Bird Photography

[gilded yarrow]

mech, a7iv e shutter sucks for everything that isnt stationary and isnt faster anyways

[fast knoll]

i see

[silent coral]

wow, these are very nice

thats sick!

[fast knoll]

can u get decent action shots on a7iv

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah 100%

[silent coral]

im more curious on your settings for video, i'm very confused on it

[gilded yarrow]

a7iv is great for everything pretty much

[silent coral]

never did proper video

[fast knoll]

hows the a6700

[gilded yarrow]

Uhhh

[gilded yarrow]

Sick too, wouldnt want apsc for anything other than wildlife tho

[fast knoll]

yep true

[silent coral]

probably should just learn it honestly

[fast knoll]

u shoot in log or nah?

[gilded yarrow]

I'm not that knowledgeable on video either

[fast knoll]

im shit at editing video

so i just do standard

[gilded yarrow]

I dont shoot much video, wanna start but if I do I wanna shoot log, and to properly edit slog3 10 bit I'd need davinci resolve studio

So if I ever shoot Video I usually just use s cinetone

[green meadow]

willow-tit gave me instant feedback about the quality of peanuts. 🤣

[magic crown]

200-600 supremacy !

[magic crown]

how they are not scared coming in hand like that ?

[wide flint]

living in a remote area helps I figure

[green meadow]

Willow tits are quite fearless and those are quite used to me.

[wide flint]

I had a Siberian Tjiftjaf in the Netherlands around a month ago, normally lives in the Tundra and was not used to humans at all. It just chilled in low bushes like 20cm from where I was sitting

[magic crown]

this only happen with sparrow here

[wide flint]

Was just chilling out in the open

[bitter axle]

Cool framing; like a window of leaves

[dusty fog]

whats #3?

whipoorwill?

no not that

but stll curious

[left brook]

Crow

[grizzled nebula]

Juvenile Black-crowned night heron i believe

[silent coral]

MAN if the conditions were better here

:(

i had to use 200 SS

[terse dust]

Rip

[sick wave]

Aww I love it regardless
He Angy

[analog kindle]

December checkup!!

||Also, if any of you want in on a community entirely for bird photography, just dm me||

is this comment allowed lol? ^

[fast knoll]

u gotta post these in #🦀・creatures

ohh nvm u dont have access

aw man

these would go crazy

[analog kindle]

true that

I dont use this server much

[fast knoll]

yea i only talked here to get access to those channels lol

this forum is a cool part of the server tho

[analog kindle]

Ok

maybe I should look into it more

[rocky stag]

birding is so amazing

cause isnt this bird like 2 thumbs big

[dusty fog]

theyre like mid sized

like a bit smaller than seagulls

[fast knoll]

if it's named greater i think it's decently sized

ive seen least terns tho

and those r hella tiny

[wide flint]

Yeah they're quite a bit bigger than 2 thumbs. And it's also in Australia, most animals there are either way too big or too deadly for what they should be

[fleet rivet]

Yeah, they are pretty big by tern standard. They are bigger than black-headed gull.

Common terns are pretty doable in flight and they are a fair bit smaller than greater crested

[dusty fog]

terns are the best

top 5 bird

[gilded yarrow]

Smh I dont have any time for wildlife photography

[magic crown]

Ik it's not bird but that's was awesome

[wide flint]

Why is blud so chill

[magic crown]

Food

He bite my lens cover to try

[gilded yarrow]

Woahhh

Send cam photos

[magic crown]

Still unedited

[gilded yarrow]

Sick

[magic crown]

He was so gentle and curious

[terse dust]

Is that an ostrich?

[astral saffron]

Showing some love for other animals ❤️

[green meadow]

First one is awesome!

[gilded yarrow]

obviously a seal, smh head

[terse dust]

Oh yeah, I guess it does have webbed feet. I can never tell my reptiles apart

[magic crown]

Nah bro it's a Whale

[shut hazel]

birbs

[mint warren]

Remembered I went out for some shots like a month ago and forgot to edit them

[magic crown]

First dove bath

[spring vault]

dad gifted me 15x70 binoculars lmao they're huge

more for astronomy than birds

[dusty fog]

damn, need a lens foot on that one

[grizzled nebula]

I have a lot more to edit

[magic crown]

Wait is this in Camargue ?

[scarlet tulip]

I have some 15-35s like that

They’re nice for really distant birds over open ground, and spotting targets at the rifle range

And the skies, of course

[grizzled nebula]

Yep

[magic crown]

yeah that's pont de gau i reconised that

i go there a lot (and this monday one more time)

[grizzled nebula]

I only live 2h away so I might come more often

[magic crown]

same

wich city ?

[grizzled nebula]

Grimaud

[magic crown]

Salon de Provence for me

[grizzled nebula]

Really nice

[magic crown]

if you can maybe we can meet us ?

[grizzled nebula]

I want to go the salon de Provence aswell cause there’s a nice zoo there I believe

[magic crown]

yeah Zoo de la Barben

[grizzled nebula]

Maybe

[magic crown]

if you do the zoo go in april or may there is a falcorny event

[grizzled nebula]

Nice, I was planning on going during that period aswell

[magic crown]

yeah and it's pretty calm during this period

[hidden wyvern]

found a wood duck today for the first time, also got the ideal shot in the spot

hopefully next time ill get them in the water, but happy with this one

[finite flower]

big guns today

[mint warren]

Oh damn

You at Mandai? Walkway looks familiar

[finite flower]

yeah bird paradise

some sony event

[mint warren]

Noice

[fast knoll]

damn r u a sony affiliate or something

they let u use their gear?

[finite flower]

no

[finite flower]

they are generally very open about loaning gear

[fast knoll]

send the pics u took tho

oh damn fr

i wonder if canon does that lol

[spring vault]

I went to a birding event and Sony was giving ppl a1ii and 400-800 to use for the day for free it was cool

didn't even need to sign anything or give a deposit

[fast knoll]

what the

[spring vault]

They sold a lotta stuff that day

[fast knoll]

LOL that's good marketing

do u need to prove u know how to use a camera

[spring vault]

no but it was a little annoying to put all my preferred settings in the cam

[fast knoll]

ohh thats fair

id prob be hella lost i only use canon

[remote remnant]

cant export/import settings on card?

no idea how that works btw just curious

[wide flint]

Idk about sony, but on Nikon you can. But there's also often a pretty big difference in settings between models, so if you don't have a similar model at home it'll probably not be that useful

[astral saffron]

You can export onto SD card with Sony yes

[spring vault]

idk if it'd work between a6700 and a1ii I didn't try

[green meadow]

Bird photographing with 50mm lens.

vs. 300mm

[gilded yarrow]

raptor found

HOLY SHIT A FUCKING PEREGRINE

Two peregrines hunting a flock of pigeons

[dusty fog]

epic

legendary pokemon has been caught

[gilded yarrow]

Both of them

[gilded yarrow]

Yup, Lifer

Waiting for him to come down

[silent coral]

what can I change here? is it worth trying?

got this shot from like 100 metres away

spotted her from across the lake and drove there asap

shit quality, downloaded this from messenger where i sent it to a friend

[fast knoll]

Honestly considering how far away u were this photos quality isn’t bad

I like it. The subject stands out cause of the monotone background

play around with it in Lightroom

[magic crown]

tomorrow i go chase some crane i located a spot when there 2 of them everytime

that will be so good to got a pic of them

[scarlet tulip]

ebird says house sparrows are "infrequent" here

so i guess i'm doing house sparrows now

[half yacht]

Js climb the chimney :D

[gilded yarrow]

Lool yeah that would be insane

[half yacht]

Low-key it's just a ladder

[magic crown]

This shot will be so good in post

[gilded yarrow]

Sadly waaay too far away lol, will go there again if I ever find the time for it

[green meadow]

ducks in the snowfall.

[green meadow]

And some dippers too.

[wise trench]

Why did I think it was rain 😅 snow makes a lot more sense

[green meadow]

Yeah, rain wouldn't be so visible. 😅 👍

[spring vault]

this pic someone in a local discord took with their phone thru binoculars kinda goes hard

[terse dust]

Very

[fast knoll]

bro i thought they were on a telephone pole at first

that's super cool

[grizzled nebula]

flamingo semi frame

[wise trench]

Not sure how I feel about this honestly, never gotten a bird this close lol

[fast knoll]

It’s nice! I would try to get the whole bird in frame if possible

[wise trench]

I liked how the foreground kind of framed it if that makes sense

This edit is kind of meh though, need to work on it again

[silent coral]

first bird in flight shot on my new sony 200-600

honestly i'm so happy, I blindly tracked him, basically looking at the bird with my eyes and just pointing the lens to where it could be, and i guess i got lucky!!

it was also shot on flexible spot - small focus setting

[silent coral]

caught a visitor at our sea house 🐦

[magic crown]

he's in shock lmao

[silent coral]

"did that thing just.. blink at me?"

[dark ermine]

this cardinal looks spooky to me and idk why

[grizzled nebula]

It’s cute

[magic crown]

He wants food

[terse dust]

This blud was sitting in my backyard and was not happy about me taking photos of him

[magic crown]

"Pathetic creature"

[terse dust]

Definitely judging my cheap setup

[magic crown]

[terse dust]

Got lucky tho, it was a 2 second exposure

I mean they don't move very much but they still do from time to time

[dark minnow]

Taken while hunting a few months ago

[silent coral]

wow, beautiful

[half yacht]

What aperture? Beautiful photo

[green meadow]

Really nice, but there is lots of banding on the sky of the first picture even if I open it on browser. 🤔

[magic crown]

i think discord compressed the file

bc the direct file is fine with no banding

[dark minnow]

5.6

[wise trench]

Normally the feeder looks horrible in photos, but I think it looks quite nice here with the ice and snow

[left brook]

whats this

[fast knoll]

anhinga?

[scarlet tulip]

where was it taken?

it's an anhinga

[left brook]

could not tell you

looks like a cool bird tho

queensland australia*

[scarlet tulip]

they're neat, some cultures call them snakebirds because of how their necks move

ah then it's probably an australiasian darter

which is related to the anhinga

[terse dust]

Think it's time I take a break from the birds and try to do some other animals, although I'll probably get distracted by a pretty one and be back to square one

[fast knoll]

are there even other animals in socal lol

coyotes?

[scarlet tulip]

mountain lions

[remote remnant]

squirrels

[fast knoll]

mm true

we have a ton of those

[spring vault]

la mountain lions ‼️

[fast knoll]

what the

howd u get so close

what's on the collar?

[terse dust]

Trap cameras

Kinda cheating but still

[astral saffron]

Trap cameras are not cheating

You have to precompose with your best guess of where the animal will be and risk your camera to the elements

Some of the best wildlife footage out there is from camera traps

https://youtu.be/3CO6uPhyVpE?si=TW_N2ALCathUBKp_

[scarlet tulip]

Trap cameras are super cool

Also it’s stupid to get that close to a bear or a lion, so a remote solution is good

[fast knoll]

thats sick

[green meadow]

BIF photography with manual focus 14mm lens.

[magic crown]

Harris buzzard of the falconry today (yeah they are all different now name them)

[magic crown]

the angle looks so funny

[green meadow]

Yeah something different and it was really fun to take those frames. Have to try again with better light.

It is so dim here that I had to fake some sun with led Christmas lights 😅

Tried also flash, but not that much because I 'm not sure how it affects to birds eyes.

[magic crown]

I really want to do snow shots but it never snows here

[green meadow]

Snow looks nice, but I'm not big fan of it otherwise. 😅 Specially wet snow is annoying. Real winter when it is really freezing is much better than this that we had lately dark and temperature is around 0C

[wise trench]

wow this is so cool

[wise trench]

snow is the only time of the year I really do bird photography honestly, because I feel like I can never get a photo better at other times of the year lol

[magic crown]

In rain it's so magical

[green meadow]

Winter is good time for bird photography on feeder, but at least here there is only few species to photograph. And days are really short.

[wise trench]

makes sense yeah. feeder is the only thing I can really do though without a drivers license.

[magic crown]

My dream

[wise trench]

@green meadow how do you feel about precapture? Do you think its very useful? Have you used it?

[dusty fog]

2pm sunset is disgustign

[shut hazel]

ngl this sounds fun for planespotting because you can go out earlier to spot in dark conditions

[dusty fog]

good ol'e plane spotting

[scarlet tulip]

You can go out in dark conditions by going at night

[shut hazel]

My parents usually dont let me out late

Also more arrivals

[magic crown]

Nyméria the Queen

[shut hazel]

weo

birb

[fast knoll]

what kind of owl is this

looks similar to a great horned owl

[wide flint]

eurasian eagle owl

[fast knoll]

ooh neat

[terse dust]

Went to the zoo and ended up spending a majority of the time photographing the birds 😭

[fast knoll]

ooh send

[fast knoll]

ooh

that's cool

is that san diego zoo or another one

[terse dust]

Orange county

[fast knoll]

i might go to huntington central park tmrw

they have wilson's snipe, sora, and ridgeway rail

[magic crown]

Actually going to the beach to see if there's sandpipers or gulls

[left brook]

These all on feeder?

[left brook]

What lens?

[fast knoll]

do u edit ur photos?

i thinkn these would be great with a tiny bit of editing

u have a great subject and a nice, blurry background but exposure is a tiny bit too high or low in each photo

[wise trench]

slap a couple gradients on some of these and you got a banger photo

[grizzled nebula]

i did but very quckly as i was dying after walking for 4H non stop with no drink

i just wanted to post the birds but i'll re edit them after

i'm still incredibly pissed off i forgot to go back to full frame mode

9.3mp image that i've had to crop into lol

[fast knoll]

U would get the same number of MP either way

[terse dust]

Good ol rf 100-400

[grizzled nebula]

sad i don't have many big birds where i live

i really need to start travelling a lot more

[fast knoll]

Small ones r cooler to take pics of tbh

[grizzled nebula]

yh but all the small ones around here are the same ones i can see 100x a day

i'd like to photograph some parrots, eagles etc

almost managed to photograph a common buzzard but a car went past and scared him away

he was in a very nice place too so would've been a great pic

[magic crown]

The colors

[dusty fog]

oh my

this is what heaven looks like

[magic crown]

i love diffused sunset

it gives a vibe

[tender galleon]

here in Oulu

[dusty fog]

bruh

[shut hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/ash-baby-glitter-y2k-ash-gif-10165613310491483269

[tender galleon]

and when the sun is up its cloudy :/

[shut hazel]

Real

[green meadow]

And bit further north it won't rise until January. 😅 At least they have real winter there.

[green meadow]

Same here near Kuopio. Today and yesterday the weather was nice and sunny, otherwise whole December has been really grey.

[tender galleon]

just checked the weather and it says next time its clear is 23rd of december gotta wait over a week to photograph northern lights again

here the sky was clear on friday and yesterday too

[gilded yarrow]

back at the peregrine Spot

didnt come down yet

[finite flower]

mm peregrine

[gilded yarrow]

Still no good photos sadly, will go back there next weekend or so

[gilded yarrow]

Saw some other raptors and three male pheasants tho

Gave my gf the cam because of heat haze from the car lol

[scarlet tulip]

Lots of tree sparrows today

[magic crown]

Some random edits

[scarlet tulip]

that fourth one is really nice

[half yacht]

Mm

Birb

[shut hazel]

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

[magic crown]

DAAAAAMN

[left brook]

whats he doing here

just staying warm?

[spring vault]

chilling

[sharp ether]

what pheasants are they?

[gilded yarrow]

common pheasants

[magic crown]

Little hiding

[half yacht]

Reasons I want a longer lens (my longest one is 55-200)

[astral saffron]

A long lens isn’t going to magically make your photos better. Perspective and being eye level is the most important aspect to making great bird shots. Try to sit still in one spot and have them come to you

[half yacht]

Yeah

Thanks you :D

[fast knoll]

yea birds on a telephone pole arent gonna look any cooler on a 500mm lens

[half yacht]

They're so much better like when they're not a photo of my camera screen

My phone camera is so ass

[half yacht]

Yeah

[fast knoll]

first one looks cool

upload it to ur computer and post it here

[half yacht]

I have a week to get photos of the kingfisher

[half yacht]

Computer is a 10 hour drive away

[fast knoll]

oh rip

i guess ur camera doesnt support sending images to ur phone

[half yacht]

No clue and storage lol, I'll send them properly next week

[left brook]

good luck

[half yacht]

Thank you!

[magic crown]

Well today i'm going to a pond with a low horizon and mirrored reflection

I hope for a insane light and flamingoes

[half yacht]

Good luck!!!!!

[half yacht]

Niceee

[magic crown]

There's even fog in local swamps around
If it's don't moving this will be a insane moment

[half yacht]

GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!

[magic crown]

The spot is insane

[half yacht]

Woahh

[magic crown]

I also did the nuptial dance of the flamingo

With a perfect background

[narrow crag]

Wow!!!

[magic crown]

i'm so happy making those i dreamed about it for a long time

[dusty fog]

very cool

[magic crown]

thanks

[wide flint]

Damn those conditions are sick

Reminds me of my great egret shot

[magic crown]

Yeah i thinked of it

[fast knoll]

damn thats so cool

r u standing in the water too?

[magic crown]

nope that was from the riverbank

[fast knoll]

nice

looks like an endless body of water

super cool

[magic crown]

yeah plus the horizon was really low

[half yacht]

Those photos are really really good!! Well done man!

I was lowkey army crawling on the beach

Again, my laptop is a ten hour drive away

[fast knoll]

waht lens do u have

[half yacht]

I was using 55-200, f/5.6 at 200mm

And most was shot at 200mm focal length because well, birb

The wb and colors are mucked up a bit by my phone they're better irl trust

[narrow crag]

Nice!

[half yacht]

I'll send them properly when I'm home next week (or in early January after I get back from a hike)

My phone really did a number in the photos they got butchered

[magic crown]

Thanks ❤️

[grizzled nebula]

C’est ou?

[half yacht]

Going birding again :P Beach crawling time 😔

[magic crown]

A l'étang de Vaccarès en Camargue

[grizzled nebula]

Merci, je vais peut etre essayer d’y aller quand j’aurais le temps 😉

Incroyable les photos aussi

[magic crown]

Si tu veux qu'on y aie ensemble y'a pas de soucis

Privilégie les moments sans vents et peu nuageux

[green meadow]

The chances of getting killed by a long-tailed tit are low.. but never zero. At least if looks could kill. 😅

[magic crown]

"You have seed on your phone ?"

[half yacht]

What lense do you use if I may ask?

[gilded yarrow]

Guys look at this treecreeper I saw today

[magic crown]

bro is like : food ?, food ?, food ?, food !, food ?

[terse dust]

The potential is crazy

[magic crown]

Fr imagine an heron or a kingfisher

[grizzled nebula]

https://tenor.com/view/druski-rage-angry-annoyed-whatever-gif-5126333390325209476

i NEED to see a kingfisher

[grizzled nebula]

nah tomorrow i have to go out and find small birds to take images similar to urs

cause they look so cool

problem here is all the birds like hiding

oh wait i forgot heavy rain tomorrow 🙁

[terse dust]

Rip

[terse dust]

Hungry little dude

[narrow crag]

Wow what is that species?

Nice shot!

[terse dust]

Roadrunner

Still need to edit it

Was busy working on this one

[narrow crag]

So cool

[green meadow]

My main wild life lenses are Nikon 600mm f6.3, 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 and f-mount 300mm f2.8. But lately I have tried using some not so usual focal lengths. For example, that photo was taken with a Sigma 85mm f1.4 lens that I bought used last week.

[fast knoll]

damn still havent seen the roadrunner

[terse dust]

It seems fairly tame towards people. Let me and some walkers get like 3 feet away from it

Was around pond C at San Joaquin Marsh in Irvine

[half yacht]

Nice!! I envy your lenses 😅
I'm probably going to start saving for the sigma 150-600mm (nikon f mount)

[green meadow]

I have purchased those little by little and I have favored used ones. Sigma is probably great lens, but I would also consider Nikon 200-500 f5.6. 👍

[half yacht]

I've looked around on trademe (new zealands version of ebay) and didn't find it and the 150-600mm is the same price on every listing

I'll keep a look out for the 200-500 too :D

[gilded yarrow]

sit and wait then

Where are you from?

[magic crown]

Honk intensifies

[grizzled nebula]

grimaud in france

it's raining until the 1st of january apparently

[magic crown]

Yeah shitty week

[grizzled nebula]

i MIGHT still go out with a bin bag over my camera cause rain has pretty much stopped for now

might have to make my own rainproof casing cause i ain't paying 3K+ for one

[gilded yarrow]

Shouldnt be too hard to find kingfishers then

[gilded yarrow]

Just use your cam

[gilded yarrow]

But this also works

Did that before

[fast knoll]

internal zoom prob better for surviving rain lol

[shut hazel]

Yeah

I think i need to get one of these covers for my 400mm it has the barrel zoom thing

[magic crown]

yeah and sand (one of the worst)

[half yacht]

Anyone got advice on how to get "good" bird photos, beyond eye level

[terse dust]

Composition, action, behaviors, storytelling, lighting, sharpness, and something different from the norm (BOAS)

[half yacht]

BOAS?

[terse dust]

Bird on a stick

With the right elements going on they can be great but it's just been done so often it's hard to make it stand out.

[half yacht]

Oooo ok

Or bird in the ground ir flying lol

Needs to be doing something it doesn't usually do

[fast knoll]

what cfexpress do u guys have?

there r some bad reviews for angelbird on r5 so im hesitant

was looking at sandisk but apparently the card heats up super fast

[silent coral]

I was hoping I could post this here, because I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out what kind of an owl this is?

[terse dust]

Probably a barn owl

[silent coral]

thank you!

[magic crown]

It's not look at the little ears feathers on the back

Looks like a Long-eared Owl

[wide flint]

What location?

Looks short-eared to me tbh

[grizzled nebula]

i want to see an owl

[silent coral]

Slovenia

[silent coral]

ChatGPT said its a barn owl too

but idk

i can see the differences but i also cant

gave me this picture lol

it looks IDENTICAL to the barn owl

[gilded yarrow]

Lmao why did it ai enhance his pic

But ye thats not a barn owl

[silent coral]

i dont think it did

did it?

or it did

[gilded yarrow]

Ofc it did

[silent coral]

idk

oh lol

well idk which one it is

dang it im dumb

AI isnt for me yet

[gilded yarrow]

[magic crown]

it's totally not a barn owl
barn owl don't have ear tufts and we can see them in the video

[gilded yarrow]

Thats what I said

Prolly short eared

[magic crown]

yeah maybe or long eared

[terse dust]

Whatever it is it's definitely an owl

[light valley]

I think they all heat up fast. I went with ProGrade Digital - Gold, because the reviews where good. No issues so far but I’ve only had it for 6 months or so.

[fast knoll]

Yep I got ended up getting prograde too

[sharp ether]

I think it's a long-eared owl because the wing does not have the white trailing edge that short-eared owls have

[astral saffron]

I have Lexar and it’s been good

[terse dust]

Too broke to have the luxury to use one

[silent coral]

so what kind of an Owl is it 😭

so many answers

even on other forums

nobody knows for sure

[sharp ether]

I'd say it is a long-eared owl

Face pattern, tufts location, lack of white edge on wings all are consistent with long-eared owl

[sharp ether]

What are these forums? There are enough diagnostic features that I’m pretty sure experienced birders can identify it easily

[wide flint]

Chatgpt is fucking stupid, don't trust it

[wide flint]

The white edge on its wings are only visible in flight when looking from the front, so they can't be seen in the video

Face patterns look more like a short eared to me, but idk, it could be either tbh

[sharp ether]

The white edge is on the back of the wing and it doesn't look like this bird has it, if anything it's harder to see it from the front

[scarlet tulip]

i don't know shit about owls so i won't comment

with a color image it'd be simple enough, but this is not that

[scarlet tulip]

today was not for closeups, but i saw some sea ducks

so, nice morning

[wise trench]

How important is precapture in you guys’ opinion?

[scarlet tulip]

It’s useful, but not essential

[astral saffron]

If you learn your subject’s behavior you don’t need it

But it can be very practical if you’re anticipating some action

But it will drain your battery and fill your cards quickly so it’s not something you’ll want to run constantly

[terse dust]

I would love it if I didn't have a 33ms readout speed

[wise trench]

R7?

[terse dust]

But u can always just spray and pray/get lucky. Bitzoic is right tho, if u notice a pattern u can anticipate it's behavior like in this case

[terse dust]

Yes

[wise trench]

R5 mark ii has a lot faster right?

[terse dust]

Hope the R7 mkII fixes it because electronic shutter is quite unusable in its current state

[terse dust]

Much much faster

Google says 6.3ms

[wise trench]

Only reason I’m not buying a camera rn is for the r7 ii

[terse dust]

If it's got a CF Express slot, good readout speed, bigger buffer, and is blackout free, I could see it being a very nice camera to use

[gilded yarrow]

Guys

should I take my cam with me to work tomorrow and go shoot some birds afterwards

Havent done it properly in months

[scarlet tulip]

Might as well

[spring vault]

asking the bird photography chat if u should bird photography

[scarlet tulip]

sure wish i had a 1200 sometimes

but the background separates so it's fine

[terse dust]

Answer is always yes

[fast knoll]

How cropped is this

[scarlet tulip]

very

that's probably half a mile of water from me to the shore

[gilded yarrow]

Lmao ye

took it with me

stuffed all my gym stuff in there too somehow

[half yacht]

I got a kingfisher photo :3

It's not good by like standards but yeah

I like it

[left brook]

send the LCD pic of it

Peepo

[half yacht]

?

Photo of my camera screen 😭 😅

There's more but there are my favorites, they're better than my phone camera makes them seem 😭

[left brook]

yeah the LCD

nice

[half yacht]

Thank youu

Boas but still

[left brook]

indeed

kingfisher!

[half yacht]

Yep!!

I'm so pissed I missed a shot of 2 fighting for a bug

But it is what it is

[half yacht]

The closest one I got so lucky, I was done for the day and was just on my way to the bathroom and the kōtare was right there

So I ran back to grab my camera from the tent lol

[gilded yarrow]

@magic crown can you check something for me

If you focus the 200-600 with oss on

hold it up to your ear

does it make a very high pitched beeping Sound

[magic crown]

He make sound at high pitch but not with a beep i think

When you say a beep it's a short beep or a constant beep (like holding the af)

[gilded yarrow]

constant

[magic crown]

Oh so yeah it's normal it's the autofocus motor working

[gilded yarrow]

Okay thank you, not broken then haha

[dusty fog]

sony 🥀

[magic crown]

Yeah i got the same think when i heard it for the first time x)

[gilded yarrow]

[gilded yarrow]

thought the rain I was in fucked the lens lmao

[magic crown]

Our lenses can go in more extreme condition
Mine goes wild for some

(Blizzard, extreme heat, ice, extreme cold, sand, rainstorm)

He suffered so much and work like nothing happen that's crazy

[tender galleon]

was filling the bird feeder when suddenly a willow tit came to eat from it while i was filling didnt have my camera nor phone with me of course 🙄

[magic crown]

Literally building a feeder with a 3d printer
Saved 20€

[tender galleon]

i built my own out of wood

[gilded yarrow]

Waiting for peregrines to show up

[gilded yarrow]

Waiting for peregrines to show up

Hell yeah

Still too far away but already 100x better than the last photos I got

[scarlet tulip]

Slick

[gilded yarrow]

Got to watch him hunt twice already

nothing caught yet

I wanna see him swoop a pigeon out of the air at like 200kph lmao

[gilded yarrow]

Insanely dark buzzard

[magic crown]

Printing one more feeder for the birds

[left brook]

what feeder do you use?

[magic crown]

it's to put on a table

[left brook]

model?

[magic crown]

Of the printer or the print ?

[left brook]

both why not

[magic crown]

printer : Ender 3
model : https://cults3d.com/fr/modèle-3d/divers/mangeoire-oiseaux-chrisanto

[left brook]

should I pop down to the lake around now and try to take some pictures before sundown at 5:30

[left brook]

Why do they do this

[magic crown]

They are social birds

[left brook]

In a lakes topology where are you most likely to find certain kinds of birds?

[gilded yarrow]

LETS GOOOO ONE WAS ACTUALLY GOOD

HELL YEAH

Finally got a decent pic of my nr 1 favorite bird

[sharp ether]

gulls, terns, cormorants and ospreys are found on poles and stuff poking out

Birds like sandpipers and plovers are found on the beach

[gilded yarrow]

Kingfishers on branches that are above water

[sharp ether]

most waders, ducks, grebes are near the shore

haha I'm not sure if that's what you wanted to know

[left brook]

good for me

[left brook]

herons and uh those blackbirds?

egrets?

storks cranes and pelicans

think thats everything else i am curious on

[sharp ether]

Herons are near the shore/reeds

Pelicans can be anywhere but mostly away from the shore in my experience

I don't know about cranes

Never seen them

[sharp ether]

Do you mean cormorants when you say blackbirds?

they'll mostly be swimming and diving when they're not on a perch

[left brook]

the uh red ones

these are like water likers right?

Where there’s standing water and vegetation, Red-winged Blackbirds are likely to be one of the most common birds you see and hear

interesting

[sharp ether]

yeah

they are found near water

[fast knoll]

i got a print and framed a 16 x 24 of my mandarin duck

[left brook]

where are his feet

[shut hazel]

yoo

i wanna get a photo printed

[shut hazel]

retractable feet

[fast knoll]

yea it's def super cool

make sure ur photo is high enough quality tho

[shut hazel]

hmm

I was thinking one of these 3 as a starter

I dont think i have a super good bird photo yet

That is horizontal

My photos are mainly the vertical crop thing

[fast knoll]

u can def do vertical pics too

[shut hazel]

I want horizontal since im replacing these old paintings someoen gave us

deadahh cant trll what they are

I suppose vert can work here but idk

[left brook]

looks like two faces

whatcha gonna do with them

[shut hazel]

i got no clue

they dont really fit well onto our walls at all

the room they reside in is full of my stuff actually

like 3d printers model planes and fishing rods

so i think plane photos would go well in there

[dark minnow]

Might go with that size for my next print

Last print I did was a bit too big

24x32

Takes a lot of space on my wall

[fast knoll]

how's the detail

[dark minnow]

Great tho

Yes it’s not as perfect as a smaller one would be but it’s pretty nice, on canvas as well so there’s some texture to it

[fast knoll]

ohh i see

[dark minnow]

I’d say the best results I got were on a 17x19 a year ago

For an exhibition

[shut hazel]

borb

this one has those random dots removed but idk if it looks right

[terse dust]

Seen like 40 cormorants just chilling at the edge of the lake and all got spooked when I got like 50ft away from them

[fast knoll]

come to la jolla

there are hundreds and they stand like 10 feet away

[terse dust]

I'll probably take a day trip out there sometime in January, that way I could justify the 2hr drive

[left brook]

you getting rid of em?

[shut hazel]

Probably just gonna leave them somewhere in my shed

[wheat hare]

@barren yoke you still around?

[fast knoll]

my sister got me a bird feeder for christmas and this morning a few birds were already lining up

[tender galleon]

W sister

[scarlet tulip]

Pygmy nuthatch lifer

[barren yoke]

Yes I am, sorry. Whats up?

[wheat hare]

Nothing I was just wondering cause your last message was a year ago 🙂

Hope things are well

[barren yoke]

Haha yea I'm still alive

I just don't use discord as much :) things are good, happy holidays!

[magic crown]

Imagine if a bird land here

[left brook]

what feed?

[fast knoll]

It’s some finch food

[shut hazel]

bird feed 😎

[shut hazel]

I saw a ton of super cool birds like bald eagles swans allat in this one area but my mom didnt let me and my dad stop

Cba in coming back for a while its a far drive

Im on some random trip to areas around here that ive never been to

[shut hazel]

guh

not sharp in the end

sad

[wise trench]

Did one?

[magic crown]

Nope

But maybe one day

[astral saffron]

Back in Austria for the holidays visiting family. My spot from summer is now cold and dreary

[magic crown]

Streaming my feeder

It's funny to do it btw

[daring imp]

Why are black grouse always in a big pack in winter? Saw like 20 in a tree but they flew when I took my cam out the car window lol

Looks funny when they're all in just one tree. Big ass birds

[magic crown]

Some shot of today

[magic crown]

Started to edit them (i'm so tired i need to sleep lmao)

[scarlet tulip]

Such beautiful birds

[half yacht]

o

[barren yoke]

Oooo I love it

Adorable

[magic crown]

If Momma sleep we sleep

[shut hazel]

cute

[tender galleon]

angy birb

this one came super close, got this with a 55-250mm

[remote remnant]

i saw a fat as fuck pigeon today

should have taken a pic

[magic crown]

He ate too much

[grizzled nebula]

Going to the gorges du verdon (france) in the next few days, should be able to see some raptors!

And some goddamn kingfishers

Expecting to see some griffon vultures

[sharp ether]

Good luck!

[hidden wyvern]

little and medium sized birds

[wise trench]

third one is fire

crop slightly awkward but 2 birds like that is cool comp

[wide flint]

Was setting up a perch for a Kingfisher yesterday, she came to visit and landed like 2m away from me and dove for a fish

Will put some hours in today and hopefully get it in front of the lens

[wheat hare]

Fair enough, happy holidays

[hidden wyvern]

thanks, happy to see these little birds again

[wide flint]

Spent a good 4 hours, but was super windy and rainy. Saw it fly by about a dozen times but I think my perch was too exposed to the elements for it to land there

[fast knoll]

Drove 7 hours to a national park to see California condors

Saw none

😁😁

🫩

[terse dust]

Yeah this weather ain't the best

[terse dust]

Which one tho?

[fast knoll]

Pinnacles

It was kinda sunny today but I guess the condors were still afk

[terse dust]

Damn

Beautiful place

[fast knoll]

Yep definitely got unlucky with weather tho

[scarlet tulip]

If you can get to the Grand Canyon, you may also see condors

[fast knoll]

Yep or Zion I heard

I think pinnacles has the best chance

But still saw nothing cause of rain

[terse dust]

Should I try birding with a 50mm?
I'm kinda lensless at the moment

[fast knoll]

what happened to ur 100-400

i know anti does some pretty cool in flight shots with a super short lens

u need a smart setup for that tho

[terse dust]

I sold it so I could better afford a 300mm f2.8

However that gets here around January 7-14

[fast knoll]

ooh

EF version 1 or 2?

[terse dust]

Ef no is version

Very good condition

[fast knoll]

very cool send pics when u get it

[terse dust]

Will do

[fast knoll]

do u think the AF will be ok i know it's a bit of an older lens

[terse dust]

Should be adequate enough

I hardly do bird in flight anyways

I'll probably upgrade to the V2 version in like 2-3 years anyway

[fast knoll]

wow it's actually surprisingly affordable

4k for excellent condition on MPB i thought it woudl be much more

[astral saffron]

I’ve found it’s always best to carry a second lens as a backup for landscape or whatever else you want to photograph when you don’t find any animals

[fast knoll]

Yea I did on the first day when it was cloudy but then on the second day it was quite beautiful and I didn’t bring it LOL

[scarlet tulip]

It’s doable if you have, like, a feeder by the window

Or if you go somewhere with ducks/pigeons/gulls

[magic crown]

you need to have wind and clear/partial cloudy day

[green meadow]

This one was taken with 50mm so yeah it is possible. But you need extra tame birds for that or leave camera where bids will be and use some kind of remote controller. 👍

I saw a Eurasian pygmy owl today, so new birding year got a good start. 🥳

[scarlet tulip]

looks like he's got a nice breakfast

[dusty fog]

what a floofy owl

[green meadow]

Yeah nice and plump bank vole. Owl probably stored it for later time inside that hole in the tree. 👍

[dusty fog]

owls are imaginary bro

fairy tale creatures

[scarlet tulip]

wonder if that's just the owl's shelter, or if there'll be a nest come spring

[green meadow]

I think I have read or heard that they use several places for storing food. But that is definitely place that I need to keep my eye on for possible nesting.

[wide flint]

@gilded yarrow it seems like I inherited your Kingfisher curse. Spent 13 hours the past 2 days, it landed in a tree next to me about 10 times, each time all I could do is just stare at it bc as soon as I moved it flew off. Never landed on my branch, will come back next week to hopefully get lucky

[gilded yarrow]

Damn

Cant set up to look at that other branch/tree?

[wide flint]

Not really, there's a lot of branches in the way

But I'm hoping it'll get used to the perch I put up in the coming days

Might have my step dad put up a trail cam to see if it actually used the perch at all

[scarlet tulip]

first set from the winter holidays

The raven makes a fun wallpaper

[shut hazel]

ooo

[magic crown]

Same

(15 different shots for me)

[scarlet tulip]

And they cycle?

[magic crown]

1.7k entry and i'm on top 41 lmao

[fast knoll]

ooh congrats

[magic crown]

the vote ends in 3 weeks if i remember

but there's a lot of ppl so the score is pretty instable

[magic crown]

i will never forget this weather condition

shooting in this condition is like living in a dream

[grizzled nebula]

not the greatest pics but imma go back tomorrow to get some better ones

[sharp ether]

It's beautiful when fog drifts above the water

I know that's not in the video

[terse dust]

Oh yeah

[astral saffron]

lol we all have bird wallpapers

[tender galleon]

:D

[shut hazel]

I gotta make a bird one

mines a plane

[magic crown]

There was fog but really thin

And that's the result of the trip

[gilded yarrow]

Yo guys

No hide no anything

Flew right past me & my gf

Insane luck lmao

[wide flint]

Man

[gilded yarrow]

Eh, still very far away

[wide flint]

True that

[magic crown]

Bro have luck of god

[dark minnow]

Fox kit here

[hoary sigil]

I have a car on mine

I'm boring

[sharp ether]

mine is a default wallpaper

[gilded yarrow]

I swear its because of my gf, I always see kingfishers when I'm with her, just had my cam with me this time

the last like 10 times I've been there I didnt even see him, now that I was with my gf I get a decent pic

Miiiight be nice once edited, no details visible tho

[astral saffron]

I still have yet to photograph a fox 😭

I did find a fox den 2 days ago so I'll be going tomorrow morning to see if I can catch it

The positioning isn't great, it's on the shade side of some trees, right on the edge of a forest hill and farm field, so it's either in the open on the field or in the forest on the hill

[charred holly]

Posted it in #🖼・photo-sharing , might as well post it here

Man, seeing a wild fox is on my dream list...

Unfortunately they are considered as pests in France, so free to hunt. And hunters are plentiful. 🙁

[astral saffron]

Should be easier to find in the winter, especially with prints in the snow. I found one hole of the den during the summer and now that everything is more exposed without leaves I found 3 more entry/exit points

This entry is directly next to a trail and completely missed it in the summer with foliage on the trees

[charred holly]

I also happen to live in a place that hasn't seen snow for like 10 years 😅

[gilded yarrow]

could also be badger

But could also be both, they sometimes share their dens

[fast knoll]

39 megapixels on this photo

Barely cropped

[sharp ether]

wow

[sharp ether]

How close was the bird?

[fast knoll]

like right in front of me

not scared at all

[sharp ether]

nice

I'm never close enough to them

[charred holly]

I can zoom for days, nice

Even when I am close, lack of light destroys most details on my slow lens. This looks so good!

[gilded yarrow]

Havent gotten a pic like that in ages smh

But ye light is especially bad rn here in germany

[fast knoll]

puffed up

[charred holly]

lol I have a very similar pic from some days ago

Damn it Discord, AVIF isn't that wild of a file format

[fast knoll]

so round

[charred holly]

small birds are balls with wings

[magic crown]

i called them blorb

[shut hazel]

jorb

[bitter axle]

Strange looking bird but its loved either way

[shut hazel]

why does it looks like those

yk the makeup waterdrop shaped thingies

[gilded yarrow]

Hmm could be worse

[terse dust]

But could it have been better 🤔

[gilded yarrow]

100%

couldve been closer so that it has more feather detail

background wise etc its pretty much perfect

[fast knoll]

how cropped is that?

[gilded yarrow]

Very

[fast knoll]

i see

how many mp is ur camera again? 33?

[gilded yarrow]

Ye

Not edited yet but I also got this, so much feather detail

[shut hazel]

Jobr

[shut hazel]

Jorb

[charred holly]

Even most underbelly details, nice

This is where lack of light usually kills quality

[magic crown]

The first big catch for 2026 will be the griffon vulture
it's going to be a great challenge to start

i'm planning my spots to got it

[grizzled nebula]

gorges du verdon 👀

[magic crown]

j'ai des amis qui sont a coté du ventoux et à Cadarache

y'en a beaucoup en ce moment

[grizzled nebula]

ah pas mal

je vais au gorges du verdon dans quelques jours et j'espere en voir aussi

[magic crown]

y'a eu 15 recensé hier

sa serais vraiment quelque chose de les voir

et encore plus de les photographier

[grizzled nebula]

apparemment y'en a beaucoup au gorges donc normalement je devrai pouvoir en prendre en photo

[magic crown]

ouais faut bien vérifier la météo il sont très précis

peu/pas de vent
peu nuageux

et il faut un gros écart de température entre la nuit et la journée (les thermique seront plus fort)

[shut hazel]

What

Je suis un pizza

[dark minnow]

Mais nan ca parle francais ici

[magic crown]

Y'a un serv photo français en plus

[dark minnow]

c'est quoi?

[magic crown]

J'tenvois le lien en MP

[astral saffron]

Oui

Baguette

[terse dust]

Wee wee

[gilded yarrow]

Yee I was just lucky and bird was very close, its 1/500th iso 6400

[charred holly]

iso 6400 often means I'll end up with details destructing noise on my a6700, even with a good denoising algo. Yours looked perfectly fine. I guess a bigger sensor really is great for that kind of situations.

[charred holly]

fuck yes

[magic crown]

The light

https://tenor.com/view/tenorelicario-stan-twt-stantwitter-stan-twitter-relicario-gifs-gif-6654475735090091482

[sharp ether]

Do you use auto iso?

[tough cipher]

anyone know what bird this is?

dont think ive seen this bright yellow thing before and it was fucking tiny

like golf ball sized

[hoary sigil]

Is it a siskin?

[tough cipher]

im in sweden if that helps

[hoary sigil]

Yeah I would imagine Eurasian Siskin

[sharp ether]

Yeah it's a siskin

[deep vigil]

I love bird photos

I only have a micro four thirds kit but I love my prints up to 30 inches anyways

[charred holly]

Pretty much always. I mostly use aperture priority since f6.3 is really slow for most things and I need as much shutter speed as I can for such a long focal length.

[sharp ether]

I use manual mode with auto iso

[deep vigil]

I use manual mode with auto ISO too

[sharp ether]

I sometimes go as low as 1/80th of a second when it's dark

[deep vigil]

I've done 1/3 second for a bunny in moonlight, but as you can imagine it's not super sharp

[sharp ether]

I've taken a few record shots at those shutter speeds

I got an owl at 100k+ iso

[deep vigil]

I have yet to see an owl

[charred holly]

not so bad

[grizzled nebula]

Gonna go find some raptors in the next few days

[tender galleon]

cant go birding for a few weeks cause i broke my foot while skiing

[grizzled nebula]

oof

[deep vigil]

Ouchies

[terse dust]

Manual with auto iso is the best

[magic crown]

this wednesday i go do some griffon vulture

one of my dream

[shut hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/tennis-ball-bird-gif-4175687907139748602

[shut hazel]

ouch

get better soon

[tender galleon]

will try

tomorrow will be very interesting cause i have to get home from the cottage on a train

dont know how i'll manage to even get to the train with this leg

[dark ermine]

lightroom's early access assisted culling is pretty nice. it's trained on people / portraits for now so "subject focus" doesn't really work for birding but misfires seems to be doing an ok job

something to keep an eye on as it progresses

[shut hazel]

does train offer service or assistance to people with some issue for you?

I think airports do it idk how trains work

[fast knoll]

Unedited

[scarlet tulip]

Vermillion flycatcher, nice

[fast knoll]

Got a fully red one too

[scarlet tulip]

2 or 3 individuals?

[spring vault]

those are so cute wtf

they do not live anywhere near me very sad

[fast knoll]

just 2

i think there is a third

but im pretty sure i only saw 2

[scarlet tulip]

still, great shots

[fast knoll]

Thank you!

I think I’ve already gotten my 2 best small bird photos this year

This being the other

I thought this wider shot was cool too