomator at the moment. Does anybody have experience with the either of them?

[vale lava]

i use lightroom for ios/android and relens 💀💀💀

[broken mantle]

I use lightroom classic. And the android version.

[bright oxide]

fujifilm raw files have pretty intense worms if you pixel peep on lightroom. most people recommend capture one for fuji users for that reason

[wheat hare]

They used to be worse I don’t recall them being too bad last time I tried LR with them

It has been a year though

[drifting silo]

I just use lightroom mobile on ipad rn. Looking to upgrade to Lr + Ps on desktop though

Ive tried affinity but couldn’t get used to the workflow

It just felt so dang slow to get anything done

[wheat hare]

I quite like Affinity Photo 2

[paper anvil]

I’d like to avoid a subscription service if possible. Will probably give Affintiy a try to start.

[bright oxide]

capture one is license

[paper anvil]

Ah.

[bright oxide]

well both actually

you can choose

but its expensive

depends on how much you're willing to drop

but if you're doing bird photography, you want to invest in some good editing software

[cursive linden]

Thoughts on this photo? Suggest on editing? What can I do to make this photo better? Exposure comp -1, 1/200, f5.6, iso 125

[drifting silo]

The lighting isnt ideal imo

Notice how the bird’s body/neck has light on it and the background too

But not the face

You can maybe try evening things out by masking the face

My way of editing would be the usual gradient
Top part linear gradient increase brightness and add some dehaze + warmth for sun effect.
Bottom part another gradient but make it dark for vignette + sometimes i give it a touch of blue to contrast with the top part of the image (warm sunlight vs cold shadows)

[spring vault]

went to a new place today and didn't see a whole lot but here's two low res burds

[rancid fern]

Quick edits on my phone, I'm out for the Sandhill cranes this weekend!

[mint warren]

I didn't know Kingfishers regurgitate pellets like owls

Alas I witnessed a Collared kingfisher do just so

[drifting silo]

Jan Wegener’s masterclass specifically on perches

Tempting

So the first thing to do when out looking for birds, is to find a nice stick

[wheat hare]

Meh

[paper anvil]

Is this on YouTube?

[drifting silo]

Nah you gotta pay for it

[wheat hare]

I just don't find him that interesting

[paper anvil]

Or does he have a website?

Ah

Reasonable

[spring vault]

all his videos are like 50% advertising his classes lol

I like the other content tho

[drifting silo]

I cant help admire his perfect painterly bird photos though. His colors are super lovely to me

[wheat hare]

Also the first thing you should be doing when out looking for birds is stopping and shutting the hell up and seeing what their natural behavior is and where they perch. Don't need a 'masterclass' from him

[wheat hare]

50% that and 50% dumb B-Roll of him taking photos and panning

[drifting silo]

Obligatory mid video presets advertisement (every photography youtuber ever)

you can get this look with my presets link in description!!

Worst presets ive seen is from froknowsphoto

Some of those presets are just outright cooked

[paper anvil]

Has anybody read this? Worthwhile or waste of time?

[wheat hare]

Dave or whatever his name was would cream themselves over anything Jan and Duade. I think most of it was just because they were from his country or something.

[wheat hare]

Sure if it's free. You can probably find all of those and more in random videos from just about anyone.

[spring vault]

mile from my house!

3mp crop lol

[scarlet tulip]

horny owl

Nice

[green meadow]

Wow! Owls are so cool and amazing creatures. Tuesday evening I went out to check if I could hear some owls. I didn't have that much of a high hopes so I left my camera home. And of course I saw a northern pygmy-owl. It is funny how you see all kinds of random things when camera is not nearby. 😅

[wheat hare]

It’s like they know

Little shit heads

[mint warren]

Slowly starting to work through the pictures I took on holiday in singapore

expect lots more

[paper anvil]

What lens did you end up using?

[mint warren]

Same 150-600 Sigma I use most of the time

[dark minnow]

Which body?

[mint warren]

R7

[dark minnow]

how does it handle, im looking for a new tele and its one of my potential option

[mint warren]

Theres a well known compatibility issue with the eye tracking autofocus on the R7

can be circumvented with some settings but its still there

[mint warren]

More edits

Toucan was at Mandai Bird Paradise

[drifting silo]

Havent gone out in a while now so im just processing past photos

Weather has been real shite too, its either overcast or raining

[mint warren]

cute plover

[spring vault]

found the same owl again

[plucky condor]

He got a quest for you

[hidden wyvern]

pigeon pair billing/kissing

[paper anvil]

Beautiful

[sinful viper]

tiny

[vale lava]

the common mynah, the most annoying and territorial bird to most asians

[wispy mesa]

why are birds so smaaaaall.

[wheat hare]

That blue is so cool

[spring vault]

herons are back

[green meadow]

These birds are so amazing! And photo is excellent! 👌

[wheat hare]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CyHSBuNJwZ3/

hallcam6

Today at the Ranch, I photographed a once in a lifetime shot. In this top photo, if you look in the bottom right corner, you will see a bobcat that is about to attack a blue heron. In the bottom photo you can see the bobcat attacking the blue heron.

Bobcat 1️⃣
Blue Heron 0️⃣

📸: Canon R6 Mark II

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[spring vault]

mmmmm chicken

[wise trench]

First close up bird photo, I’m so happy rn 😂

[wispy mesa]

is it against the rules of dignity of birds to shoot their butt?

[wise trench]

💀

[mint warren]

More edits

[drifting silo]

Feels so nice to finally be out for bird photography again

Also reminded of how hard bird photography is

2.5 hours outside and like 10 usable pics

But it could also be due to being not early enough (birds no longer very active)

What time do you guys usually go out for birds?

[drifting silo]

Love the colors

[mint warren]

Depends on a few things

Some areas I like to go wont have good lighting if I go too early

Also if its too cool that morning, birds dont want to come out

and in other places, its only viable if you're there at sunrise

[drifting silo]

I see

Got a shot of a Eurasian Siskin today

I like the composition/perch but I couldn’t get close enough so I end up with this low res noisy mess

Im not sure if cropping any tighter would be a good idea

[spring vault]

background is nice enough for a wide crop

[midnight rampart]

late morning or early afternoon typically but that's just the only times i'm not busy most days

[spring vault]

I either go after work at like 6:00 p.m. but usually I'm going on the weekend after I finish waking up witch is like 1:00 p.m.

I don't need that fancy golden hour lighting. An hour's not enough time to take pictures.

[barren yoke]

mhmm

i go around dawn and dusk. Or if someone offers to drive me 🫢

[drifting silo]

I know it looks like shit but its my first BIF/takeoff photo so I tried my hardest to rescue it in post

These photos are hilariously low res

4 MP

[spring vault]

I'm in the Washington DC airport there's birds indoors

I doubt they want birds to be indoors

[drifting silo]

Someone’s gonna get shit on

[green meadow]

Softness with your distinct style of editing gives it nice dreamy look. I like it. 👍

Speaking of editing. Is anyone interested in editing this photo and then sharing and comparing the results?

[drifting silo]

Sure that would be fun!

[green meadow]

Then go ahead.

[dark minnow]

sure ima try it

[green meadow]

Should we reveal the results tomorrow around this time, if someone else also wants to make their own version?

[dark minnow]

im not gonna be available tomorrow so im gonna send it to you when im done

btw i love your work man

[green meadow]

OK everyone can post it here when ready.

thanks 😄

[scarlet tulip]

I can give it a go tonight

[green meadow]

of course 👍

[scarlet tulip]

Will be fun to mess with a Z9 file

[green meadow]

Sorry to disappoint but this was taken with dx crop mode. If this editing thing is a hit and we continue to do this i promise that I will provide full frame file next time.

[wheat hare]

DX. How dare you

[green meadow]

Actually I use it quite a lot. This is just my experience and not sure is it true. But it feels like autofocus works better for far or small subjects when using crop mode. Memory card and hard disk space save is also one thing why I use it. 🤓

[spring vault]

this is why Nikon needs a stacked 26mp apsc cam

[green meadow]

Yeah mirrorless successor for D500 with high frame rate and z9 like autofocus would be great addition to Nikon lineup.

[dusty fog]

that would be so hot

[wheat hare]

No that’s a valid thing

I have a function button just for dx/fx toggle

Just get a z8 and run it in crop mode all the time then 🙃

[spring vault]

not enough pickles

[gilded yarrow]

Slightly softer Vignette/Gradient

[scarlet tulip]

nothing too crazy

the 600PF really makes nice images

[green meadow]

Here is @dark minnow version of image.

And this is my version.

[green meadow]

Nice kind of spot light effect. Works well to this photo. I like it. 👍

[green meadow]

Great colors and crop works well. Solid work. 👌

[scarlet tulip]

Thanks! I don’t think I touched color much at all, mostly dropped highlights/whites

What species of bird? He’s quite cute

[green meadow]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-tailed_tit

[green meadow]

When I looked original one I didn't like the greens and blues but now that I look your version they look good. 😅

[scarlet tulip]

Looking back they do feel a little dark in the greens

Yours are more lively, like how spring should feel

[green meadow]

Well those are spruces on the bc so they tend to be darker green. So your version is more real life like.

[scarlet tulip]

Do you only have evergreens around, or are there aspens too?

For some reason aspens seem to like living with pines around here

[green meadow]

Yeah we have broad leaf trees (such as: Birch, European aspen and Alder etc.) but they are leafless now. New leafs starts to appear at May and they drop off at around October. But most of the forests here consist of pines and spruces (something like 80%).

My home towns name (Leppävirta) would be in English something like Alder Stream. 😅

[green meadow]

I'm quite sure that those are snow buntings or pulmunen in Finnish. 👍

Those are migrating birds and their breeding area is way up north. So at central or southern Finland you can see those only when they are going to north in spring time or to south at autumn.

[drifting silo]

@green meadow just finished editing the photo

its such a good photo, so much fun to edit

So sorry if i ruined it though

Im in my bright vibrant backgrounds era (jan wegener inspo)

[green meadow]

Definitely not ruined. I was really curious what you do to it. And it looks like your photos. Even thou you might be takin inspiration from others still your style is recognisable. And that is something... great. I think that I don't have that skill all of my photos looks somewhat different from each other. It would be great if someone could tell that it is my photo without knowing it.

[drifting silo]

Just noticed that missed masking spot between the bird’s leg and branch
Need to fix

[drifting silo]

Thank you so very much for your kind words
I am honestly not aware of my style at all and often feel like a fraud, just copying some other artist. But I’m glad to know that I have somehow developed a style

At this point I have like 0 structure in my editing workflow and just keep tinkering with things until I get it to look just the way I want it to look

And as I believe some people have mentioned regarding Jan’s photos: it looks like a “painting”

Thats pretty much what I try to recreate

[green meadow]

Yeah my process is somewhat the same. Usually I don't have any plan for what the outcome will look like. 😅

[drifting silo]

Your photos are always amazing btw. Top notch quality, amazing composition and your BIF shots are definitely something I aspire to be able to capture!

[green meadow]

Thank you so much. I'm really happy to hear that. I think that I have learned something but still not even nearly ready. I'm still eager to learn more. Sometimes it feels like progress has stopped, but hopefully it has just slowed down a bit.

[drifting silo]

Now how about you guys try editing my photo XD

It might be more of a challenge due to the bird being smaller in the frame (working with less resolution), more noise, and a messier background

[green meadow]

Yeah, I will definitely give it a go.

[drifting silo]

Nothing fancy, just a Robin

[green meadow]

And by the way everyone did a great job with my photo. Quite similar but still some differences. Nice to notice how everyone sees things a bit differently. 👍😄

[scarlet tulip]

This kind of thing is fun to try now and then

[dark minnow]

@drifting silo here is my edit

Nothing crazy

[drifting silo]

Nice! I like the wide composition

[dark minnow]

Thank you

Btw great shot

[drifting silo]

Thx

[dark minnow]

Would anyone be interested in editing a raw from a 14yo camera?

if so here it is

It doesn’t have crazy resolution and the noise is fairly good

[drifting silo]

I think discord compressed the file
Original file is 49.2 MB

Idk how that affects editing but hopefully it doesnt decrease the dynamic range too much

[dark minnow]

Just felt like there wasn’t a lot of resolution for my part

[green meadow]

just testing

For me it seems to keep the original file size.

[green meadow]

At least all metadata is lost from your file.

[dark minnow]

Yeah same

[green meadow]

First one is bit more basic and second one is something else. 😅

[green meadow]

Uuh, red cardinal is so red 😵 😄

[dark minnow]

I know right

[drifting silo]

Love the 2nd one

Did you use any sharpening software btw?

It looks sharper/more crisp than the original file

[wise trench]

I’m not very good at editing yet

[scarlet tulip]

Motion blur is the issue here

[wise trench]

How the fuck am I supposed to go even lower then 1/2000

[scarlet tulip]

Shoot bursts

You’ll hit at least some of the shots even if some are blurred

[wise trench]

I do

That was the sharpest one

[wise trench]

this is at iso 800, 1/2000, f8, in pure daylight btw

[scarlet tulip]

Odd

The beak and foot seem like there’s motion blur, but the feathers don’t necessarily

[wise trench]

No idea 🤷‍♂️ I’m using t7 with a sigma 150-600

[drifting silo]

Why do you need such high shutter speeds for a still image though?

Maybe try using a tripod + gimbal and practice handholding?

I generally photograph at 1/800, going as low as 1/400 when light isnt good, and going up to 1/1250 when theres plenty of light

Just a while ago I saw an owl photo taken at 1/50 at 600mm (on tripod)

[wise trench]

I don’t have a big tripod, nor gimbal, and it wouldn’t even work anyways because I go on long walks

1/2000 should most certainly be enough…

[dark minnow]

1/1000 is even enough for most still birds

Even if they are moving a little bit

[drifting silo]

Most definitely. 1/500 is enough to handhold at 600mm for me albeit risking some motion blur in case the bird moves or wind

[wise trench]

no idea

people have told me the sigma isnt very sharp

maybe thats why?

[drifting silo]

You could run some tests at home using an object

Preferably something with texture

If the image of the still object is sharp then its probably not an issue with sharpness

[wise trench]

its really not

ive took pictures of trees and whatnot and they werent really sharp either

[drifting silo]

With a tripod/no shake, low iso, no heat haze, etc? Basically under ideal conditions

When I started bird photography I also often got slightly unsharp photos but I figured it was from slight shake when handholding. When I tested the lens indoors, on a tripod, ideal light, low iso, sharpness was fine

[wise trench]

its not possible for me to have low iso

i HAVE to be at f8 to have a sharp photo

period

also i dont have a tripod like i already said. i assumed handheld would be fine if i went to fuckin 1/2000

[drifting silo]

You can also just setup the camera on the floor. Anything that ensures no shake basically

Then use as low a shutter speed as necessary to get low iso

[wise trench]

its not possible for me to use a low shutter when actually taking the photos cuz motion blur

so theres literally no point, i just have to buy a tripod

which will be awhile

[drifting silo]

No i mean for the testing

To test if its an issue with the sharpness or motion blur

[wise trench]

its obviously motion blur, you can tell here

but sigma also isnt the sharpest lens ive been told

ill test it but itll have to be high iso

i dont even have anywhere flat lmfao

i cant do it indoors and outside everything is kinda hilly

[drifting silo]

But then again it is odd that theres motion blur in a still photo at 1/2000

So I think its worth testing

[wise trench]

maybe i just have really shaky hands idk

but t7 + sigma 150-600 is a nightmare in itself.

i have to use iso 1600 in the morning time yet theres still motion blur or smth

[green meadow]

Yeah I run it through Topaz DeNoise. Maybe I over sharpened it bit. 🤔

[green meadow]

Beautiful bird and great photo to edit. 😃

[hardy fox]

anyone knows what bird this is

[green meadow]

I have no idea. Too exotic for me. 😅 Where did you see it?

It might even be a young bird, so that also makes identification more difficult.

[hardy fox]

singapore

might be migratory idk

actually it might just be like a baby one of those green pigeons looking again

theres just like not a lot photos online to compare

no nevermind probably is

pink necked or smth

never seen the baby version before

[green meadow]

Yeah young ones often gives quite a puzzle when trying to recognize them.

[dark minnow]

Thank you, I like the crop and how the Colors stay true to life

Here is mine

[green meadow]

I'm a big fan of landscape orientation even thou I use portrait orientation quite a lot. For me most pictures work better in landscape orientation. So does this. On thing that I would probably change is that I would leave bit more room behind the bird. 🤔

[dark minnow]

Although there is indeed not a lot of space behind it, extending the crop reveals the brown female in the background which is in my opinion a distraction.

[wise trench]

Hey @drifting silo @scarlet tulip, does this image have motion blur?

It’s not a good photo but just curious if it’s sharper then the other one or not

[drifting silo]

Looks like the same issue

Feather looks sharp on top

But other parts of the image looks a bit blurred

Idk what the issue is here since im not a expert on lenses

[wise trench]

I’ve been told the sigma is only sharp in the center when using a apsc camera, maybe that’s why?

[scarlet tulip]

This is bizarre

It’s like the image is doubling

Are you shooting through glass?

[hardy fox]

my sigma never looked that bad

[green meadow]

I think that is can be fixed quite well by dropping saturation with some local adjustments. 👍

[green meadow]

Maybe something like this.

[wise trench]

Nope

[green meadow]

Are you using some kind of protective filter?

[wise trench]

Nope, 0 filters actually

Is this image sharp?: #🦀・creatures message

It has ca which I will fix later

[green meadow]

And photos that you get are constantly soft?

[wise trench]

Apparently 🤷‍♂️

[green meadow]

I think that it is not super sharp when closely looking outlines of that bird.

[wise trench]

Surely it doesn’t matter that much for a silo?

[scarlet tulip]

@wise trench have you tried to shoot a test chart or a road sign or something?

Do it off a rest so you know the camera is steady, and do it with any without optical stabilization

[dark minnow]

it does work well indeed

[green meadow]

Someone might think that it is cheating, but personally I think it is OK to clean image bit like that or with generative fill in photoshop.

[scarlet tulip]

It’s great for removing branches and such

[wise trench]

I’ll try it when I get home and send the results here.

[scarlet tulip]

Cool

I almost wonder if there’s a decentered lens element

If this issue is in all the photos

[dark minnow]

it might also be the image stabilization, sigma isn't know for being the most steady

[scarlet tulip]

At 1/2000 that shouldn’t be a factor

[wise trench]

I don’t think it is

Or if it is, it’s varied

[drifting silo]

distracting branch on the left

[paper anvil]

Make it go away!

[sinful viper]

crappy scaup shot

[green meadow]

Must get low low low 😅

[drifting silo]

16:9 has been working very well today. Or maybe its just my eyes getting bored of 3:2 or 4:3

Im used to editing with vibrant colors so this is a new one for me, had a hard time editing it tbh

Im trying to make the whites “pure”

But that turned out to be far more difficult than my initial expectations

[sinful viper]

frog is not having a good day

[green meadow]

Looks good. I like these kind of "high key" photos. and yeah, it is really hard to get so that whites are white and other parts are not too bright.

[green meadow]

great photo 👍

[wise trench]

Hey @drifting silo or @scarlet tulip do you mind me sending yall test shots where the photo was still? They are raw files so I don’t think I should send here

There’s also too many, it would flood this channel

[spring vault]

u can post em here they don't embed so it doesn't rly spam

[halcyon brook]

taken from very close up.
Taken from a very close distance. (ChatGPT4 suggest)

[spring vault]

illegal airport bird

what crimes shall he commit

[dark minnow]

he shall be found guilty of trespassing

[spring vault]

only bird pics I got in DC

[scarlet tulip]

found an excellent osprey spot

[spring vault]

today I heard a bird and Merlin said it was an osprey but it was a blue jay pretending to be one

[wheat hare]

jays are assholes like that

[scarlet tulip]

Jays and mockingbirds

[midnight rampart]

so many coots (they're not good pictures but i'm showing y'all anyway lol)

[drifting silo]

Second photo is tripping me out

[midnight rampart]

saw a flock of literal hundreds of buffleheads too (lifer for me, was very cool)

[drifting silo]

The horizon is very slanted but the birds are in a straight line

[midnight rampart]

lol that is confusing

[drifting silo]

Adjust the horizon to be straight and the birds become slanted

[midnight rampart]

i think the lake isn't on an even surface

[dark minnow]

Because of gravity, the lake can’t be slanted, so it’s your horizon’s fault and not the lake itself

[dusty fog]

No way I just read that

[dark minnow]

My thing or his?

[dusty fog]

His lol

[dark minnow]

Oh ok

[drifting silo]

Yes

The ducks are swimming at an angle causing that effect

But sometimes the human eye wants to see what it wants to see if u get what i mean. So we compose for the subject and not the horizon/background

If a bird is perched and not level to the horizon i would probably compose for the bird, leveling the image so that the bird appears level

[gilded yarrow]

You should clean your sensor lol

[green meadow]

Yesterday I got this amazing super close up photo of white-tailed eagle. 😅

[hidden wyvern]

not all photos come out perfect, this is my only of the cardinal and it was like 25k iso lol

some day ill find one again

either way, memorable as a cool find a year later

[green meadow]

Not even nearly all photos are perfect and memories are as important or even more important than photos. In nature you often have experiences that pictures cannot convey.

[midnight rampart]

thank you i was wondering what was causing that lol

bluebird

[drifting silo]

That looks very clean for 25k

[dusty fog]

wow I can almost see the the molecules

[barren yoke]

Woa

[dusty fog]

I definitely have not figured out how I like to edit birds yet

[dusty fog]

not a great pic but a new lifer

[scarlet tulip]

These all with the 400?

[scarlet tulip]

I might need one lol

[spring vault]

get a 600 🔫

[dusty fog]

yup on Zfc

600 4.5 🔥

[scarlet tulip]

Very nice

If I get one I’ll be finding a 2x TC as well

800/9 is acceptable and it’ll still focus faster than an F lens

[dusty fog]

Idk i'm starting to think I shoulda just got a 2.8 used
I guess for birds the weight of the 4.5 is better, but for sports 4.5 isnt quite enough for night games (maybe if it there was better lighting, havent tried yet)

Are 2.8 even around the same price used?

[scarlet tulip]

The old ones can be

[wispy mesa]

whenever i think i am somewhat happy with a picture you come with a fancy bird 😉

[green meadow]

Blue tits are really nice birds to photograph and you did well. Crop is good. A nice and interesting branch and great out of focus bc. Bird it self is singing which adds kind of action to the photo. Areas that might need some improvement: 1. head is not in focus and sharp. 2. Some highlights on the head are too bright. But this is a good photo and keep on trying and practicing. 👍

[wispy mesa]

Thanks for the feedback! That helps a lot! I already tried to lower the highlights in the head, I will try more. Head not in focus I did not realize in fact when editing, I will see if one of the other photos I shot next to it are better in that remark. Thanks again!

We have a lot of blue tits here, so I guess I will also get a lot more chances to practice over the year 😉

[drifting silo]

XD dont worry I struggle finding anything other than Robins and Blue/Great Tits as well

I was editing a photo earlier and lost the mood cuz lightroom decided to mess up the sync and the edit just disappeared so the whole thing got reset

[drifting silo]

made a few changes to the edit, I wasnt happy with it

Did I cook or is the photo cooked?

Very grainy and soft because this is very cropped. Couldnt get close enough to any bird last time

[dusty fog]

its a little cooked but we're just here for the birbs

[drifting silo]

Which part is cooked if you dont mind me asking? So I can improve

I feel like im making a lot of bad decisions in editing lately

[dusty fog]

just cuz of noise

not much you coulda done

[drifting silo]

Ah ok

[dusty fog]

it could be a lot more cooked

[drifting silo]

I used to cook photos for fun when im bored

[dusty fog]

[brazen badge]

Bird

First is edited beware

More bird

[drifting silo]

I failed to replicate the shade of orange in my (fav) piccies

[drifting silo]

Green for the win

I am incredibly indecisive

[dark minnow]

Beautiful image, my only bummer is that the branch in bottom right could be removed and i prefer the orange personally

@drifting silo

[drifting silo]

i think i can remove it

i guess it really is subjective

[dark minnow]

yeah

[drifting silo]

idk y but i cant accept the orange

it looks off

[dark minnow]

for me its the opposite 😅 but yeah its subjective

[paper anvil]

@drifting silo @dark minnow I’m Team Orange. The green one looks more like a painting to me. 🤗

[drifting silo]

Then green it is! Since u said it looks like a painting thats a complement to me

[green meadow]

Green might be more life like, but stick in the bc is kind of too green. That orange like bc matches better to robins colors but then greens on the branch bothers me tiny bit. I can't decide both are good. 👍

[drifting silo]

I fixed up that oversaturated branch on the right

But yeah I cooked the greens lol

Im gonna have to dial back on that saturation

[paper anvil]

Thought did cross my mind as I typed it. Ha!

[rose mauve]

I don't really know how good these are on a more objective view so if anyone could help me figure out how I could've shot these better I'd really appreciate that 🙃😁

[drifting silo]

For the BIF shot, generally having the bird looking towards your direction is preferable, I also think the background is underexposed but that may be your style

[brazen badge]

That first bird confused me I thought the back was the front

[drifting silo]

The robin photo, the colors are cooked on that one, it should be orange but this is almost red imo

Underexposed too

Focus point seems to be on the feather near its wing instead of the eyes

[drifting silo]

Unless this isnt a robin and just some birb ive never seen before

[brazen badge]

Idk phone said it was european robin

[drifting silo]

Ok then yeah definitely not red, orange

[rose mauve]

Idk what bird it is, I took it ages ago on an old camera and only just got around to seeing the photo and since I never do bird photography really (as you can tell) I thought I'd see just how badly I did

[brazen badge]

I trust my phone it said it was a robin

[rose mauve]

With the area I live in I'm like 98% sure it is too

[spring vault]

s24u vs sony 70-350

[scarlet tulip]

Fine for consumer video

Fucked when it’s not bright out

[spring vault]

the phone video looked reasonable but the photos at the same zoom were extremely terrible lol

better off taking a screenshot of the video

skip most of the processing

[spring vault]

derpy ass dinosaur bird

[rancid fern]

red bellied woodpecker was NOT having it with this starling

[scarlet tulip]

“My house! Fuck you! Mine!”

[rancid fern]

literally watched em chase eachother a bit before this too, dude was not happy

[spring vault]

I love pics of birds yelling at each other

[dusty fog]

Sick

[wispy mesa]

Little European Robin. I tried to keep the denoise fairly low, because I have the feeling that it might destroy too much of the details else. Still I am unsure if i not just missed fokus again on the eyes and face and instead fokused on the feathers at the breast. I don't know how to improve that, I have already the fokus tracking on the eyes 😢

[bright oxide]

it’s always hard to tell cause most birds faces don’t have sharp feathers like the breast lol

[wispy mesa]

That's certainly good to hear 😄

[drifting silo]

Looks like u nailed the focus to me. I usually look at the feathers around the eyes/head area to quickly evaluate the focus point

Like this area

[wispy mesa]

Thanks!

[dusty fog]

rude

[spring vault]

apparently there's some cormorants in MI

at Lake Saint Clair Metropark tho that's far

[brazen badge]

i lov bird (>_<)

[spring vault]

burd

[mint warren]

nice burd

[scarlet tulip]

Pope elector

[wispy mesa]

Cormorant

[spring vault]

fav photo from washington dc

[compact plank]

Sea chicken

[dusty fog]

The only king fisher I’ll ever get

[scarlet tulip]

Blooj

[chilly maple]

birb

lots of robins out today

there was one cardinal but it was too far away

[spring vault]

where bird

[dusty fog]

it's here

[dark minnow]

Still don’t see it

[barren yoke]

Wait there was a bird?

Lol yeah I know I'm just saying the sunrise

[dusty fog]

https://tenor.com/view/april-fool-gif-13079145379695684032

[barren yoke]

I hate April first lol

[green meadow]

I think that male eiders looks like Star Wars stormtroopers. 😅

Photo is not that good. I was quite far away and could not get any lower point.

[scarlet tulip]

That green is such a unique shade

Never seen it on a waterbird

[spring vault]

matcha flavored

[green meadow]

King Eider is even more unique looking water bird. It would be really cool to see and photograph those.

[green meadow]

Last weekend I went to the west coast of Finland to see some migrating birds. I ended up relatively close to this white tailed eagle. Unfortunately there was not enough light and I was prepared to take some shots of the sitting bird with the 600mm and tc. Then it started to fly around and do all kinds of neat tricks. So I ended up shooting flying bird with 1/3200s shutter speed at f9 and with ISO25600. Then you come home and try all kinds of noise reducing tricks for several hours and cry because all of those photos are beyond rescuing. 😭 😅

[drifting silo]

Still looks awesome for instagram/viewing on phone. Great shot

[spring vault]

cool bird

[dusty fog]

Still looks awesome great shot

Most people don’t care about pixel peeping like us lmao

[drifting silo]

Im gonna go out to practice BIF this week, you guys got any tips?

Ive set my a7iii to having a custom button i can easily access to immediately switch to wide AF area

Which I hope would improve my hit rate for BIF

So I have the AF area on small most of the time, but can switch to wide for BIF

Is that a good idea?

[wispy mesa]

Oh yes I know the feeling. Last weekend I saw a magnificent cormorant drying it's wings in the wind but the one set of pictures is against the sun (so he is totally dark and did not think about any exposure correction or different metering) and the ones from the other angle are just ALL unsharp? I don't know what happened. Skill issue so much 😭

[scarlet tulip]

These do come out nice on a smaller screen

Sometimes that’s just the way it be

[bright oxide]

pretty sure it is yes, i usually have to do 3 steps, click button, scroll to wide, click back

[drifting silo]

Yeah i figured that would be too much of a hassle so I configured the AE button to immediately switch to wide af cuz its right next to the af-on and hence easily accessible

Previously i had it set to manual focus hold in case the af is struggling but i rarely ever need to switch to mf

[chilly maple]

i used one point af on my camera

i find its more redundant

im gonna try using zone af though

[green meadow]

"Artistic" and not so artistic photo of skylarks song flight.

Both are just a bit soft due to heavy crop.

[finite flower]

i wonder how this will look in a 1:1 or something

[green meadow]

Good example how bad weather is a opportunity to get great photos. 👍

[green meadow]

This was taken handheld with 600mm pf and 1,4x tc attached. So it is 840mm, f9, iso2500 AND SHUTTER SPEED 1/40s. I think it is safe to say that VR works well. Of course not even nearly all of the frames that I took were sharp, but this wasn't the only one.

[brazen badge]

That’s a fat little bird, very nice 👍

[scarlet tulip]

Golden-crowned kinglet?

And yeah, lens VR plus IBIS is black magic

[green meadow]

It is a goldcrest.

Smallest bird in Finland and also in Europe (if I remember correctly).

[scarlet tulip]

No hummingbirds there?

[dusty fog]

Swon

[plucky condor]

Call them joe

Joe Swanson

[barren yoke]

Aww

[green meadow]

Nope, those are exclusively your delights there in North and South America.

[scarlet tulip]

Interesting, I’d always thought they lived globally

[green meadow]

How common those are there where you live? Do you see them daily, just summer times, or rarely during migration?

[scarlet tulip]

Very area dependent

Growing up in the southern Rocky Mountains id see them all summer

Here on the east coast they migrate through and some stay

Some of the species will make a very audible humming noise as they fly in spring, but as the summer goes on the feathers that hum wear down and the birds go silent

https://youtu.be/jSe9TYu4Aa4?si=lf-Zhrv8jRZx34un

[green meadow]

Such a small and kind of mysterious creatures. 👌😃

[scarlet tulip]

You can hear the trilling as he flies away here

[green meadow]

Yeah it was clearly audible. 😲

[mint warren]

Actually got some stuff on a shitty day

Man the Collared Sparrowhawk vs Brown Goshawk thing is super confusing

they look so damn similar

[drifting silo]

The sun came out for a few minutes and the light was beautiful. And then it hid behind the clouds the rest of the day

First time getting a proper angle on duck photos. The background is buttery smooth

[scarlet tulip]

That did come out nice

[frosty yacht]

that’s a really pretty shot

[dusty fog]

Water colors are so nice

[hidden wyvern]

found a friendly goose yesterday randomly in a park, not much background wise but there also just wasnt anything background wise (misty day with some rain)

but i also found a nest with someone on it

maybe will have gooselings there someday