Bird Photography

[dark minnow]

pre-shooting is actually pretty usefull

[scarlet tulip]

it can save missed timing, yeah

wish the Z6 had it

needed a faster shutter here, head isn't sharp

[spring vault]

starlings are the most ai generated bird

[scarlet tulip]

they're every bad bird stereotype in one

loud, obnoxious, messy, proliferative, invasive

[spring vault]

infrared birb compilation

ill edit the pics from my main cam some other day lmao

[static magnet]

All of those but they’re native here. We have so many 😭

They are so damn noisy

[dusty fog]

they sound cool tho

[barren yoke]

Wait did I share my owl photos

If not does anyone want to see

Well obviously lol I don't need to ask in my forum 🥰

[spring vault]

babies!

[barren yoke]

As in owls are awesome or they are juv?

Sorry I keep changing my pfp

[barren yoke]

?

[barren yoke]

Ohhh

Yes

Children

[spring vault]

hehe bif is difficult

stood there half an hour to get one cool 2mp crop

2500mm ffeq!!

sigma 500 af feels less reliable than the 70-350

idk if its dealbreaking tho just in a burst the hitrate will be less

[mint warren]

Barred owls?

[wheat hare]

more chickens today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSt-4ucYZ-g

[barren yoke]

Yes and horned

[mint warren]

In the states, what's the common thought on calling them in ethics wise

Because I heard it's easy

[wheat hare]

calling what in to who?

[mint warren]

Calling in Barred owls

calling in birds with recorded calls is considered a bit of a faux pas

Barred owls are apparently super easy to call towards you by just trying to imitate them

[wheat hare]

Oh fuck me I get it now lol

I thought you meant like sharing nest locations or something for some reason.

Yeah that’s frowned on for the most part

[barren yoke]

Yea I rarely mess with calling. Especially not during the spring

I don't need it though. I've found 3 barred owl pairs

[drifting silo]

Had a great weekend last week photographing Herons and Great Crested Grebes

Heres the first edited photo

Excited to share the rest here

[barren yoke]

Awesome

Herons are cool

[gilded yarrow]

I just found the cooles photo spot literally right outside my bedroom window wtf

That was from our balcony, now I'm even closer

[mint warren]

man I wanna move rural, then I can make a bird attraction garden and do photography in my yard

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah we dont have our own garden sadly

Just a community garden or whatever its called

[mint warren]

F

[gilded yarrow]

Shutter speed too slow but still kinda cool

[mint warren]

you'll get plenty more chances

[dark minnow]

Does anyone have topaz denoise/sharpen I want to try something with a picture

[dusty fog]

sure go for it

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah true haha

[dark minnow]

so there is this shot of a blue jay taking off but its very motion blured and apparently it could maybe save it

[dusty fog]

ready when u are

👀

[dark minnow]

there you go

[dusty fog]

this seems to be as good as it can get before looking AI

wait let me try somethign

\

[dark minnow]

thats already better

[dusty fog]

doesn't look awesome, but good enough for instagram probably

[dark minnow]

yeah

[dusty fog]

depending on your standards

[dark minnow]

they arent to high honestly

i dont have a very sharp lens anyway so thats pretty much where my standard is

[dark minnow]

thanks a lot mate

[barren yoke]

Ooo

[dark minnow]

it honestly helped quite a bit

[barren yoke]

What lens?

[dark minnow]

ef-s 55-250 stm

but its a pretty heavy crop

[barren yoke]

Oh cool

[dark minnow]

10 mp

[wheat hare]

I bet dxo would do a better job

It usually does in my experience anyway. But I’m sitting at the laundromat or I’d test it

[spring vault]

10mp ain't that heavy of a crop rly

[dark minnow]

True

But still kinda heavy

[spring vault]

I've done a lot worse many times

[dark minnow]

Who hasn’t?

That’s the question

[drifting silo]

Im regularly at 5 MP

The key is to not pixel peep and just enjoy the photo from regular viewing distance

Anyway heres another heron photo

I like how it flew so close to the geese, like a show off lol

[gilded yarrow]

Looks great

I like herons

[drifting silo]

Yeah

Theyre the only BIF photos I have for now

Small birds are just too damn fast

[spring vault]

I mostly look at my pics on my phone so it's fine

the high res ones become desktop backgrounds

[wheat hare]

Looks like geese too 😬

Herons are awesome. Greens and Bitterns are interesting to watch stalk and skulk around

[drifting silo]

Oh right my bad 💀

[dusty fog]

Negative, I need to inspect every single one

[hidden wyvern]

well i can for sure tell who that is, now to plan a photo of it sometime

Also got a visitor at my window in the morning

I don’t really feed them in spring/summer but it found something, also got a bird bath

[spring vault]

!

[scarlet tulip]

bloo

[dusty fog]

Damn that looks AI generated AF

who knew there were bright blue sparrows?

[spring vault]

indigo bunting

decided to attend a local birder meeting thing cos a group of 20 people walking around surely will spot more birds than I usually would and its true but that was still too many people lmao

I definitely wouldve missed this one even tho its vibrant af

they also saw a perched hawk from a bajillion miles away

[scarlet tulip]

to be honest i can't do birding groups

ruins the solitude

[spring vault]

yea

also I was the youngest person there by prolly 30y

[scarlet tulip]

that's also normal

[spring vault]

I also got some turkey macro ill edit it some other day though

teleprime + big ass close up bird lol

[scarlet tulip]

ugly turkey in full resolution

[barren yoke]

A furry bird

[scarlet tulip]

A bird consumer

[barren yoke]

I don't think my cats could catch a bird unless it was dead

[mint warren]

In Australia we don't use a camera when these turn up

https://tenor.com/view/dark-troll-face-gif-21996271

[barren yoke]

Wtf

Don't hurt kitties

[mint warren]

Real talk feral cats are a serious ecological problem

especially for birbs

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-15/cats-kill-billions-of-animals-each-year-in-australia/11307684

[barren yoke]

No thank you

[mint warren]

Keep your cat indoors and spay/neuter, then there's no issue.

[barren yoke]

My cats are fixed

And fucking declawed

It's only supervised outside time. He's only ever messed with bunnies.

[mint warren]

Responsible enough

[barren yoke]

Yep

[mint warren]

Some idiots who live next to reserves that I frequent let their pet moggys wander outside

absolutely fucking infuriating

[barren yoke]

Oof

And my cats are too fat to chase birds

They like to watch tho

[mint warren]

What a lot of people dont get is that feral cats are nothing like cute housecats

They're some of the grossest things out there and absolute killing machines

[icy sparrow]

my next door neighbor feeds town cats (neither tame nor wild) and they bring him at least one dead bird A DAY
that's the work of 5 cats

[icy sparrow]

yes
feral cats here in europe are a lot bigger than house cats
and they are aggressive
hell they'll even run after you if they see you

[spring vault]

yoink

[scarlet tulip]

I’d not shoot a feral

Every argument made about feral cats in the environment apply better to humans, and we’re the reason why these cats are the way they are

Can’t abide holding an animal responsible for thousands of years of human interaction

[spring vault]

gobble gobble

[scarlet tulip]

Lovely tom

[mint warren]

Is this the before shot?

[scarlet tulip]

heavy heavy 300/4 crop

[spring vault]

sharp 👍

managed to get a 35mp pic of a hawk since the prime was too tight so I made it into a panorama

[scarlet tulip]

That Sigma renders so nicely

[mint warren]

Autumn is pretty slim pickings for birds down under

[brazen badge]

Late to the conversation but mine just stares at them, they even started ignoring her at the cabin so she can get real close without spooking them, never tries to catch one though, just likes to be close

The birdlooker

She’s not that fat she’s just fluffy trust

We don’t really have stray cats, and again she doesn’t chase birds she just chills in the forest

Only thing she’s chased is the neighbour cat in heat who kept bothering her

Made sure he stayed under a car for 2 hours at 4 AM

[gilded yarrow]

😍

Pics coming later when I'm back home

Eagle too but way too far away

[drifting silo]

Where is this if you dont mind me asking?

[barren yoke]

I believe the first person was in Australia. Which makes sense because of the rabbits

[gilded yarrow]

In a german town called Braunschweig haha

[drifting silo]

Ah i see thats quite far away from where i live

I want to photograph some birds of prey but havent had any luck in spotting one yet

[gilded yarrow]

Where are you from?

[barren yoke]

Yeah same. They only mess with mice and bunnies

[drifting silo]

Im currently in Aachen

[barren yoke]

These are 2 photos I spent awhile editing

[brazen badge]

No mice or bunnies here to chase, up at the cabin the rabbits are only active at night and she doesn't like being out then it's too cold

[barren yoke]

Yep

I'm just saying they only chase/attack non birds

[drifting silo]

What times do you usually go out looking for owls?

[barren yoke]

One of my cats blends in rlly well so she has fun watching

[barren yoke]

Hmm and before sunset

I have photos from daylight

Sometimes nesting owls or breeding owls are active in the day

[drifting silo]

I see

[brazen badge]

There are some owls somewhere in the forest close to me but I can never spot them, although can't spot much in that forest

[barren yoke]

Hour**

Sorry

Those photos are from a park it was around sunset

[gilded yarrow]

Mmmmm focus

[drifting silo]

Same I think Im just bad at spotting in general 😭

Sometimes theyre right in front of me and dont even notice until they fly away

[barren yoke]

Yeah this is my first time finding them

It's really hard I agree

I first went to parks with marked owls, around sunset so I can scope.

Sometimes they are really hard to find

Listening for hooting obviously

[brazen badge]

Not much high ground in that one forest so wouldn't get any good pictures either way, but it'd be nice knowing where they were atleast

[barren yoke]

Yep

I've found 3 pairs of barred owls and 2 pairs of great horned

This year. I'm trying for saw whet and screech

[gilded yarrow]

I only saw 1 owl so far and i only saw that one because someone told me it was there lmao

[barren yoke]

The first one I found was like an hour before sunset, I just saw like a patch of something in a tree

Then I went to some parks

Honesty I'd say go out and listen to find the area

be persistent, and look carefully

[gilded yarrow]

Bird

[barren yoke]

Bird

[icy sparrow]

Bird

[gilded yarrow]

Thats a lot better than my pic from today

[barren yoke]

What pic

Oh right

[gilded yarrow]

Mine is basically just for ID it was wayyy to far away for a good photo

This one lmao

[barren yoke]

Yea I live by a lot of water

So I just look up at big birds and 8/10 its a eagle or osprey

This one got really close for some reason

On this photo I figured out how to de sharpen to make it smoother and cleaner

Still needs to be brighter though 🤔

[gilded yarrow]

ISO 6400 & cropped

I love full frame & lr denoise

[gilded yarrow]

Thats a flycatcher is it?

Thought it was a whitethroat at first but this looks more like it lol

[scarlet tulip]

This was 22800 iirc

Thanks adobe

[spring vault]

I've only found owls by encountering ppl looking at a tree

[spring vault]

orang

[analog kindle]

Hey everyone, haven't been here in a while but I've gotten some nice shots lately!

Also, this one was featured on the front of ebird!

[barren yoke]

Oooo

[analog kindle]

Also ironically that's my barn swallow shot on the bottom too!

[barren yoke]

Sick dude

[analog kindle]

Thanks!

[barren yoke]

How

Wait what do you use

I know people say it's not important but I like to know

[analog kindle]

Like camera?

[barren yoke]

Editing software+ equipment

[analog kindle]

Nikon d500 with Nikkor 200-500 f/5.6
And I use Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom Classic

[barren yoke]

Hm weird

Cool though

[analog kindle]

😂 why is that?

[barren yoke]

Idk I always thought canon was good but like how do you get these great shots

[analog kindle]

A lot of time in the field, pretty much

[spring vault]

hi beau!!

[mint warren]

damn those metallic blues

are they normally like that or is the lighting doing them favors?

[drifting silo]

I feel like this is highly subjective and the camera really doesnt determine much of the result aside from the higher hit rate. Ive seen lots of pretty bad results with high end cameras and good results with low end ones so its all really up to the user

[drifting silo]

Nice aurora shot there, I unfortunately didnt get to see any of it

Slept through it on the first night and stayed up late on the second night for nothing

[wheat hare]

Lovely photos nice work. I also quite enjoy your videos!

[analog kindle]

Thank you kindly!

[spring vault]

they're really iridescent to the point where you can really only take pics of them when it's overcast cos there's so much glare in the sun

[dusty fog]

I love the compositions, but I think you’re not doing them justice with the heavy gradient masks 😎

Still awesome catches though 🫡

[analog kindle]

Thanks, yeah I tend to go heavy on the blacks 😂

[dark minnow]

Rented out this thing for the week

[mint warren]

cool

[lusty kindle]

Idk what software you use, but you should spend more time on the masking, because I can basically see around the bird that you made it brighter because of the bad masking

[wheat hare]

It’s called a halo 😇

[barren yoke]

Uhhh that one was from dropping highlights

I don't use masking on my software

[lusty kindle]

that's weird, it shouldnt cause any halo

well it's not that noticeable on a big screen but i could see it well on my phone

[barren yoke]

Huh cuz I sometimes kinda do that on purpose but I hardly did it on that one

[lusty kindle]

why'd you do that on purpose

[brazen badge]

Idk

[wispy mesa]

hoppe di hopp

[dark minnow]

First day with the 100-400 is going very well

[wispy mesa]

Nice!

[lusty kindle]

100-400 for the win, great lens

[dark minnow]

yeah really

i cant get my head around the fact that its this sharp

[lusty kindle]

yeah really its crazy sharp

[wispy mesa]

I love it too

[lusty kindle]

what i like the most about it i think is how close you can get to subjects, i do a lot of closeups of insects with it

[dark minnow]

yeah it is really nice, comapred to my 55-250 its universes apart

but i feel like I am still myssing a bit of range

but its easy to crop it out

[lusty kindle]

on the r7 it should be still decent, i'm using it on the r6

for walking around, 640mm is rather short though yes

[dark minnow]

yeah its really nice but yeah i tried it by walkig around and it was a bit too short for smaller birds like goldfinches

[lusty kindle]

yeah i guess

[spring vault]

everything's too short for the teeny birds 😔

[lusty kindle]

Gotta do hides

[drifting silo]

What would be long enough for walking around then?

840mm enough?

[lusty kindle]

depends on locations, in europe birds are hella tough to approach for most species, because of the very anchored hunting culture, so here 800 is perfect for me for small birds, i'd say starting from 700 its enough

but in some other countries, birds and wildlife in general is nowhere near as hard to approach

like eastern europe, where birds would literally comme in your hand*

[gilded yarrow]

Cant just generally say it like that, depends heavily on location, closer to big cities 500mm can already be enough for walking around even in germany etc

There are kingfishers where my dad lives and they are very used to people walking around

[lusty kindle]

that too, personnally i dont like shooting in rather urban area anyways

[drifting silo]

Last time I saw a kingfisher the closest i could get to it still resulted in a 3MP crop at 600mm 💀

[dark minnow]

Oof

[lusty kindle]

Kingfishers are hard to approach, but they are birds of habits and very easy to approach in a hide

Hides for the win

[gilded yarrow]

Thats true yeah

[gilded yarrow]

Yea my only decent kingfisher pic is only 3mp too but that was also like the 1st month I had my camera and also 450mm ffeq

The 1st month I had my 1st camera ever* lmao

[hidden wyvern]

low mp warbler

[gilded yarrow]

this one, editing saved it

posted it a few times before

Also, thats at 1/400th handheld, no clue how I got that to be sharp

[lusty kindle]

dont you have is and ibis ?

[drifting silo]

I dont think the 200-600 IS is very good, its just ok

And the A7iii IBIS obviously isnt on par with smth like the A7RV

[drifting silo]

Like if I remember correctly multiple reviews mentioned the sigma 150-600 being better? Im not too sure tho

[lusty kindle]

ah really ?

thought the sony was nice

[drifting silo]

I suppose it would pair nicely with the a7rv or just the higher end models, saw handheld video footage on it and it was pretty smooth

Wild rumour has it that sony’s making a 500mm f2.8? Theres a high likelihood its false but that would be a dream

Along with a special 1.6x tc making it 800mm f4.5

Perfection

A really nice balance between 400 and 600 GM

[lusty kindle]

imo that would be absolutely terrible

waaaay too big to handle

something like 6kg

and 23cm diameter at least

just not worth the hassle at all

[wispy mesa]

i'll throw in a little silhouette, in between your discussion 😄

[gilded yarrow]

That was with my 250d

Canon

and old tamron 70-300

is yes but not that good

[lusty kindle]

okok

[analog kindle]

Pine Warbler last evening, super cute!
https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/619243759

also someone mentioned my dark gradients but this one was just from a really dark bush in the background lol

[gilded yarrow]

I like dark gradients

[analog kindle]

finally yes another

[gilded yarrow]

To make it look like the sun shines on the birds

[analog kindle]

Exactly, although I do admit I sometimes do it too intensly

[gilded yarrow]

Sent all of them before, just to show I also do those gradients lol

Atleast a little bit

[analog kindle]

Yeah
Those look nice!

[gilded yarrow]

Thank you^^

Yea I'm really impressed by how sharp the 200-600 is

Also, I still havent found the kingfisher 😔

didnt even hear him

[hidden wyvern]

Happy with this although different from what I usually do

[analog kindle]

That would be Common Kingfisher right?

[hidden wyvern]

tried not to disturb the quack

[gilded yarrow]

I've been at 2 places the last 2 days so far where He apparently lives

[gilded yarrow]

Yep

[analog kindle]

based on the great tit and wagtail

[gilded yarrow]

The only one here in germany haha

[analog kindle]

Yeah Im in Michigan, we get the Belted Kingfisher

[gilded yarrow]

Woaaa just googled that one, they have a mohawk!

[gilded yarrow]

Niice

[analog kindle]

Yeah its pretty cool when you get to see it

Thanks, this is probably my best shot of one, they are so darn hard to sneak up on lol

[hidden wyvern]

this one was from yesterday, eye af found a way to mess up lol

otherwise wouldve been happy

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah kingfishers are usually very skittish

[analog kindle]

Someday I want to see a Pied Kingfisher

[gilded yarrow]

For some reason my a7iii's eye af that doesnt even have bird eye af worked on a bird today lmao

[analog kindle]

nice

[gilded yarrow]

Its just "animal af" but basically just for dogs & cats

[hidden wyvern]

r6 just has eye af but overall

sometimes mistakes sticks for eyes

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah got some cool pics but cant edit them since I'm not home sadly

[analog kindle]

Yeah I also got this Black-Crowned Night Heron last evening too

[hidden wyvern]

i used mf here because it could not see the bird with branches infront of it, like at all

[analog kindle]

That seems really sharp for manual focus, good job

[hidden wyvern]

thanks, there was the option of moving slightly left to get the bush out of my way but idk, like how it adds green spheres into the water seemingly

foreground can be fun sometimes

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah that pic looks really nice imo

[hidden wyvern]

i cant find herons anywhere here yet, although theyre usually everywhere, id love to get one in flight

looking at the duck spots for a reason lol, supposedly there's loons around too

[wheat hare]

No shot

[spring vault]

not any good but first coopers hawk pic lol

theyre friends :)

[spring vault]

extremely stoked about this pic I got today

[mint warren]

NOICE

oh man thats a shot that makes a year

[wheat hare]

Niceee

[dusty fog]

awesome shot

denoise went brrrrrrrrr though

[brazen badge]

you should be those are great

[analog kindle]

Northern Flicker last morning

I think this is the female due to lack of moustachio

[dark minnow]

Saw a bunch of new species today, first osprey too!

[gilded yarrow]

That 3rd pic looks really nice!

[gilded yarrow]

Tried something a little bit different too, which one do you guys think looks better?

[scarlet tulip]

i like the second one, background contrasts marginally better

[scarlet tulip]

nice kingbird

that Sigma really handles feather contrast well

[gilded gale]

Hey guys! Pretty new to the discord and just found this thread!

[brazen badge]

These crows are just evading me like crazy

I had the perfect shot at the start.. except I didn’t have my camera

So I ran home

Got said camera

Crows gone

Find crow

[barren yoke]

Aww

[brazen badge]

Different spot

Horrible lighting

[barren yoke]

Im sorry I hate missing shots

[brazen badge]

I got a few bad ones, that’ll have to do

[barren yoke]

Crows are annoying

[brazen badge]

Bird

[hidden wyvern]

duck (2)

[brazen badge]

Ignore the dust the camera had been sitting a decent bit because of bad weather

suddenly said weather spiked and now I can't step outside without boiling

[brazen badge]

Duck

I know a perfect duck spot I should go there

I really like that duckling photo

is that what they're called

ducklings

I think so

[spring vault]

I don't have any good crow pics yet despite them being common

[hidden wyvern]

yeah duckling

[spring vault]

lighting is never good enough

[brazen badge]

so real

[spring vault]

I gotta befriend one and convince it to pose in a studio environment

[hidden wyvern]

crows can be difficult being just one dark colour

sunlight almost removes the details

[spring vault]

I got some good redwing blackbird pics but those like to pose

[brazen badge]

This one had no issue getting close until I was ready to take a shot

perfect position? fly away

[hidden wyvern]

this one was during a cloudier day but the sun poked out a bit

probably my favorite one i got so far of them

theyre also just big, so when close up it can throw me off if im at like 500mm lol

im hoping to get a raven someday too, bit bigger

[brazen badge]

They might be shaky, unfocused, or anything of the sort, but atleast I got the photos

I have more that wouldn't convert with the same tool but I'll send those too

I just noticed the 3 next to last are basically the same photos

I thought I deleted the duplicates

oops

Last one, didn't like the others

It's far away and blocked by sticks I only chose it because of the leg

[hidden wyvern]

looks a bit different than the ones here, although similar thing i mentioned, black/white birds can be tough to compose for

ive photographed chickadees so many times lol

[brazen badge]

Might be a hooded crow, I'm unsure

I'm not too familiar with bird races I just assumed it was a crow because of the sound and looks

Here in norway these are quite common just can never spot one

[hidden wyvern]

Yeah looks like a hooded crow

[hidden wyvern]

went out at a weird time for birding (5:30pm) but it was pretty nice, gooselings and such running around, heres hoping i got another good photo of them, also encoutered a beaver and somehow got a photo of it at a normal aperture and at f/54 because i mustve accidently hit a dial trying to do a portrait shot (battery grip has a dial i couldve accidently swiped)

still exciting to see a beaver whatever that results in lol, auto iso potentially saved a shot

[spring vault]

your lens goes to f54 wtf

[hidden wyvern]

im not sure when id ever use that but yeah, scarier thing is i didnt notice until i look at settings a second time

image wasnt dark or anything

not quite the f/52 image but this ones f/16 and honestly not bad

unedited and no noise reduction

luckily its in the water as basically everything would be in focus

[spring vault]

baby crane

[hidden wyvern]

baby birds are always nice

seems to be a lot lately

both pretty good shots as well, im happy to see green bokeh again

[spring vault]

not birding today cos I have several days of backlog to go thru lol

too many pics

[hidden wyvern]

i gotta go through stuff as well but ive been trying to get out every two days or so, been seeing lots of things

target is cardinal now since i got an acceptable osprey shot for now

[analog kindle]

AGAIN?!!?

[barren yoke]

Woahhh

Sick

How do you apply for that

[analog kindle]

Lol I don't know!!

[barren yoke]

No but like where

Do you put it in ebird ?

Do they tell you when your photo gets put up?

[spring vault]

they got u bookmarked

[analog kindle]

No

[barren yoke]

How did you find out then?

[spring vault]

uses the site often lol

[analog kindle]

My longest is 120 lol 😅
Too much

But I know a guy with over 3000 for real

[analog kindle]

Someone in a Discord server I help run notified me

[barren yoke]

Cool

[scarlet tulip]

catbirds are here

[brazen badge]

I should get out to the coast today

My dog scared away all the birds last time

[drifting silo]

How is this even possible i thought f22 was the max for most lenses

How much deeper can the DOF get beyond f22

[brazen badge]

Everything is possible for keyan

Why do you doubt them?

[wheat hare]

I’d be interested in knowing what lens apparently went to f54.

[hidden wyvern]

only does it when its on the long end, 200-800 i think is the same way

[spring vault]

canon moment

send the f54 pic I wanna see how much diffraction it has

and what iso and ss it used

[hidden wyvern]

original vs quick edit

[brazen badge]

I’m by ocean trying to get seagull pictures

3 zoomed right past me, would’ve been perfect

Got one above me but not close enough

And just as I had switched to the non zoom lens multiple pass by me

[brazen badge]

I got a few alright pictures

when I was walking home idk what kind of bird started flying after a seagull that got me some nice pictures

[gilded yarrow]

Man I cant seem to find any birds currently

So annoying

Maybe I just go out at the wrong time

[dusty fog]

some days I feel like theyre just hiding or gone

[gilded yarrow]

The annoying thing is, atleast in the forest, I can hear them but theyre always up in the tree tops lol

[dusty fog]

lol yeah that too

[gilded yarrow]

ew dust

The fuck I really need to clean my sensor

[dusty fog]

my monitor is more dirty so I can't really tell

[spring vault]

still goin thru pics from two weekends ago

do u even need more than 26mp

(yes)

[barren yoke]

Woah

Sharp lol

Wait but that's cuz of the lens right

[gilded yarrow]

ISO 6400 lmao so crazy

[gilded yarrow]

Yea

[spring vault]

what if I had 60mp of that sharpness though

[scarlet tulip]

You’d have 7fps or no money

[drifting silo]

I dont think i get that much feather detail on my photos 💀 is this a quality control issue

Like genuinely look at this

Raw uncropped

Cropped

[barren yoke]

Ooo grebes

Cute

[drifting silo]

Could it be a case of slightly miss focused?

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah that looks like the focus is a bit further back than the eye because the neck looks sharp, also for feather detail its better to get as close as you can

Also the lens matters, some lenses especially older/cheaper ones are just not sharp enough for good feather detail

[drifting silo]

Its literally the same one ur using lol

Same body too

[gilded yarrow]

Oh lmao

Yeah maybe just not 100% focused or a bit too far away then

[drifting silo]

Yeah i think some of the decent results i got were when the bird was so close that I didnt have to crop much at all in post

[drifting silo]

But god look at this

Its crisppp

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah you wanna crop as little as possible

for example, this is completely uncropped

[drifting silo]

Oh yeah thats great

Most of my photos rn require extreme cropping

Need to find hides

Willing to rent one out ngl

[gilded yarrow]

Be patient and let the birds come closer

Dont even necessarily need a hide, just dont move lol

[gilded yarrow]

That was in my gf's garden so the birds are used to people but when I was sitting still sometimes the birds were too close to focus

[drifting silo]

Hehe thats the thing, the best it could get is still too far away. Theres this spot i go to for kingfishers and its basically impossible for the photographers to get any closer. We wait there for 3-4 hours to get a few shots of it still too far away lol 😂

Since its a Naturschutzgebiet we arent supposed to “trespass” either

[gilded yarrow]

Oh yeah kingfishers are hard

[drifting silo]

I got a (slightly improved) photo last time by lowering my shutter speed to 1/125

As can be seen from the crop indicator thing, its a pretty extreme crop

[gilded yarrow]

I hope I can see some kingfishers again when I visit my dad

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah true

[drifting silo]

Cant even hope for viewing on ipad, just a small phone screen

Any larger screens would immediately expose how low res it is

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah same with my only decent kingfisher photo lmao

cropped to 3mp with a very soft lens on my old cam

[drifting silo]

Looks great on my 6.12in phone screen

Just never view it on a 12.9in ipad screen

Or 16in laptop

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah lmao

[spring vault]

u see the secret to showing off how good a lens is is only sharing the good pics u get and throwing away the bad ones

[spring vault]

warb

[scarlet tulip]

Shout

[spring vault]

almost looks like a fish

[scarlet tulip]

Big koi type thing with the large pectorals, I could see it

[mint warren]

he warbin

[broken mantle]

look at that grain

[gilded yarrow]

Use lr denoise

[frosty yacht]

that is a crazy good shot man

and the grain isn’t even bad, just don’t pixel peep, or use LR denoise as suggested

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah forgot to say that, nice shot!

[broken mantle]

Yeah

Currently on a trip with no laptop/pc. Only LR mobile

[gilded yarrow]

Guys should I go out look for some birds? Its 4pm so usually a pretty bad time for birds but still

[green meadow]

Today was first really warm day here and I remembered how much I hate heat shimmer. At least around noon there were zero change of getting sharp photos of anything that is bit further away. Could that be the case with your photos too?

[scarlet tulip]

You should stop asking the internet to define your daily routine

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah probably

anyways, omw to the forest rn lmao

[scarlet tulip]

I am not looking forward to this

[green meadow]

Yeah, everything ends up looking like this one. And light is too harsh also. But now sun rises here 3:30am so it is harsh anyway when I wake up. 😅

[hidden wyvern]

first thing that comes to mind is heat haze or something, even the wood which should be fully textured has a blur

only thing you can do there is get closer somehow

[scarlet tulip]

It’s heat haze, nothing to be done

[hidden wyvern]

when theres heat haze i find i have to almost be like less than 20 ft away

[green meadow]

That's true. And I think that it also messes up af because camera can't get focus confirmation. 🤔

[hidden wyvern]

yeah it can

[green meadow]

So I have to wake up earlier. 😅

[hidden wyvern]

pretty much, or hope for rain and such

i find its usually better then

[green meadow]

True...but even with the heat haze I prefer sunny days. 😄 There is plenty of days without it in the winter.

Luckily not all of today's photos were ruined by the heat.

[hidden wyvern]

i still need to go through my catalog from a few days ago, although i also ran into some hea thaze

[green meadow]

Hope fully it didn't affect too much. 👍

[drifting silo]

That could very well be the case, i do remember it being a pretty sunny day

Its the dilemma between having nice shade but higher iso or lots of light, lower iso, but lots of heat haze

[green meadow]

true true and that is really annoying. 🫠

[spring vault]

I prefer cloudy days and on sunny days I try to stick to the shade

some birds can look good in direct sunlight but they need to pose just right

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1198333040448000104/1241929426560749609/DSC00961-Enhanced-NR.png?ex=665099a9&is=664f4829&hm=e6df6925fa2c0a2eb77e850bf9c4eda66e2205f2bb1d2b65e10117471f5d9aa7&

like this one I took like two dozen pics and they were all awful except when it faced up

I don't like how iridescent birds like tree swallows look in sunlight

[lusty kindle]

You can just buy a camo for like 20€ and use that as a hide, kingfishers are in about every river if you actually search for them, just post some perch above the river and it will come in no time if it likes the perch for fishing. Then you can just sit 3m away and it won't ever notice you

[gilded yarrow]

ordered a camo net for when I'm in a hide

[spring vault]

what are you talking about about I just see an empty bed

[solar bay]

this photo was taken from an odd angle but i'd like to know what you guys think about it

[spring vault]

the angle is odd

[solar bay]

I am aware of that

[brazen badge]

idk the angle seems a bit odd

jokes aside it's a clear picture, very focused, but yes the angle is odd, that's really the only issue imo

[spring vault]

ooo he fishin

angery

[scarlet tulip]

Pair of lifers today

Great-created flycatcher was a fun sighting

[spring vault]

cool birds

[brazen badge]

Hope to spot some nice birds when I’m in spain, although most likely my family is just going to force me to go to the beach

[analog kindle]

I love Spotted Sandpipers
Last morning
https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/619561435

[gilded yarrow]

My tripod arrives today and i found out that i am actually allowed to leave the paths in the forest near me even though its a nature reserve, hopefully some nice pics coming soon

I found one great Spot a while ago where birds bath and animals go to drink etc, maybe i'll try to build a hide there

[hidden wyvern]

proof cardinals exist here

now to get closer lol

[dusty fog]

Cardinals really sneaky

Even being the brightest color I see them the least

[hidden wyvern]

i barely see them up close

[drifting silo]

Thx for the tip, i’ll look into it

[drifting silo]

Wait seriously? I thought it was forbidden with all the “betreten verboten” signs

[gilded yarrow]

Nah theres different rules for each one

I even printed it out so noone can tell me to leave the forest

[vale lava]

anyone knows what they're doing?

[brazen badge]

Unfocused and random, but bird

[green meadow]

Love how smooth that water is in these low angle shots. If I try to get any lower camera would be partly under water. Actually that photo might look really cool, but I don't think that there is any underwater housings for 600mm lenses. 😅 BTW I don't know why but I'm really having difficulties with this type of photos to tell if horizon is correctly leveled. Some how reflections and bird it self often doesn't match and it hurts my eyes. 😆

[scarlet tulip]

This is the first duck shot I’ve seen where I really like the reflection, lovely shot

[green meadow]

Thanks. Well I like also those that are taken bit higher when water is calm and reflection is super sharp.

It seems like that hooded crow is not welcome guest near by fieldfares nest. 🤣

[scarlet tulip]

That’s one way to get someone to leave you alone

[spring vault]

round af

[wheat hare]

Saw a rare bird alert and thought about going to have a look to get out. Then I saw the comments.

https://tenor.com/view/shannon-sharpe-undisputed-nope-funny-face-gif-536487951695337499

[scarlet tulip]

i'd recommend a .30-06, not an 800, for that encounter

[wheat hare]

Even with a 30-06 I'm not fucking with a Lion

[scarlet tulip]

they're not like black bears, either, they'll hunt for sport

[wheat hare]

and you won't know they are there unless they want you to know

[scarlet tulip]

i'm guessing that the live lion killed the dead one here

[wheat hare]

Not sure as they didn't go into much detail about it. Maybe that or it was a juvenile and the parent was sitting nearby or something. I'm not a big cat person so I'm not sure on their behavior

[hidden wyvern]

Clearly the bird has goose instincts

[barren yoke]

I saw some wood duck chick's today!

I don't think I've ever seen those before

Lots of wood ducks but never babies

:( 3 of them were hit by a car

Out of 5

[scarlet tulip]

baby bloob

[spring vault]

only bird pic this weekend

[scarlet tulip]

Still counts

[cursive linden]

What type of bird? lol

[spring vault]

gull

[gilded yarrow]

tfw youre outside for 4 hours and only get 1 or 2 good photos

Pretty nice though

[green meadow]

Nice pose, sharpness and light. 👍

[barren yoke]

Ooo

Pretty photos!!

[gilded yarrow]

Thanks^^ To be honest the light is kinda edited though haha

[green meadow]

There's a new sheriff in town 😅

[scarlet tulip]

“This branch ain’t big enough for two”

[vale lava]

thats amazing, pretty woodpecker too

[green meadow]

Quite good but not totally happy. These would be great if they were bit sharper.

[spring vault]

v nice

[green meadow]

thanks 👋

[gilded yarrow]

Thank you!!

[twin vine]

Hi all! New to the group, it's amazing to see all the good photos around here. Thought I'd share one of my own as a "hello" 🙂

[gilded yarrow]

I was hoping for a nice bif pic while he was taking off

Got this one though, but its a very heavy crop

[scarlet tulip]

Merlin, or a different raptor? That shot with the insect is really something

[twin vine]

I think it might be a peregrine falcon, if I'm not mistaken. Would fit with the size compared to the insect, too.

[wispy mesa]

Haha yes, my problem is also often that they just hop off the branches at first before they open their wings - out of the frame.

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah lmao, gotta try to photograph them mid flight or while landing

[gilded yarrow]

Like that one, cropped to 5 mp and pretty bad background etc though

[midnight rampart]

looks like a peregrine to me

[outer totem]

BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY!! Oh man I'd love to get into this sort of thing but getting close enough can be a lil troublesome. I have a few decent-ish bird ones but they're not really to my liking (quality wise, mainly). If anyone has any tips I'd love to hear!!

[barren yoke]

Hiiii welcome

[outer totem]

[barren yoke]

Any and all bird photo is welcome

[scarlet tulip]

Getting them perching is fun

[spring vault]

addicted to focus stacking swallows

slightly missed focus on the rear one but I liked that pose so I used that pic

[green meadow]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_hobby It is an Eurasian hobby. After catching those dragonflies it eats them midair. It looks cool.

Except of the wings. Those it leaves behind.

[scarlet tulip]

The orange underparts are striking, never seen them on a bird of prey

And lol, guess the wings are too crunchy

[green meadow]

Or tastes bad. 😅 It is amazing how sharp turns these can do while hunting. When in close range it is quite challenging to track with camera.

[scarlet tulip]

How do you find them? Open areas at sundown?

[green meadow]

Early morning seems to be good time for these. Nearby bird tower seems to be good place. It is at a shallow lake where is lots of tall grass and dragonflies. I thing they might have nest somewhere nearby.

[scarlet tulip]

I’ve found kestrels like that, they love open areas they can hover over

[green meadow]

It is good place to see ospreys and marsh harriers and also black kites nest there, but those bigger predators usually keeps their distance.

[scarlet tulip]

Kites sound fun

Don’t think we get them this far north, they’re marsh birds

[green meadow]

Yeah they are really rare here too. There is approximately 15-20 pairs that nests here in Finland

these are the only somewhat good photos of kites that I have.

[scarlet tulip]

Wonder if they eat snails

[green meadow]

I'm not sure but I think that they eat about anything from insects and small animals to dead animals or carcasses they can find.

[twin vine]

Oh, now when you say it! Totally missed their red "pants" 😄

[twin vine]

If you're just getting into it, I think these are a good start 🙂 try to get down low and get on the level of their eyes 🙂 makes it more personal and you get more separation of the subject from the background 😄

[twin vine]

And getting close is practice and knowing the birds. some birds let you get real close since they are used to people. some fly away as soon as you see them. If you can, start in a park somewhere, those birds are usually less shy 😄

what tele lens do you use?

[wispy mesa]

my first somewhat decent bif pictures. still way from perfect of course. i might go back to the editing of the cormorant though.

[brazen badge]

Bird

[gilded yarrow]

Are you using a hide/camo or just walking around for your photos? You have so many amazing shots its crazy

Especially the smaller birds in flight etc are really great

Like this one

[barren yoke]

Oh I have new photos too :D

[green meadow]

In the winter I often photograph at bird feeder from hide. It is more "controlled" environment so it is bit easier to get good photos of these smaller birds that visits there feeding. In the Summer time it is more walking around or waiting at some place where the birds might be. I'm not using any other camo besides my hide at the feeder.

[green meadow]

Thank you so much. Nikon Z9 has precapture and it is the key for these flight shots of smaller birds.

[gilded yarrow]

Ooh yeah that must make it so much easier

[gilded yarrow]

Ahh okay thanks, yeah I've ordered one of those 3d ghillie suits from aliexpress for like 15€ just to try it and I was thinking about buying one of those pop up hides for around 100€

This lmao

[green meadow]

Looks cool. Share your experiences when you get those. Specially if it is easier to approach birds while wearing that. 👍

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah will definitely do that

[hidden wyvern]

tough lighting, although im happy with this photo either way (few others as well i havent posted yet)

really busy lately lol

also, went to a pet store while travelling to ottawa, they had all these little birds, even a zebra finch

[twin vine]

@green meadow , @gilded yarrow , keep me updated, too. I have a camp tarp which is amazing for mammals, and good for birds when sitting still. They seem to be wary of walking bushes, though. Would be interesting to hear how a ghillie suit works.

[gilded yarrow]

Will do👍 Also I just sold an old canon lens for 100 bucks so maybe I'll order the Tent, not sure yet though

Was looking at this one

[hidden wyvern]

i have a ghillie suit blind thing (dont really use it anymore) but yeah, if you got the patience and limit your movements it does work pretty well

i think the photohides are a bit easier since you can stand/sit lol, but this one allows you to move like a ghillie suit

this is what i got

another thing some people will do is permanent blinds, i hear they are available at parks in the uk/australia in some places, but can build them too of course on your own properties

basically just a blind built from wood near a convinient spot for birds, those ones would be free but not everywhere would have them

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah sadly i couldnt put one of these anywhere

[gilded yarrow]

Oh yeah I definitely got the Patience I'd say, a few days ago I was sitting at this little pond in the forest for an hour and only moved to a different Spot because the light went away, otherwise i couldve stayed there much longer lmao

Pretty cool spot

theres always birds bathing and lots of woodpeckers etc

Chilling there in a blind would be even nicer I think

[lost lintel]

birb

[vale lava]

long birb

[twin vine]

This was my spot this morning. There's a tree trunk just outside the picture which is a regular spot for woodpeckers. It's a small ravine next to it so it's a great spot to get on eye level with the birds. But no luck this morning, though 😅

[barren yoke]

Ooo looks like a cool spot

[gilded yarrow]

Holy shit what the fuck i just saw a red kite attack some other birds and then get attacked by 2 crows

He literally divebombed those other birds but I didnt see what it was

Sadly incredibly bad because its shot through my window

[twin vine]

Kites and crows are the maniacs of the sky

[gilded yarrow]

Got this one though

[green meadow]

I got two lifers this week. Black tern yesterday and red-flanked bluetail today. 😃

[scarlet tulip]

Bluetail looks kind of like a warbler

[green meadow]

Do you guys have any flycatchers there? Is our flycatchers kind of same as your warblers? All flycatchers here are migrating birds is it same with warblers? 🤔

I'm quite sure that we don't have any warblers here.

[scarlet tulip]

We have flycatchers, mostly tyrants

Eastern phoebe here

[outer totem]

Sorry about my late response to this!
I believe I used my macro lens (105mm) for all of these, as it was likely all I had on me at the time!

Thank you for the advice! Hoping to get some more bird photos over the summer, especially

[green meadow]

Aah, I see you have Tyrant flycatchers and here they are Old World flycatchers. Taxonomy and differences/similarities (evolution) between species here and there are really interesting things. And indeed that bluetail belongs to (Old World) flycatchers family.

[scarlet tulip]

The old-world group seems much more flamboyant

Most tyrants are shades of olive and grey

[twin vine]

@scarlet tulip I had to look this one up. I'm from Sweden and have never heard of blue tails. turns out you have a couple of cool birds in Finland that we don't have 😄

[twin vine]

100mm is quite short, you need to be real sneaky then 😄 going to be fun to see what you can photograph over the summer

[green meadow]

Before there were bluetails only at the most eastern parts of Finland. But now it has made its way slowly towards west...may by someday all the way to Sweden as well. Do you have Eurasian golden oriole there? It is also really cool looking bird. Really hoping to see it one day.

[twin vine]

I checked, and in the very north they have breeding grounds nowadays.

The oriole seems to breed in the southernmost of Sweden. Where I live now (Germany) we have them, I hear them every now and then, but I've never seen them. They are shy as hell, and the bushes around here are so thick that it's hard to spot them. It's still on my bucket list 😄

[scarlet tulip]

I think our orioles are a separate species group as well

[spring vault]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/365327647972130820/1246623381047087124/image.png?ex=665d0fff&is=665bbe7f&hm=986ebcf20700eb1cbc54029ec9cef4253735efdb6092274df63f008f4c7a3764&

get grackled

[barren yoke]

Grackleee

[frozen belfry]

ok stop. this is fucking amazing

[drifting silo]

Huh 😀 dang u went all the way back in the chat log

Thanks tho

Im so drained by uni atm i just dont have the motivation to edit any photos or go out

[frozen belfry]

😂 havent this forum in a long time and thats just where it opened to

[frozen belfry]

i 100% understand you

[wispy mesa]

Yeah take your time and focus on what you need atm. It will get better again!

[twin vine]

I have a gear question for all users of heavy tele Prime lenses. Please let me know if I should ask this in the gear forum instead. But I thought I'd get better answers here since it is gear often used for birding 😄

What stand heads do you use for lenses like the heavy 400mm 2.8, 600 f4, etc? I have a manfrotto 393 head, but am not happy with it and am looking for an upgrade.

[vale lava]

you have heavy tele lenses? i just use a nikon z 250mm which after converting gives me 375mm

interesting

[spring vault]

I wish I had a heavy teleprime

[twin vine]

I got my hands on a 400mm f2.8 last year. it's so much fun 😄 but heavy lifting.

[vale lava]

cool

i wish sigma didnt stop the mega prime lens production

lucky leica is taking off from there

dont really see the point of it though, would just be a novelty

[twin vine]

yeah, so happy when I got my hands on it 😄

[twin vine]

yeah, I bet it has it's applications, but it's not made for carrying around 😆

[gilded yarrow]

Well the best would definitely be a gimbal head I'd say

But these can be quite expensive

[twin vine]

Yeah, that's a must. The manfrotto head I have right now is a gimbal, but it is very impractical. I'm looking for something else. And since they are very expensive, I wanted to get some tips and maybe hear other people's experiences 😄

[gilded yarrow]

Ohhh lmao I didnt know that

[twin vine]

I've found a couple of videos and blogs, but chatting with someone is always more helpful 🙂

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah true gimbal heads are huge and heavy

[twin vine]

no worries 😄

[gilded yarrow]

I just use a ball head right now, thats just because I dont have money for a proper gimbal head though lmao

Works too, also smaller and much lighter

[spring vault]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6zEXUNWQQM&t=249

these things are kinda popular

[twin vine]

I'll take a look! Thanks

[wheat hare]

On a monopod with a monogimbal the majority of time. Can always just find a cheap gimbal head if you’re throwing it on a tripod for extended periods of time.

[gilded yarrow]

What does "cheap" mean? Isnt that still atleast 300€

[wheat hare]

There are ~$100 heads

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1458852-REG/magnus_gh_m1_gimbal_head.html for example

[twin vine]

Do you know how the build quality is? Seeing something so much cheaper than what is considered "normal" (250$ and up) makes me suspicious 😄

[wheat hare]

It's going to be hit or miss. Best you can do is read reviews and try to find videos about them. You're going to have to compromise on the cheap end so as long as you're careful you'll probably be fine. I've used a cheap Neewer one on a groundpod so that I didn't care if it got wet and sandy and it worked just fine for my purposes.

If you check all the screws and knobs and make sure there's minimal/no play and they all tighten correctly it's not going to just magically fall apart on you. There are only a few points of possible failure. Will it be the smoothest moving gimbal ever no probably not but it will work for a basic setup and get the job done in 99% of the use cases.

[twin vine]

Cheers! thanks for the help. I'll see if I can find enough info to see if it makes sense to replace what I already have with another one 🙂

[gilded yarrow]

Oh okay, I only knew about that cheap k&f one but I thought I couldnt really trust it lol

[wheat hare]

Well like I said there are only so many possible points of failure. So if you take a minute or two before you start using it and make sure everything is tightened down and threaded correctly etc they aren't just going to magically fall apart on you. Even the real cheap crap ones.

You buy the higher end ones for things like higher weight capacity, smoother movement, lower weight, other niche features like folding etc, and way better quality control in general. But if you have the time to deal with the QC roulette and possibly returning/exchanging or just refunding duds you can find decent cheapos.

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah thats true, maybe I'll buy a cheap one in the future then

[vale lava]

man i love shots of birds like that

the wood and negative space always makes it look better

[wispy mesa]

thanks!

[vale lava]

this was my most similar shot, with the stump and spacing

[hidden wyvern]

goose, just one this time

i find it kind of fun to photograph these birds since normally id zoom in like the entire way + add a tc and maybe crop

then theres this bird which is almost too big lol

guess thats why i love the 100-500, just the other day i was beside two deer which are even larger

[vale lava]

long bir

nice composition

[hidden wyvern]

thanks

[spring vault]

bird macro

[barren yoke]

Ooo

Nice quality

[drifting silo]

How ya like it wiiiiiide

2:1 > 16:9

[brazen badge]

Bird with item of unknown origin

Would’ve been cool to get with the camera but oh well

[paper anvil]

What kind of gear do you use to transport a body + large tele lens?

[spring vault]

big camera backpack

[paper anvil]

I’m choosing between a 150-500 (Tamron) and a 150-600 (Fuji). Hoping to have one of them by the end of the summer. 🤞

[scarlet tulip]

Hard case for a truly large lens

[spring vault]

more bird macro

this ones less sharp I blame the atmosphere

[barren yoke]

Still cute

And decent quality

[vale lava]

ooh cute

what bird is it

[spring vault]

swan

[mint warren]

he blue

[mint warren]

Also first time spotting one of these but from a distance so photo not great

[hidden wyvern]

little

[spring vault]

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burd

[gilded yarrow]

I was in birding paradise holy shit

Farmers mowed the field and every bird from a 50km radius was there lmao

Spoiler because heron is eating a mouse

like 6 kites, 5 kestrels, 2 buzzards, 10 storks and 5 herons

Dont have my pc to edit the photos sadly

[finite flower]

oo the last one

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah I'm praying it's sharp on a big screen to lmao

[green meadow]

I had some difficulties to decide witch one to track and photograph. 😅

I don't know what else to say except that Hornøya in Norway is an absolutely amazing place.

[gilded yarrow]

Wooow thats amazing

[gilded yarrow]

Man I would do everything to visit or even live in norway

Seems like such an incredible place

[green meadow]

This was my first trip to Norway (even thou it is our border neighbor). I could't imagine how different the nature is there.

[wispy mesa]

aaaw so beautiful, those pictures!

[wispy mesa]

saw a kestrel today (at least i think it is one)

[wheat hare]

yeah

cutie

[wispy mesa]

Was taking shelter from the rain at the neighbours house, so it was a bit nearer than before

[gilded yarrow]

I love kestrels

Their hovering is sick

[wispy mesa]

I didn't realize they look so cute. Never been so near

[gilded yarrow]

Sadly that guy was way too far away for a good photo

[wispy mesa]

Yes, I could watch one doing it lately, it was amazing

[gilded yarrow]

Got this though

[wispy mesa]

Ah you got it off the camera, nice!

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah finally haha

Sorting 600 photos rn

[wispy mesa]

I know the feeling 🙈

I need to edit some Still, too

Not sure how good they are though, lighting was not optimal most of the time

German "summer" 🙄

[gilded yarrow]

Yeaaaa worst thing

Rained the whole day today again after it was like 20c for 2 weeks

suddenly its below 10c again at night

[gilded yarrow]

Damn poor guy lol

[wheat hare]

F

[gilded yarrow]

Goofiest bird of them all

His magnificent feathers blowing in the wind

[spring vault]

only bird pic I got in toronto

[gilded yarrow]

Another one where the mouse is in a slightly different Position lol

[gilded yarrow]

He was attacked by a red kite, didnt catch that sadly

Just the tail lmao

[green meadow]

It is so annoying when these situations are so close but not close enough. 😫

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah true haha

But look at who was home again!

They live there but I havent seen it in a looong time, last time was with my old camera/lens

[gilded yarrow]

Owls are great, 1/15th and its completely sharp

[mint warren]

Very nice, what species?

[gilded yarrow]

Should be a Tawny Owl I think

[mint warren]

awesome, so this is a recent fledge then?

[gilded yarrow]

Pretty sure thats just the way they look here in germany/europe haha, I've seen that Owl before over a year ago

1 sec I should have the pics somewhere

[mint warren]

huh so they do

[gilded yarrow]

Actually I'm not sure

Same spot though, but that was with my old cam lmao

Also worse editing

[mint warren]

maybe a female

[gilded yarrow]

Could be yeah

[spring vault]

burd

[mint warren]

That is a cool bird

[wispy mesa]

Haha in one picture "aaw what a cozy morning" and in the next "but what the hell are you doing here?"

[mint warren]

He blue

[mint warren]

There were ospreys too but none of those turned out how I wanted

[dusty fog]

what is this i love it

[spring vault]

tree swallow

[dusty fog]

oh, simple

cool

i love swallows

with their long ass tails

[scarlet tulip]

Swallo

[green meadow]

Mallard having a bath.

[frozen belfry]

those are just precious

[green meadow]

Thanks. I have never experienced anything like that there.

[cursive linden]

How do you get the background to look like that?

[scarlet tulip]

There’s about two hundred yards between the bird and the trees in the back

And maybe fifteen yards between me and the bird

That kind of distance ratio will blow a background

[hidden wyvern]

rock colored background, rock pigeon