Bird Photography

[hidden wyvern]

starling, two songsparrows and a robin

[uneven bramble]

stay safe and with a company that guides ppl around

[gilded yarrow]

Is that dangerous there?

[uneven bramble]

https://travel.state.gov/en/international-travel/travel-advisories/sri-lanka.html

I would hire from a company that has an office and not through some app

[gilded yarrow]

Ah btw @viscid quail , light leak is on some of the color photos too, just barely visible tho

[viscid quail]

Yeah, looks like barn doors

if the light leak was one consistent color, then I wouldbe worried, but it looks like a flash of incident light

[gilded yarrow]

Soo you think theyre out of sync somehow or is it more likely that I'm letting go of the shutter too soon?

[viscid quail]

letting go of the shutter too soon

[gilded yarrow]

Alright thanks, also just realized I sent this in a totally wrong channel LMAO

[viscid quail]

its ok, I forgive you

[astral saffron]

Travel advisory are bs

Based on the US, you should be afraid to go to Sweden, France, Germany, UK, Spain, etc

[elder yarrow]

birbs in park

[fast knoll]

damn is that a zoo?

or a random park

[uneven bramble]

that owl looks like a college professor

[gilded gale]

Psyduck used water gun?

[fast knoll]

what kind of owl is that

lowkey ugly

i wanna see one LOL

[elder yarrow]

KL bird park

[fast knoll]

wow thats so cool

i wish we had that here

do u know what that owl is called

[shut hazel]

barred eagle owl i think

[shut hazel]

potentially

[wide flint]

That's still just a zoo, but exclusively for birds

[elder yarrow]

Aviary sounds better than zoo for only birds

[wide flint]

yeah but the question was if it was a park or a zoo...

[elder yarrow]

Kuala Lumpur Bird Park is its official name, not zoo

[wide flint]

Luckily that wasn't the question tho

[dark minnow]

Little Nuthatch

[scarlet tulip]

They do get nice and close

[torpid moon]

probably the nicest quality picture i've taken with my rebel t6

[fast knoll]

honestly that's pretty sharp

was that 75-300?

[torpid moon]

50mm F1.8

[fast knoll]

ah yea

honestly it's mostly ur lens lol

[scarlet tulip]

this was yesterday with the 50

big crop, but sparrows are so brazen that it's doable anyway

[astral saffron]

As I’m spending more time here in Sri Lanka it’s becoming more and more apparent I need a rain cover. How are you all keeping your cameras dry?

[astral saffron]

These scruffy looking guys are everywhere. Can't go 10 meters without spotting one

[tough cipher]

this one is sick

[astral saffron]

Not totally happy with it as it's looking away. Going to try and get a better one in the coming weeks

[gilded yarrow]

Not keeping it dry lol

[gilded yarrow]

Thats sick

seems like some kind of kingfisher?

[dark minnow]

Usually I don’t, if I have to go out in a downpour, I’ll tape the mount with some tape or I’ll tape a trash bag to my lens hood

[fast knoll]

Ik this is for birds but do u guys think the beam of light I created that comes from the top right is too strong?

[dusty fog]

if u know its for birds why send it lol

[fast knoll]

cause there's prob a bird in the photo

and i only talk to ppl in this channel anyway

[magic crown]

Rougy the redstart is the first one to take a little bath

[scarlet tulip]

I have a LensCoat RainCoat

Do note that it’s not something you pair with a zoom lens unless you’re willing to treat it as a prime

But it’s excellent at the job I purchased it to do, which is to save my 500PF from getting soaked

[gilded yarrow]

Just get an internal zoom like the sony 200-600

[hoary sigil]

🤑

[gilded yarrow]

Worth it tho

[fast knoll]

honestly it's very affordable for a telephoto

how's the sharpness on it?

[scarlet tulip]

Still can’t zoom all that easily with the coat on it

[dusty fog]

primes for the win

as usual

[spring vault]

just get an internal power zoom lens like canon 50-1000 smh

[gilded yarrow]

Great

[gilded yarrow]

All my bird photos since April last year or so on this discord are shot with it so if you wanna check just search for my photos lol

[scarlet tulip]

be like the broadcast dudes at baseball games lol

[left brook]

you got any cool pics in the rain?

[scarlet tulip]

Lemme check

Nothing from that day that I’ve edited yet

[left brook]

in general any cool rain pics?

i have a single rain pic

[green meadow]

The feeling when 300 mm is bit too tight. 😅 I have never seen or photographed white-tailed eagle this close.

[green meadow]

Actually I went to photograph golden eagles and I got those, but that white tailed eagle was kind of extra and not that typical specie for that spot. When I made the reservation for that hide forecast was that it is only sunny day of our trip, but in fact it ended being the only cloudy/foggy and really dim day of the trip. 🫠

[fast knoll]

wow very nice shots

[green meadow]

Thanks! 👋

[shut hazel]

woah

those are amazing

its quite rainy in my area rn im waiting for some birds to land in my backuard

i ireally wanna get rain shots of birds

[hidden wyvern]

this ones, unique lol, raw vs edit (barely touched aside from shadows)

love these moments the f/4 can just bring out detail irregardless

looks like the suns going down but its just some yellow leaves in the back i think

[shut hazel]

awesome

[rocky stag]

the king of pidgeons

[magic crown]

let's being creative and test some

[shut hazel]

yipee i got birds in the rain for fiest time

[wide flint]

The spectacled Eider in the Netherlands has recently been found again, after having disappeared for like 5 months. Went to see it today, hoping to catch it close to shore since it is moulting rn, was relatively close but wil go there again tommorow since it has even been spotted on shore the past week.

Still sick to think tis is the first ever in mainland europe and it's still here almost a year after discovery

[shut hazel]

awesome

[shut hazel]

Idk which one looks better

[torpid moon]

i prefer 2

[shut hazel]

thats what most others thought too

thanks

[wide flint]

tired birb

[magic crown]

So cute

[mint warren]

Eiders are such cool weird birds, I wish we had some equivelent in the Southern Hemisphere

[wide flint]

I mean you guys have fairy wrens, I would trade Eiders for those any day

[left brook]

How many keepers do you guys usually get in an outing?

And how long is an outing usually?

[fast knoll]

really depends on what u see tbh

[wide flint]

Yeah this, sometimes it's a 1000 pictures and no keepers. Sometimes it's 200 pictures and 4 keepers. But on average I have at least 1 or 2 shots that im actually happy with in an outing of around 2 hours

[fast knoll]

yea i think i have more keepers in the field then when i go home i realize there's something wrong with most of them

[shut hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/kitty-eepy-gif-10295980600460052163

[shut hazel]

fr

[fast knoll]

usually it's something in the background lol

gotta be more aware when im looking through the viewfinder

[wide flint]

That moment when you think you hit a banger shot in the field and you get home and it is just out of focus enough to make it unusable

[shut hazel]

ik i needed more zoom to get this anyways but i was trying to get photo of bird then plane came into frame lmao

im horrible at keeping things in frame when staring directly up

cro

https://tenor.com/view/hello-cro-crow-team-crow-hello-animal-gif-7086727397455856012

also yes ik its a bit blurry but i think its still an interesting shot with the crow like mid blink

anyone know what kind of bird this is?

[wide flint]

What region are u in? Would help to narrow it down

[shut hazel]

vancouver canada

west coast

i took it at the beach next to ocean

[wide flint]

ok yeah I have no idea about NA birds

Had a quick look based on some species that I know look somewhat like it, but couldn't find anything

[dark minnow]

Looks like a Savannah Sparrow

[shut hazel]

i see

thanks though

[shut hazel]

ohh

that looks about right

i think thats it

its common bird in this area ig

thank you

[dark minnow]

Yeah sparrows all look the same almost, only easy one for me is White-throated

Do you have Merlin?

[shut hazel]

i think ive seen that bird before?

or is it an app

oh you probably mean the cornell lab merlin app

[left brook]

how were you able to capture your pfp

the storytelling... the emotion...

[shut hazel]

DDAAAMMMNNNNNNNNN!!!!

[left brook]

https://tenor.com/view/damn-bird-legs-gif-7418853116988366584

[shut hazel]

yes

[left brook]

heron wow

[left brook]

think i need to go earlier in the morning

9:30 too late

[shut hazel]

Bard

[shut hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/ворон-одна-нога-ворона-с-одной-ногой-hajozzi-pozzibros273514-gif-4891059671650170350

[mint warren]

Kinda tempted to go get some pics of Swamphens whenever I see the the Pukeko memes

[elder yarrow]

land birb in the city

seems like there's more chicken than other creature in the city state of Singapore

[finite flower]

damn didnt know that

but its also not true

just that you see roosters more often cuz yeah

[elder yarrow]

Yes, and 0 stray cat and dog

[mint warren]

Keen to see what is available when I next come through singapore

bird wise of course

[magic crown]

the 4th one is like "uh sir ? i've not allowed you to photograph me"

[arctic siren]

i wish it was a higher quality photo, but i couldnt not take it LOL

can even see a bit of blood left on his feathers from dinner

[green meadow]

Had really low light and got grainy images so I thought maybe I just accept it and leave it there.

[green meadow]

Well I changed my mind. It just looks better with denoise. Grain doesn't give any value to the picture not even artistic. Noise probably just leaves unfinished look to the frames. 🤔

Now that I look them I think that those frames has some potential. But these just doesn't quite meet the standards of being good enough.

[tough cipher]

i think its fun that youre up close and personal in these dramatic, almost threatening poses

normally people tend to shoot birds in a way that looks graceful and elegant since those attributes are very close to flight and how birds are built, this here is scrappy backalley will take your fucking wallet birds in a way thats different

could be a fun series because they contextualise each other a bit

[green meadow]

Yeah there is potential and as you said these are bit different and dramatic. I shot with really wide aperture. So margin of error is narrow. If you look closely most of them has slightly missed focus and I think that denoising even underscores that.

[tough cipher]

when the theme is roughness i dont think missing focus by a millimeter here or there is gonna matter much

as long as the impact of the image feels like someone standing too close to your face in a threatening way

[green meadow]

Good point and relieving to hear that sometimes slight imperfections are OK too. 😅

[magic crown]

Time to go in a natural reserve for the golden hour

[hoary sigil]

Stellar sea eagle my belobed

[magic crown]

swan series

[arctic siren]

Sea eagle is arguably my favorite bird at that zoo

[hoary sigil]

They just be looking like that

What silly little fellas

[sick wave]

That reminds me of this cute fella I got a pic of at my (then) local zoo

[mint warren]

You must of done something very Unamerican to get those stares from them

[sick wave]

One is not mad, just disappointed

The other is not disappointed, just mad

[magic crown]

This shot

[gilded yarrow]

Nice, I got a very similar one but with a swan

Weird crop tho, old photo

Would edit it differently now

[magic crown]

Still good

But yeah need a reediting

[magic crown]

what a shot

[fast knoll]

wow nice lighting

[fast knoll]

have u guys heard of the olive-backed pipit?

very common in eurasia

but one ended up in socal somehow

i am gonna go see it tmrw

this is the third time it's EVER been spotted in california

[magic crown]

flamingo get blessing of nature

[gilded yarrow]

Just like the mockingbird in germany last year

5th ever in europe, 1st in germany

[green meadow]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen an olive-backed pipit. Identifying different pipits is such a headache. 🫠

[green meadow]

Meadow pipit from last summer.

[magic crown]

They are so magestic when they fly

[rocky stag]

first time I've seen a flamingo fly

[fast knoll]

Third time in history this bird has been in California

[scarlet tulip]

at this point i'm getting more diversity at my feeder than in the woods

hoping the winter brings some of the rarer woodpeckers out, maybe i'll buy some suet

[spring vault]

my house is surrounded by some kind of tree that makes berries birds like so theres dozens of birds its crazy

mostly robins but other birds too

[scarlet tulip]

the robins will get drunk on those berries once they ferment, too

[left brook]

what a nice background

i got a big ahh fence in the backyard which isnt ideal

[left brook]

pretty bird

[scarlet tulip]

winter should improve it some, more light from the side at sundown

[left brook]

whats this

[hidden wyvern]

the angry or offended at camera-song sparrow

theyre kind of, everywhere where they are but usually less visible with their patterns. Probably means there's bugs around and other birds which also eat the bugs

[hidden wyvern]

beached boat

[fast knoll]

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/644463479

If u guys have ebird do u mind rating this photo? I’m close to being on the home page for this bird 🙃

[gilded yarrow]

Guys

Photos coming again soon

Finally got my drivers license

[magic crown]

Bro unlocked the whole map dlc

[gilded yarrow]

Lmaoo fr

Is the drivers license so insanely expensive in france too?

Paid 2700€ and took me around 5 months lol

[magic crown]

It's start at 800€

The maximum i see is 1500€

[left brook]

Wtf

America it's maybe a few hundred for driving school to get it early, otherwise free (maybe like 20 bucks for the card itself)

[wide flint]

I paid about 4k eu for mine in total

[magic crown]

Damn so france is the one who cost less in Eu ? Crazy

[gilded yarrow]

Lmao yeah but you also barely learn to drive over there

I guess being able to drive whatever speed I want to makes it a bit better

Drove 190kmh/120mph in driving school lol

[left brook]

I mean is it really something you need to learn from a school?

[gilded yarrow]

Yee kinda I guess

I mean maybe not as much as its required in germany but even tho I was able to drive before I got my license, I wouldve prolly made a lot of mistakes without driving school

But even here in germany where you usually drive atleast like 25x 90mins people say you only really learn how to drive once you get your license

[fast knoll]

yea u just learn with experience

[left brook]

dang

how she do that

[astral saffron]

Stay still

[green meadow]

My wife tried to give a Siberian jay a tummy rub. It wasn’t that impressed about it. 😅

[dusty fog]

what a fluffy birb

[magic crown]

big head tiny beak

[fast knoll]

have u guys tried the new lrc culling feature?

[fast knoll]

ok it seems quite useless on non human subjects

[scarlet tulip]

i tried it and it crashed my lightroom

[fast knoll]

lmao

it just marks every photo as "sharp" for me

maybe im usign it wrong

[left brook]

😭

how do those researches tag birds lol

[fast knoll]

i think they have pretty big nets

[left brook]

just net the birds?

[gilded yarrow]

They put up nets in spots where they know a lot of birds fly through, then check the nets every 20 mins or so if any birds got caught in it

[wide flint]

You also have permanent ringing station, where they have permanent nets

There they also often play sound to attract birds to the area

But for particular species, stuff like waders they also have net cannons to shoot a net over the birds in order to catch them lol

[rocky stag]

dutch angle horizon :(

[fast knoll]

Lmao I can’t control the hill he’s walking on unfortunately

[sick wave]

Speaking of the topic yesterday about catching and tagging birbs, I thought it was pretty cool that the red winged blackbirds at the sanctuary my friends and I went to came so close that I was able to see that one of them had been tagged before

which I know is not so special but considering I’ve watched many a bird catch and tag short videos, being able to see it irl and up close was pretty cool

[green meadow]

That is cool. Some birds has big tag that are meant to be read from distance, but few times I have been able to read also those small tags from pictures I have taken. At least here in Finland we can send information on the tag to the museum of natural history and they sends back some information about the bird. 👍

This one had big tags, but it was really interesting to learn more about it. The bird was ringed as a nestling 117 days ago, so it’s one of last summer’s chicks. It was tagged 218 km (135 miles) northwest from the spot where I photographed it.

[echo rain]

the birds on this particular trail are used to people coming there with bird food in their hands and they come

[sick wave]

Yeah, the birds on the trail from my last photos are the same

The chickadees are super shy at first but once they found out three humans in a group all had seed, they started swarming us and even fighting over it
(Yes I know the chickadee in the back is out of focus, still love the photo anyway just because he’s so spicy)

[fast knoll]

flying egrets and herons

[scarlet tulip]

reddish egret, now there's a sight

[rocky stag]

what bird this

found out its a brown-breasted kingfisher

[rocky stag]

cropped from 200mm all the way down, need me a 400mm

[gilded yarrow]

Lmao never saw one flying with its head extended

[gilded yarrow]

get a 600mm

400 is a weird in between length

[fast knoll]

You’ll soon see that even 600 isn’t enough lol

[gilded yarrow]

600 is perfect imo

everything large you'll get too much heat/atmosphere distortion&haze anyways

especially at temperatures higher than like 20c

[rocky stag]

the only thing 400mm is inbetween is $300 and $2000

[gilded yarrow]

Lmao

nah those 200mm make a huge difference

went from 300 on apsc so 450ffeq to 600 on ff

Wouldnt use 400 again ngl

[green meadow]

This little guy has clearly been bulking up for the winter. 😅

Might have missed some leg days thou.

[dark ermine]

hi-rez chicken

[magic crown]

why he's so chonky

[fast knoll]

mates

is the orange unnatural

[torpid moon]

orange?

[green meadow]

Not sure, might be the angle and/or fluffed up feathers. Or maybe it just has eaten well and stored a little extra fat for the winter.

[left brook]

looks like a fat bird

[spring vault]

https://x.com/harry_fosters/status/1986639006306603210

Harry Foster (@harry_fosters)

I almost forgot the most fluffed up and or fat Blue Jay I have seen. #NaturePhotography

X · Nov 7, 2025, 3:37 AM

[dusty fog]

American Blue Jay

Rumored to be seen around McDonald’s

[magic crown]

Even birds have amercian stereotypes of being obese

[arctic siren]

.

[sick wave]

that is a certified borb

[left brook]

so sharp

[scarlet tulip]

light was good for it today

editing these isn't much fun, shooting through window screen makes everything feel off

[left brook]

just the feeder?

[wide flint]

almost gives it a film look

[scarlet tulip]

Yeah

[scarlet tulip]

I can see it, yeah

[fast knoll]

hmm yea i was gonna say it looks a bit hazy

quite dreamy

maybe u can up the clarity a bit to correct it?

[scarlet tulip]

It doesn’t do much

Then the feathers are overclarified

This is an example I don’t care much about, the background isn’t great

If I catch something on a branch I usually get better results

[gilded yarrow]

Saw this flock of lapwings a few days ago, pretty cool

Obviously not a good pic lmao

Kinda saveable I guess? But I lowkey dont like flock pics most of the time

Eh not as bad as I thought

[dusty fog]

I really like that one

If only there were less birds on the right side

[spring vault]

u can strategically edit out birds until it looks aesthetic

I've done that before lol

[twin grotto]

reminds me of @crude kraken i think

[gilded yarrow]

Lmaoo yeah true

[crude kraken]

a ping in a bird thread what

[crude kraken]

i definitely did a lot of strategically editing out birds in my one bird photo yes

[fast knoll]

what kind of cormorant is that

[dusty fog]

oreo comrorant

[half yacht]

No clue lol

I can ask Google?

Pied shag (Pied Cormorant)

[fast knoll]

very cool

[daring imp]

Do you guys utalize bad weather for photos? I'd love to see inspiration for snowy wildlife shots. Gonna try that this time when I go to the cottage tomorrow. It's almost always bad weather in winter when I go there. Already -11

Got this last winter. I have no shots of acctualy snow in the frame

[scarlet tulip]

I’ll go out in rain and snow

It’s usually a good way to get photos, as long as I can get to a good spot

[gilded yarrow]

Snowy weather even more amazing I think

[gilded yarrow]

And as long as its not too dark

esp in the Winter rain / strong clouds tank the light way too much unless you wanna test your luck and shoot at 1/250th or sum

[daring imp]

yeah this is mostly why i dont go when its snowing, finnish winters are mega dark.

[green meadow]

Snowy weather and snowfall is great, even for action photos. 👌

[daring imp]

Kiitos! Will try now when I go to Ruka

Don't u hate it when this happens? Super nice sun/photo but the autofocus focused on the water... 😌

[daring imp]

Here is a redemption pic I took a few years after

[half yacht]

Aw man that sucks that that happened/s

[scarlet tulip]

going back through old files from summer, turns out i saw a lifer and completely forgot about it lol

[daring imp]

Please be sharp. Such a good pose 😍

[daring imp]

Do u guys expose for the birds in winter or the snow? Snow is always overexposed for me

[wide flint]

Depends, I always expose to not clip highlights

But we don't get snow here anymore so not really a problem for me

[daring imp]

idk if im happy with these. thoughts? @wide flint

i think topaz photo ai does abit too much with the noise reduction. i tried to lower it but still looks kinda bad. used 4000iso cause bad sunlight

[wide flint]

hhmmm yeah kinda looks like on the first 2 you pushed the crop too far for the amount of noise and pixels you have

but poses are nice

[daring imp]

here is the original i dont think i pushed too far. i was pretty close @wide flint

i think the 4000 iso kinda ruined it, shot wit ha 7d mark 2

[wide flint]

oh damn yeah idk then

4000 iso should clean up way better with topaz

also a little tip with topaz, you can select only the background to give it some extra denoise, normally helps quite some bc the background doesn't look unnatural as quick as the subject when denoising

[daring imp]

oh u can? im currently learning editing. i learned photography before editing cause i really hate editing lol

[wide flint]

yeah you should be able to select what you want to denoise somewhere

and the automatic selection in topaz works well 90% of the time

[daring imp]

i also used a tiny bit of motion blur preset in topaz since i shot handheld and 800 shutter speed with a 5.3kg 600mm f4 lens so the picture was just a tiny bit blurry @wide flint

lens blur i think its called

u think the lens blur preset is ruining the photo? @wide flint

[gilded yarrow]

Do you have lightroom

[gilded yarrow]

poor guy getting @'d 4x in 45 mins lmao

[daring imp]

sorry

[daring imp]

were friends on discord tho so its fine, stork is a really nice guy haha

[daring imp]

nope, i use on1 pro max, i hate subscription apps

[wide flint]

have never used that tbh so idk, but it's probably not helping

[left brook]

how big of a crop was that

ah i shouldve read down

[daring imp]

ill printscrejen and show u, it wasnt too big i think.

is this too big of a crop? im not sure tbh lol @left brook

[wide flint]

@daring imp

Quick little edit, did nothing special in topaz except lowering the automatic sharpening a bit. Other than that just did vibrance, saturation, exposure and all that jazz. I added a graduated density filter from the top right to brighten it up a bit

[daring imp]

looks much nicer! only thing thats annoying is the over exposured snow :c thanks!

[gilded yarrow]

Holy shit I just found out about the creepiest looking bird ever

[fast knoll]

dont u have an r6 ii

yea it needs to be denoised

[daring imp]

Yeah! But I don't like using it with the older 600mm f4 lens. Camera becomes way slower and had some af issues sometimes

[daring imp]

I really need a telephoto rf lens for my r6 😌

[scarlet tulip]

moved one of my feeders, now i can shoot through glass instead of window screen

it's not perfect, but it looks fine since i can just add some sharpness and downscale

[dusty fog]

it honestly gives a nice natural haze

[scarlet tulip]

Not a bad look, I agree

Just have to be judicious with the curves and the dehaze

you can see the double-glass effect in the defocused branch here, so i will have to be careful about isolating birds

[dusty fog]

dude i wonder how many of these i have seen

they just look exactly like regular sparrows when not breeding males

[scarlet tulip]

probably a good number tbh

same thing with, like, purple finches

[dusty fog]

Sad

I stopped paying attention to sparrows but now I will look closer lmao

[scarlet tulip]

winter can be fun for sparrows, they're just a pain to ID

starting to get the finches here, hoping for redpolls as winter gets closer

[daring imp]

We have alot of sparrows here in finland

[tough cipher]

poor heron freezing its ass off down by the channel

awful shot because i just took it from my window but i felt bad for it

[scarlet tulip]

Does the water freeze?

[daring imp]

Yes it does here in the Nordics

[scarlet tulip]

I’m surprised the heron hasn’t gone south

[tough cipher]

yeah but not yet

takes a while since this water is connected to the sea, lakes freeze up first then creeks and bays

this bay will definitely freeze though, its just like 80cm deep or something

[scarlet tulip]

Good enough to skate on?

[tough cipher]

most winters yeah

municipal workers often polish up some skating tracks on the lakes with best ice thickness

nice for me when im out shooting islands and coastal stuff because i get to take short cuts across the ice to better viewpoints

[scarlet tulip]

Nice of them to track the thickness for everyone

Probably saves them from doing a few rescues every winter

Also, what’s the tripod/head setup you use for the 500?

[tough cipher]

Handheld this time but normally i use it on a set of benro tortoise legs with a level base and then a leofoto 2-way head called VH30R or something

Its a normal tilt head but with double rotation bases, one at the bottom and one at the top plate

I use that for everything big/serious, sometimes i bring one of my smaller travel tripods instead to save weight but for the 500 i try to use the big one

I also have a tiny groundpod for the 500 which i made from some gimbal legs and a smaller cheap tilthead from amazon, just for low ground photos of animals or islands

Quite the size but its rock steady shit which is quite nice at 500 or 700 as you probably know

[scarlet tulip]

That head seems nice, it’s not off-axis like some

[tough cipher]

Its perfect for me, havent used the ballhead since

Which makes me question why i have an expensive nice ballhead but it is what it is

[scarlet tulip]

How’s the panning?

I was looking at Wimberley heads and wow they’re expensive

[tough cipher]

Perfect really, you can use it as a gimbal-like following setup too if you unlock the tilt joint and one rotation piece

Most of the time i shoot anything living i just handhold but theres been times where i set up and sat and waited or whatever

Then i do that so it moves freely but has a weight rest/support and wont barrel roll or whatever

[scarlet tulip]

This is good info, thanks

I’m reconsidering my aversion to big heavy lenses, f/5.6 is getting tiresome

[tough cipher]

The level base on the legs is quite necessary for it to make sense, thats the only thing that can go wrong

[scarlet tulip]

Right, since otherwise it’s out of balance

[tough cipher]

Stiff base and tilt head will be leg adjustment hell forever

[tough cipher]

Yeah

[scarlet tulip]

This is cheaper all in than a Winberley, which is good news

I could see myself setting it up at the back window for better feeder shots

[tough cipher]

Pretty perfect for that yeah

You dont really need built in level base legs either, there are middle sections that you put on any legs that just give a bowl joint

Adds bulk but thats it

[scarlet tulip]

Not a bad idea at all, then

It’ll be between the Z 400/4.5 and an old 500/4 then

500PF was a mistake in the long term

[tough cipher]

yeah how come?

purely from aperture limitation or just because its not optically all the way there for shit like TC use?

the PF's are awesome but nothing really fucks with supertele sized glass in image quality if you by some miracle can afford it

[scarlet tulip]

Optically it’s excellent

But it’s actually quite long, to the point that I can miss shots up close, and it’s slow

It becomes problematic if I go in the woods, or I want any kind of action shot, at dawn or dusk

A 400/2.8 would be ideal, but I want to move entirely over to Z and the new one costs more than my car

[fast knoll]

Me with my 500 7.1 🫩

[scarlet tulip]

I also find the focus motors in the F glass to be less responsive than I’m told the Z lenses can be

[tough cipher]

yeah this is kinda the case across the board

[scarlet tulip]

Have seen theorization that the adapter actually underpowers old lenses a little, which would cease to be a problem with native glass

[tough cipher]

because my 500 is so old, the autofocus is gimped anyway

its ok on its own, its garbage with the extender

point case earlier

the camera was like yep, got it

[scarlet tulip]

Weirdly enough the PF does alright with a 1.4

[scarlet tulip]

“Contrasty enough let’s go”

[tough cipher]

yeah

omega nightmare scenario of course

[fast knoll]

Do u have the 500 f4 v1?

[tough cipher]

500 F4 IS V1 yeah

[fast knoll]

Nice

[tough cipher]

heres a 100% crop with it normally, without the TC

nothing wrong with the lens

just something about the TC makes autofocus adjustments chaotic

its especially egregious in servo, not sure why

heres a 1,4x shot at 700mm F8 which is quite good still given the age, also 100% crop

so it doesnt degrade to shit, but it becomes unreliable to a point of great annoyance

the amount of separation is fantastic though, even if the subject isnt huge in frame

[scarlet tulip]

The PF is deadly sharp bare

And good enough with the extender

Just, good luck in the forest when it’s cloudy lol

[tough cipher]

the stabiliser on my tele is pretty bad since its so old

when its extended it of course gets worse since you extend all movement by punching into the image

using it at 700 with a shutter anywhere below like 1/1000 is pretty catastrophic

F5,6 is cool at that length but you still need a fucking lot of light when the shooting rig is both huge/heavy and has shitty IS

[scarlet tulip]

On an R5 I don’t even know if I would want the extender that often

You basically have a free crop sensor built in

[tough cipher]

yeah

ive also (this is kinda silly) debated on selling the extender and buying an R7 lol

[scarlet tulip]

You end up with a sniper rifle

[tough cipher]

i see them drop into local pro markets trade-in now and then for like 7-800 euros with full tax papers

buying one for wildlife stuff would genuinely be cool

R7 and 100-400 II is insane together, and R7 with 500 unextended would be pretty sick too

[scarlet tulip]

Basically a 90D but faster, yeah

Also pretty small

[tough cipher]

yeah and a 32mp output is quite nice for stuff that isnt deadly serious, plus fucking around with an 800mm equiv would just be fun really

its not a high priority money wise but i think once i get the boat project running and start spending more time doing that, ill probably do that too for fun

[scarlet tulip]

That runs right up to where atmospheric stuff starts getting involved

But on cold mornings? Wow

[tough cipher]

it does, and ive noticed this when using 700 that there are times where its just not viable

[scarlet tulip]

This is the time of year where long lenses get fun, thanks to the cold

That and snow can up the amount of light coming in

[fast knoll]

Ppl say wait for r7 ii

I heard AF on r7 is a bit buns

[tough cipher]

people have no idea what R7II will even be so idk why they would say that

afaik we dont know for sure there will be one at all but it seems likely

[spring vault]

I have top secret insider knowledge that r7ii will be better than r7

r7 af is usually fine but it doesnt like some ef lenses

[fast knoll]

Rolling shutter quite bad too

But yea 33 mp crop sensor is pretty insane

[tough cipher]

fuck electronic shutter

as long as i have a mech ill just never use it, idc if my readout is 4ms

[fast knoll]

yea i guess it depends if u r doing a ton of action

also there is a bit of shutter shock on r7 for mechanical

i even noticed it on my r5

[tough cipher]

weird, i shoot in the sensitive span for like 80% of my landscape shit and have never ever seen any effect of it

[fast knoll]

yea it's like super slight

i zoomed into like 300%

and compared with eshutter

but for landscape def not noticeable

i mean more for like close up portraits of birds

https://www.reddit.com/r/canon/s/96VbVlRCcL

here's my test

clearly not a big deal unless youre ocd

[tough cipher]

500% and 400%-ish theres nothing here

[fast knoll]

yea i mean i mostly use eshutter for fps

i'll prob use mech when i go see the northern lights

[half yacht]

I know I overedited it but like..... I tried 😭
I'm new to photography and editing is difficult :(

[fast knoll]

did u mask the ducklings

to me it doesnt look overedited but the lighting looks slightly off possibly due to masking

[half yacht]

I forgot to remove the duckling shadow from the mask

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[fast knoll]

idk it just looks like it's glowing a bit

cute photo tho

i guess those are goslings not ducklings oops

are you in the US?

i hvae a ton of canadian geese in a park next to me i wanna visit them when it's breeding season

[half yacht]

goslings ig

[half yacht]

New Zealand lmao

[fast knoll]

oh i guess breeding season is diff then

[wide flint]

My dad has the R7 and 100-400 and it's a great combo. Love how light it is compared to my Z8 and 180-600

[scarlet tulip]

For me the e-shutter is nice for raising FPS and removing blackout

[left brook]

You use it a lot?

[scarlet tulip]

I use it exclusively

The mechanical doesn’t move

[left brook]

Dang. Z63 just like that

[scarlet tulip]

If I needed to shoot in weird LED light I would use the mechanical shutter

That’s its best use

[fast knoll]

lucky r5 still has blackout shutter unfortunately

[scarlet tulip]

The e-shutter doesn’t remove the blackout?

[fast knoll]

nah

well like the screen doesnt go black but you see the images that youre taking

so youre always like 1 frame behind real life

but in the r5 mark ii u see the live view the whole time

[finite flower]

no blackout is life changing

i can live without it since for birding i mainly use my dotsight anyway

for like BIF

dotsight is like one step above no blackout

[dusty fog]

This shit is so horrid

It’s worse than just having black frame

Had that really bad on Z6ii

[fast knoll]

yea bruh

makes tracking a bit more annoying

[shut hazel]

How to activate e shutter

[fast knoll]

might be called silent shutter on ur camera

idk nikon tho

[gilded yarrow]

I always felt like it wouldnt be accurate enough to keep the bird in frame & keep af on it, is it actually good?

[finite flower]

in my experience, its a double edged sword

its excellent for tracking

[gilded yarrow]

Imagine having viable e shutter || ||

[finite flower]

just make sure to zero properly for the range you are looking to shoot

[gilded yarrow]

Yee makes sense, I'd hate not being able to properly check af, even tho it should work 98% of the time with wide tracking as long as the bird is visible

Still amazed by the a7iv's bird af, cant believe newer bodies are even better

[finite flower]

its not good cause the body can lock onto the bg and you can get a whole series of bg shots

but the solution is to prefocus near and let the af rack to the bird

its good for BIF where tracking is paramount

[shut hazel]

ill figure it outsome day

[gilded yarrow]

Not sure if its worth using with your cam, apparently has pretty slow readout speed too so you get tons of rolling shutter if the subject isnt stationary

Just like my wonky ahh sony

[shut hazel]

o

[dusty fog]

It’s just there as shutter type then you can choose between mechanical efc and electronic

Some are greyed out sometimes based on lens or shutter speed

But yeah your readout is pretty slow, might not be best for any birds

[rocky stag]

Where is your source of readout times?

[fast knoll]

many sites say that it's around 50.5 ms

which is not ideal

even 14 gives me wobbles from time to time

[dusty fog]

my brain

jk https://horshack-dpreview.github.io/RollingShutter/

lol it's listed as 111ms for photos

[rocky stag]

how does this website work

I don't think it's working for me

[dusty fog]

im on firefox

[rocky stag]

I am too

[dusty fog]

rip lmao

[rocky stag]

ah I'm blocking google's jquery

it works now

s5mk2x 50ms readout in photo

[shut hazel]

O

I se

[magic crown]

corrected version (the old version have eyes badly aligned)

[terse dust]

Amy good spots for kingfishers in Southern California?

[fast knoll]

what part of socal

i know a place that has belteds there like every morning

in san diego

[scarlet tulip]

check ebird in your immediate area

[terse dust]

Seems to be a decent amount of sightings at Bolsa Chica so I'll just keep going there I guess

[fast knoll]

yep ive seen them flying around

san elijo lagoon in san diego

they chill on the telephone poles

and sometimes fly around to fish

[terse dust]

A little too far for me

[fast knoll]

yea

if u live near bolsa chica keep going there

i dont think there's a better spot to see most stuff near here tbh

[terse dust]

Yeah it's been the best spot I've found so far. Only about 40 minutes away which ain't terrible

[fast knoll]

yea that's pretty good

san joaquin in irvine is nice too

sometimes it's harder to get a close view of the birds since the ponds r so huge

recent bolsa chica excursion

[terse dust]

Yeah I quickly came to that realization

[terse dust]

I'll probably go tomorrow

[fast knoll]

i saw so many herons/egrets lol

tricolored, little blue, reddish, snowy, great egret, great blue

[terse dust]

Oh yeah they're everywhere

[fast knoll]

was happy to see the little blue

and tricolored

but tricolored was so far away

only had one chance to catch the little blue flying away and thankfully autofocus didnt let me down

[terse dust]

I got lucky with the tricolor being close enough

[fast knoll]

that's fire

im also a big fan of turkey vultures

[terse dust]

I see a bunch of them at this one spot in Newport bay

My only gripe with Bolsa chica is getting a good composition

[fast knoll]

i agree a lot of the mudflats r so low

u r looking down on them

u can't get good pics of the ducks either

i saw a cool bufflehead but i was too high up to even attempt a good angle

honestly in flight shots r the only thing u can rlly get LOL

[terse dust]

Yeah...

[fast knoll]

have u ever seen a california condor

[terse dust]

Getting eye level is a challenge but I seen this guy chilling on the rocks and was able to get a decent composition

[fast knoll]

ooh thats rlly nice

background very clean too

[terse dust]

Yeah lighting was nice and soft

[fast knoll]

i got this through a fence lol

[terse dust]

No I haven't

[fast knoll]

im gonna try to see them in december

going to pinnacles national park

[terse dust]

There's also one tree where all the egrets go at sunset

It's funny to see them all flock over there

U could get pretty close to them but the angle might be off and lighting is impossible for me

[fast knoll]

yea looking back at it both times i went the only keepers i have are in flight shots

[terse dust]

Yeah most keepers from that place are just action shots

Had to climb down some rocks by the bridge and the oil thing to get this shot

Probably not doing that again

Very unsafe but worth it

[magic crown]

1st time i see this bird

And more classic shots

[dark ermine]

keep seeing this duck hanging out with the neighborhood gaggle at the local pond 😄

[terse dust]

Saw a kingfisher yesterday but it was just out of reach 😭. 1 day I'll get lucky

[shut hazel]

The only rime i saw a kingfisher upclose was a dead one :(

Got hit by farm equipment in india

[magic crown]

What a chance to see this natural show ❤️

A whole flamingo flight an i think this was the largest i've ever seen and this will keep being bigger

[half yacht]

It makes me so happy that you also took a moment to look at it through your eyes as well as taking photos ofc

[magic crown]

That was so impressive i needed to live the moment not just for photos

[half yacht]

Yeah

I'm going ona nature reserve with a lot of birds and I'm new to photography but has anyone got pointers for bird photography? My "best" lense for this is a 55-200mm lense 😭

[fast knoll]

i would recommend at least 400mm

or else u have to get pretty damn close

[half yacht]

The birds here are okay with getting like 2 or 3 m often closer to 6 - 8m away

[half yacht]

Oop 😭

[gilded yarrow]

general consensus is that 600mm is ideal wildlife / birding length

[fast knoll]

u might be ok then

for larger birds u have a chance

[gilded yarrow]

Is that 200mm on a ff or apsc body

[fast knoll]

these were back when i only had a 70-200 2.8 on my ff camera

not the best but also not terrible

[terse dust]

Maybe if I had like 1200mm of reach I could get a decent picture but it was just wayy to far away to get any good angle. Till next time

[scarlet tulip]

Worbz

Wilson!

[finite flower]

i have a mate with a 800pf

that shit is a background deleter

[astral saffron]

Now you know where he sits so setup a hide and wait

[terse dust]

I can't, it's too far. No access near it. There are plenty of other Perches around tho

[magic crown]

There's a lot of tits now

[dark minnow]

Is this the best birding lens of all time??

[fast knoll]

Lmao how’s the autofocus

[dark minnow]

Terrible

I think a slow walking dear is gonna be the best it can do

[fast knoll]

I wonder if it would be usable on an r1

[dark minnow]

I mean

It is ef so it’s adaptable

[dusty fog]

This guy claims to only use a smartphone and his spotting scope for birding. What do we think?

https://www.instagram.com/thecronicbirder?igsh=dmNtem9xcmUxNHdm

[dark minnow]

Maybe not bullshit

[scarlet tulip]

There’s some masking and selective blur happening here

[terse dust]

Seems plausible. Especially here

[scarlet tulip]

Yeah that’s heavily edited

I can believe his claim

[dark ermine]

Are they saying they're shooting with their phone cam through the spotting scope?

[dusty fog]

did not specify

just said "exclusively phone and spotting scope"

[wide flint]

but yeah pictures do look like they're taken from a phone through the scope

[dusty fog]

kinda impressive honestly

i wonder what they look like without the fake blur

[wise trench]

its been months since i took a bird photo but decided to try today 😭 bit rusty

[terse dust]

I like the second one

[magic crown]

what a weird bird

[hidden wyvern]

tiny bird lots of drama, bit of a surprise rather than a photo but nice to see

very vocal sphere

common but always shiny

[magic crown]

tomorrow i'll go shot the kingfisher in a rainy day and maybe with fog

that will be fun

[terse dust]

Yeah I'ma go see if I can get a better belted kingfisher picture tomorrow

[magic crown]

here i only have the common kingfisher but otherwise we have flamingoes

we can't have everything

[magic crown]

Here we go it's now time to wait

[left brook]

Is kingfishering done through just setting up a perch and then they'll get curious and perch on it?

[magic crown]

Mostly bc they are really fast and scared of any humans

[gilded yarrow]

Ye lol

And tons of patience

I was mad unlucky, took me around 35 hours to get my 1st good photo, 40+ for one I was really happy with

All that over the course of a year

[shut hazel]

Holy guh

[dark minnow]

I remember those countless hours spent for nothing you sent a while back that was some crazy lack of luck

[gilded yarrow]

Yupp, stupid unlucky

I remember how insanely often I saw them, never got a good photo

Now I see so many when just walking around without my cam

saturday I saw one while walking through a park with my girlfriend

Weirdly enough, the spot where I got the good photos I also spotted them while walking there with my gf first

Seems like she just summons them

[magic crown]

Well no kingfisher today but some ducks in the rain

[dark minnow]

fun stuff with the 300 2.8

AF is so slow tho

[fast knoll]

is this the ef version 1?

[dark minnow]

Yes sadly

Still very fun to play with

[fast knoll]

how's the sharpness when u have enough time to lock on the af?

also how much was it

[terse dust]

That DOF is non-existent

[inner abyss]

@leaden bridge I thought you’d appreciate this top tier bird chat

[leaden bridge]

Bro got her dropping her panties by mentioning Great Tits and Boobies

[gilded yarrow]

Insane

[bitter axle]

Rain proof?

[magic crown]

Yeah

[dark minnow]

When locked on its insane

[dark minnow]

Paid 0$, I borrow it from time to time of my school

For reference this is how it looks when focus is achieved properly

[fast knoll]

Wow that’s rlly good for an older lens

Kinda interesting how they made an RF 100-300 instead of another 300 prime

Apparently it sucks with the 2x tc

[dark minnow]

Which one, the 300 or 100-300?

[fast knoll]

100-300

Surprising for a 10k lens haha

It has prime level sharpness by itself

[dark minnow]

I heard it was pretty good with tcs

[daring imp]

This picture was one of a goal of mine for this summer. But I had to use Abit of sharpening in topaz ai because they were quite far away. Is it still a good picture? Im kinda sad it was far away. Wish I was closer

[dark minnow]

It’s a pretty nice picture

https://www.instagram.com/p/DRWr6zFCGb9/?igsh=cXR0OHV5YjA1c3Zq

biologicamente_91

Ah, che belle le cinciallegre.

Così colorate e vivaci.

Mangiano insetti, semi, noci, bacche e distribuiscono caramelle ai bambini dell'asilo.

Poi arriva l'inverno e si incazzano.

Fa freddo e il cibo scarseggia: pochi insetti, pochi semi.

E quindi per non morire di fame sfondano il cranio di piccoli uccelli e piccoli mammiferi per nutrirsi ...

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86451

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Lmao

[fast knoll]

Watch Jan wegeners review on it

I guess it depends on how picky u are in terms of image quality

[spring vault]

it's a little worse than a 300 prime would be on a 2x but on a 1.4x and no tc it's plenty sharp

considering it costs twice as much as a 300 prime I think it should b a little better but the people that want that lens there's no replacement

[scarlet tulip]

2x is always very demanding

[terse dust]

I seen that kingfisher again, saw me and dipped

[scarlet tulip]

They have that habit

[rocky stag]

seabirds

[sick wave]

My mom and I visited my hometown last week and we visited a local marshland park

We were losing daylight when we got there so I’m semi-impressed this wasn’t a super noisy mess when I was done with it

I like the moodiness and contrast though (dunno if I’ll make the background any darker though)

[bitter axle]

I love the colors and the contrast between the bird an the water. Beautiful

[rocky stag]

wow I've never seen this before

(not mine)

[magic crown]

So tiny and cute

[magic crown]

Little bath

[magic crown]

we need this as an emoji

[fast knoll]

here's a brighter one lol

i think this is one of my all time favorites so far

super clean background and nice colors

[magic crown]

And the lightning

[sick wave]

Never thought that an Anne’s hummingbird would be camouflaged but here we are

(Out of focus but for the bit)
here he is

[silent coral]

did mf just take a dump here?

[dark ermine]

Yes, poor birds get 0 privacy...or maybe its a power move

[fast knoll]

trying to photograph smaller birds

[magic crown]

all low key and high key i did on owls

[terse dust]

Flat tire on my way to go photograph 😭

[bitter axle]

Those are amazing

Where did you find the owls?

[broken mantle]

Damn they look cute

Still failing to capture the moment it catches a fish

[sick wave]

They’re so weird I love them

[magic crown]

Some in nature and some with the falconry where i work

[silent coral]

last days with my Tamron, probably one of the sharpest shots I've gotten on it

cant wait for the sony 😀

[waxen coyote]

What do ya think?

[dusty fog]

cool

odd crop imo

[bitter axle]

Very cool photo! I like the style but I think the aspect ratio is a bit odd but it kinda works. The signature is super disturbing though.

[terse dust]

They're so cute but so small

[waxen coyote]

Wdym the signature is disturbing? And how should I improve the crop?

[gilded yarrow]

Too much negative space on the left and not enough above the bird imo, otherwise nice

[waxen coyote]

Oh ok. Unfortunately I don’t have more space above the bird. That’s the highest I could go. Thank you

[bitter axle]

Not disturbing as in shocking, but disturbing as in "disturbing the peace". The way it's placed and its size - it's taking away the focus from the main subject

[magic crown]

the background is so tasty

[terse dust]

Creamy

[magic crown]

That's why i love my country and my region

[grizzled nebula]

where's this at?

ah bouches-du-Rhône

je vis pas tres loin

[dark ermine]

the purge 180 gb reclaimed

[rocky stag]

this is cheating

[magic crown]

to shot wildlife flamingos ?

[fast knoll]

florida is unfair too

heron and egret nests on the side of every boardwalk

https://ebird.org/profile/ODE5NDk1/US-IL

if u look at this dude's profile he has eastern screech owls all around him 🥲

[broken mantle]

Been birding for 2-3 years. Only encountered 3 owls

[left brook]

how was your pfp taken

[half yacht]

@everyone

It doesnt work, good.

mb this was meant to be in general

[remote remnant]

lol what

[magic crown]

In wild

In small mountains near my town

This shot

The clouds are so insane

[sick wave]

Cooper’s hawk descended from the trees to try to grab a fish (or a duck) and then flew off and landed super close

[silent coral]

the sony 200-600 came in today, one week of bad weather left, but even now, the photos look incredible - cant wait to try it then

[gilded yarrow]

Hell yeah, 200-600 gang🗣️ 🗣️ 🗣️

Embrace the Bad weather, its internal zoom

[silent coral]

this was one of the first shots i got on it

[gilded yarrow]

Not kidding

[silent coral]

its really mid but the weather was SHIT

no sun anymore, dark and foggy outside, cold asf

iso 6k shutter speed under 200

[silent coral]

i know lmao

[gilded yarrow]

Yee usually its so much sharper than that

[silent coral]

ofc

but even that is as sharp as some of my sunny tmaron shots

tamron*

i feel bad saying that because the tamron is still a great lens honestly

still remember the feeling when i first got it, literally can put myself in my head back then

[gilded yarrow]

Love my 200-600 so much

[silent coral]

jeez

thats insane

beautiful man

[gilded yarrow]

No way I'll ever get rid of it, even if I ever get lucky enough to have the money for a 300 2.8 or even 600 4, I'll prolly always keep the 200-600

[gilded yarrow]

Thank you

[silent coral]

how long have you had it for?

and what do you use for storage?

[gilded yarrow]

Around 1.5 years I think

[silent coral]

rn its sitting in its bag that came with it in my closett

okay okay

im hoping tomorrow i can take some nice shots with it

gonna be home 2 hours before sunset

see this tho?

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah I got it in may last year

[gilded yarrow]

I just have it sitting in my shelf

[silent coral]

no bag?

[silent coral]

may what?

[gilded yarrow]

month

may 24

lol

[silent coral]

no like when in may

ohh

[gilded yarrow]

Beginning

[silent coral]

my birthday is in may, was just curious

incase

but sadly not

[gilded yarrow]

Ah the exact day was like 13th or something? Cant remember, thats when I got the 1st photo with it saved in my drive

[gilded yarrow]

Nah

For Transport I got a rollei fotoliner m or something like that

Backpack

[silent coral]

oh okay

3 days late

anyways

[silent coral]

i've wasted all of my money lmao

no budget

and i want a tripod

and a tent

:-(

@gilded yarrow what oss mode would you use for your bird photos?

1?

[gilded yarrow]

Tent is sick, but I use it so insanely rarely that I wouldnt buy an expensive one

Tripod is only needed if you have a tent

[silent coral]

i have a cheap 50$ one

[gilded yarrow]

And yeah its just in my shelf like this lmao

[silent coral]

rn

like 4 year old honestly

[silent coral]

brave

[gilded yarrow]

I also only have a cheap k&f one

Was like 80€

Its enough

[gilded yarrow]

Yup

[silent coral]

mine is even cheaper but thats fine

[gilded yarrow]

Always got the lens foot on so it cant just roll off somehow lmao

[silent coral]

as long as it still works

[silent coral]

i can see yeah

[gilded yarrow]

Ye, depending on how sturdy or not sturdy it is I wouldnt keep the cam on there without holding it tho

[silent coral]

its sturdy enough

i dont do videos anyways

and especially with this new lens im never gonna use it without a strap around my neck

you never know

[gilded yarrow]

I hate using a strap with mine lmao

Too limiting

[silent coral]

idk i have uhh peak design slide i think its called

[gilded yarrow]

yea same

[silent coral]

and its big enough to not limit me

in what way does it limit you?

[gilded yarrow]

When walking long distances I keep mine around my neck/shoulder

otherwise I just hold it by the lens foot

Keep in mind that you need to put the strap on the lens too

Not the body

[gilded yarrow]

movement

[silent coral]

yeah its on the lens

on my body i have the sony one that came with the a73

so i have to take it off soon

i have 2 straps basically lmao

[gilded yarrow]

Lmaoo

Get more anchors

Shouldnt you have two more anyways?

the slide comes with four of them

[silent coral]

yeah yeah i do

so where should i put them?

on the body then?

also do you do any video on the 200-600, too?

[gilded yarrow]

Two on the body two on the lens, that way you can always use the strap even when using other lenses

On my body I got one on the top left and one on the bottom when using it

And I got anchors on all my other cameras too lmao

[gilded yarrow]

Got one Video somewhere, lemme see if I can find it

[silent coral]

would love to see it

[silent coral]

what other cameras do you have?

and thats good to know, thanks

[gilded yarrow]

Owl was a7iii, the other one is shot on my a7iv

[gilded yarrow]

Analog cameras

Analog hasselblad, Fuji and another one which is a bit less known

[fast knoll]

did u see a7v

is it out yet

[gilded yarrow]

Yup

[gilded yarrow]

10th of december

might upgrade next year, looks promising if sensor readout is good enough

[fast knoll]

i heard a7iv burst speed isnt super super fast

do u shoot mech or eshutter mstly?

[gilded yarrow]

New af, 33mp partially stacked, 30fps and pre capture

basically ideal wildlife cam

[fast knoll]

2.9k starting i saw