Bird Photography

[magic crown]

i just call that an hide

[daring imp]

Oh aiit haha

[magic crown]

after all maybe depend on the country

[magic crown]

my edits of the day

the bokeh of the 200-600mm is so creamy i love it

[daring imp]

Kinda similar to my 600mm f4 bokeh. Super nice looking

[daring imp]

Looks very nice tho! Gj

[magic crown]

the color contrast is so good i wish for this winter to make shots like that

[magic crown]

just for the ibis it was in a animal greenhouse in a semi-wild state

[daring imp]

Yup!

[hidden wyvern]

1000mm can be fun sometimes lol

purple finch

normally these guys look very tiny

only other photo of the red one I got but lots of yellow finches over the years

[spring vault]

I use a 750mm and sometimes im running away from the birds and the bird keeps hopping closer to me

[hidden wyvern]

i had to back up a few times with the lens' mfd, although 700 isnt so bad on it

[spring vault]

I wish I had a closer mfd so I could do bird macro lmao

my mfd is about one warbler

so not quite headshot without cropping

[hidden wyvern]

this one has 4.5m mfd, although my zoom is basically king or at least was when it was new for mfd on telephotos

sonys 100-400 would be pretty much the same, canon having the added 100mm, nikon joining in later

[spring vault]

zooms usually have better macro than teleprimes for whatever reason

100-400 is 0.35x which is good

my 500mm is 0.17x

[hidden wyvern]

im sure the 200-800 has good macro too but yeah lol

can use a lot of these for flowers not just birds

[spring vault]

200-800 is 0.25x at 200mm 0.2x at 800 which is ok

[hidden wyvern]

think this was the closest i could get to a bird, iirc uncropped

small bird too so like anything else is out of frame anyway

[spring vault]

sony 70-200 f4 is 0.5x

and u can put 2x teleconverters on it

so 400mm 1x macro

at f8 but whatever

not bad

[hidden wyvern]

even the prime can do flowers anyway, but the 100-500 can do bugs lol

yeah like that you shared, can get pretty close with tcs on it

[spring vault]

100-500 is 0.33x so with a 2x thats pretty macro

[hidden wyvern]

this was base

i dont usually do macros of this extent myself butnice to have somedays. Also at the point of tcs for this purpose the aperture prob wont matter anyway lol

sometimes i wonder if i even need the 100 2.8 anymore, but it cant quite do what that can, so maybe couldve gotten ef model and saved like $600

[spring vault]

after binge watching micael widell videos I thought id get rly into bug macro and bought a laowa 2x magnification lens and a flash and diffuser then quickly learned I actually wasnt rly into it but I kept the gear cos sometimes I still do wanna take some macro pics

good thing about apsc is that lens was only $300

[hidden wyvern]

i think for me i always want to do it but its time consuming so i just kinda take the do it all lens lately

when i had the sigma 150-600 it got used a lot more

[daring imp]

It is haha my 600mm f4 becomes 960mm on my 7d mark 2

[magic crown]

tele converter ?

or aps-c crop ?

[hidden wyvern]

That’s canon crop factor, used to get it myself on my aps c dslr

[magic crown]

yeah and it's a 1.6x crop compared to other aps c (1.5x crop)

[hidden wyvern]

For me I’m using 2x tc on the 500 in my photo. EF variations are fairly priced

[magic crown]

the F goes crazy

[hidden wyvern]

ive heard f10 is sharpest although i just use it at f/8 which seems fine

[daring imp]

Apsc crop which is nice. No quality loss

[magic crown]

Yeah that's why i take one for wildlife

[daring imp]

I really want this lens for macro. Would be fun to use

[gilded yarrow]

needs an insane amount of light

[hidden wyvern]

Doesn’t actually sound that bad for macro, likely stopping down to about that

Think it has a ring light too on it

[daring imp]

What do u guys think of super close up shots of a birds eye? Just got one of a grebe. Their red eyes are sick

[spring vault]

I got this one of a sandhill crane

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/732542623549751354/1200939881673805905/DSC05055-megacrop-megaupscale-kekw.png?ex=682c622c&is=682b10ac&hm=0b7d08d497cc1f68018b9136b6bdb245b7b0ac15e67496007c05a7f92a062df1&

[daring imp]

Dope!

Id love one of a hawk but probably hard asf

[spring vault]

bet u can at a zoo

I have a wild hawk headshot I didnt get closer than this tho

it was just chilling on a low branch next to the trail

prolly pretty used to ppl

[magic crown]

what lens ?

[magic crown]

or in a falcorny falcons are pretty common in those kind of place

[spring vault]

Sony 70-350 This pic is very cropped

[magic crown]

it's good enough for me

[spring vault]

the wild cranes here are friendly tho u can get quite close

the ones that hang out at the park at least lol

[daring imp]

how is this? could it be better with editing? idk if its abit over exposed but i tried getting as low as possible

[spring vault]

yeah u can cook w that

[daring imp]

tyy! does it look sharp to u?

[spring vault]

idk I'm on my phone

[daring imp]

looks aiiit on my 4k monitor

maybe this is better? @spring vault

[spring vault]

doesn't look level lol

[daring imp]

no i dont have a ground pod and i was laying down kinda weird hahaha

[spring vault]

I'd just edit whatever pic is sharpest

[daring imp]

how is the background to u? idk looks kinda messy to me

[spring vault]

can fix that in editing if you so desire

[carmine fox]

get some veil netting or some neutral color ghillie netting and make your own
camo is cool but highly variable based on environment, and all you really need to do is break up your figure
I would imagine something that looks slightly just not right would be more startling to birds than something a bit off color but organic and looks like it's supposed to be there, I've noticed it in larger game anyway

[gilded yarrow]

overall very flat, bird is a bit underexposed and on the edge of being too far away, can still probably look sick with some editing tho

[eternal igloo]

love them

once found a blind grackle

[daring imp]

I guess it was worth it to go out. Dont think ive photographed this before

4 am btw 🥲

[magic crown]

That would be insane to make a shot like this

[green meadow]

Small flappers and big flippers.

[spring vault]

yay!!!

[scarlet tulip]

Floaty fuzzballs

[daring imp]

Not edited yet. Tried playing w light a bit. Thoughts on the idea where just the bird is lit up?

[hidden wyvern]

little birb

[green meadow]

Is this some wagtail?

[scarlet tulip]

That’s a female American redstart, if my Sibley guide is correct

[green meadow]

OK, looks bit like yellow wagtail. Is there any wagtails in North-America?

And is this male version of it?

[scarlet tulip]

It is, yeah

The males are very striking to see, and active

They are territorial and will chase each other through tree cover

[green meadow]

Male is really stunning

[magic crown]

I shot some good ones today

With a hybrid egret

[scarlet tulip]

They’re fun to photograph, if they stand still for long enough

[scarlet tulip]

Egret hybrids are neat, wonder which heron that one has genes from

[green meadow]

I can imagine and you did get really nice shots. 👌

[magic crown]

It's the one of only 100 species in the whole country it's decent

[scarlet tulip]

Thanks! I’m hoping to go back to the same location next week and get more of them in the pine trees

[green meadow]

Great and I hope you are lucky so we get to see more photos of those spectacular birds. 😃 👍

[scarlet tulip]

Do you get warblers in Finland at all? Climate seems right, but most of the warblers I’ve heard of are new world species

[green meadow]

I think we have some old world warblers but most of them are just grey small birds. Nothing as colorful as you have there.

According to wikipedia we have Sylvioid warblers and you have Passeroid warblers there.

[scarlet tulip]

Interesting, apparently your warblers are at least somewhat related to the wrentits we have here

[daring imp]

Thoughts on this? Just took it. Or is it abit too windy? 😌

[green meadow]

Don't take this bad way, but photos of back of the camera are bit pointless in my opinion. You can take good pictures, so next step for you is learning to edit them. Then let us admire your finished work. 😀 👍

And if you want to show something quickly, I think that canon has some app or something, so that you can transfer photos from camera to phone via wifi or bluetooth and share those. 🤔

[daring imp]

Ohh yea true 😂 ur right!

[daring imp]

My r6 mark 2 does but i bet 7d mark 2 dosnt have since its so oldd

[hidden wyvern]

Hoping to try the sight on birds this weekend

Not confident the prime will be very steady viewing but I got a good grip usually

[spring vault]

I returned my ttart dot sight to b&h and got an airsoft dot right mounted to the lens which is a lot nicer and a bit cheaper

I had to 3d print an adapter to mount it though

b&h charged me $10 shipping to return it but whatever

[hidden wyvern]

Anything us based may as well add like 25$ here

Ttartisan free shipping though. I considered that myself but ended up costing more

[eternal igloo]

does the red dot really help?

[hidden wyvern]

Feel like it will but haven’t tried yet

[spring vault]

its situational ive only used it for swallows

[hidden wyvern]

Seems quick to spot things

[eternal igloo]

true but idk it doesn’t have an exposure meter or anything so it feels like I’d still check the viewfinder

Lmk tho

[spring vault]

I think you need a body with really good subject detection autofocus to take advantage of it

since youre relying on a lot of trust

if youre gonna be switching to the evf ud might as well not use it

[hidden wyvern]

I mostly got it for BiF myself and my camera can but often hard to line it up with the small ones

[magic crown]

meet the hybrid egret

[daring imp]

Guess that could work well with my r6 mark 2?

[scarlet tulip]

500PF with the 1,4x

[magic crown]

A good one

[green meadow]

Arctic tern and three-spined stickleback

[spring vault]

how does the bird eat the cactus fish

[magic crown]

Decent one

[green meadow]

This way 😄

[dark ermine]

if I'm thinking about it right, you line up the sight, and put faith in single point centered autofocus to hit the mark?

I guess that would be when the body detection would become relevant. like on my kit with the sigma 150-600m i'd probably be accidentally focusing out way too far more often than not lol

[spring vault]

yes but I don't think single point will work 99% of the time it's gotta be wide with subject detection enabled

[daring imp]

Which do u guys prefer? Played with the light abit on this

[daring imp]

Lol just photographed this too 😂

[magic crown]

I did the same bird yesterday too

[daring imp]

Its everywhere 😂

[magic crown]

But it's one of the coolest

[daring imp]

Its a good bif practice thoo

[magic crown]

I really want a shot of him fall in the water

[daring imp]

I have a really old pic somwhere when 2 has the same fish in their mouth

@magic crown

[magic crown]

Damn

[daring imp]

I think i shot it when i tried rf 800 f11 and r6 mk1

Refunded that combo real fast

These turned out good too i guess. Thoughts?

[magic crown]

which one is your favorite ?

[magic crown]

damn so close i always wanted to do that with those birds

[wide flint]

1 is a lot cleaner and has better lighting

[magic crown]

yeah i think that too

[gilded yarrow]

Get loweeeeer

Apart from that last one, thats low enough lmao

I love crested grebes

I should go check if the ones I photographed a while back have babies

Sent those in here before, still love them lol

[magic crown]

the 1st one is decent it's my favorite from you

[dark minnow]

Bald eagle guys

About 500 pixels

[gilded yarrow]

[gilded yarrow]

Thanks lol

[green meadow]

But this is some special tern probably Little tern. We have hose about 70 pairs here in Finland and I have never seen one.

[daring imp]

I tried and it was a steeep bank so i couldnt. I wish 😦 and their nest was there

[daring imp]

Last year i missed a dope ass shot when they had like 3 or 4 babies on the back 😦 too far away

[magic crown]

Dobby the little shy of the falconry team

[dark minnow]

Young great horned owl

[daring imp]

anyone else here feel like they havent gotten a good picture in ages? feeling kinda lost atm

[worldly furnace]

I like the first one

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah same, havent been out in a few weeks either tho

Just keep going, one day you'll get a great pic and be happy you didnt stop because you didnt get anything

[dark ermine]

lil nuthatch looks like it's smirking

[daring imp]

Wont stop thats for sure! I just live in a boring ass place for it

[magic crown]

a cute baby and a big blorb

[remote remnant]

[magic crown]

actually using Merlin bird to know what bird are around my house

[dark ermine]

merlin's great, though it thinks my chickens are geese. it's got me wanting to set up a network hosted solar raspberry pi outside so I can be even more distracted throughout my work day with bird alerts

[magic crown]

i think i will doing the same

i have a DJI mic mini and i put it on the top of my house at max sensitivity and it's work really well

it located 15 different species now

[eternal igloo]

i love that app

cornell #1 🙏 if ur ever around there go to the lab of ornithology it's dope https://www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/all-cams/

[magic crown]

you know how they did that ?

[eternal igloo]

uhh no?

i lived in ithaca for a long time and went there a bunch

[scarlet tulip]

even more wilson's warblers

[magic crown]

Damn the contrast of the feathers on the 1st one

[magic crown]

the combo

[torpid moon]

is this a good thing? 😆 I love your shot, really stunning

[magic crown]

Yeah it's a good one

[astral saffron]

I have a lot of catch up editing to do

[torpid moon]

this is adorable

[dark ermine]

these are great, composition esp! resolution has things looking a little "muddy" /blurred, think your current kit might be holding you back a little bit

but i have constant G.A.S so grain of salt

[torpid moon]

Yeah, my whole setup is around 500 dollars 🤣 thankyou though! I appreciate it

[magic crown]

oh nice one

i really like the pose of the egret

[astral saffron]

He is a well fed egret

Shame there was a rock in the way

[gilded yarrow]

WHY THE FUCK DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN WHEN I DONT HAVE MY CAM WITH ME

Huuuge red kite

[magic crown]

The kite :
You :

[torpid moon]

i love this

[hidden wyvern]

it was one thing to use a lens that has trouble anyway with slow af, but it still worked, was easy with my zoom lens though for birds in flight, will see if i got any photos to share shortly enough

heres one at 1/800 with 700mm, not the most interesting subject but the sudden movement was easy to track

i also noticed that it was handy in spotting this new bird i seen which was very quick in a bush, since i didnt have to be zoomed in all the way and had a wider angle sight.
The sight in particular isnt perfect though, noticed it "bounced" slightly with rapid movements upwards and that kinda throws the mirrors off in the sight itself

not sure what this even is but happy to just snap over to it, got some decent enough photos ill edit, think it might be a type of tanager

its not at all as close but its a swallow as well lol, seems like everyone gets one with the sight

[magic crown]

Tomorrow, I have a shot to take with the falconry of two eagle owls, the European (Nyméria) and the Siberian (Kotchum), where I plan to merge their faces into a single composite image. The European owl will be on the left, the Siberian on the right, creating a highly artistic piece that symbolizes the duality between darkness and light, evil and good. If I succeed, it will likely be the most powerful and artistic image I’ve ever created.

[hidden wyvern]

im hoping to find an owl sometime on a trip soon enough, hopefully will know how to use this dot sight by then, seems handy but still learning it

[gilded yarrow]

I still havent been back out looking for birds

No time

either working, learning for my drivers license or at the gym lol

[magic crown]

the shot for tomorrow is portrait of their birds and some artistic version

[magic crown]

i'll go this friday at a natural reserve at 4am

[gilded yarrow]

Sick

[magic crown]

the wake up is going to be hard

[gilded yarrow]

Thinking about going somewhere thursday or something

Would need to get up at 5am

Same spot where I've already been so not sure

I mean I could go somewhere else too

[magic crown]

go here you'll see we have a lot of natural reserve

[gilded yarrow]

Lool I will once I get my drivers license

[magic crown]

Time to clean those babies

[hidden wyvern]

for me im just in pain lately but im going out still at least twice a week lol

maybej ust need to make those two times count

[magic crown]

they are really common here (i have a owl living really close to my house i hear it all night)

[eternal igloo]

wow no that’s pretty impressive lmao

[hidden wyvern]

thanks, seemed much better with my zoom than my big lens, however that other lens is 25 years old and it still could which is a good sign

since the af & is motor is so old, you can feel it stop lol, although the rf lens is like instant

pigeon was closer but the big lens picked up this which is a pretty quick bird, would be a female red winged blackbird i think

this here as well, not flying, but still with the dot sight and of a landing. Might be my favorite of the day so far

[eternal igloo]

very clean

[hidden wyvern]

thanks, lots of birds grabbing food when i was out there today, not a lot of tree swallows at the park this time though, mightve been a bit late

[dark minnow]

Very cute yellow warbler

[green meadow]

I think that eye af worked quite well. 🤔 😄

[magic crown]

One more

[torpid moon]

he's staring into my soul

[torpid moon]

I like the colours on this one! what type of bird is it?

[magic crown]

It's a jay

I think the Eurasian Jay in english

[torpid moon]

green heron re-edit

[magic crown]

wow the wings feathers

[magic crown]

final version

[torpid moon]

gorgeous :-)

[magic crown]

I didn't even think I'd see one today (normally I was also supposed to go to the falconry but it was postponed until Friday)

[fast knoll]

r most of the birders here east coast?

im in socal and i dont see much 😭

[torpid moon]

i'm east coast

[fast knoll]

Seagull 💀

[torpid moon]

you may not find many birds but atleast your photography is amazing, i love that

[fast knoll]

thank you LOL my range isnt the best either i only have a 70-200 so had to crop a bit

that pic of the green heron is amazing

another seagull...

[torpid moon]

your photos feel so clean for some reason

bright and clean

[fast knoll]

nah thats all u im inspired by ur photo

ok no more seagulls

[torpid moon]

i am coming for ur bred

[fast knoll]

lmao

what lens do u have?

in the future i might invest in a more zoomy one

[torpid moon]

Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III Lens , it's the basic one that came with my camera so i wouldn't invest in it lmao

[magic crown]

the best portrait i've got of a mallard

[torpid moon]

stunning

[fast knoll]

woah telephoto lenses can come with a camera? i thought all the kit lenses were like 50mm max

[fast knoll]

wow i can count the teeth on this

[magic crown]

thanks i'm very proud of this one

[fast knoll]

u guys take insanely sharp photos

i need to learn

is that uncropped?

[torpid moon]

my photos are always noisy as hell, i just ram it through lightroom denoise until it looks like ai lol

[magic crown]

for sharpness
1 : get a really sharp lens
2 : use good speed to avoid noise
3 : more steady you are more sharpness you have (that's why tripod are the best for that)

[magic crown]

just a small crop

[magic crown]

i use DXO pureraw

(paid app)

[fast knoll]

wym by good speed to avoid noise

[magic crown]

the chromatic aberration

[torpid moon]

LMFAOO

[magic crown]

1/50 1/1000 etc

[fast knoll]

also do u turn off ibis when u shoot with a tripod?

ive heard mixed things about that

[magic crown]

i shoot fully in manual

except for iso

everyone try to avoid it but when you know how to use it you can make really good things

[fast knoll]

oh wait a6400 doesnt have it

do u turn off lens stabilization when using tripod?

[magic crown]

depend

[magic crown]

generally i put the minimum stabilization

the best in most case is not go in really high ISO (6400 iso is my max on my camera), so you have to play with the speed

[fast knoll]

yea

i was shooting like 1/2500

[torpid moon]

i don't go above 800 with my camera, it sucks lmao

[magic crown]

this is what i use for flying bids

[fast knoll]

yea me too

[magic crown]

2000 iso
before denoise

after

[fast knoll]

wow the eye is hella clean

[torpid moon]

your before denoise is better than my after denoise

[magic crown]

after that i use DXO pureraw (way better than lightroom denoiser for me)

and my lens have one of the best sharpness

[torpid moon]

this was my sharpest and best bird photo i've ever taken

[fast knoll]

is it this one

[magic crown]

the water texture

[fast knoll]

oh i have this one too LOL

[fast knoll]

the IS is hella loud

[torpid moon]

even though he has like a yellow outline

[fast knoll]

maybe mine is dying

[torpid moon]

i don't like it, but it's the only one i have lmao

[magic crown]

you both shot with reflex cam ?

[torpid moon]

canon rebel t6, mine has a little mirror inside if that is what that means

[magic crown]

one of my sharpest shot

[torpid moon]

the eye! it looks like a dinosaur, stunning

[magic crown]

it's his nuptial eye

i have this one too

it's hard to me to find the real sharpest one

[magic crown]

yeah it's a mirror camera

[torpid moon]

is mirrorless better?

[magic crown]

yeah on most point

[fast knoll]

mirrorless have fancy new tech

eye tracking and stuff

it's really nice

[torpid moon]

need

[fast knoll]

yea upgraded to r5 after 15 years lol

so many features it's amazing

[magic crown]

ChatGPT response

1. They’re smaller and lighter.
   Mirrorless cameras don’t have the mirror and optical viewfinder like DSLRs, so the body is much more compact. This makes them easier to carry around — great for travel or long photo sessions.

2. What you see is what you get.
   The screen or electronic viewfinder shows exactly how your photo will look before you even take it. You can see the brightness, colors, and focus in real time.

3. Faster and smarter autofocus.
   Mirrorless cameras are great at finding and focusing on eyes, faces, or even animals — and they do it fast. That’s a big help for portraits, wildlife, or moving subjects.

4. Silent and fast shooting.
   You can shoot many photos in a row quickly and without any sound. Perfect when you need to be quiet, like during weddings or in nature.

5. Better screen experience.
   The back screen on a mirrorless camera is super responsive and works really well, even when you’re not using the viewfinder. It’s much better than on most DSLRs.

6. Modern features built-in.
   Things like 4K or 8K video, image stabilization, eye tracking, and more are often included right away. Mirrorless cameras are made for today’s needs.

7. Less mechanical parts = more reliable.
   No mirror means fewer parts that can break. It’s one less thing to worry about in the long run.

[torpid moon]

guess i'll have to save up, my dream mid range camera is the canon r6 mark ii

[magic crown]

a friend have this one and it's a good one

but for me sony is better for the autofocus

(my a6400 is not the greatest but it's already decent for his price)

my dream camera is the sony a6700

it's n Sony a7IV but in aps-C

[fast knoll]

do u prefer aps-c over full frame?

[magic crown]

for wildlife truly

you have a 1.5x lens crop

[fast knoll]

ahh that makes sense

[magic crown]

my 200-600mm become a 300-900mm

[fast knoll]

is it diff from cropping a full frame in post

[magic crown]

yeah it's a native crop not a virtual crop with loss of quality

[fast knoll]

ooh i see

[magic crown]

that's why aps-C are really useful for dual cam setup for landscape and wildlife swap

one with an FF sensor (larger mp) and the other one with a cropped sensor (more range)

[fast knoll]

ahh i see

[magic crown]

some ppl is trash about aps-C for less light and the crop factor, but when you use it properly it's better than ff camera

having a native crop at 24mp is decent in my case

[gilded yarrow]

Apsc has way more noise, it can be better in some situations but its not automatically better than ff

[magic crown]

and also a good thing you use the core of the lens so less chromatic aberration and less quality loss in corner

[magic crown]

yeah sure but now with good denoiser it's good

[dark ermine]

aspc reach is the main thing keeping me from upgrading to a nikon z something

but i do only have like 21mp as is

[magic crown]

i don't have the best aps-c body but when i see what i can make plus all the advantage it have it's decent

[magic crown]

is it really bad ? i mean mine is 24 you feel the difference ?

[dark ermine]

it can't be much. i think your lens probably makes more of a difference

https://cameradecision.com/compare/Sony-Alpha-a6400-vs-Nikon-D7500

[magic crown]

for me aps-C is good on all point and now when you see the powerful denoiser or the aperture of new lenses
so it's okay for it

[magic crown]

wait it's a DSLR ?

[dark ermine]

oh yours is mirrorless

yeah yours is better lol

[magic crown]

yeah

[magic crown]

on all point

now you understand why my image are so sharp ?

[dark ermine]

yeah you've got me reconsidering aps-c- z models now lol

[magic crown]

mirrorless apsc are decent

and for my use way useful than ff

[gilded yarrow]

His body isnt less sharp or anything than yours lol

[magic crown]

yeah but it plays a little (dslr lens)

[gilded yarrow]

The tamron lens is just less sharp than our 200-600's, his lens on your body would be the same

[magic crown]

after all if it have a really good lens it's the same yeah

[magic crown]

yeah

[dark ermine]

i've got the sigma C 150-600 but probably same deal.

thinking nikon's 180-600mm would be the lens comparable to yalls 200-600

[scarlet tulip]

Impossible to answer without more context

[green meadow]

That sweep with toe is something else. Sadly focus is on shoulders rather than head.

[torpid moon]

love it, the foot in the water makes it even more special

[daring imp]

Damn chat gpt got this right from back of the cam pic damn

Kinda wild if u think about it

[magic crown]

chatgpt got me wrong in most time so i use merlin bird or google lens

[daring imp]

How is merlin bird?

Only us?

[magic crown]

no

it's the whole world technically

bro wtf

https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/download/

[daring imp]

Oh it just sounded like an us app my bad 🥲 because we have apps here for our own country aswell that only works here. Thats why i thought that

[worldly furnace]

oh if only i had caught this in focus... exactly what i wanted on my shoot today but its fn out of focus and noisy...
oh how id benefit from better gear 😭

[dark ermine]

still neat! just your version 1 of that bird 😄

if it makes you feel better here's my version 1 (and only) of a chuck wills widow - the spot is its eyeball 😂

[worldly furnace]

Thanks im gonna keep going back till I get that shot just right!!

Damn :O
I'm reading online that it's a nocturnal bird, so was this taken in really low light conditions?

[daring imp]

Very nice! Just a bad background really. Would be much nicer if it was a river in the forest

[daring imp]

Dont be scared to use higher iso

[worldly furnace]

Yeah that's so true. Im stuck in a urban hellscape tho lol

[worldly furnace]

This is already really high, iirc around 16000

This pic was taken just before sunrise too so theres quite a lack of light already

After the sun rose, people kept coming n messing up my shot, I'd be waiting for the birb to fly, and someone would come in with a huge ruckus and scare the bird away while also making me physically move. 😦

[daring imp]

Oh shit. Ive never shot that high. Only gone to 6400.

[magic crown]

Time to go at the falcorny for some birds portraits

[daring imp]

What is a falconry? Sounds cool

[magic crown]

This

[worldly furnace]

Yeah i have a really shit body 🥲
D3500

[dark ermine]

yeah it was pitch black lol, will have to get lucky and spot them snoozing during the day most likely

unrelated, dove hit a natural light spot and refused to turn around today 🙃

[magic crown]

Meet the Zitting Cisticola.
This small, lively bird is very common in my region, thanks to the warm climate and the abundance of suitable habitats. It is also frequently found around the Mediterranean Sea, where mild winters and open grassy areas provide ideal conditions for nesting and feeding.

However, despite its local abundance, the Zitting Cisticola remains relatively rare on a broader European scale, and even more so globally. Its distribution is patchy, and it tends to be limited to regions with specific environmental conditions, making it a special encounter in many parts of the world.

[carmine fox]

Merlin can do this too

[torpid moon]

gray catbird i think?

[fast knoll]

black-crowned night heron

[scarlet tulip]

Nice to get that close

[fast knoll]

yea my best zoom is a 70-200 so i was lucky it was close

pretty happy with how sharp they turned out

[fast knoll]

resending i touched them up a little bit tried to make the eye pop

[fast knoll]

Also ik this isn’t birding but I don’t have access to creatures yet and I saw this guy right after the heron

[jaunty sundial]

Wayy too far away to get a decent shot, but saw some Marsh Harriers yesterday.

This is about a 90% crop, at 600mm

[worldly furnace]

Woww what lens + body?

[jaunty sundial]

A6700 + Sony 200-600

Wish i had my 46MP back 😔

[worldly furnace]

Damn nice

[gilded yarrow]

buy a7rv

61mp

[jaunty sundial]

Used 2 have r3

But sooooo expensif

Me just want some fancy video features and am happy

[gilded yarrow]

Sony better

tbh only canon I owned was a 250d lmao

1st cam, went from that to an a7iii after a year, and after roughly another year I recently went from the a7iii to an a7iv

irresponsible choices have been made

Dont regret it at all tho

Now I just need the 300 2.8 with tc's and an a9iii

[jaunty sundial]

Helll yeah

[fast knoll]

what are the coolest birds in hawaii i should try to find

[torpid moon]

WEEE

[gilded yarrow]

I think I photographed the same type of dove at a Zoo a few weeks ago

hmm nah they just look similar I think

[torpid moon]

yours looks like a chonky laughing dove, super cute ! nice shot

[dark ermine]

bad thing about a telephoto 😄 (from today)

caught these two talking though

[spring vault]

back to trying to edit one pic a day (my backlog is hundreds of gb)

[scarlet tulip]

gulls get more fun the closer you are to them, seems like

[finite flower]

how yall like the red dot

for those that have gotten it

[spring vault]

I returned my ttartisan red dot and got a cheaper but better built airsoft red dot and its a lot nicer to use

I have a big folder of bif pics I need to edit

[magic crown]

the duck on the right : hey there you have seed ?

[gilded yarrow]

huh how is that mounted

Just need to get a buttstock now

LMAO

https://youtu.be/MYxrkcUmOFU?si=dmBY7JKj7NoyiEWj

[spring vault]

designed and printed solid outta carbon fiber nylon on my work's markforged printer

[gilded yarrow]

Ohhh thats sick af

[gilded yarrow]

Bro I saw 4 kestrels, 3 buzzards and 2 red kites today

Of course didnt have my cam with me in one single encounter

[magic crown]

Bro is cursed

[gilded yarrow]

Lol yeah literally

[spring vault]

🟡

[green meadow]

tern and a dragonfly

[astral saffron]

Is this actually useful?

[spring vault]

yea situationally for small flyin birds

[finite flower]

yes contrary to what some people say, its pretty useful for bif

[gilded yarrow]

I've been listening to a black cap or whatever theyre called for like 5 minutes now and it keeps on making new sounds lol

waaaay too far away but damn what a beautiful bird

[scarlet tulip]

That’s probably salvageable

[gilded yarrow]

maybe, got lucky with the sharpness even tho it was crazy far away

[fast knoll]

Have u guys heard of cattle egret

Saw a ton of them yesterday just chilling with cows in a field and I was so confused

I wanna get a pic of one up close they’re pretty

[magic crown]

In 2 weeks i'll go for 3 days in an island full of gulls, cormorant and some tropical birb

I'm so excited

[uneven bramble]

woo

[magic crown]

Yeah and it's at 1h from my home so i really want to do it

Actually there is a lot of gulls (they are nesting)

I really want to take a portrait of one

[fast knoll]

Beautiful

[magic crown]

cute

[magic crown]

I think it's the shot of the day

[fast knoll]

very nice

[torpid moon]

amazing !!!

[magic crown]

I made some good shots but this one is really good

I'll go back there tomorrow

[torpid moon]

where is it you go? i can't seem to find birds very well

[magic crown]

In a park of my city (natural reserve park)

This is my top 10 of today

[torpid moon]

they're all so pretty

[magic crown]

Yeah it was a good day

Tomorrow i'll go back there because there a local heron and kingfisher

An i will also take seeds for pigeons and ducks

[dark ermine]

suspicious mallard

[magic crown]

The duck :

[fast knoll]

#💡・open-feedback message

thought id drop this here since u guys r the birding experts

im a bit neurotic about sharpness

wondering if u guys have any thoughts

[green meadow]

The Eurasian wryneck is a rather odd-looking bird. This was only the second time I’ve seen one. It was very shy and stayed high up in the tree—I wouldn’t have noticed it at all if it hadn’t been singing. Although it belongs to the woodpecker family and nests in tree cavities, it doesn’t excavate its own holes like other woodpeckers do.

[green meadow]

Looks good to me. And sharpness isn't everything. To me this is interesting photo because bird is in kind of interesting location (on a sunbed enjoying the sun). It would be even better if bird was more towards the camera and might need bit of cropping. 🤔

[fast knoll]

yea im prob just pixel peeping

thanks for the reassurance lol

i have to get rlly close with a 200 lens lol

it was a 7mp crop so i shouldnt expect perfect shaprness

Zebra dove

[magic crown]

the sharpness is wild ( it's a screenshot)

[fast knoll]

Has anyone used the b+w uv haze folter

Should I take it off

Maybe that’s why my sharpness isn’t always amazing

[spring vault]

just take some pics of something stationary with it on and off

[magic crown]

the last one looks like a drawing

[fast knoll]

Fire

[magic crown]

i really like the eurasian jay shot

btw thoses edits are really goods for me

[fast knoll]

Very sharp too

How much did you crop?

[magic crown]

0%

[fast knoll]

Ah that’s why

Amazing

[magic crown]

or maybe 1% or 2%

[fast knoll]

U got pretty close then?

[magic crown]

yeah like 3 or 5 meters away ?

[fast knoll]

Gonna go grab my camera to get a shot of this guy

[magic crown]

pretty rare here (but can be find in good place at night)

[fast knoll]

He was here a few days ago too but I wanna see his neck LOL

[magic crown]

baby gray heron x)

[fast knoll]

Black crested night heron

Listen to this video

Tons of cattle egret and black crowned night herons

Amazing

I found a nesting srea

Babies everywhere

[magic crown]

i just see a shit of pixels

[fast knoll]

Yea LOL

I just wanted the sound

[gilded yarrow]

Yes

theres pretty much no reason to use one, especially on a tele lens

[fast knoll]

yea i was mainyl using it for protection

[spring vault]

I don't even use lens caps

I just never take the hood off lol

[fast knoll]

ok bet LOL

[gilded yarrow]

nothing should ever touch the front element if you keep the hood on

[fast knoll]

ok sounds good

thank u

[fast knoll]

Adult black crowned night heron, juvenile black crowned night heron, and a cattle egret

Shitty insanely cropped pic but baby being fed

[gilded gale]

another great wood duck day!

[fast knoll]

wow

what lens?

[gilded gale]

Canon 400mm f2.8, sometimes with 2x extender

[fast knoll]

wow

amazing

[fast knoll]

sheesh 12k lens!!

u put it to great use

[dark minnow]

I swear the bokeh on the 300 2.8 is crazy

[magic crown]

the most common bird
the pigeon

[gilded yarrow]

Got a pic like that too a while ago

Colors arent as nice tho

Wood pidgeon which I kinda befriended, pic was taken while the bird was sitting on my window sill lol

[gilded gale]

Same 😄

[magic crown]

I think it's the shot of the day

[fast knoll]

Have u guys seen a crested pigeon

They look so cool

I want to see one

[magic crown]

Idk if i have those here

[fast knoll]

Only in Australia 🥲

[magic crown]

Btw tomorrow big day i'll go to the Camargue again to shot flamingoes and herons

[fast knoll]

They get all the cool birds and animals

[magic crown]

You say that bc you think our birds is common

[fast knoll]

U prob have cool stuff too

I live in SoCal

We have seagulls and pelicans

[magic crown]

See i don't have pelican here

But i have flamingoes and Ibis

[fast knoll]

Woahh Ibis look cool

[magic crown]

Yeah they are really stunning

[fast knoll]

wow amazing color

In body image stabilization bird

[magic crown]

A lot of people thinks this kind of ibis is black but with a good sun condition we can see all colors and it's decent

[fast knoll]

Very nice

[fast knoll]

do u guys usually add some sharpness in post to ur images

[magic crown]

Nope i don't do it anymore now

[fast knoll]

Yeah I think it looks kinda weird sometikes

[spring vault]

I use the default amount in lr which is like 20 or something

sometimes I turn it down because that amount will still look funny sometimes

sometimes even with 0 sharpening itll still look weird because my lens is too sharp

weird feather moire lol

if I have a pic thats good but has a little motion blur then topaz sharpening can do well to make it a little less noticeable

[fast knoll]

How’s topaz de noise vs Lightroom’s?

[spring vault]

topaz denoise is awful do not use it

the sharpening is situationally useful

sometimes awful too

[fast knoll]

Oh shit fr

[spring vault]

I wouldnt pay for topaz honestly lol

[fast knoll]

What else can it do then lol

I thought those were the two big selling points

[spring vault]

really awful upscaling

[fast knoll]

😭

[spring vault]

but sometimes the sharpening works well!!!

my copy of topaz is like two years old though I should try the latest vers

[fast knoll]

Yea I bet it’s better with the recent AI improvements

[spring vault]

from youtube comparisons if you want denoise then adobe and dxo trade blows

sometimes adobe is better sometimes dxo

but adobe is easier since its built in

[hollow crag]

Depends. Both work and don't work. One should never put the sliders too far regardless.

Also. In any situation. You need a proper source photo too. A photo that's out of focus will never become great.

As for noise. One does not neat perfectly clean photos in all cases.

[hollow crag]

It improved tremendously. I have been continously paying for the latest updates the last few years.

[hollow crag]

I use DxO3 also. It works but the results are mixed too.
I don't like it as much myself. Topaz has a tendency to discolor images where DxO doens't though. But that can be fixed in post with some calibration and HSL changes and perhaps even some mask/layer work.

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah

especially when using high iso & denoise

doesnt look good otherwise

[hollow crag]

I usually do with a mask on just the subject. But not much.

[fast knoll]

Ok yea just saw that in a video

That’s why I asked lmao

[fast knoll]

Sound on this is so cool it’s an egret and heron nesting tree 🥺

[dark ermine]

saw this suave muscovy

[fast knoll]

amazing

Heavy crop but cattle egret picking up a stick to strengthen its nest or something? Idk

Staring straight into your soul LOL

[spring vault]

https://youtu.be/ua0zTdwGAhw?si=P8uzABZeCL7zZb57

this is so relatable

[magic crown]

Time to go at my largest local natural reserve (Camargue)

[magic crown]

The shot of the day

[gilded yarrow]

My ex gf just told me theres Red kites nesting basically right behind her house

insane

[magic crown]

Damn you lucky

[gilded yarrow]

Sadly she doesnt live super close to me

Red kiiiites once again

Using the wind to hover, super sick

ffs those raptors always appear when I'm sitting on my bike and dont have my cam ready

[gilded yarrow]

Two new lifers

[gilded yarrow]

He caught another bird and it looks like the marsh harrier just has tiny claws LMAO

[gilded yarrow]

Guys theres a black winged kite only 1.5h from me, should I try to find it?

Been there for two weeks

[scarlet tulip]

might as well

[spring vault]

went out and got a submission for the bird discord's phone photography contest lol

I usually dont put borders on my pics but I think it helps to make the pic smaller so you cant tell it has shitty phone image quality

silhouette and b&w for the same reason

[fast knoll]

Ooh can u invite me to the bird discord

[spring vault]

https://discord.gg/3xXAgQkT

I dont rly talk to ppl there mostly just posting pics and asking questions

[scarlet tulip]

same

i use it for ID and photo posting

[astral saffron]

I have infiltrated

[magic crown]

I joined the server too

Those shots was pretty hard to make bc they move really fast

[spring vault]

I got more competition in the photo contests now

[scarlet tulip]

the contests in there annoy me

why is there a google drive submission system?

the phonetography stuff is whatever

[daring imp]

I hope this is sharp. Crested crebe with a tiny fish in the mouth

[fast knoll]

lmao i do the same thing as soon as i take a photo i zoom in all the way to pixel peep

[daring imp]

Yea 😂 i brought my 7d mark 2 instead of my r6 mk2 cuz theyre always far away and crop mode on r6 is only 9mp

Seems sharp atleast

[fast knoll]

yea i dont think crop mode on a full frame is ever ideal

my 45 mp r5 is only 17mp in crop mode

[gilded yarrow]

Cuckoo spotted 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[gilded yarrow]

Just get an a7rv, still like 26mp in crop mode

[daring imp]

One day lol

[daring imp]

what yall think about this?

[magic crown]

good one i really like the warm tone

[daring imp]

Ty bro! Had to use sharpen ai on this. Does it still look natural or no?

[magic crown]

for me it looks good

[gilded yarrow]

looks way too yellow/green imo

Does look natural tho

[daring imp]

What should i do?

[daring imp]

I cropped abit better

Just change temp?

[daring imp]

made it abit different! thoughts?

so you could see more of the water trail

[magic crown]

The place vs the result

[magic crown]

The shots of the day

[gilded yarrow]

This is the ultimate swallow photography spot

Sand martins

[magic crown]

Eurasian Spoonbill

[primal aspen]

could someone help me identify please south west England

[fast knoll]

duck

jk idk

[magic crown]

nah bro it's not a duck it's a swan

[fast knoll]

I am beginning to feel quite limited by my 70-200 😭

Just bought the r5 tho so I can’t drop more on a 100-500

[gilded yarrow]

could get a 2x tc

140-400 5.6

Not sure about canon sharpness with a TC tho

[fast knoll]

Yea I heard it’s kinda buns

[torpid moon]

always love seeing your photos

[dark ermine]

may have better luck in the birding discord, they have an id channel. I feel like its some kind of mallard though...I wound up just making a folder called "ducks" because most seem to be domestic mallard, or mallard x muscovy

[spring vault]

get a 200-800 it's cheaper

[spring vault]

I think it's a swedish duck

maybe escaped from somewhere

[magic crown]

thanks

[astral saffron]

Too low res or passable?

[fast knoll]

I think it’s good

[spring vault]

I'm happy with anything over 2mp if it's just going on discord

as long as it's otherwise sharp

[remote remnant]

i’ve gotten away with 0.3mp on instagram

[green meadow]

A tight fit 😀

[magic crown]

"Where's mom ?"

Their pose are so cute

[green meadow]

These are mom and dad. They are still making nest or incubating eggs.

[magic crown]

Oh mb

[green meadow]

is incubating correct term for sitting on eggs??

[magic crown]

I think it's good

Btw there's the shots i got in my natural reserve last weekend

[green meadow]

There were four martin nest right over our hotels entrance and they checked every time who is coming. Such a nice reception. 😄

some of the shots I got on our trip.

[magic crown]

I love to see them searching dirts and see their beaks full of

[magic crown]

The last one

A baby beak it's so cute

[green meadow]

Your little tern shot is amazing. I was really lucky to see one. We got about 100 pairs that nest here in Finland.

And I can just dream of spoon bills and flamingos.

[magic crown]

Wait only 100 ? Here it's really common
The spoonbill is more rare

Come here if you want to see some

[green meadow]

Yep only 100 and it is northern most place where they nest. No spoonbills at all.

[magic crown]

Yeah spoonbills prefer warm temps like here (35°C actually) so it's cool

[green meadow]

And this is normal Finnish summer weather. 🥶

[magic crown]

this is the actual weather of my region

[spring vault]

https://searchforlostbirds.org/birds?map=true

I found this website

hard mode birding

birds that have never been photographed in at least 10 years and some of them are not supposed to be extinct!

[dark minnow]

new goal to photograph

i love how nobody has seen it for 130 yrs but its not even possibly endengered

[wide flint]

seems like it's not entirely up to date. It also lists the slender billed curlew as critically endangered, while officially it has been declared extinct already

[green meadow]

This bird gave me three changes to get this shot right and I failed to focus correctly every single time. 🫠

[wide flint]

Rip, thats a really beautiful scene

What focus mode did you use?

[green meadow]

Auto-area AF and then just focused manually, but missed. Af probably didn't detects subject correctly because it was quite small in the frame and often partly behind the waves. Probably I should have used singlepoint af. 🤔

I have started to trust auto-area bit too much because it often works so well. I have dynamic-area s so that I can activate it by pressing and holding one of the front buttons. But it is bit hard to access if I'm on a difficult position like crouching and keeping camera really low.

[wide flint]

I found that in these kinda situations with the subject often being partly obscure the 3d af mode works really well

I just put my focus to single point mode and then have one of my front buttons set to the 3d mode. I just put the point on my subject and then activate the 3d mode. In my experience its much better at keeping focus on subjects that are low to the ground/water and regularly get obscured than the auto area af

But I do agree, the auto area af works wonders in most situations

[daring imp]

My friend took a pretty sick pic of me earlier. Good profile pic?

[gilded yarrow]

gonna go photograph Sand martins at that nesting Spot I found on saturday, hoping to get some good pics

[magic crown]

Really good one i like it

[daring imp]

Damn didnt know we had these in finland. Deffinetly gonna try and photography one this summer

[dark ermine]

i love great blue herons so much, so many doofy looking angles

[gilded yarrow]

Red Kite & Kestrel at once lol

[finite flower]

damn

[magic crown]

And let me guess you don't have your camera ?

[magic crown]

New bird in my collection

[magic crown]

@gilded yarrow how to give you jealousy

[gilded yarrow]

Lmaoo

[gilded yarrow]

Got one like that too wait a sec

This one is sick too but heavy crop

[magic crown]

Today i was with like 10 red kites at the same time that was insane

[magic crown]

"Look i'm a pro flyer"
"Dammit go hunt some food dumbass"

[gilded yarrow]

Sick

[spring vault]

get outta my lawn

[gilded yarrow]

Fields mowed?

Thats when I took that pic, farmers were on the field and there were TONS of raptors

Red kites, black kites, kestrels, buzzards

[gilded yarrow]

Thats a black kite too btw

[magic crown]

yeah and it's a back kite

[magic crown]

Yeah the farmer allowed me to go in the field and there was storks, gulls, raven, kites and small birb

[wide flint]

Hey its me!

[magic crown]

Really hard choice for the shot of the day

[wide flint]

That heron has eyes bigger than its stomach

[spring vault]

last bird very cute

[magic crown]

Fr (he fully swallow it)

[magic crown]

Yeah but the portrait was really hard to make

[gilded yarrow]

Got some nice pics I think

just need to edit them now lol

[magic crown]

The 2nd one

[magic crown]

well i think i found my top 3 shot

[wide flint]

Went out for the first time in quite a while, got some nice shots

[spare yarrow]

Lens id?

[spring vault]

tamron 50-400 maybe

[hidden wyvern]

newer chickadee, still doing the fledgling wing shuffling for food whenever it seen another chickadee

most of the feathers are in

[magic crown]

My favorite of the series you sent

[eternal igloo]

anyone know what this silly guy is

never seen him in my yard till today

[fast knoll]

mourning dove in my backyard i hope i can see the babies once they hatch

[magic crown]

the closest shot i've got of a tern

[fast knoll]

green heron?

what lens this is fire

[scarlet tulip]

300PF and a 1.4x converter

[fast knoll]

beautiful

[spare yarrow]

So dark lol, 23:00

I went up to a 6 second exposure just to see

but ill stick with the silouette

[gritty geode]

for very long focal lengths, think >400mm, do you prefer to use the led or viewfinder? if vf, left eye or right eye, and do you still use your other eye to see?

[spring vault]

I'm sure 99% of people will say viewfinder

and right vs left eye is based on if you're right or left eye dominant. u can Google how to test for that

[gilded yarrow]

vf 100%

I look through it with my right eye but keep both eyes open

[finite flower]

vf gives more stability

3 point contact

[gritty geode]

ah okay

[fast knoll]

does anyone else here use an r5?

[magic crown]

one of my fav shot of a swan

[fast knoll]

do u guys know why my electronic shutter pics (right) are sharper than my mechanical shutter pics (left)?

both were taken on a tripod

[spring vault]

only thing I can think of is the cam missed focus

[fast knoll]

yea except i shot hella pics on both shutters at the exact same settings

focus was on the eye the whole time

i tried to pick the sharpest one from each batch

[spring vault]

you can try another test with the focus locked in manual focus

[fast knoll]

is shutter shock still that apparent at 1/400?

[spring vault]

shouldn't be

[fast knoll]

ok good idea

i'll try that

[spring vault]

also are you using efcs or full mechanical?

[fast knoll]

full

[spring vault]

can try comparing efcs too

that's supposed to have less shutter shock

[fast knoll]

ok electronic (left) vs mechanical (right) with manual focus

the beak still seems slightly more out of focus

are the depths of field slightly diff for diff shutter modes? that doesnt make sense does it

[spring vault]

is this bird taxidermy or something lol

[fast knoll]

it's sitting on eggs i think

super chill bird

in my backyard

it's my test dummy

[spring vault]

dof doesn't change though

might actually be shutter shock but I thought that was only a factor at much slower shutter speeds

time to get r5ii

[fast knoll]

lmaoo

ok i just shot some efcs as well

lets compare the 3

ok i think i messed up the focus a little

and im too lazy to redo

but ima try one more with like 1/1000 shutter speed

and see if that does anything

@spring vault ok this is kinda crazy

k ima try one more final test

1/1000 manual focus

then im done staring at this poor bird

[spring vault]

idk what's up I'll try on my own cam later

[fast knoll]

that was autofocus tho lemme try manual focusing and keeping it the same

also my image ratings arent showing up on my lightroom for some reason

ok @spring vault i think it was a tiny bit of shutter shock ngl

u cant rlly even tell here

left is mechanical right electronic

manual focus

[finite flower]

nice shot

[wide flint]

Thanks! very happy that there's enough light again to use enough shutterspeed

[gilded gale]

Got ambushed by a Cooper's Hawk yesterday 😄

[wide flint]

Also just noticed that this wagtail's feet is messed up. Seems like a wound that healed very badly

[magic crown]

I think it's the shot of the day

[fast knoll]

amazing

he's still sitting here

[magic crown]

The best shots of the day

[daring imp]

Omg omg omg omg

A great crested parent feeding the chick on the mothers back.. all i wanted was a pic with the chick on the mothers back. Holy shit. And it looks sharp asfff. Going home now

[fast knoll]

nicee send the edited pic later

what lens

[daring imp]

600mm f4

[fast knoll]

wow

i can only dream

[daring imp]

Its just a mk1 is. Got it for a good price

[fast knoll]

ohhh i see

i heard that one is a bit heavy

hows the sharpness on that model?

[daring imp]

Insane

Idk how good it is as a jpeg downloaded from fb but

[fast knoll]

i can tell it looks great

wow

[daring imp]

5.3kg aint too bad

[gilded yarrow]

"aint too bad" 💀 💀

thats like 3x Sony 200-600

2.5x

Sony is 2.1kg

[daring imp]

It was bad in the beginning. Ive gotten used to it i think lmao. Since its like going to the gym and i go out with it everyday almost 😂

Or im getting stronger just by holding it hahaha

[fast knoll]

send the edited file when u get it

[daring imp]

@fast knoll had to use topaz ai to get it abit sharper. it was abit too far away still damn. the rocks were sick in the background anywa. same color as birds

wait making new edit

fk it was not as good as i hoped with the sharpness dam 😦

[fast knoll]

still looks good

but yea it happens

i learned to not get excited about sharpness until i see it on a screen lol

[daring imp]

how is the bokeh? idk it looks fucked. or is it just because of the moving water? @fast knoll

[fast knoll]

yea looks like the reflection of the rocks is being blurred so it looks like that

it's nice that the birds have the water in the background tho so they dont blend in with the rocks

[daring imp]

true that. i just used topaz denoise here. much better?

others looked to ai

[fast knoll]

yea it's very nice

i always like to brighten the bird a little and then the image overall so it gets a very vibrant feel

[daring imp]

ill have my pro editor friend help me soon. im just learning atm

[fast knoll]

yea maybe play around with masking and brighten the birds a bit to make them pop

[magic crown]

okay this is the shot of the day for me

[daring imp]

@fast knoll this is good enough right

[magic crown]

blud roasted it

[fast knoll]

nah too dark

[magic crown]

fr

[daring imp]

ah shit wait

[fast knoll]

i can still see the bird make it completely white

[magic crown]

more

[fast knoll]

how do u get so close that seagull headshot is crazy close and detailed

[daring imp]

now u can barely see it good enough

[fast knoll]

nice now put it in #🦀・creatures

[magic crown]

I am in a city where our pigeons are seagulls

[fast knoll]

i see

lowkey me too

[magic crown]

and tomorrow I'm going to a nature reserve where there are thousands of them