Bird Photography

[carmine fox]

I like this one but unfortunately that leaf

[scarlet tulip]

hard to get rid of as well

gen-fill is fine for branches, but that's a ton of detail you can't get back

[carmine fox]

which one of these do you think
one of them has the subject mask a bit brighter but I think it looks a bit unnatural

[scarlet tulip]

Left side feels marginally better

[carmine fox]

thanks

[hoary sigil]

1:1 aspect ratio for Instagram purposes

[scarlet tulip]

Gyrfalcon?

[wide flint]

yessir

[scarlet tulip]

Wonderful sight

They’re so rare here unless you travel to Canada

[magic crown]

At my local zoo to take some bird shots

[hoary sigil]

Gyr and Saker hybrid

But basically yes

[scarlet tulip]

Falconry bird?

[carmine fox]

canada wins again

[scarlet tulip]

The Canadians have nothing to do with it, they just happen to be on gyrfalcon habitat

[carmine fox]

exactly
we're cooler

[carmine fox]

saw my first pine siskin today

cute fellers

skrunkly legs

[hoary sigil]

Yep, my local bird of prey centre

[magic crown]

well i have some good photos to edit

[hoary sigil]

Pee cock 👀

[magic crown]

nice cock bro

[hoary sigil]

I'm a minor.

[magic crown]

even better

[magic crown]

my first edit of the day
it's a Scarlet Ibis
i see it in the wildlife park near my home city

[hoary sigil]

This Cassowary looks like it's going to make a suggestive noise

Like

French noise

Honhonhon

It's smirking and I don't like it.

[magic crown]

he want your soul

[hoary sigil]

I fear he does

[carmine fox]

is that a big keratin ridge or something

looks cool

unnerving texture but cook

[magic crown]

This is

And for the texture it's also because there is no feathers

[gilded yarrow]

I feel like your pictures are sometimes waay to saturated, the tint etc is nice but just a bit too colorful imo

Still great pics tho

[magic crown]

It's the standard saturation

I just changer the tint and i did color point edit

[dark ermine]

Birding at the hardware store

[magic crown]

He is watching you if you work bad

[gilded yarrow]

Lol thats crazy

Maybe the tint makes it look so saturated

But my edits are more pastel colored so maybe its just that lmao

[magic crown]

I wanted that hot yellow tint and i desatured it wtf

The only oversaturated zone is the eye it's at +30 and almost max luminance

[gilded yarrow]

Lmao

Yeah like I said maybe its just that I personally would desaturate it, looks great either way tho

[magic crown]

Thanks btw x)

Everyone hae it's own taste

But the peacock is saturated at +10

And sharpness at +30

[magic crown]

On this one he seem so sad

[uneven bramble]

is that lens easier to hold when you flip over the mount?

[magic crown]

Yep

[uneven bramble]

i see ill try that

i was thinking to get that cage for my a6700

[green meadow]

You shall not pass! I have never seen so angry willlow tit before. 😄

Here you see some European herring gulls having a development discussion: "You idiot...Why did you brought us here...Lakes are still frozen."

[gilded yarrow]

Lool thats crazy

[gilded yarrow]

Crane

[gilded yarrow]

Just saw it out of the car didnt have my camera with me lol

[gilded yarrow]

Should I go and see if its still there with my cam? Lmao

[wide flint]

Worth a shot right?

[gilded yarrow]

Crane was already gone, just found this guy tho

[wide flint]

Rip, nice pheasant tho

Also great lighting

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah and he was so close, think I got a few nice pics

That last one was from pretty far away sadly, think I can still save it tho

[wide flint]

Those feathers are really beautiful in the sunlight

[carmine fox]

personally I prefer it in the usual position, on the bottom
carrying it upside down means you can just do bring it up to your face and it'll be ready to shoot instead of having to fumble around with it

[carmine fox]

pheasants look about as good as they taste 😋

[gilded yarrow]

Hmm

Really was too far away I think

Closer crop

[dark ermine]

you can still tell that it has just the best facial expression on though

[gilded yarrow]

Lmao true

[gilded yarrow]

Ohh mockingbird

[gilded yarrow]

Got woken up by a kestrel this morning lol

[magic crown]

@gilded yarrow

better now ?

[gilded yarrow]

Looks more natural yeah

[stray plover]

Crazy work, how do you edit these let alone how does ur brain create this, its beautiful

[magic crown]

Thanks bro

[gilded yarrow]

hmmm, he miiiight have seen me

[hoary sigil]

Gulp

[hidden wyvern]

was finding geese today but i noticed something in my shot ill edit up shortly that i like to see lol

always wanted that type of bokeh, didnt expect it on my bird lens though

...but i guess that lens is old

[gilded yarrow]

You just mean the form?

[hidden wyvern]

yeah

the other one i got is more circular

from a nerd perspective id guess aperture blades, first time ive encoutered it since usually id do close ups with the zoom (the lens is 25 years old, although id have to check)

will be something to try when i move on from the geese to the big blue herons again

[hidden wyvern]

here's a few after some edits, this lens does have issues given the mfd on it but was a fun way to go about the day just using one lens

between it and my zoom, guess i just love both, one is breaking my back though lol

[hidden wyvern]

couldnt find much looking it up but yeah, stopped down the aperture and it does match this kinda hexagon shape which while not really impactful makes it look a little bit less samey as everything else, meanwhile my 100-500 at a similar aperture would have smoother bokeh, last lens i had like this from memory (or that i at least noticed) was the ef 1.8 stm. Doubtful id notice it much at f/4 but will see, will be looking out for it

this would be 5.6 so not looking good for f/4 in regards to that shape lol, think it has 8 blades

[finite flower]

oh hey its that one ckf

[mint warren]

It's the one at pasir ris not the Alexandra one

Still got more to edit

[wide flint]

Lovely clean backgrounds. WB on the Canada Goose feels a bit too warm, but that might just be my personal preference

[carmine fox]

I would agree
more noticeable in the black, could be a bit cooler but that's mainly personal taste yeah

[drifting silo]

I agree as well i probably forgot to adjust the wb for the subject after changing the bg‘s wb

The white is certainly off I think. I would make it cooler for a more „true“ white

[magic crown]

My top 1 shot of march

[gilded yarrow]

2mp crops🔥🔥

lmao

Oh wtf that 2nd one didnt crop

Lmao just found this from a few months ago, never edited for some reason

No clue why I never edited this, lowkey sick pic

[scarlet tulip]

Buzzard, nice

[gilded yarrow]

Black kite actually

Atleast I think its a black kite because of the tail which is a lot less forked than red kite

But the thick stripes on the neck plumage are very distinctive for kites

[finite flower]

clean

[finite flower]

looks like a kite, pointy rear wings

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah definitely kite, just not sure if red kite or black kite

[wide flint]

Just had the most crazy birding walk ever in my local park

First had to help a Goose that was getting mauled by a dog that wasn't on it's leash. Luckily I managed to get it free and there were no super deep bite marks or blood. Then had a Kingfisher and golden eye get super close to me. Never seen them anywhere near my local park and it really isn't typical habitat for them

[gilded yarrow]

Lool nice

[carmine fox]

shitty dog owners can fuck around and find out
I got cornered by a dog with a pissy owner when I was a kid and I've had a bone to pick with people like that ever since

unfortunately now I can be criminally charged for my actions

Kingfisher is awesome tho
any pics?

[scarlet tulip]

Dogs need to be much more regulated than they are

The fact that any dumbass can own a living deadly weapon with zero oversight amazes me

[wide flint]

Yeah, this was a person that wasn't the owner but was watching the dogs

Kinda felt bad for her since she was fully panicking

[wide flint]

Yeah got a few pics, but pose is mediocre and lighting is bad

[carmine fox]

understandable
they'd be blamed for anything too which sucks

[wide flint]

yeah the original owners even told her she could let the dog run off the leash, while it's not even allowed in that part of the park

[green meadow]

Indeed they should be. Here someones are so worried about wolves and how dangerous they are. I think last time that wolf attacked or harmed human here was in 19th century or so. Nobody is worried about dogs or cats. I'm sure that there has been so many more accident caused by those than wolves.

[scarlet tulip]

It’s the same here with wolves, when the only real danger they pose is to livestock

[wide flint]

Quick and dirty edit of the goldeneye

This is almost uncropped, it came so close that I hit the minimum focus distance quite a few times

Wait I exported it in 1080p

[carmine fox]

Sparrow

wahoo

[ember harness]

bird cupboard

[magic crown]

ayo wtf

[finite flower]

wtf

[wide flint]

When you hire a taxidermist from aliexpress

[wide flint]

Re-edit of the golden eye, such a beautiful bird

[scarlet tulip]

Getting that close is a cool thing

[wide flint]

Yeah, this was at 540mm and I still couldn't get the bird completely in frame, a little bit of the tail is out of frame

First time seeing it closer then like 20m

[gilded yarrow]

Think I'll go look for white tailed eagles and ospreys on thursday

Theres this huge lake relatively close to me where they both nest, never been there cuz its a pain in the ass to get there without a car tho

[dusty fog]

make sure you go AM when the osprey are feeding

🔥

[green meadow]

This wren was so fast and it was bit too dark to get sharp ones. But still it is really cute small bird. Specially that tail is something else. 😄

This one is probably bit sharper

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah I need to go either at 6am and be there around 8 or go at 9am and be there around 11 because of bus connections being terrible there

[gilded yarrow]

wrens are so cool

[scarlet tulip]

They’re larger than life, such loud proud birds

[magic crown]

happy tail

[green meadow]

It has a really big sound compared to its small size.

[scarlet tulip]

and they sing in the open, which is a nice change from sparrows

[magic crown]

Long tail tits are my favorite

[gilded yarrow]

buzzardddd

Never seen one in a City before lol

[magic crown]

And obv you don't have your camera

[gilded yarrow]

Yup lmao

Just like literally almost every time I see a raptor relatively close

praying to see some eagles and ospreys tomorrow

Eagle would be insane

white tailed eagles

European bald eagle basically lmao

[magic crown]

Blud luck is something

[fallow token]

sounds like you need your camera on you at all times smh

[wide flint]

I saw a white tailed eagle in Amsterdam once

And saw a Sparrowhawk in my local park today

Goldeneye was also still present. Turns out it can't fly anymore which explains why it was in such a random spot

[gilded yarrow]

lool nice

[magic crown]

Original vs edited

I also did the vertical version

[gilded yarrow]

its 5:20am on my day off and I'm already up to look at birds

weird fucking hobby

[scarlet tulip]

Mornings become more fun, that’s for sure

[wide flint]

Spring mornings are so fucking op for birding

They're all just active and screaming for attention

[magic crown]

fr

i have a lot of starlings, sparrows and other birds on my trees

[gilded yarrow]

No eagles/ospreys

istg no wildlife photographer has worse luck than me

saw a few of these guys and tons of other lifers tho

[gilded yarrow]

Driving to another Spot to look for great crested grebes now

[magic crown]

new vs old

[finite flower]

how do you blackout the bg

do you slowly mask it yourself

[magic crown]

yes you can see some default on the beak but it's not that bad

[finite flower]

i guess its just a patience game

[magic crown]

not really you just need to know how to mask it

old vs new

[gilded yarrow]

Well damn, those were easy to find lmao

LETS GOOO

Got exactly what I wanted hell yeah

[wide flint]

niiiceeee

have always wanted to get great crested grebes doing their mating ritual

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah, some old lady that also had a cam at the other spot told me they live here and are doing their mating thing rn so I went to this spot instead of straight home, was soo worth it lol

1st time seeing them and they were super chill

atleast 5 lifers in one day

[gilded yarrow]

Holy shit lol, bird flying towards me and its sharp

crazy

[wide flint]

Lapwings are really nice

They have a pretty predictable and slow flight

[gilded yarrow]

HUH

Nahh

I was shocked by how fast and crazy they fly lmao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGj0MsotjQQ

[gilded yarrow]

Prolly did that in ps right

[wide flint]

Ah yeah fair, also depends on where they're flying to

If they actually take off to go somewhere completely else they are pretty predictable and slow imo. But if they're just flying around close to the ground they can make some crazy manoeuvres

[gilded yarrow]

Ahh yeah makes sense

[gilded yarrow]

fucking heat haze

Didnt help that they were super far away so I need to crop a lot anyways lol

[magic crown]

Nope all in lightroom

[magic crown]

Insane shot

[gilded yarrow]

Thanks

[gilded yarrow]

Oh damn okay crazy

[magic crown]

All edit i make is on lightroom

[gilded yarrow]

If only he wouldve been closer

Eh, enough for instagram I guess

[spare yarrow]

I love it when they get so puffy they turn spherical

Also snapped these

[magic crown]

you have the raw ? i wanna try editing this one

[gilded yarrow]

Think its this one, was cropped pretty heavily lol

[magic crown]

time to cook

[dark minnow]

mind if I also try some cookery

[gilded yarrow]

Sure

[magic crown]

btw alex you sell them or you do that for fun ?

[gilded yarrow]

Just for fun, dont think anyone would actually buy them lol

[magic crown]

you should be surprised

denoised (before vs after)

[spring vault]

I go to a lot of art shows and the photography booths are always so sad

[gilded yarrow]

Because the pics are trash or because noone looks at them? lmao

[magic crown]

wdym ?

[spring vault]

I mean usually I dont like the photography but even when theyre good I dont see anyone buying stuff

[magic crown]

btw this saturday i go to a popular natural reserve of my region full of flamingo, heron, egret, and very lot more species

[magic crown]

It's true that it's difficult but you have to find your style and your audience. I'm lucky I live in a region where a lot of people are nature lovers and we have a lot of photo expo on animals (I'm currently talking to the town hall of my town about doing one to sell some of my photos).

[gilded yarrow]

Where are you from again? France or something?

[magic crown]

yeah france

very good country for wildlife

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah, only been there like twice and that was before I was interested in birds lol

Maybe I'll be in spain for a week in the summer time, not sure yet tho

[magic crown]

i'll go north of france this summer and they have some strange birds like puffins

[gilded yarrow]

Oh what theres puffins in france???

Might go there then

[magic crown]

yeah but very few

[gilded yarrow]

Ahh damn

Well still got some time left to plan, definitely wanna go somewhere where I can see new birds lol

[magic crown]

I have family who live in the north of France and they live in nature completely cut off from the city and they are surrounded by forest and plains and I was told that there are lots of species of wild birds

[magic crown]

for now i still in my country bc we have a lot of bird variety (we almost have all species of the world)

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah theres also toooons of species left that I havent seen yet here in germany

Might go to the alps and hope for some vultures or something lmao

[magic crown]

yeah they are a lot here

[gilded yarrow]

Most of the time insanely far away tho

almost impossible to get good pictures

[magic crown]

not here they are easy to aproach

before vs after

@gilded yarrow

[gilded yarrow]

Niiice

[magic crown]

i'm jealous of your shot

it's so clean

[gilded yarrow]

Haha thanks

Got some others that arent edited yet

[magic crown]

i cooked this one today (old shot from december)

[gilded yarrow]

Unedited shots, not quite as nice as the other two tho

[magic crown]

the 200-600 is that good ?

bc i planned to buy it

[gilded yarrow]

Its great

[magic crown]

my tamron is good but it have a lot of focus problem and bad sharpness

with huge chromatic abberation

[magic crown]

i like the 2nd one

[gilded yarrow]

200-600 sharpness

[magic crown]

damn !

so sharp

You make me want to buy it so much

[magic crown]

crazy thing that the aps c crop put the sony 200-600 to a 300-900mm
it's the sony 400-800 but better

fucking wild for bird photography

[spring vault]

put 400-800 on apsc

[broken mantle]

Saw lots of canon 200-800 + R7 combo here. Might start seeing 400-800 + 6700 soon lol.

Trying to capture some blue tailed bee eater pics today. Couldn’t get a clean well lit shot last trip there

[spring vault]

200-800 isnt rly sharp enough for r7 unfortunately

like you can still do it but you wont be getting 40mp of detail

400-800 is sharp enough its still kinda dumb tho lmao

(r7 200-800)
not too bad but you cant stop down cos its already diffraction limited lol

[wise trench]

how do you find lakes like this?

[broken mantle]

Yeah

I got the birb

But thats all the way zoomed in the preview.

Birb was on the other side of the river

Will need another trip here

[gilded yarrow]

Its one of the biggest lakes in germany, definitely the biggest of the ones I can go to haha so wasnt hard to find

[gilded yarrow]

BEE EATER 🗣️

I wanna see those too this year

[magic crown]

It became a 600-1200mm

Fucking wild

(That's why i planned to buy both)

[magic crown]

Funny how this bird is called in english x)

[gilded yarrow]

Anyone here with an a7iv?

[hoary sigil]

What lens do you use with the a6400?

I'm currently on a 70-350mm but I think I might start saving for a nice one

[gilded yarrow]

Get the 200-600

Nothing on that Level

[spring vault]

get sigma 300-600

[magic crown]

Tamron 150-500mm but i'm saving money to get the 200-600mm and 400-800mm

[scarlet tulip]

Just buy the 400-800

200-600 would be pretty redundant

Then again on a crop sensor, perhaps the 200-600 is better

[magic crown]

With the crop factor it's better to get the 200-600mm bc it became a 300-900mm

The 400-800mm it's mostly for really close up photos of birds like portrait or face

[scarlet tulip]

Could also teleconverter the 200-600

[magic crown]

Not useful for me with the crop factor

[spring vault]

doesnt completely fall apart at 1600mm lol

[magic crown]

it's with the teleconverter ?

[spring vault]

yea

[scarlet tulip]

Buying both lenses strikes me as a bit excessive

[magic crown]

if i see just one lens is good enough then i'll don't buy it

that's why i'm starting with the 200-600mm to see if i need more

[gilded yarrow]

I mean the 400-800 is twice as expensive lmao

for the price nothing beats the 200-600

[magic crown]

Nope it's 300€ more here

[gilded yarrow]

Lol either your 200-600 is extremely expensive or the 400-800 extremely cheap

for me its 1.5k for 200-600 and 3k for the 400-800

New

[magic crown]

1800€ for the 200-600mm and aprox 2400€ for the 400-800mm

[gilded yarrow]

damn

I mean thats 600€ difference not 300 but still lol

[magic crown]

And used unit falls at 1500€ or even 1100€

[magic crown]

Actually the 400-800mm is at 2200€

[gilded yarrow]

Dont think I'd go with the 400-800 because of f/8

even f/6.3 sucks sometimes

no way I'd want even less

[magic crown]

I see some images of it at f8 and it's not that bad

[gilded yarrow]

it is as soon as it isnt middle of the day tho

bokeh can still be fine especially at 800mm Yeah

But smaller birds in flight at f/8 is basically impossible since you need at least 1/3200th for them

[magic crown]

I think i'll buy a used 200-600mm

[gilded yarrow]

Good

[magic crown]

Cheaper but same image quality

[magic crown]

Fr

Even at f6.3 it's messed up sometimes

[gilded yarrow]

Yup lmao

Cant do it unless its really sunny

Thats what I want a 300 2.8 for at some point

[scarlet tulip]

Depends on several factors but yeah

[spring vault]

sounds like a skill issue

[scarlet tulip]

I can understanding wanting more speed in the lens

[gilded yarrow]

Maybe lmao

Only really tried bif like 3x so far

atleast on smaller birds

[hidden wyvern]

not perfect sharpness, but it wasnt going to be lol, bit of a crash landing, slightly missed focus

interesting to come out of this

[dark ermine]

that's an amazing recovery, dxo?

[hidden wyvern]

topaz actually

im sure dxo could do it too though, used to use it over topaz but this newer thing seems good enough for me

prefer this shot of that duck, or its friend duck (there was many), much less complex but idk, think it looks nice

no herons there yet, but the ducks and geese must be there for fish opportunities, im sure theyll be back

[magic crown]

Get that shot now

[hidden wyvern]

I thought of using black in the background, might work lol

Feathers are nice up close

[spare yarrow]

through photoshop, or do you find it easier to export from topaz to a dng then open in PS?

[hidden wyvern]

for me i open it within lightroom as an external program, think it would be converted to a tif? or something but its not raw, should be better doing raw first i think though

usually i do any colour edits first and then this second if that makes sense, can be annoying if i make a mistake though lol

[scarlet tulip]

1.4x on the 500PF is acceptable

[spare yarrow]

Oh. I was able to export from topaz to dng

[spare yarrow]

here's the result

[magic crown]

Today is the big day
I go to the one one most biggest and popular natural reserve in france of flamingo, ducks, heron, kingfishers and more

[finite flower]

i find bird parks kinda mid

[magic crown]

It's not really the same here
It's a natiral reserve and bird do wathever they want

[finite flower]

oh damn thats hella cool

[magic crown]

They are not in cage or something

[magic crown]

I did some really good shot

[wheat hare]

just browsing through old throw away photos. Wish I had been in a better spot but it was here or stand in the middle of the river unfortunately.

[hidden wyvern]

nice, i like the pink in the back too

for the topaz dng thing, im not 100% sure which anymore, was checking, maybe when edited its tif, and unedited its dng? or something, would explain it since I tend to do edits first

that in mind guess it makes sense to do any edits before making it into the tif if that is the end result

[broken mantle]

I want to see an own soo bad

Last one i spot was almost 2 years ago

[gilded yarrow]

I've only seen one wild owl so far

Wanna see one of the bigger ones

[magic crown]

This owl is wild but used to humans in this natural reserve

And when they get injured they catch them to cure them

[green meadow]

Migrating birds are coming back with a bang. From now on it feels like everything is happening at the same time. So it is really hard to decide what to photograph and where to go. 😃

[magic crown]

summer birds are coming like ibis

i'm planning to get a bee eater

[green meadow]

Bee-eaters are really spectacular. Never seen one thou. Those are really rare visitors here. 😫

Same story with hoopoes. It would be so cool to see those one day.

[magic crown]

so happy to shot those

it's the mating season for herons and they building nests and there already some baby herons

[finite flower]

bee eater

dudes catching smth idk if you can see it

[dark minnow]

A few shots from this weekend, pretty much only saw chickadees

[magic crown]

What a day to shot some birds and enjoying life

[dark minnow]

Indeed

[gilded yarrow]

a7iv sharpness is so crazy

[green meadow]

female and male eurasian siskin having a lunch together.

[wide flint]

You upgraded ur body?

[gilded yarrow]

Indeed

gassed big time

[wide flint]

niiicee

how much id u pay for it?

[gilded yarrow]

Around 1500, Rest was covered by a7iii trade in

And I'll get 150€ Sony cashback too

[spring vault]

mf bought it new

[gilded yarrow]

Couldve gotten more for the a7iii but this was the easiest/fastest way

Ofc I did

[spring vault]

four year old camera

[gilded yarrow]

Bought my a7iii new too

for 1.2k

[gilded yarrow]

A7iv is 2k on mpb so not really cheaper than new and I wanna have warranty if I buy something for 2k€ lol

[wide flint]

That's a decent price

Happy with the autofocus?

[gilded yarrow]

Its amazing

So much better than iii, especially the tracking is so great to have

[magic crown]

what version is your favorite ? (for me the 1st)

[wide flint]

I'd say a mix between 1 and 3. I don't like the right eye being completely lit up while the rest of the right side is black in the 1st version. But I like the way you handled the left side of the face a lot more then in the 3rd version

So I'd try to light up the right side a bit more and maybe tone down the right eye a bit on the 1st version

[green meadow]

I'm not sure what bird this is. But it definitely seemed like it was flying or at least levitating. 😄

[wide flint]

Seems like a long eared owl to me, considering it's long ears

[green meadow]

That must be it. Thanks for your help in determining this one. 😄 👍

[magic crown]

Good one
For me the 3rd one is weird that's why i changed the mask to do the 1st one

And the dark eye is the objective

I wanted to mask the feathers on the right but keeping the eye in light

[green meadow]

I kind of like second one also, but it could probably be little bit wider crop. 🤔

I mean keeping it half like that but more room on up right and bottom.

[magic crown]

Yeah i just wanted the half of his beak and keeping it at portrait

[green meadow]

This edge of the mask here is probably too sharp to my taste. Otherwise really cool and dramatic look. 👍

And now I noticed that you mentioned exactly this just before. 😅

[daring imp]

Hey what settings do u guys usually use when walking?

I set mine to 1/2000 incase flying birds etc

[daring imp]

I havent seen much here in osterbottnia yet sadly

[green meadow]

Oh, I thought they would come first there. If fields are free from snow there must be some geese and such.

[green meadow]

It depends on how much light there is. If I'm example in a deep forest with less light I might go as low as 1/500 s but if there is plenty of light then 1/2000 s is good choice.

[magic crown]

Depend of the bird i moslty shoot them at 1/2000 but 1/4000 for really fast birds

And if it's a sunny day i shoot at 1/1000 otherwise it's 1/500 or 1/250

[daring imp]

Plenty of geese but havent seen many tiny birds

[green meadow]

Soon really soon there is and I'm sure you could find some already. You just need to know where to look at them. If you are BirdLifes or your local bird associations member then tiira.fi is great place to look what and where other has seen.

[daring imp]

Ait tyy!

600mm f4 + apsc is sick

[magic crown]

A female Black-headed Warbler

[gilded yarrow]

Damn you got a 600 f4?

But that kestrel is like

Insanely far away lol

[gilded yarrow]

Shutter usually no less than 1/1250th but I change my settings depending on the situation lol

Well usually aperture wide open thats the only thing I rarely change

Never used anything but manual so I've gotten relatively good at changing settings fast

[daring imp]

Yea i do! 600mm f4 mark 1 Is L

[daring imp]

Yea it was far sadly 🥲 still havent got a closeup of one

[gilded yarrow]

Sick, I want something with a wider aperture too but Sony options are lowkey expensive lmao

Most realistic would prolly be a 300 2.8 but thats just 300mm lol

or 420 with the 1.4x tc

[wide flint]

Nice

Doesn't Sigma have a relatively affordable 500 f4 for e mount?

[gilded yarrow]

Ahh yeah forgot about that one

[wide flint]

But I think its around the same price as the 300-600 f4

So might just get that one as well

But first gotta hit the gym for that

[gilded yarrow]

Lmao true

Nah I'll just stick to my 200-600, its great

[wide flint]

Yeah I might get one of the old Nikon 300 2.8 lenses later on. Will be fun to play around with when I also get a popup hide and such

[daring imp]

is this sharp to u guys? havent edited yet

[wide flint]

Seems sharp enough, focus seems to be ever so slightly behind the bird but its fine

[daring imp]

damn even tho the focus point was on the birds eye

[spring vault]

is that cropped

[daring imp]

no thats the full image

[wide flint]

Yeah it happens, especially with busy backgrounds like that

[daring imp]

crop sensor on 600mm

[spring vault]

pic u sent is only 5 megapixels

[wide flint]

My Z8 struggles with busy backgrounds as well. It will say it's in focus but then instead is locked on the background instead of the bird

[daring imp]

yea its from my 7d mark 2

some of them are only 2mb

i love using my 7d mark 2 for wildlife them my 600mm becomes like 960mm so

[spring vault]

prolly just heat haze then

would look a lot sharper if you were closer

[wide flint]

That has 20MP tho

[spring vault]

20mp apsc crop is 9mp so I still dunno why its a 5mp pic but whatever pretty low either way

oh thats an apsc sensor alr

[daring imp]

i might have set the jpg to small maybe

[spring vault]

so it should be 20mp

shoot in raw

[daring imp]

i shoot both raw and jpg

[spring vault]

would just ignore the jpg then and use the full res raw

send a 20mp pic

[daring imp]

here is a cr2. idk if discord likes it

fk its not showing the image here nvm

[gilded yarrow]

dont do that, wastes disc space lol

[magic crown]

The best is to shoot only in raw if you edit

[hidden wyvern]

Looks like some haze to me, not impossible in a low to ground shot

[daring imp]

Ait will do!

[spare yarrow]

pretty heavily cropped but figured id edit anyways

[magic crown]

i think he was chocked of something

[magic crown]

my edits of the day

[green meadow]

As basic as it gets but I personally really like this photo.

[magic crown]

fluffy birb

[green meadow]

What was the correct term...was it borb?

[magic crown]

a borb i think is a round bird

personally i call them a blorb

thicc boi

[green meadow]

True true. On a cold mornings they get really round here.

[magic crown]

this one just after that taken a bath

[green meadow]

Like this one

[magic crown]

thicc boi 2

[green meadow]

I have no idea how they survive through nights when it is -30 C or below.

[magic crown]

thermo regulated feather i think

[green meadow]

And they must be pretty good at changing energy in the food to heat.

[magic crown]

How do birds keep warm? They have FEATHERS! What a fantastic solution—an incredible barrier against the cold. Feathers, which have no blood vessels, can't let the bird's body heat escape. Instead, they trap it inside.

that sound logic

[green meadow]

Yeah it is really simpple, but still it keeps me amazed

[magic crown]

their feather works like our jackets and coats

I know that ducks can have their body temperature at 41°C in winter

[green meadow]

Yeah, but at least I tend to get cold even if I have several layers. 🥶

But yeah birds has evolved so that they survive, but I still think it is a small miracle 😄

[magic crown]

for me it's good even on really cold condition my body temp is pretty high

the bird who really suffer of winter is the kingfisher even with thier winter feather on cold condition thier feathers can freeze and kill them

plus if the lake or the pond freeze

[green meadow]

It must be difficult to get food from water and then try to keep warm. Dippers thou has some kind of substance that keeps feathers waterproof.

[magic crown]

yeah that one of the death reason of the kingfisher

[wide flint]

Yeah Kingfishers are just fucked if it freezes too much

No other way to get food for them

When it froze a bit this winter here in the Netherlands a lot of Kingfishers went to the coast where there are areas were salt and fresh water mix, so it wasn't frozen yet

[gilded yarrow]

Alright todays mission: birds of prey

we'll see if I find any/ get good pics

[magic crown]

gl

[green meadow]

I found today exceptionally beautiful stick with a moss. I'm sure that sparrow hawk is also amazed by it. 😅

[scarlet tulip]

“Hey that isn’t food”

[green meadow]

Good old classic stick. Nature photographers enemy number one. 😄

[gilded yarrow]

No luck today, saw like 4 buzzards and a marsh harrier but nothing close enough for good photos

[gilded yarrow]

Motion blur at 1/3200th, insane

AND THIS MAKES ME SO MAD THAT WOULDVE BEEN THE SICKEST PIC EVER BUT THE WING IS CUT OFFFFFF

[magic crown]

what's your fav shot ? (it's for a photo exhibit)

[dark minnow]

Honestly you could get away with a bit of generative expand on this I think

[wide flint]

Yeah, defitnely worth a shot!!

[wide flint]

2

[magic crown]

yeah it's a good one but it's hard to choose

I would like to make 6 photo prints for my exhibit but I don't know what to choose. What I just want is 2 in portrait, 2 in landscape and 2 in 5:2 format

for now it's those

but i'm always changing idk what to choose

[gilded yarrow]

Ohhh good idea

Generative expand is cheating lmao

[green meadow]

It is funny how one first buys best equipment one can afford so that he can get sharp photos. Then suddenly that same person gets that feeling of being great artist and turns shutter speed intentionally to completely wrong direction if sharpness was still the goal. But never the less outcome ended up being quite nice. Or what do you think?

[green meadow]

and it doesnt feel the same. Even others might not notice anything you still know that outcome wasn't achieved completely by yourself. 🤔

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah 100%, thats why I usually dont use anything like it

[green meadow]

Even just adding some background feels bit wrong but I admit that I have done it few times.

[gilded yarrow]

Only thing I do is remove sticks/leaves sometimes, never added anything to a pic before

Ah I changed the background once but not really at the same time lmao

Here

Used this background so only half fake since it was just from a different angle

Lmao

[green meadow]

Yeah I have done some cleaning as well...with cloning tool and generative fill. And few times added some background so that composition works better.

But some how ai noise reduction doesn't fell like cheating.

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah I use that on every pic lmao

Wouldve been great

[green meadow]

same here

Looks good. And it feels bad when wing tip is so close of being inside the frame but still so far away. 😫

also if case is being sharp or not then it usually is not. 😅

[gilded yarrow]

Lol yeah true

A7IV cropability/sharpness is amazing

[green meadow]

looks really good 👌

[gilded yarrow]

Thanks

[carmine fox]

I'm glad I'm not the only one

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah lol need to use 1/4000 for small birds

[carmine fox]

1/8000 take it or leave it

[gilded yarrow]

💀

Not possible at f6.3 lmao

Unless I use like iso 25k

[carmine fox]

just need some 800w studio panels you'll be ight

or high power flash

[gilded yarrow]

Hell yeah lets blind the birds

[carmine fox]

only a short term thing
they'll recover

[magic crown]

when the bird don't want you to take a photo of him because it has "personal privacy" (yeah someone say me that because for him animals are not consent to be taken in photo)

[dark ermine]

id say bird photography is a form of conservationism, we're spreading awareness through photography, it's a fair trade

[green meadow]

This one is f/6.3 1/6400 s and iso 4000

[scarlet tulip]

good light saves all

f/5.6 is fine even in worse light

[green meadow]

yeah, even that 1/3 stop affects surprisingly lot.

And small birds needs that really high shutter speed, because they are closer and usually you cant track them so speed difference between sensor and bird is much higher.

[scarlet tulip]

I can see why you like the 300/2.8 for the small birds, just so much better with light gathering and probably easier to track with

[gilded yarrow]

1/6400 damn

[green meadow]

My reactions are not fast enough for tracking small birds but f2.8-f4 is great for those kind of shots. Also I have noticed that f-mount vr with high shutter speeds might cause some motion blur or something similar. I think I get better results vr off. That first 300mm vr broke down within used warranty time so camera store changed that lens to newer version with vr2 (Well I had to pay bit extra but still it was a bargain). But somehow I feel like this new version or this exact copy is not as sharp as the old one were.

To be fare that is only kind of on field experience and specially with action shots sharpness is factor of so many things that it is hard to compare.

It is probably just my imagination. First one is new version and second is older lens.

[magic crown]

For me it's to show wildlife is everywhere even for rare birds when i show some of my photos ppl don't believe it's living here

Example with the owl, flamingo, kingfisher and ibis

[finite flower]

the hardest bird i have shot thus far is the stupid common king, i tried to track a dive, but its nigh impossible

[gilded yarrow]

kingfishers suck ass

I hate them

30 hours no single pic

[wide flint]

L bozo

[gilded yarrow]

[wide flint]

It's alright I have spent about the same hours and have only some shitty pics to show for it

[magic crown]

L

I spent 48h to get the shot and it's totally worth it

(You need to know his fav spot)

Everytime i go i see it on the same tree or branch

[gilded yarrow]

Not accessible in the spots I was at

Even put up branches for him and he never used them even tho they were perfect lol

Just insanely unlucky

[magic crown]

Sad

[scarlet tulip]

To me they look similar, but as you say it’s hard to tell in the field

VR at high shutter speeds causing blur is an issue I note as well, yeah

[daring imp]

Thoughts on this one? i feel like its too dark and not sharp or is it okay?

this is unedited

The unedited is good sharpness right? Idk why the other one is worse

[magic crown]

Print ordered for my photo exhibit of may 23 24 and 25

[daring imp]

nice

[magic crown]

Now i just need to have the confirm of my participation of the event

[magic crown]

Cute head

[wide flint]

Really nice pic!!!

[magic crown]

yeah i like the white mask it make creamy

i just go on #🖼・photo-sharing damn i'm happy to go an post on #🦀・creatures

[gilded yarrow]

Thanks

[gilded yarrow]

Video is lowkey cool too

[wide flint]

!vl

[primal lake]

Join our other community, Videography Lounge!
https://discord.gg/9YbEJ4GRzM

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah joined that already haha, thanks tho

oh wtf the Sound is fucked

[magic crown]

damn that sharpness

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah its amazing

[magic crown]

the 200-600 is insane

[gilded yarrow]

Sound is probably fucked got you guys too right? lmao

[magic crown]

not really

[gilded yarrow]

Huh weird, for me its just white noise basically

[gilded yarrow]

But yeah, easily best investment for wildlife photography

[magic crown]

you are hyping me for the 200-600 lol

[gilded yarrow]

Lmao hell yeah

[magic crown]

with my photo exhibit i'm going to buy it

and for my Tamron I'm going to sell it to a friend who does car photography on circuit

[gilded yarrow]

Sounds like a good plan

[magic crown]

i sell it for her at 500€

(i got it of 800€)

[gilded yarrow]

Thats great

[magic crown]

and for the 200-600 i will buy an used one

[gilded yarrow]

Good for her lol

[magic crown]

yeah x)

[gilded yarrow]

I wish I would have photography friends to go chill in the forest with lmao

[magic crown]

yeah same

i have a friend but he's not interested like me

[wide flint]

nah

[wide flint]

Come to the Netherlands and chill in the forest here

[gilded yarrow]

Weird

[magic crown]

come here guys we have a lot of kingfishers and flamingo (and a lot more)

[gilded yarrow]

yall only got dunes and fields, netherlands forests are a conspiracy

[wide flint]

Yeah mediteranian countries are actually op for birding

Romania is crazy too, really wish I had my birding setup already when I was there last summer

[magic crown]

my region is the most favorable for most birds even for forest birds

[wide flint]

Yeah the diversity in France is crazy

[magic crown]

The project I have when I have my own house or land is to make a permanent hide with a water and food point (in winter for food) for the birds

[wide flint]

It's pretty chill, but we have no "real" nature if you know what I mean

Like everything feels so planned and planted by humans

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah same in my part of germany

Basically netherlands 2.0

[wide flint]

And you basically can not get anywhere without a house being within 1km of you

[wide flint]

Around Frankfurt right?

[magic crown]

Yes, we have a huge variety of birds and where I live, we have the most bird species of the whole france

it ranges from an ibis to a vulture

the variety of birds is crazy

[wide flint]

Yeah that's a fun project I wanna do somethime as well

If the housing market in the Netherlands ever gets normal again 😭

[magic crown]

and to make the most of people, put it live 24/7 on twitch and youtube

[gilded yarrow]

Nah thats mrvl or someone else, I'm from Hannover

[magic crown]

I have a friend who does this and he has had owls and even a kingfisher that hunted frogs

[gilded yarrow]

Wish I could do something like that too

[magic crown]

My aunt has some land. I'm going to see if I can start installing a small permanent hide on it

[wide flint]

Aaah yeah thats one of the lesser regions in Germany for nature

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah

[magic crown]

My current projects are:
Doing photo exhibits
Buying the Sony 200-600mm
Selling my Tamron 150-500mm
Going to Africa or Canada for a year

This summer I'm going on vacation to the north of France, I can't wait (my uncle lives in the countryside surrounded by dense forest)

Fun fact : in my region, Bouches du Rhone, alone, we have more than 6 nature reserves

the Camargue, the Alpilles, the Etang de Berre, the Verdon Gorges, Mont Ventoux

I have quite a few choices because they are all different places: mountains, plains, forests, sea, ponds

I would love to be a recognized photographer in my region and to achieve this goal you need a high level of skill

[gilded yarrow]

damn right between switzerland/italy and spain, must get insane amount of migratory birds there too

[magic crown]

In Camargue it is a very active region in terms of migratory birds

[gilded yarrow]

tbh its 95% marketing, most of the people active in this channel are probably in the top 5-10% of wildlife/bird photographers, just that some people are way more lucky and get fame/sponsored

[magic crown]

Birds in Camargue

🐦 Waders and Shorebirds
Greater flamingo (year-round, partial migrant)

Pied avocet (spring–summer)

Northern lapwing (winter)

Common tern (spring–summer)

Little tern (spring–summer)

Sandwich tern (spring–summer)

Gull-billed tern (spring–summer)

Collared pratincole (spring–summer)

Black tern (spring–summer)

Slender-billed gull (spring–summer)

Mediterranean gull (spring–summer)

🐦 Herons and Egrets
Grey heron (year-round, partial migrant)

Purple heron (spring–summer)

Little egret (year-round, partial migrant)

Great egret (autumn–winter)

Black-crowned night heron (spring–summer)

Little bittern (spring–summer)

Squacco heron (spring–summer)

🦅 Birds of Prey
Booted eagle (spring–summer)

Greater spotted eagle (spring and autumn migration)

Eastern imperial eagle (migration, rare)

Short-toed snake eagle (spring–summer)

Egyptian vulture (spring–summer)

🐦 Other Notable Species
White stork (spring–summer)

Black stork (spring–summer, during migration)

Common crane (winter)

Glossy ibis (spring–summer)

Eurasian spoonbill (spring–summer)

Eurasian penduline tit (winter)

Moustached warbler (spring–summer)

Horned grebe (winter)

Common loon (winter)

🐦 Resident Birds
Cetti's warbler (year-round)

Jackdaw (year-round)

Green woodpecker (year-round)

Eurasian collared dove (year-round)

Eurasian magpie (year-round)

Common blackbird (year-round)

European robin (year-round)

Great tit (year-round)

Blue tit (year-round)

Eurasian wren (year-round)

Common chiffchaff (year-round)

Eurasian jay (year-round)

Common kestrel (year-round)

Eurasian sparrowhawk (year-round)

Common buzzard (year-round)

Little owl (year-round)

Tawny owl (year-round)

Barn owl (year-round)

🐦 Passerines (Perching Birds)
Barn swallow (spring–summer)

Common house martin (spring–summer)

Eurasian reed warbler (spring–summer)

Sedge warbler (spring–summer)

Eurasian skylark (year-round)

Common nightingale (spring–summer)

European serin (year-round)

European goldfinch (year-round)

Common linnet (year-round)

Eurasian siskin (winter)

European greenfinch (year-round)

Common chaffinch (year-round)

Eurasian bullfinch (year-round)

Eurasian tree sparrow (year-round)

House sparrow (year-round)

Common starling (year-round)

European pied flycatcher (spring–summer)

Spotted flycatcher (spring–summer)

Common redstart (spring–summer)

Whinchat (spring–summer)

Northern wheatear (spring–summer)

Black redstart (winter)

European stonechat (year-round)

Zitting cisticola (year-round)

Bearded reedling (year-round)

Eurasian penduline tit (winter)

this is all birds we have in Camargue

[gilded yarrow]

lol didnt even know that we get loons here in europe

[magic crown]

just for this region it's really huge

[magic crown]

yeah it's rare to see it but there some

[magic crown]

i talked one time with a famous photographer of my region and he told me i have decent skills and i will maybe really fast famous in the region

my region got almost 350 different species of birds

Bird-Richest Regions in France
🥇 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA)
Most bird species in mainland France (~350+).

Key area: Camargue (wetlands, lagoons, scrubland).

Iconic birds: Flamingos, Herons, Rollers, Bee-eaters.

🥈 Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Atlantic coast, pine forests, Pyrenees.

Great for seabirds, forest and mountain species.

🥉 Occitanie
Mediterranean coast, Cévennes, Pyrenees.

High diversity of migrants and breeders.

[green meadow]

Really nice and honesty is great, but I always try to crop so that bird food is not visible. I think it gives illusion that photo is taken somewhere bit more "wild" or natural place.

[green meadow]

That list is breath taking. 😵‍💫

Winter backfired here. Bad for birds but great possibility to get nice photos.

[gilded yarrow]

Thanks, yeah true would be a good idea

Not really possible with that pic tho I think

[gilded yarrow]

Damn lol, its like 20c here in germany rn

[green meadow]

quite big difference but it should get warmer here too.

[green meadow]

With help of generative fill but otherwise probably not.

[gilded yarrow]

Damn that does look really great

[magic crown]

Yeah there's a lot

[plucky condor]

I tried was far away

[jaunty sundial]

@green meadow Yo Antti, do you ever photograph around karelia region much?

(i assume so)

[dark minnow]

So I rented the rf 200-800 and holy shit does that ting obliterates backgrounds even at f9. Its pretty nuts in terms of sharpness too

[spring vault]

is that on r7

lotta fl lol

[dark minnow]

yeah it is

[dark minnow]

fl?

focal lenght?

[green meadow]

I live in Northern Savonia so most of my photos are from here. But Northern Karelia is next to Savo so I visit there now and then. Specially Places like Koli and Nurmes.

[jaunty sundial]

Oh i see cheers

Hows the bird selection round there?

Im assuming its very good

Ill be on the ru side of things

Just evaluating whether i should bring a tele or stick with my 50mm and cope with no bird photos

[dark minnow]

Trying a bit more stationary stuff today

I wish a had brought a stool with me

[green meadow]

Well tele is always good choice in my opinion 😅 , but there is some birds already an main migration is going on, so I think bird photo opportunities should be good. At least if you are at the right place at the right time. 👍

[jaunty sundial]

Prayge

im trying to get from Ruskeala to Murmansk

So surely some decent spottings

maybe some bears

[green meadow]

I'm sure that tele is a good choice for that trip.

[jaunty sundial]

yeah its the obvious answer i suppose x)

[gilded yarrow]

Somehow still has motion blur even at 1/4000??? Focus isnt on the eye anyways but wtf lol

This is kinda cool

[wide flint]

Really nice pose

[wide flint]

Skill issue?

[magic crown]

guys this is it this month i'll buy the sony 200-600mm

[gilded yarrow]

Might be lmao no clue

[gilded yarrow]

HELL YEAH

[magic crown]

I have more than €3,000 saved in savings accounts and I am selling my Tamron 150-500mm

It cost me €1500 second-hand and since I'm selling my Tamron for €500 to a friend, it only cost me €1000

mega stonks

[magic crown]

the sharpness is going to be crazy

[spring vault]

hell yeah

[magic crown]

@gilded yarrow you have the 200-600mm so explain me about the lens (better to have a personal advice)

[gilded yarrow]

Theres nothing to explain really lol

[magic crown]

[gilded yarrow]

Can just shoot wide open without it being softer than stopped down

Make sure to not have focus limiter on accidentally, that made me miss a shot or two already

And its heavy heavy

Around 2kg I think

[magic crown]

it's okay for that my tamron is 2kg too

so i'm used to it

[gilded yarrow]

Ahh good

[magic crown]

I really can't wait to see the autofocus and sharpness

because on the Tamron one it's a disaster

[magic crown]

but what about custom buttons ?

if it had one

[gilded yarrow]

Has 3 buttons which basically act like one just in different positions, can set it up to whatever you want through the cam

[magic crown]

like the speed ?

[gilded yarrow]

I dont use it but you can assign pretty much all functions to it

What most people use it for is a custom settings preset which for example sets the shutter to 1/3200, f6.3 and auto iso for action shots where you dont have time to change all the settings manually

[magic crown]

yeah it's like the custom back focus

[uneven bramble]

i got a below avg shot finally

at least the camera is doing what i expect it to do now 😄

[green meadow]

Funny looking mates. I'm not sure if that blue tit could look any more annoyed than that.

[magic crown]

ohh nice one

[green meadow]

It is kind of difficult to get two birds relatively sharp at the same time. Some luck is always involved so that they are on the same focal plane (is that right word for that they are at the same distance from the sensor?).

[magic crown]

yeah the one i'm proud of is two flamingos fighting

both in a sharp focus

[green meadow]

with some action involved it is even harder. So yeah that is greatly done. 👍

[magic crown]

Yeah it's really harder but with good settings it make it easy

[uneven bramble]

i need one of those canes plus stools things

[dark minnow]

I swear my knees were utterly fucked after that

[uneven bramble]

not sure which cane seat is best

[dark minnow]

The American Coot, its pretty uncommon where i live so I was really happy to have the 200-800 when I saw it

[magic crown]

LET'S GO ! my bank accepted my money transfert for the Sony 200-600mm

[gilded yarrow]

BABIES

[magic crown]

baby geese ?

let me guess you don't have your camera ?

[gilded yarrow]

Ofc I do, only came to check for them lmao

[magic crown]

[magic crown]

cute baby

my favorite is ducklings

so fluffy and round

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah, not sure if the ducks are breeding here as well

Think they are just not sure where

Theres coots breeding but coot babies look like zombies lmao

[magic crown]

fr

[wicked wasp]

just a screenshot so not great quality
im struggling to work out what aspect ratio and crop works best for this with the bird as the subject

any ideas?
this is before any cropping

[green meadow]

I would probably put bird to the right upper third. Not the easiest photo to crop. 🤔

[wicked wasp]

thanks, i'll try something like that shortly

[magic crown]

[wicked wasp]

were you thinking something like this?

i tried putting the bird in the centre as well with a tighter crop, which do you prefer?

[gilded yarrow]

Starling was still too far away for good feather detail lol

[green meadow]

Yeah this is what I meant but leave bit more room behind the bird and don't clip the tail off bird needs it for flight maneuvers. 😄 Also 4:5 aspect ratio might serve well in this one. Centered is OK too but I fell like it has too much space above the bird. Also some slight local adjustments to the bird might make it pop out bit more.

I would probably do something like this. 🤔

And this is just a fast example and bird seems to be bit too bright now.

I'm still trying to get panning shot of goldeneye. Light were great, but I wish I could get bit closer, but sadly not possible.

It just looks angrily me from a distance and doesn't come any closer. 😅

Everyone seems to be just staring at me lately. 😄

[magic crown]

Insane shot

[green meadow]

Thanks

[wicked wasp]

thanks i didn't even notice the tail wasn't fully in frame 😅

[green meadow]

It wasn't clipped that much, but tiny details makes the difference. 😀

[magic crown]

ordered !

[carmine fox]

crazy lighting

[magic crown]

this one is really good

really hard to get that sharp but it's a cool one

[daring imp]

Finally a sharp picture. Forgot the birds name in english

Am i too high above the water? Or is this ok?

[green meadow]

it is horned grebe and lower you get the better

[daring imp]

I got a few lower but then my pictures were abit dark. But is it saveable?

[scarlet tulip]

You just want to be low enough that the plane of focus doesn’t encompass the water in front of and behind the bird

eg

This way the background is defocused, and the bird is emphasized against blur rather than sharpness

[dark minnow]

Does anyone here know if there is a way to see if a certain specie has been sighted recently and where?

[spring vault]

ebird.org

[gilded yarrow]

Where are you from

[dark minnow]

Québec, Canada

I’m trying on ebird but it just gives me the map with purple rectangles which doesn’t help

[spring vault]

zoom in further

[dark minnow]

Yeah I found it

The map they give you on the specie isn’t as accurate as the bigger one

[spring vault]

can try the phone app too

[dark minnow]

Ayt thanks guys

[gilded yarrow]

Ahh damn, in germany theres another website which gets used way more than ebird thats why I asked

[magic crown]

why i can't see that in my app ?

[spring vault]

could be ebird is unpopular in France

[magic crown]

this is but i need to go on the website to see the same thing

[spring vault]

do you have the explore tab?

[magic crown]

yeah but empty

[spring vault]

no hotspots in your area?

it's all crowd sourced data so if no one is using the app it'll have nothing to show

[magic crown]

On the website there is the data

[spring vault]

truly a birdless wasteland

[magic crown]

oh i found why because the detection radius was at 1km

no i see theres a lot

[hidden wyvern]

hidden, or so it thinks. I like these birds but mostly waiting for more interesting ones

loons are starting to get colour here

[hidden wyvern]

just to add inaturalist is also a similar app, usually i check both to see whats around

[magic crown]

my aunt is good for my permanent hide in his field now i need to see it and preparing the equipement

she had 4000km² of field so i'm good

[daring imp]

Fucking hell i always see owls when i drive and no camera.. literally a curse to have a cam

[daring imp]

Hieno!

[gilded yarrow]

I only saw 1 wild owl so far lmao

[gilded yarrow]

Saw a crow fighting a raven yesterday, the size difference when you see them next to eachother is insane

[stray plover]

When I got back home from a trip there was a grey owl on my tree, the security system was still active, i grabbed my camera to get a shot and the alarm was tripped as i opened the doors..

[green meadow]

Yeah and then raven next to a eagle seems to be a tiny bird. 😄

[remote remnant]

i don’t usually shoot borb but i got this the other day

70d, 100-400ii

[dark ermine]

gorgeous lighting on these!

[spring vault]

lol damn stick

[remote remnant]

nothing a little content aware remove can't fix

[magic crown]

Lets gooo

[wide flint]

Congrats!!!

[magic crown]

A fucking beast

[finite flower]

nice!

now we matching

[magic crown]

The autofocus is crazy way more reactive and better than the tamron

[magic crown]

I don't tested it yet on the filed but just in a classic use it have a decent focus

Way more reactive than my tamron

[finite flower]

felt that way when i upgraded as well

but the 400-800 is like noticably faster than that which is crazy

[magic crown]

Crazy thing too is the 200-600mm is more valuable on an aps c sensor it became a 300-900mm

Damn the size difference

[finite flower]

lol

honestly speaking its not that big/heavy imo

after feeling the 600 f4

[magic crown]

It's still a big baby

Now im good for more than 10 years with this one

[finite flower]

the next one is probably a 600 f4

at least for me

no sensible upgrade/sidegrade exists atm

even a 200-600 g2 probably wont really entice me

[magic crown]

And if they do it there no reason to go on if if you already have the 200-600mm

[gilded yarrow]

Sony 600 f4 is just 900g more which is crazy to me

[gilded yarrow]

Ooooh congrats very cool

[gilded yarrow]

Thanks, yeah I got really lucky that day haha

[finite flower]

for me, it feels really light

cause the balance is good

400-800 is very very front heavy

some people say that weight balance doesnt matter, but trust me it does when it comes to superteles

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah I meant that 3kg for a 600f4 seems really light

[spring vault]

who says it doesn't matter lol

[magic crown]

A very huge baby

[gilded yarrow]

Just need to add a battery grip & maybe external Monitor to balance it out then

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah but you get used to it, especially since like 1/3 of the length is the lens hood

[magic crown]

Yeah fr but the size difference between the sony and the tamron is fucking wild

Tomorrow i'll go test it in my local lake

[gilded yarrow]

Should put them next to eachother while extended to make it fair

Think the difference isnt that big then

[magic crown]

Yeah but for the same size you have a decent image quality and 100mm more

It's not really useful in ff but in aps c it's really notable

Now i'm on the white gang

[gilded yarrow]

Yup

[magic crown]

And damn i've never see an autofocus so reactive and precise

[gilded yarrow]

Haha yeah its great

[wheat hare]

looks like a decent size

[magic crown]

Yeah it's a monster

[wheat hare]

I forgot it's basically the same size as the 180-600

thought it was bigger for some reason

[spring vault]

looks bigger when on a small Sony body lol

[wheat hare]

true

[stray plover]

I want to touch it

[daring imp]

He was standing still for so long

[magic crown]

You touch it you are gay

[stray plover]

[carmine fox]

saw crows fighting an owl not that long ago
he seemed annoyed lmao

[hoary sigil]

A black kite from a bird of prey centre relatively got chased away by crows a couple of weeks ago and was found 90 miles away 5 days later

[carmine fox]

there was a crow shoot in my municipality recently
all the city folk got riled up about it

[hidden wyvern]

after so many springs i finally got this guy with full colours, the not-so blackbird

common grackle

birding at 5pm was interesting, ospreys fishing, these guys, red-winged variants, geese fishing as well, all while the sun was very bright/harsh in some cases

ospreys are so quick but he was also catching things

might be a reoccurance

[uneven bramble]

Birbs

my body was shakey today so its not as sharp as it could be but its still a cute shot

[spring vault]

borb

[remote remnant]

borb nice

[autumn canyon]

the 3rd one ain't a bird!!

[magic crown]

Okay the 200-600mm is my favorite lens
I tested it in bird condition and the autofocus, the bokeh, the sharpness, EVERYTING in this lens is insane

Even on far subject it's wildly sharp

[spare yarrow]

first actual outing with the new lens at a local park at sunrise, and i got lucky

[magic crown]

that pose

[hidden wyvern]

white goose 1, happy to finally see one in person

[magic crown]

they are common is some farms but yeah they are difficult to get sometimes

[hidden wyvern]

they practically dont exist where i live

[magic crown]

here theres a lot on farms and public parks

[hidden wyvern]

someone a long time back let two of these geese free and theyve made a park their spot pretty much here, now theres about 6 of them

[magic crown]

btw decent bokeh

[hidden wyvern]

generally here youll get canada geese

[hidden wyvern]

thanks, this was with the 100-500, 500 f/4 didnt shine for the circles here but i did get a few other shots where its one of the keepers. F/4 kinda just blows out the background/foreground which is great for certain shots, 7.1 is perfectly fine too though