Bird Photography

[wise trench]

Sharper then my sigma 150-600 with 1/2000 😂😂

[wispy mesa]

They are so sassy!

[dusty fog]

What he looking for

[wispy mesa]

I wish i knew!

[brazen badge]

I need to find me some good bird spots they’re not a big fan of the forest I go in, I could try by the coast

[drifting silo]

First time seeing kingfishers irl

Theyre just as beautiful as i had always imagined

[wispy mesa]

Woah!

[drifting silo]

I use ebird to look for spots, you can look for hotspots, filter for shortest distance or species count and also search specifically for certain species (where and when they were last sighted)

[wispy mesa]

i only saw them flying by so far, never sitting on a branch, but it's definitely on my bucket list

[drifting silo]

Try visiting Mülheim an der Ruhr! Theres a Naturschutzgebiet with a spot called Eisvogel-Brücke, so as the name implies, your chances of spotting one are pretty high!

I met a few other photographers there also searching for kingfishers, there were about 6 photographers including myself, we all gathered on that one bridge waiting patiently for the kingfisher

[wispy mesa]

I will note it down! We have them too just in my town, and the area around, but i wasn't on the specific hunt yet.

[wispy mesa]

that must be great!

(now i wanted to search for it in ebird, but i am in Aachen atm and can't set it to my town 😂 ) edit: found it!

[drifting silo]

Du bist jetzt in Aachen?

[wispy mesa]

Ja, ich arbeite hier (no birding leider)

I just wanted to say that i didn't find out how to set the ebird app to a different location for searching than my current position, but i found out

[drifting silo]

Wenn du Lust drauf und Zeit hast, können wir mal zusammen Birding gehen

[drifting silo]

Yeah I just chose the region instead of current location/area so that it covers the entirety of NRW, thats how i found Rieselfelder Münster.

[finite flower]

idk if this belongs here but i found this cute duck

might have to drop the highlights more

[spring vault]

ducks aren't birds get that filth outta here

[drifting silo]

[hidden wyvern]

yeah theyre a boat that flies

not bird

[spring vault]

turns out Indiana got a lotta different birds than where I'm at in Michigan

I'll send pics in a day or two

pics weren't good but I saw Kingfishers!

ton of cormorants and pelicans

different chickadee

and it was actually warm here

barely that much farther south

[mint warren]

requesting loon pics

favorite American bird

[cursive linden]

I like this one! Do you adjust the texture? If so how much?

[drifting silo]

That depends, are you talking about the background or the subject?

[cursive linden]

The subject

[drifting silo]

If its the subject, I increased texture to make it more crisp. If the subject is not very sharp, usually when the photo is cropped in and the subject wasnt occupying a large portion of the original image, i would increase the texture quite significantly, maybe around 20-30

If the subject is quite detailed already in the original image, then probably just 10

Or less

I would avoid having it look “too crisp” aka cooked

[cursive linden]

I recently started to adjust the texture and found it to be very useful.

Thank you

[drifting silo]

No problem

[drifting silo]

It is! I started by using only the basic adjustments in lightroom

But as I discovered more techniques and uses of each tool, I pretty much started using everything

I use everything now, might as well start learning photoshop to further up my editing game

[cursive linden]

Do you ever use Lightroom app on your phone to edit photos?

Or iPad

[drifting silo]

Mostly on ipad but also on phone sometimes when on the fly

Or when making minor adjustments to a previous edit made on ipad

[cursive linden]

Is it about the same as using Lightroom on your computer?

[drifting silo]

I dont have desktop lightroom so i havent a clue. But one thing i know for sure is that lr mobile doesnt have the ai denoise. Which is a bummer

And im planning to change my subscription to desktop soon when my mobile one ends

[cursive linden]

Yeah that’s the only thing that is missing in the Lightroom app is the denoise feature.

[wispy mesa]

Not quite. Mobile is also missing the intersect option for masks, which is really useful at times.

[mint warren]

These look cool af

They remind me of the Red backed Fairy wrens we have

[wispy mesa]

I love them too! I always think they look like a bird that was designed to be a logo

[drifting silo]

Dang what a flashy birb

[chilly maple]

Bird

[dusty fog]

drone

[brazen badge]

Government spy.

[scarlet tulip]

Catching a kinglet is a hard ask, nice shot

[brazen badge]

Hard ask because secretly they are government agents

[dusty fog]

woah what is that grey one with the striped mohawk

[green meadow]

It is common redpoll. Male birds are even more colorful.

[dusty fog]

this one

[green meadow]

aah that one is crested tit

[dusty fog]

i love it

[spring vault]

I love tits

[dusty fog]

true, but being serious

theyre cool birds

hopefully their name doesnt change

[green meadow]

Me too...all kinds of tits...and specially great tits. 🤣

[dusty fog]

you have a lot of tits on your instagram

i guess there's a lot of them in FL FI

[green meadow]

Yeah specially in winters those are the most common birds. Because majority of them doesn't migrate. And that's why they often come to bird feeder to get some snack on cold winter days. So easy and nice birds to photograph.

[dusty fog]

i just have stupid house sparrows

everywhere

millions

really nice shore birds if i take a medium length drive in the warm months so maybe it's a good tradeoff

[green meadow]

Sparrows were really and are still quite common here, but something has changed and their numbers has dropped a lot.

[dusty fog]

how convenient

and also a little sad

[green meadow]

yeah mostly sad.

[dusty fog]

same happened near me with finches

[green meadow]

I think that with sparrows it is because of changes in agriculture, but who knows???

[mint warren]

Loons are so cool

[hallow geyser]

Kinda just getting into bird photography. The first four are from yesterday and today and the last one is from maybe 4 months ago

Any criticism would be appreciated because I am still learning :)

[mint warren]

This is you just starting?

[green meadow]

Looking good. I like specially 3rd picture. Did you use any masking while editing it? If so I think you missed a spot inside the beak. Then I like composition better on the second picture than on the first one. But on the second one focus might be missed just a tiny bit. Also sky tends to be bit dull BC. Result is often best if you are able to get on the eye level with the subject. Mallard picture would be great if bird comes towards and not away from you, that way connection to subject is better. Last photo is amazing and that bird is really cool. How did you get so close? Somethings that can be improved. Background separation could be better and tiny bit of wings/feathers is clipped off from the frame. Anyway great job and keep on going. 😄 👌

[drifting silo]

3rd photo has really nice light & color. Great work

[gilded yarrow]

probably my favorite bird I can find near me

[hallow geyser]

Thank you for everything! For the last one, unfortunately I couldn’t do much about the background because I didn’t have my normal zoom lens. I had to get close and hope it didn’t fly away, so I was literally face to face with it, like maybe 3 feet away. I tried to fix it up the best I could in Lightroom and that’s what I ended up with

[green meadow]

Yeah, I doubt that it was taken with wider lens. But good job getting so close.

But word of advice. Some predators (specially owls), if they have cubs near by, might attack people that come too close. 👍

[hallow geyser]

It was a 35mm lens if that tells you how close lol

[hallow geyser]

Yeah I was worried about that, but I really wanted the shot so I risked it. And yes, I know it’s not smart to do that being that their claws are razor sharp but here we are

[green meadow]

Yeah I can imagine

And I'm no better. Probably would have done the same. But that is just something to keep in mind.

[hallow geyser]

Yep I appreciate it :)

So I had a question. What is the best way to get eye level with birds? They never seem to land low for me. Should I just sit somewhere and wait or should I continue moving and hoping one lands low? Also, I don’t have it right now but should I have camouflage clothing?

[drifting silo]

Im not quite experienced yet in bird photography but so far what has worked for me is to be in areas where there are branches/foliage that are sort of low enough to be close to eye level

So i avoid areas with very tall trees cuz the birds would be too high up anyway

[green meadow]

That is the hardest part. Usually it is not best way to try and get closer to bird, but let bird come to you. So patience is often required. Or some other means like food for luring them closer.

Camouflage might help in some cases, but I think that movement is thing that scares birds camouflaged or not.

[drifting silo]

I waited more than an hour in one spot just for a kingfisher
And it somehow always appears for a very short time just when I get distracted by another bird

[green meadow]

That is correct. And if you are waiting for something to happen it happens just then when you look away. 😅

Also it is important to study and learn how birds behave that you are trying to photograph.

At least for me it is also big part of this hobby that I learn new things about nature.

[hallow geyser]

Something that I feel like will make my job 10x easier is when I get my drivers license. I could actually go to better places, the place I currently go to isn’t exactly great for it. It’s dry, colorless, muddy and the sun is in the direction of where the birds want to be at. Can’t wait for that

[drifting silo]

I dont have a car/private vehicle. I just travel by train/bus and walk the rest of the way
Just last week I had walked 18km to search for birds

[green meadow]

Good for nature and for you as well. 👌

[wispy mesa]

here, we have a nice row of trees next to the river that are actually below street level. So the first branches are quite on eye-level, and the common birds used to the city and people are quite good to catch here (tits, robins, blackbirds, etc)

[brazen badge]

Saw a bird collecting twigs, should’ve taken a photo but I didn’t want to seem creepy to the people living there

[brazen badge]

Well I didn’t get any pictures at all because the dog wouldn’t let me step a foot away from him without howling and alerting the whole town

[green meadow]

I got today this photo of crested tit collecting nesting material. And It is always good idea to photograph these situations. Because it tend to be much more interesting frame when bird is doing something than just sitting on a branch.

[spring vault]

100% crop lol

[midnight rampart]

blurry pics but, i was wondering why all the birds had gone silent and then i saw this guy

[spring vault]

teeny

[scarlet tulip]

they always know to look directly down the lens

[barren yoke]

Ik

[brazen badge]

Cause they’re government spies.

mods this is all a joke don’t ban me plz

[mint warren]

@spring vault Based Osprey enjoyer

[drifting silo]

Low res bluethroat

Could really use that A1 50MP or a7rv 61MP

Im not sure why he has that ID thing on his feet

Could be a zoo/enclosure escapee?

[ornate nimbus]

Okay, who is that?

It's quite literally first time I see this bird in my region

[paper anvil]

Black-headed gull?

[ornate nimbus]

Yep, that's definitely it

Yeb

[wispy mesa]

Canada goose

[dusty fog]

Wild birds and other animals get tagged too to keep track of the population and such

[wispy mesa]

And I think this is a chiffchaff

[barren yoke]

I just got some osprey photos but they definitely aren't the sharpest

[scarlet tulip]

they're hard to get right

the birds fly out voer water where they're hard to get close up to

[spring vault]

how could this adorable thing murder deer

[dusty fog]

beautiful

[plucky yacht]

so good

i have bird pictures

[mint warren]

He doesn't

he just comes to remind you of what you must do

[broken mantle]

hungry birb

kinda sad the blue eared kingfisher showed up at 4-5 pm, and the shutterspeed takes a dive lol. luckily met two of this rufous backed kingfisher on better light.

kinda sad with this one. will revisit next month.

[brazen badge]

interesting beaks

great pictures though

[broken mantle]

this one disappoints me the most lol

we found a nest nearby, and the birb was trying to feed its babies. then it rained heavily so it left, and i waited for 2 hours.

when it came back the fog is soo bad I can't take any good pics. and had to leave before it tries to feed the nest.

but yeah, kinda lucky to get 3 types of kingfishers in a trip(2 days of birding)

was unlucky with the 4th kingfisher, iirc one of the lighter blue ones, either a collared or a cerulean(forgot which one).

[spring vault]

Kingfishers are the best

[broken mantle]

Yeah. Will be trying to get this birb on another location tomorrow. But not expecting any good pics(if any lol), its a known javan kingfisher location, but it rarely shows itself(but you will definitely hear it)

[broken mantle]

They said that the japanese bullet train shape is inspired by a kingfisher’s beak

[spring vault]

(pointy)

[plucky yacht]

comically large beak

[spring vault]

funny burds

[dusty fog]

💀

https://tenor.com/view/crazy-dance-funny-dance-michael-scott-dance-danse-marrante-debile-gif-21385827

[scarlet tulip]

flickers, flicking

[broken mantle]

Nvm. I failed lol

[spring vault]

yeah I removed the sticks from a 3mp crop what are ya gonna do about it

[daring violet]

Any feedback welcome

[spring vault]

what's it lookin at

[daring violet]

I'm not sure actually

[plucky yacht]

i think the branches clutter this up too much, i wouldve moved left a bit to get the bird separated

but i dont have much experience so Idk

very nice sharp picture

[brazen badge]

Incredibly nice but yeah the branches clutter it a bit - also someone with no experience

[static magnet]

just gone through today's photos and found i accidentally bumped my shutter speed to 1/125 for half my shots 💀

[spring vault]

burd

burds

[spring vault]

duck!!!

[plucky yacht]

Lets go

[plucky yacht]

brown headed cowbird 😊

[broken spruce]

House sparrow in the garden

[hardy fox]

@finite flower

[finite flower]

so cute

[spring vault]

AAA

[cunning wasp]

awwh poor birb is like :o

so cute

[plucky condor]

Angy bird

[hidden wyvern]

tried a lens lots of people hate today, was actually fun, if you cant tell its busy already with some branches ill point it out and say its f/11

but being fixed and so narrow, it was interesting to mess with

also seems sharp to me

[plucky yacht]

that is so sharp

[atomic oyster]

Thats Mordecai

[hidden wyvern]

this one just screams a bit more

[atomic oyster]

JAJAAJAA

I dont have those ones in the vicinities

[hidden wyvern]

i dont have a great picture of margaret but i did see one

theres also raccoons everywhere lol

[atomic oyster]

The only animals I have nearby are some ducks in a jolly small lake, pigeons, blackbirds, sparrows and insects

some robins appear from time to time

[hidden wyvern]

lots of those here too, i usually go out of my way to travel to places to find more interesting stuff (today i seen 3 tree swallows, although dont have a great photo of them)

enough detail to tell at least, but very far away

[atomic oyster]

Yeah the thing is that im currently in "bachillerato" and is taking me to the limit

when summer comes, my parents wont be seeing me much during the day

[hidden wyvern]

work does keep me locked up somedays although i work 5/7 days per week so free days can be nice, gives time for travel and stuff

always the weekends off

[atomic oyster]

thats nice, my weekends are full of literature, phyisics, maths, technology, etc

What camera and lens do you use?

[hidden wyvern]

i use a canon r6 (normally with a RF 100-500 4.5- 7.1)

in the image today i used a canon rf 800 f/11

[atomic oyster]

Dammm

Im currently using a Canon EOS R7 and my kit lens which was a 18-150 mm

But im willing to get the sigma 150-600 contemporary

[hidden wyvern]

150-600 has a nice range although on crop a 100-400 is also pretty decent and a bit sharper if i recall

cant really go wrong with either one

would be 160 - 640 with the 100-400 on crop which is pretty good for birds

[spring vault]

gobble gobble

[dusty fog]

robbin’

[atomic oyster]

Real

[atomic oyster]

Yeah but the cheap one comes with f/5.6-f/8 and thats too much for me

Meanwhile the sigma goes from f/5.6 to f/6.3 which is similar to my kit lens

[spring vault]

6.3 at 50mm is crap

6.3 at 400mm is fine

u get plenty of bokeh

[mint warren]

I never ended up editing my shot

[drifting silo]

I usually use focal length/aperture to estimate “bokeh” potential

Like Tort mentioned:
50/6.3 = 7.9 = bad
400/6.3 = 63.5 = good

Higher ratio, better bokeh

[atomic oyster]

Yeah on the 150-600 goes till 6.3

Anf thats the max

[mint warren]

Inspired me to revisit

must of taken our shots within a milisecond of eachother

Plus others

[cunning wasp]

Why is every bird a robin

I'm trying to find new birds but I just see like 40 robins

[spring vault]

idk go to a marsh

[brazen badge]

Man I can’t even find any birds

And when I do I don’t have my camera with me

[cunning wasp]

I got a lot of birds I'll sort out the photos later I think I got a crow and I definitely got a male Cardinal this time

[spring vault]

early may is peak migration

I'm gonna be lookin for rare birbs

[cunning wasp]

I got this white and black duck that dove underwater it was really cool looking

[spring vault]

ducc

[cunning wasp]

Whoa that's a vivid green I love it

[scarlet tulip]

"the fuck are you looking at?"

[dusty fog]

That’s sharp

[cunning wasp]

Is this the power of a zoom higher than 400mm?

[scarlet tulip]

that's the almighty power of filling your frame

300PF, 1,7x TC

[dusty fog]

Use those pickles

[cunning wasp]

Birbs are too far awayyy

[scarlet tulip]

i was sitting on my balcony with a beer and baseball on the radio, and this guy showed up on the wire

same with this guy, but he took 22800 ISO to handle

[dusty fog]

Damn he gave you stink eye when you were there first

[scarlet tulip]

mockingbirds really hate not getting what they want

[spring vault]

who the fuck are you

[scarlet tulip]

i wonder who wins that scuffle

the robin, probably

they're beefy

[cunning wasp]

There were some really fat robins in central park lol

[spring vault]

same bird diff angle

[scarlet tulip]

he even stuck to the same pose

polite

[spring vault]

yeah he rly was who the fuck are you to me

[dark minnow]

Well well, who are you?

[spring vault]

lol nice angle

[scarlet tulip]

Feeble human, can’t even fly

[dark minnow]

How dare thou being rest thy sight upon me

[cunning wasp]

So round haha I think cardinals might be my favorite bird

[dark minnow]

Yeah they’re nice

But i prefer chickadees

[spring vault]

I like tits

[dark minnow]

I like woodcocks

[scarlet tulip]

Phoebes here

Or kestrels

Gotta like the feeb

[spring vault]

I had an idea to combine the rgb channels from three photos from a burst

kinda neat

gonna post it online as proof birds arent real

[chilly maple]

Chat is this real

[hidden wyvern]

another one from the 800mm, cleaned up nice on a rainy day for 6400 iso

what im learning is that aside from DoF the f/11 is alright

also didnt struggle with larger BiF at all, so probably does fine on eagles as well

did struggle on small songbirds

...that in mind not sure id buy it right away(already having a 100-500 with 1.4x tc which gives similar results), but if i want a less expensive lens to use on say a trip itd do fine

still more interested in the 500 f/4 lol

[cunning wasp]

pretty much all of central park is like 90% robins

[spring vault]

prolly a lotta ducks in the pond

[cunning wasp]

I got a couple of turtles, one might be a snapping turtle but it was underwater, and i got a chipmunk too but they're not birds so i can't post her e:(

look another robin lol

but check it! I finally caught the cardinal it was such a cutie

he was chasing a female cardinal around and i managed to catch like the half a second he was chilling on a branch staring at her

[hidden wyvern]

red spots with water seems to always be ducks

maybe like 1 goose

[cunning wasp]

i got a few geese and ducks but i can't tell what kinda ducks they are

cuz they don't look as green as the one above

[spring vault]

there's like a bajillion duck species

[cunning wasp]

pretty sure this one's a goose

[hidden wyvern]

canadian goose

[spring vault]

Canada goose

[hidden wyvern]

basically just a big duck though

[cunning wasp]

hahaha but it was like 4x the size of a normal duck

i think this one's a duck but it was just sleeping like this until the goose came and scared it off

[hidden wyvern]

yeah that ones a duck

theres also this, a merganser, but its basically just a duck with teeth

see them everywhere with water nowadays

[cunning wasp]

ohhhhh that one looks a lot more sinister

has like red eyes and stuff

and way more interesting than boring sleeping duck

[hidden wyvern]

theres also loons here which are cool

they make that creepy noise you hear in movies at night that sound like wolves

[cunning wasp]

goose bullying the ducks lol

the ducks were just chilling and goose just swims in and starts chasing them for no reason

[spring vault]

never been to ny but if there's a beach by the ocean within driving distance itll be a nice spot for pics during sunrise

[cunning wasp]

hmm, i don't have a car tho

oh what's this one? This dude was just like hopping about in the mud i assume looking for food

but there were like 4 bird photographers trying to take pics of it

so I got confused and took a pic of it

they were all like it doesn't behave like all the other black birds and i was like i don't know enough about birds to argue

[spring vault]

I use google lens a lot lol

[cunning wasp]

ohhhhh

a brewer's blackbird

that's cool

[spring vault]

I think it's a rusty actually

they look similar but range map says brewers doesn't go to ny

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Rusty_Blackbird/id

breeding male is all black

[cunning wasp]

ohhhh

yeah i was like it didn't have any of those patterns

[spring vault]

there's also an app called Merlin I like

it'll identify birds by their songs

[cunning wasp]

ohhh nice

90% of the songs are robins though i'm pretty sure

i got this app for ny but i haven't used it yet haha i forgot to download the data pack before heading out the first time and it never finished downloading on 5g

pretty sure this guy's a crow of some kind i'll try google lensing

oh phone only

[spring vault]

grackle

they're pretty in the light

[cunning wasp]

ohhhhh

there was a section of the park that had a lot of pine trees

and they seemed to love that

it was the only place in the entire park these guys were but there were heaps there

[hidden wyvern]

they do look like a crow in dark areas

hard to get the blue

[cunning wasp]

wait they have BLUE??

omg i can kinda see it on their head

[hidden wyvern]

its reflected in the sun

[cunning wasp]

the last one was when the sun was starting to go down a lot

[spring vault]

grass and auto white balance turned the dove purple lol

[cunning wasp]

haha wait is it a dove?

[hidden wyvern]

mourning dove

[cunning wasp]

oh damn i thought it was a new one

[spring vault]

I like birds with bright irises

[hidden wyvern]

easy bright iris bird lol

pigeon

[cunning wasp]

ahhaha

there were a few pigeons

i got a white pigeon actually it looked so weird

i assume they just have like albinism or something

looks like a weird looking chicken lol

[hidden wyvern]

I find them hard to photograph uniquely especially since they will run up to you

Not many other birds do this

[cunning wasp]

yeah they have no fear

i kept getting them out of focus and even this one i don't think was a good photo

anyway, most of my photos weren't great, but i'm gonna try get better

i needa start going birding a bit earlier cuz it starts getting dark every time i go

[hidden wyvern]

I usually bird around 11am

[cunning wasp]

ahh i ended up going around 6pm both times i went because it was after work or after everything i was doing

not the most ideal

[hidden wyvern]

Work tends to suck the life out of people’s days, so I just take 2hr breaks although my workplace is also fine with that

They know no one wants to be inside 9-5

But if I go 9-7 instead with that break it’s fine

[cunning wasp]

hmm, the problem is my job relies on other people so it's pointless for me to be working till 7pm, i won't be doing much past like 5 when everyone leaves

[green meadow]

Robin looks bit disappointed. Probably because this weekend blackberry winter hit quite hard and it snowed for about 10cm.

[scarlet tulip]

Poor guy missed out on his berries

[daring violet]

Welcome feedback

[brazen badge]

He’s looking at me like I’m the one that took his berries bro

[hardy fox]

here is a bird

here is a bird pooping

[mint warren]

what bird

[brazen badge]

the one that's pooping

[hardy fox]

blue crowned hanging parrot

a few of them hanging around the same spot in jurong lake gardens

[mint warren]

they a migratory pass through or just bit of a restricted distribution in Singapore?

Or was I just unlucky that I didnt see any

[hardy fox]

theyre locals

not super common

now this is rare

chestnut winged cuckoo

[gilded yarrow]

Yoo what a beautiful bird

[mint warren]

oh damn they look cool

One bird I regret not getting a shot of is the common flamebacks

saw some near my hotel in Havelock, rushed into the hotel to grab my camera gear

come back and they gone

[tiny minnow]

reed nightingale

[spring vault]

reed nightingale when they invented reeds 👁️👄👁️

[tiny minnow]

fr

[hidden wyvern]

pretty reflective duck with the 800 f/11

crow on a less bright day with the 100-500, i think the 100-500 wins but still, always was wondering what itd be like if i went 800 instead first

seemed like it was fine to use, only day i found limitations was when i found a garter snake

[green meadow]

Black grouses looks quite bad asses when they are lekking. Shame that there was not enough light.

[green meadow]

ISO is kind of strange value photo of robin is taken with ISO14400 and redpoll ISO2200. Shutter speed and f-stop are same in both pictures. Robin was exposed correctly and red poll under (exposure lifted in lightroom). Now there doesn't seem to be that much of a difference between noise levels (at least to my eye). It might be even less distracting in robin picture because of lighter background. 🤔 So point of this is that it seems to be pointless to use lower ISO value on the field if you need to raise exposure level in post. This might be obvious thing but I thought that this was a good comparison.

[lusty kindle]

It's better to actually use higher iso in the field than raise in post

[autumn canyon]

I believe this will be a money-shot once edited!

[spring vault]

a6400 got more buttons than a6700 smh

[chilly maple]

already is a money shot

[barren yoke]

Got my first owl shots!!

[barren yoke]

Really? Because I was trying to photography owls and it made it really noisy. Like colored pixels

[lusty kindle]

Yes it is

It always is, how much depends on the quality of your sensor

But modifying exposition in post will add more noise than adjusting it while shooting

[hidden wyvern]

if there was any time for the r6 to focus this was it

oh well

high definition tree stump

nailed it when they left lol

something for another day i guess, but, was nice to see them running around

good day either way though, got something i was chasing for awhile which was red winged blackbirds

i think i nailed that one, will have to do edits later (cropped to show focus)

[autumn canyon]

I'm just gonna put those here...

[brazen badge]

I like it, would be better if it was focused on them, but I like it

[broken spruce]

grey heron

[spring vault]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[spring vault]

🟤

[drifting silo]

3MP

[dusty fog]

just goes to show

lol

20 is plenty

[spring vault]

p1000 2 when

modern premium bridge cam would be cool

with how much phones have improved

modern phone sensor and processing with a big ass lens

[paper anvil]

How often do you use the range 300-450 (ish) when photographing birds?

[drifting silo]

Im at 600 most of the time and still too far away too

[paper anvil]

I’m trying to justify going for a 70-300 for hiking/birding (~ 110-450 full frame) but fear the reach would rule out birding. Guessing 100-400 is the bar. That would be ~ 600.

[spring vault]

depends where you're going and how friendly the birds are there but anywhere the birds aren't super friendly it gonna be wanting

like my brown bird pics above were 350mm on apsc but it was 10ft away lol

[lusty kindle]

If you're not going to or willing to wait in hides, 400 is going to be short

[spring vault]

I was doing this today lol

[dusty fog]

How’d you know it would land there

[spring vault]

they were there and I hoped it'd come back

[spring vault]

ill post todays pics later I still got a pile of yesterdays pics I havent shared

[drifting silo]

The color combo of the subject and background

[spring vault]

I didnt even edit that one it was just rly nice

boardwalk bokeh

[drifting silo]

Also how are your photos so clean and sharp? Is it the a6700 sensor, the lens, or the light?

[spring vault]

mostly lens

sony 70-350 is really friggin good

[drifting silo]

My photos w/ a7iii and 200600 rarely get that sharp and clean, maybe the light or sum or sensor’s iso performance

[spring vault]

also my sharpest pics are from pretty close up and not cropped so it's full res and no heat haze

[drifting silo]

Yeah the feather detail is bonkers wth. Looks like a teleprime

[drifting silo]

Ah i see

[spring vault]

I was like 10ft away from the birb

350mm lens on apsc is 525mm

200-600 needs to be stopped down to f8 for peak sharpness but a7iii is 24mp so u might not need to do that

[drifting silo]

I am usually like at least 5 meters away from the bird. With that kingfisher shot it was probably much further. Cant really get too close to any of these birds

Except the common robin and blue tit that isnt shy around humans

[spring vault]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1041487027255914566/1233912483643658301/DSC03117-Enhanced-NR.png?ex=662f7acd&is=662e294d&hm=687bc2aee3204e2046e48d26da019726fc2ffa085ef782aaab73403dfa083e1f&

this ones a 4.5mp crop

[drifting silo]

Still really nice detail tho

Because the birb still covers a relatively large portion of the frame

First kingfisher shot i took last time

[spring vault]

I dont have any good kingfisher pics yet

I did get close to one but I took the pic thru a dirty window

[drifting silo]

Yeah me neither they are tough birds to photograph

[spring vault]

out my bedroom window lol

[drifting silo]

I’ll be trying again soon probably, hoping to get a nice in flight shot

[spring vault]

kingfishers here look diff

[drifting silo]

Hehe yeah

[scarlet tulip]

I’m at 500 if I want birds

Anything under 400 on a full frame is probably too short

[scarlet tulip]

splash

[spring vault]

remote control camera was a big success

[gilded yarrow]

70-300 is enough on apsc

100%

[spring vault]

no way

[scarlet tulip]

it's 450 equivalent

that in itself isn't horrid

300 on 20MP APSC

but, this is a prime, not a slow telezoom

[spring vault]

if its super sharp like sony 70-350 you can crop

but fuji 70-300 isn't sharp

https://dustinabbott.net/wp-content/gallery/fujinon-xf-70-300mm-ois-review/38-300mm-Center-Comparison.jpg

[scarlet tulip]

that's a mainline Fuji lens?

drink

[spring vault]

focus stacked birds

[ocean frigate]

gen fill the fucked middle part and expand the frame to the right a bit

dont let the shitty focus stack software keep you from greatness

[brazen badge]

that is a bird... I think

these government spies are getting more convincing every day

[spring vault]

I didn't gen fill anything! I just only took three pics to stack and masked them in PS manually.

[green meadow]

I have tried these also, but often end up to the same problem, like in this picture, that there is out of focus part of branch or ground or something between birds and it just looks bit unnatural to my eye.

[wheat hare]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/29/blue-rock-thrush-bird-sighting-oregon/73498637007/

[dusty fog]

thats awesome

[spring vault]

wait I shared those ones already

[dusty fog]

hey where da birbs go

[spring vault]

heres a new one

[dusty fog]

red wing black birb

[dusty fog]

ur photos are sharp as fuck

whats the kit?

[spring vault]

a6700 sony 70-350

rly nice lens

[dusty fog]

this?

[spring vault]

I got it for $650 new!

[dusty fog]

wow interesting, good stuff

[spring vault]

not enough zoom a lot of the time tho so im getting a sigma 500 5.6 too

spoiled by this lens so 200-600 is off the table

not sharp enough

[dusty fog]

might be the sharpest photos i've ever seen lmao

[spring vault]

heres a new pic from today and new bird for me :D

2 megapixel crop

[scarlet tulip]

feeb

[spring vault]

who needs a zoom lens when u can crop ridiculous amounts

looks p good for 2mp

[dusty fog]

baltimore oriole?

[spring vault]

yeah

[dusty fog]

nice

[spring vault]

u just wait for the pic im working on now

1.8 megapixels

AND it has motion blur

topaz pls save me

[dusty fog]

[spring vault]

hell yeah

lol

big crop

[spring vault]

hit em with that cinematic aspect ratio

ok last one

[scarlet tulip]

orioles are always fun to see

they don't seem to come to VA, it's a shame

[spring vault]

im going to ohio prolly next weekend for mega migration

all the migrating birds bunch up under lake erie cos they gotta fatten up before flying super far

got all the spots figured out

not visiting all of those but if I happen to be near

[scarlet tulip]

Good call

That part of the country is spoiled for good birding

[green meadow]

Close up collection

[untold nexus]

these are hot, I love them!

[green meadow]

Thank you so much! 😄 👋

[drifting silo]

Its a crime that they made this lens sharper than the full frame 200600

Had no idea the 70-350 would be that sharp

[drifting silo]

Lovely set

Crazy feather detail

[green meadow]

Thanks. I know. I spend too much time checking these photos out zoomed in at 100%. I think it is kind of obsession to me. 😅

[scarlet tulip]

That 600PF renders so nice in the right hands

These are great

[hidden wyvern]

i seen that bird once here

never since though

[spring vault]

u might see it again soon with migration stuff happening

[hidden wyvern]

it was in my neighbors yard suprisingly, wish i got a shot of it

[paper anvil]

These are amazing!

[spring vault]

doing bif with not enough focal length but impressed by the autofocus regardless

these ones had about enough pixels for discord

was almost golden hour and I didnt like yellow birds but now the water is extremely blue lol

[dusty fog]

nice tree

[spring vault]

think it was eating it

never left it

which was annoying cos I couldnt get closer lol

[mint warren]

Killdeer?

[spring vault]

yea

theyre rly loud

[mint warren]

It's loudly telling you what must be done

[dark minnow]

i dont think I ever took an image of a robin as sharp as this

[dusty fog]

robins kinda ugly tbh

[spring vault]

how dare you

European ones r cuter tho

[mint warren]

Australian robins are p cute

but been harder to find lately

[chilly maple]

birds

[spring vault]

nex7 bird pics for the lols

[spring vault]

mmmm catbird

I like the plant placement

[plucky yacht]

ur cracked asf

[dusty fog]

Just had peak bird photo experience

Finally found a good spot

Got a bald eagle in flight

[dusty fog]

can someone id this?

i guess it's an osprey

[green meadow]

It is an osprey. 👍

[dusty fog]

lifer 👍

[green meadow]

Did you saw it diving for that fish?

[dusty fog]

nah sadly

was busy focusing on some ducks

[midnight rampart]

took me a second to realise that's a fish and not a rock with eyes 😭

[green meadow]

Well maybe next time. Cool bird.

[dusty fog]

ah yes, ye old eye rocks

[errant yarrow]

It was suggested I should share this photo here. 👍🏻

[dusty fog]

the conditions were pretty awful, but got lots of good opportunities at this place

[scarlet tulip]

These with the 400?

[dusty fog]

Yup

[dusty fog]

I honestly wasn't super happy with the results today, the noise was pretty rough even at like 1600 on Zfc
Hoping next time I can get more light

[scarlet tulip]

the blackbird and grackles are the best of the bunch

shot of the two gulls is nice too

i think some of them could use some dehaze, it'll pop the darks

[dusty fog]

yeah i was abusing dehaze on these

the browns kept getting really crunched

this is how washed out the raws were

i also think im still dealing with the stablization causing some motion blur while panning and stuff

[scarlet tulip]

Foggy one, nice

Does the 400/4.5 let you change VR modes?

[dusty fog]

yeah im already using sport mode tho

[scarlet tulip]

Hmm

Was going to say, give that a shot

What shutter speeds is it happening at, and do you have samples?

[dusty fog]

this is the one that bothered me the most
maybe it's just because of noise and focus though

the head looks like motion blur

maybe I'm just peeping too hard

[scarlet tulip]

What shutter speed?

[dusty fog]

1/2000 the whole time

probably coulda lowered that to avoid some noise lol

[scarlet tulip]

Aperture?

[dusty fog]

4.5

[scarlet tulip]

Dark day out

It could be motion blur, talons look kinda similar

Honestly at that speed just turn the VR off

[dusty fog]

yeah next time when i get more light ill try with and without

[scarlet tulip]

Above like 1/500 I only leave it on because it smooths out the viewfinder motion

[cursive linden]

Do you guys use a polarized lens for birds?

[barren yoke]

?

[scarlet tulip]

A polarizer? No

[barren yoke]

Did someone @ me?? What's up

Sorry I need to be more active here lol

I posted these on my insta, but horned grebe!

[scarlet tulip]

greeb

Nice light for those

[barren yoke]

Eh kinda harsh

Very happy they got so close thi

I think this one is my favorite

[plucky yacht]

sick osprey

only ever seen one

[mint warren]

Grebes are nice

[hidden wyvern]

this is my first red winged blackbird photo and probably my best for awhile lol

came out pretty great

[spring vault]

I love rwbb

[dusty fog]

This is from yesterday

[cursive linden]

Is there a website you use to locate birds?

[dusty fog]

https://ebird.org

there’s an APP too

And there’s an app called Merlin Bird ID for ID help also made by Cornell

You can post photos on there too

[spring vault]

with shore birds it's nice to get as close to the ground as possible

looks very nice

[dusty fog]

i did : D
just stood up to take the pics for the story

[spring vault]

warbler capital of da world

I saw a couple

no amazing pics yet

two owls!

bajillion ppl here it's pretty crowded

[scarlet tulip]

that seems like a nice spot

[spring vault]

idk if discord gave that enough pixels to read

[errant yarrow]

We have a hawk in our neighborhood every year. I live in a city in south eastern Los Angeles county so it’s pretty cool to see when they are around. I’ve had limited success shooting them with my sigma 100-400 lens. This is one of the best I’ve been able to capture.

[green meadow]

Spring is busy time for birds and bird enthusiasts. 😅

[scarlet tulip]

Especially the misty spring days

[gilded yarrow]

Woaaa great shot

I love pictures where you can see the rain

Man I really hope that someone buys all my Canon stuff so I can finally get that 200-600

[scarlet tulip]

great lens, that

well priced too

[gilded yarrow]

Yea I dont think theres anything close to it for 1.5k

[scarlet tulip]

180-600 is the only one

the 200-800 Canon is over 2k i think

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah 2.5k

180-600 also a bit more expensive but it may be even sharper not sure

[scarlet tulip]

it's 1600 i think

[gilded yarrow]

I like that the 200-600 has internal zoom

[scarlet tulip]

maybe 1700?

yeah, internal zoom is a must IMO

makes it better in the drizzle

[gilded yarrow]

In Germany atleast

[scarlet tulip]

geez they charge

given the conversion rate, one pays like 1/3 less here

[gilded yarrow]

Damn thats actually crazy

[scarlet tulip]

B&H does have it for 1696

so, wow

[gilded yarrow]

Sometimes I regret not having saved up a bit more for the A7IV because of bird eye af

but then I remember that didnt even exist a few years ago and people still managed to get amazing photos

[wheat hare]

It’s just a nice to have for sure

[wispy mesa]

Back from vacation I saw and heard a lot of new birds! Now i have to go through and see, if there is actually a good photo among the pictures.

This one is a european serin, if my research is correct

[wispy mesa]

Sardinian warbler

[spring vault]

that ones cool lookin

[wispy mesa]

i love the red eye. makes him look a bit angry though

[scarlet tulip]

Angry or a bit tired

[wispy mesa]

The female doesn't have it, so i guess it's an attraction thing again 😄 the more intensive the red, the more attractive for the female

[spring vault]

lol

[green meadow]

Today I saw mostly white birds with dark head. 😃

[scarlet tulip]

Those two terns hit the perfect pose

[wispy mesa]

What a pretty bird!

[hidden wyvern]

doing lots of things this week

found two new birds at a flower place i went to

[wispy mesa]

aaawww

[hidden wyvern]

one of these ducklings is not like the other

tough sunlight and branches though but i got a few things im happy with from there

just need to edit them

[hidden wyvern]

Framed another photo, meant to do in winter but oh well

Bird apartment

[dusty fog]

i love the laughing gulls, prettiest gulls

[hidden wyvern]

motion warblur but im still happy (if you see any odd spots it might be because of sharpening to try and fix motion blur)

[spring vault]

sux when u got shutter speed low for the best pic and then they do something cool

[hidden wyvern]

1/4000 but 700mm handheld for a fast bird

probably wouldve been fine just at 500

[spring vault]

I use 500 most of the time and that def would be blurry

usually I just topaz sharpen the face and leave the rest motion blurred

[hidden wyvern]

this is something i could work with, unedited for now though

annoying branch

next time i should bring my monopod lol

[green meadow]

yes indeed and they were so close together so that even the bird behind is almost in focus. 👌

[green meadow]

Little gull is my favorite of gulls. But if terns are counted as gulls then terns are my absolute favorites. 🤔 😄

A little off topic, but I've always wondered if so many birds have dark eyes so that they can withstand bright sunlight better. Such as built-in aviator glasses. 😎

[wispy mesa]

Continuing with my vacation birds

[wispy mesa]

😎 cool theory! i don't have a clue 😄

[green meadow]

Great photos. Shorebirds/waders are such nice birds. 👌

[green meadow]

Me neither...😅

[wispy mesa]

Thanks! I was lucky that it was really near, so i had for once the chance to not crop it down to 2 pixels 😄

[dusty fog]

i want to find these so bad, it's the whole reason I got a birding lens

[wispy mesa]

I found it in Sicily, if that helps 😄

[dusty fog]

it doesn't D:

i live in a good area for them though, i've just had horrible luck

[wispy mesa]

https://tenor.com/view/fingers-crossed-fingers-and-toes-crossed-fingers-crossed-gif-lindsay-lohan-parent-trap-gif-11703065013384651445

[hardy fox]

durian bird durian bird

[dusty fog]

Nice bokeh bro

[lusty kindle]

Hella nice

[brazen badge]

Government spy (also nice pic)

[spring vault]

I didnt think I got that many keepers on saturday in ohio but it turns out I got a ton and its gonna take forever to edit everything

heres my fav though

[scarlet tulip]

Yello

Always liked the week or so when they’d show up on the lakeshore

[spring vault]

what a goober

[scarlet tulip]

Any idea of species?

Nice catch

[spring vault]

if google reverse image search doesn't know then I don't know 😎

[spring vault]

extra fluffed up ruby crowned kinglet

[scarlet tulip]

That makes the most sense

[dark minnow]

New bird to add to the "photographed" list

[spring vault]

https://i.imgur.com/oi54Sm4.mp4

mmmmm

gimme

[wispy mesa]

👀

[dusty fog]

thats nuts

1/6400 ISO 2500

[hidden wyvern]

other new bird i seen, kingbird, got two other photos to share of different birds later

hoping next time its not in direct sunlight on the shadow side

[dusty fog]

itchy birb

grackles are fuckin weirdos man

[wispy mesa]

Omg is this cute!

[spring vault]

nyoom

[scarlet tulip]

Myrtle?

[spring vault]

yea

[scarlet tulip]

Nice shooting

I’ve seen maybe three this year here

They migrated through, now they’re gone north

[dark minnow]

Photographed some black-capped chickadees today at my favourite spot, it felt good

Gonna share more in the following days

[dark minnow]

Here are some more

[green meadow]

This is how it looks like when you just slightly overcompensate while tracking the bird. 😅

Luckily this golden eye gave me many opportunities so I think that I nailed some shots as well.

[wispy mesa]

Just stitch them together 😄

[green meadow]

For a brief moment I thought that I should try to do that. 😅

🤣

[wispy mesa]

I love the third

[green meadow]

Wide crop works quite well. could be bit sharper thou. I think that 1/2500s shutter speed was not enough.

First one is my favorite.

[wispy mesa]

I guess I was led by the expression and the taps 😉

Action shots of birds are my next thing to work on. I'm still way to slow handling the camera

But there is plenty of time to practice, I just need to keep going 🙂

[green meadow]

Yeah, practice and just keep trying to take the photo when opportunity comes are the key components and learning never ends. It is still hit or miss for me too. 👍

[wispy mesa]

Yes I do! I see a lot of improvement already compared to half a year ago, so I am encouraged to just keep going

[spring vault]

first and third pics are so good. I use topaz to fix small amounts of motion blur

usually just fix the eye and beak and leave the feathers blurry cos it doesn't look as natural

combine the original and topaz pics in Photoshop with masks

[green meadow]

Thanks. I have tried sharpening that way sometimes too. But I'm having difficulties to get good results with that topaz sharpening tool.

[spring vault]

there's lots of artifacts so u gotta mask a bunch in photoshop after

[spring vault]

[dark minnow]

Magnificent

[scarlet tulip]

that's the 500/5.6?

at last, the Sony guys get to experience the magic of a small prime

[dusty fog]

the teleprime without holding the lens flex

[spring vault]

do that with a 600 f4 I dare u

[scarlet tulip]

snap

was it the wrist or the mount? doesn't matter, you're out a few grand either way

[spring vault]

first pics

very sharp

some of these are cropped

[dusty fog]

omg not the gooslings

[chilly maple]

awesome pics

[dusty fog]

I feel like Tort lives where Snow White lived

[chilly maple]

were you the one that took that crab picture with all the bokeh

[dusty fog]

i dont think so

[chilly maple]

ig it wasnt a crab

your pics reminded me of this

[dusty fog]

thats some nice bokeh

[chilly maple]

same sorta colors and composition

[spring vault]

more pics from last weekend

theyre so round lmao

[scarlet tulip]

heron nest, nice

i've yet to see a greenie this year

[rancid fern]

barred owlet today this is their first one in three years! 🎉

[scarlet tulip]

fuzzball

[rancid fern]

Qtip lookin ass 🤣

[cursive linden]

It’s so sharp

[cursive linden]

Did you adjust the texture?

Could I get some feedback please?

[spring vault]

the crop is really tall

[cursive linden]

Thank you!

[spring vault]

todays birb pics

[scarlet tulip]

With the 500?

[spring vault]

yea

[scarlet tulip]

looking nice

[ocean frigate]

Nice

[scarlet tulip]

eeg

[green meadow]

Last six months it has been cold and mostly cloudy, so I was in trouble yesterday with all of that harsh light and heat shimmer. Now I have to relearn that it is nearly impossible to get good photos at midday. 😅 Lots of migrating birds thou.

How do you guys take photos of predators? I think that all I get is these bit boring fly by shots against bright sky. Also I'm having difficulties to expose them correctly (probably because of the big lighting difference between subject and bc) and it often feels like these shots are lacking contrast and sharpness. What to do differently?

[mint warren]

Well for Ospreys, go to a location where theres a sheer cliff face

Better chance of getting one more level

Got this last year at Mindarie

Actually this can apply to other raptors such as peregrines that also nest on cliff faces

In other news, cropped these in a tad

Also BLEEERRRGH

[green meadow]

So getting to higher ground is the key. I have tried bird watching towers, but usually raptors pass it from really high or faraway. We don't have that much of a cliffs here so our ospreys tend to make their nests at the top of lonely tall trees and such. That white falcon is so cool looking bird. 👌

[mint warren]

Black Shouldered kite, its the reddish orange eyes that really make them stand out

[green meadow]

what time of the day did you take those photos?

[mint warren]

They can also hover the same way Kestrels do which is cool af

[mint warren]

Around 10pm, it's late autumn here now, kinda a dead period for birds

Although a lack of rain has made them congregate in the few areas that still have water

[green meadow]

that hovering is really cool looking. I was surprised that Rough-legged buzzard I saw yesterday could do it also, but not as smooth as kestrels.

[mint warren]

Although ideally you get them closer to the ground

Yes he pooped

[green meadow]

My problem might be that I usually see those flying raptors at around mid day and that's why underside of bird is in hard shadow. I should start going out earlier or later and try it then.

[mint warren]

At this particular location they were nesting on a phone tower

Impossible to get shots of them roosting there thatd be worth a damn

but they'd perch on the sand dunes or on posts near the beach

especially since they'd had a successful season with 2 fledging

[green meadow]

How used these are to people? Do they fly off if you try to approach or do you need blind and wait for them to come by?

[mint warren]

Depends on location

This place was a popular beach but I don't think many people took dogs there

so you could get pretty close without it bothering them

[green meadow]

Here if i see any raptor sitting some where, they will surely fly off before I can get decently close. 😅

[mint warren]

and the location of the flying one, the walk paths are far enough away from both the nest platform and the cliffs that they can avoid at their leasure

It is interesting how bird behavior even within the same species can differ based on location

[green meadow]

that's true and behavior also differ between seasons at same location.

[mint warren]

I mean we know why thats the case

[green meadow]

well true.

[mint warren]

I think when you're doing it at locations which are public, the biggest factor is dogs

How often people take dogs there, how many offlead locations ect

if nesting areas are fenced ect

[green meadow]

Do you mean by dogs that if there is lots of people with dogs, birds tent to scare people even without dogs more easily?

[mint warren]

Dogs chasing birds usually

Or putting pressure on areas causing birds not to go there

[green meadow]

Now I see. Well probably depends of species. Specially if there is lots of open space and no trees like those beaches. But I don't think that is the case like parks and such.

[mint warren]

for some retarded reason City of Stirling refuses to fence off the areas where Rainbow Bee Eaters come to nest at lake Gwelup

and has most of the park as leash free

stupid

There are other reasons that affect bird behavior in public areas of course, but dogs tend to be a big one

[green meadow]

That is shame. I think that here it is "illegal" to keep dogs with out leash even in forest at nesting time, but I'm not sure how well people obey that:

[wispy mesa]

"but he doesn'T do anything, he is listening to me word by word and won'T run around!"

[mint warren]

In regards to the area I'm talking about, aparently locals compained about the fencing

Despite the fact in another council nearby, they've permanently fenced off areas for rainbow bee eaters to nest

and its been very successful

[green meadow]

Great how people are proactive with these things but sad if authorities are not interested.. And btw sorry for all how bad my English is. Please forgive me for that.

[mint warren]

Just selfish and entitled people

Its fine

[wispy mesa]

i don't see any problem with your english! (also mine is not perfect, but as long as we understand each other, i don't care about the level of english! it's an international server 🙂 )

[green meadow]

Thanks and yeah I'm happy if I can understand most of the time and also if I'm understood most of the times. 😅

[dusty fog]

They usually perch in the same spot repeatedly if you can find one

[hidden wyvern]

Back-lit raptor

[scarlet tulip]

For ospreys, I end up looking either for perches or hunting areas

Even shooting from lower ground I get decent action, though height obviously helps

Herons and other predatory waterbirds, I just hang out where they are and wait for them to start moving or hunting

[hidden wyvern]

this one was hunting although very high up (nest was up high as well) couldnt quite follow it since i cant walk on water lol

maybe another day itll be closer

[drifting silo]

Havent got the time to edit this photo but heres a very tough looking Blue Tit

[drifting silo]

Finally got my first set of successful BIF photos

[spring vault]

thought this was a dslr for a sec and was like wtf

[drifting silo]

[spring vault]

first infrared birbs

[hidden wyvern]

goose today

seen the osprey too but not mcuh luck as it rained

i still think its visually interesting although far from perfect execution

too much rain

camera for sure is tracking them but still too far

[green meadow]

The male tern brings the fish to the female to prove that he is good partner to raise chicks with....and I clipped the wings. 🥲

[wheat hare]

so close, still a nice shot though

[paper anvil]

Nice one! What focal length was this?

[green meadow]

600mm + 1,4x tc so 840mm

[gilded yarrow]

Certainly not the best I know, busy background, something infront of the Bird etc but its one of the first pics with my new lens and I'm really amazed by how sharp it is

Also pretty heavy crop

And high ISO

And it still looks nice imo

This is the original

[wheat hare]

Oh dang meant to post this here not lounge but whatever. Heron gangs are out today. There were three or four groups around this size scattered down the few miles of beach.

Didn’t take camera as I’m not allowed on tidelands anyway because it’s a reservation

Still fun to watch from the road though.

[gilded yarrow]

what kind of herons are those

they look so tiny

[wheat hare]

probably just Blues

[gilded yarrow]

the blue herons I know are pretty big, maybe that pic just makes it seem like theyre closer than what they actually are lol

[wheat hare]

I'm fairly far away all things considered

that was taken with an iPhone at 2x

[spring vault]

I got no sense of scale lol thought that was gravel

[scarlet tulip]

Local cemetery wasn’t bad for a walk

[dusty fog]

scale is so confusing here 😂

[scarlet tulip]

Will bring the big 500 here when it shows

[dusty fog]

dont get eaten by zombies

[scarlet tulip]

I can bludgeon one with a monopod if need be