Bird Photography

[fast knoll]

capcut is pretty fun

[glossy sage]

I'll venmo you $3 to jump in

with the gear. Edit: nevermind, wrong person you're the cool person with the RF 100-500

[dreamy tinsel]

doesnt look like changing the setting does much

[undone slate]

idk if i can do that on darktable

i'm not sure

[fast knoll]

LOL

i appreciate it

i also just got an r5ii

so i would not want that to go swimming

[glossy sage]

You can use retouch in Darktable and then use the clone tool and do something called clone stamp healing to remove the top branch but it requires decent skill and time

[grizzled nebula]

got this with dxo and some editing in photoshop

[fast knoll]

that's a cool bird

[undone slate]

what's DXO?

[undone slate]

ok, i will try do that

[fast knoll]

denoising program

[glossy sage]

ur camera said the branch is cooler than the head of the bird to focus on

[undone slate]

And can I remove the branch that's piercing the goldfinch?

[dreamy tinsel]

same light as the pic you sent? if so thats crazyyy

[undone slate]

ok

[grizzled nebula]

nah it's just that it was so dark it had no data to recover

[glossy sage]

Not really

[grizzled nebula]

20K iso

these are not award winning but decent

[glossy sage]

you uncapped your ISO?

[stable mantle]

I always just use LRC denoise 🤔 Works fine most of the time 😄

[grizzled nebula]

?

[undone slate]

So if I edit the photo, could that make a good photo?

[glossy sage]

question did u use fake blur in that one or did focus misfire

[fast knoll]

dang focus hit the wing

[grizzled nebula]

over 3200 iso i get much better denoising with dxo

[grizzled nebula]

i did but the head was out of focus anyway

[glossy sage]

You can improve your photo for practice but it won't get much better without more modern stuff

Or you go the opposite and just say you intentionally like the style of digi cam stuff and make it even worse as an artistic approach

[stable mantle]

Might check it out with some pictures it didnt really worked with in LRC

[grizzled nebula]

this is the light the camera had to deal with

[glossy sage]

I cap my ISO at 12.8k

[undone slate]

yep

i just only need to click the buy button...

[grizzled nebula]

i go as high as i need tbh

i always use Manual

[glossy sage]

Sure, manual with auto ISO

[dreamy tinsel]

@grizzled nebula @dusty fog oh shit rapid raw denoise geeks out when you raise the exposure, makes these goofy squares

[glossy sage]

What were you using?

I kinda want off the R8 but theres no great upgrade path that isn't a R5 camera

and I'm too wrapped up in home improvements right now to do that

[grizzled nebula]

oof

[dusty fog]

what quality was this? and what amount?

[fast knoll]

R5. But even r8 AF is better than r5

[dreamy tinsel]

50, im trying 100 and raising the exposure before denoising rn

[fast knoll]

R6II might be a good option

[naive fiber]

I'm blinded

It's so bright

[grizzled nebula]

send R5II pics

[dreamy tinsel]

exposure was raised by 5 mystery units

[stable mantle]

love this 😄 he's like peekabooing!

[glossy sage]

Meh, same sensor same AF. Better battery and dual sim would be the upgrade

[grizzled nebula]

yh she was playing with the her partner 😆

idk which one is better

wish i had the 600 with me for that shot

the 100-500 is a bit short for these

[tough hull]

Dxo is fire

My trial is over 😭

[glossy sage]

Wouldn't the lighting of the right mean that exposed top wing should be a complete shadow

[unborn frost]

2nd ones makes the subject pop just that little bit more

[stable mantle]

New e-mail new account new trial? xD

[dreamy tinsel]

@dusty fog same picture, exposure raised by 4.3 after denoise. i think the quality / tile size slider doesnt affect noise reduction but it does affect the "prominence" of these squares.

[grizzled nebula]

that's a detail we don't need to know

https://tenor.com/view/thierry-henry-gif-27347450

[dusty fog]

i definitely didn't see this on my end

[grizzled nebula]

oh wow that's actually awful lmao

[dusty fog]

what OS?

[dreamy tinsel]

windows

[dusty fog]

try with like 10 quality/tile

[tough hull]

Well… it’s just seven days so I guess I’ll just buy it in some time

I need to get a star tracker, a teleconverter and a wide angle before though

[dreamy tinsel]

its pretty unnoticeable on 100 if not pixelpeeping, and the more you raise the exposure the worse it becomes

[dreamy tinsel]

still cooked lol

[naive fiber]

what the fuck 😭

increase exposure then denoise?

[dreamy tinsel]

still cooked me thinks

but this only happened on aarvs's super underexposed pic

on my normally exposed one its okay

[fast knoll]

I’m on phone but all the stuff I put in creatures yesterday was r5ii

[dusty fog]

idk i didn't see this on mine at all

[grizzled nebula]

i meant the camera itself

[fast knoll]

Oh LOL

[dreamy tinsel]

are they severely underexposed? that might be the cause

[fast knoll]

Will do once I’m home

[dusty fog]

only a little

you used the NIND one right?

[dreamy tinsel]

@dusty fog try this

[dreamy tinsel]

yeah

[dusty fog]

for the record, this is an open source denoising model

its not going to be anywhere near as good as DXO

[naive fiber]

lr and dxo I find pretty similar

[tough hull]

Lr way better

[grizzled nebula]

no lol

[tough hull]

Like than photolab

[naive fiber]

pureraw

[dreamy tinsel]

im aware lol, was just wondering

[dusty fog]

there's no noise in this bro 😭

[tough hull]

Pure raw is better

[naive fiber]

I never have too noisy images so they are pretty similar

pureraw is faster though

[tough hull]

Plus it sharpens your images very good

[naive fiber]

yeah Its a good software

[grizzled nebula]

you can also disable sharpening if you think it's too much

i've been waiting for 30 seconds for lightroom to denoise while it's maybe half the time on DXO

still not finished btw

[naive fiber]

lr ai removal is very good though on an unrelated note

[stable mantle]

uploading my gooseling shots from tonight. 25 GB QQ

[tough hull]

Lightroom denoise needs internet, dxo doesn’t apparently

[grizzled nebula]

lightroom vs DXO

[naive fiber]

yes this is true

dxo is done natively

lr is done server side

[tough hull]

Wait right one lr?

[dusty fog]

where's this file

[naive fiber]

whats the reduction level on dxo

40?

[grizzled nebula]

nvm i meant DXO right LR left

[tough hull]

I was scared man

[naive fiber]

oh I was confused

dxo is so good lmao

[tough hull]

Never do that again

[grizzled nebula]

[dusty fog]

rapidraw doens't even have gpu acceleration for the denoise

it's gonna be some time before these open source projects catch up on AI denoising

[naive fiber]

holy shit what is this relic

its so bad lmao

what was that editing job

[stable mantle]

Birb

[naive fiber]

ITS GLOWING

😭

[narrow crag]

So cool 🔥

[naive fiber]

I would say to instead of putting a circle over the egrets in the beggining just crop in

and make the images full screen and switch slower

I think cropping in appeals for some reason

[dusty fog]

i did this photo and overexposed it and no boxes

tbf there was no noise in it really before

[fast knoll]

The original video is already so low quality but I’ll try that thank u!

I should’ve used 2x mode

Or 5x

I didn’t think they’d do something cool lol

I was waiting for a flyby

[naive fiber]

People dont care if its low quality I find

I think the point is that it is low quality

[dreamy tinsel]

what the hell then its my skill issues ig 😭😭😭

[naive fiber]

to show how far they are

[fast knoll]

Yea makes sense

[dusty fog]

might be a windows thing

[naive fiber]

Ill try find an example

I have rapidraw im testing this

[stable mantle]

Oooh boy

Got some awesome gooseling shots!

[glossy sage]

@undone slate https://youtu.be/NzddYLVGwmU

[stable mantle]

Guys what crop 1x1 or 4x5? 😄

[naive fiber]

4x5

[stable mantle]

Got a shot where a little guy flapping he's little wing

how cute! 😍

[fast knoll]

so tiny

[undone slate]

Nice! I'll watch it tomorrow when I have more time! Thanks.

[undone slate]

Its feathers make it look like a small duck.

[naive fiber]

awwww

[stable mantle]

it's a gooseling 😄

you can see skin under the wing so yyea it's his little wing

[undone slate]

But how can there be a baby goose on top of another baby goose?

[stable mantle]

wait whut? xD

[undone slate]

I say there are some baby goose feathers that look like a baby goose.

this

[grizzled nebula]

https://tenor.com/view/police-coco-jaw-drop-skeleton-shocked-gif-15485742

https://tenor.com/view/russell-westbrook-westbrook-basketball-player-american-basketball-player-nba-gif-5123677509936397695

[undone slate]

[stable mantle]

You see a baby goose it the goose his feathers on his wing?

[undone slate]

https://tenor.com/view/the-rock-dwayne-johnson-eyebrows-wait-what-come-again-gif-22438537

[stable mantle]

I got alot more question marks going on in my head 🤣

[undone slate]

i'm getting confused heeelp

[stable mantle]

MEE TOOO!

[undone slate]

AAAAAAAAA

[stable mantle]

Well back to basic I guess. This little fellow is a baby goose. it's not a duck. that thing he holds up is his entire wing. They're tiny 😍 I know this because mama goose tried to eat me while making picture of baby goose 🤣

[stable mantle]

This confused me 🤣 baby goose on top of baby goose? xD

[undone slate]

@glossy sage I asked you this before but I don't remember exactly, should I edit the photo of the goldfinch or not?

[undone slate]

yes

[undone slate]

So these are wings?

[stable mantle]

yes

That is baby goose wing

[undone slate]

It looks like it has a black beak on its wings.

[stable mantle]

OOOOH

Now I see waht you meant

🤣

[undone slate]

They're rather strange wings, at least because of the angle.

[stable mantle]

I guess.

If you inspect further you can see it is attached to his body though xD

[undone slate]

yes yes

[stable mantle]

they need to grow still

[undone slate]

But I still find it difficult to imagine that as wings

[fast knoll]

how old are u man

youre kinda wholesome

[undone slate]

idk

[undone slate]

?

[naive fiber]

Bros birth certificate says idk

[undone slate]

idk

[undone slate]

yep

[dark ermine]

Like this?

[glossy sage]

Up to you. With your camera the best thing I think you can do is practice editing until some day you can upgrade

Find what styles you like and don't like. Get more creative with it

[stable mantle]

GOOSE ON A GOOSE 🤣

[naive fiber]

Baby goose and baby baby goose

[tacit gazelle]

Baby geese so cute

[stable mantle]

Welp did my picks and stars

Now the edit begins!

I'm 100% going again tomorrow

I want some action shots don't got those today

[tacit gazelle]

Everyone that shoots animal are wholesom

[unborn frost]

tried different angles and settings to get in flight pics. Hoping to get more practice in soon

[fast knoll]

looks nice!

[glossy sage]

What lens are you using?

Those are very good

[stable mantle]

Birb

[grizzled nebula]

which sky colour?

not for the pixel peepers but colors were nice

was near sunset

[fast knoll]

SOFT!!! SOFT!!!!!

[grizzled nebula]

[tacit gazelle]

Bird watching is so low cortisol

I love it

Nice bird

[fast knoll]

might i recommend craw if ur camera supports it

[grizzled nebula]

ew

[fast knoll]

u dont use it?

there are like no downsides basically

[grizzled nebula]

no

the word compressed makes me sick

[fast knoll]

u should try it

or watch a video about it

before u make ur final decision

all the pro bird photographers use it

jan wegener

fabian fopp

[grizzled nebula]

they're weak

[tacit gazelle]

One legged 😢

[stable mantle]

I agree with @grizzled nebula weak! xD

[tacit gazelle]

Also we're not gonna talk about the branch infront

[stable mantle]

Soo ehm? branch? xD

[tacit gazelle]

Ummm dunno what that is

[grizzled nebula]

imma go to sleep

gotta stop staying awake till 2am

[stable mantle]

weak!

[grizzled nebula]

true

[stable mantle]

No sleep for the wicked!

[grizzled nebula]

lemme check if more bee eaters were reported nearby

[stable mantle]

be wicked!

[grizzled nebula]

MORE ROLLERS AND BEE EATERS REPORTED!!

need to go there this weekend

[stable mantle]

My dog eats bees

Does he count?

[grizzled nebula]

why not

[stable mantle]

xD

[grizzled nebula]

goodnight!

[tacit gazelle]

Holy shit fucking beaver

I never knew they were here

I'm sad my photo is shit tho

[glossy sage]

toes FOR FREE? /s

[fast knoll]

hell yea

[tacit gazelle]

I trademark

[tough hull]

No. Baby ducks are way cuter

[undone slate]

yes!!

[undone slate]

Nice

[gilded gale]

New backgrounds 😄

[grizzled nebula]

Trying to save him rn

(Put him in a warm box)

[unborn frost]

Sigma 150-600

[fast knoll]

oh noo

[gilded gale]

Why you ruin my night! T.T

[grizzled nebula]

Dw he's getting better

He was moving his legs and body more than when i found him and rn he's falling asleep

[remote remnant]

eepy borb

[left brook]

what happened

[grizzled nebula]

found him in the bin in my garden(had water in it cause of the rain yesterday)

[left brook]

how he doing

[grizzled nebula]

vet said he might have neurological problems

not confirmed yet but if it is the case it won't be alive for much longer 😢

they're gonna call back later and give me more info

[grizzled nebula]

Went full weight reduction to try and photograph the swallows

[spring vault]

that's a swift

[grizzled nebula]

Yh cause i only managed to get 1 decent swallow pic

I need to finish editing it

Swifts are so much easier to photograph

[gilded yarrow]

smh I still havent seen any in my town

Theres usually so many

[grizzled nebula]

Had probably over 100 swallows + swifts over my house this morning

[gilded yarrow]

Sick

[grizzled nebula]

So sexy

100-500 is just much better for them tho tbh

[stable mantle]

I want bigger eyecup too 😳 i always push on the screen setting specific foto locatie 😂

With my nose!

[tough hull]

Are you rich or sum lmao

Which 100-500?

Is there even an EF?

Wait so if I’m not wrong you got a 1.5k camera, an 8k lens and a 2.5k lens😭

[grizzled nebula]

R6ii cost me 2k, 100-500 2k and 600 f/4 3.9k

[tough hull]

Where 600 f4 so cheap???

[grizzled nebula]

Ebay

I got really lucky

[tough hull]

Damn

That’s actually a very good price

[grizzled nebula]

From a french seller too so no import tax

[grizzled nebula]

Thats an unbelievable price

[tough hull]

Recently cheapest one I found was 7k

[grizzled nebula]

Thats also the only reason i bought it

[grizzled nebula]

Yh thats around the price they sell for

Mine was mint too

Only a little paint chip

[tough hull]

If I were to find an offer like that I’d tell my dad here look 3k cheaper than normal, buy!

[tough hull]

Reminds me of a Samyang lens I found recently

300 euros and only a dent at the filter thread

Glass so clear

Looks like it was never used

[grizzled nebula]

Like rn i could by an r5ii and a lens for the profit i would get by selling the 600 lol

[tough hull]

Crazy

[grizzled nebula]

And im talking about only the profit

[tough hull]

Yeah

[grizzled nebula]

With the other 3900 i could buy 2 more lenses lol

[tough hull]

When did you get the 600 f4?

[grizzled nebula]

30th of january

[tough hull]

K

Nice

I have to go to the supermarket in a while ngl

There’s a brand that frequently puts like speakers in their milk bottles which make a moo sound when opening

If you find one you get 50k

And they are magnetic

[grizzled nebula]

Hmm

[tough hull]

I can use a magnet to find them

Imagine what could buy from that lmao

[grizzled nebula]

What brand is it

[dreamy tinsel]

holy fire

[tender galleon]

some eurasian blackbirds nesting under 100m from my house

saw one getting nesting material and the other one singing really close

[tough hull]

Müller

It’s only in Germany I think

At least the thing with 50k

[dark minnow]

You about to swing that thing around like a baseball bat in a zombie apocalypse

[stable mantle]

birb '-'

[undone slate]

So the problem with the goldfinch photo is the noise?

[tough hull]

Hoopoes are racist or some

[grizzled nebula]

🥰

have not seen one in 4 days

[tough hull]

They are not where I live but all around me

[stable mantle]

not where I live either

but they look lovely

❤️

[tacit gazelle]

So fartin cute

[dark ermine]

I can't unsee the goose on goose now

[stable mantle]

🤣

[stable mantle]

I see it too 😛

[tough hull]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUyucCljGdm/?igsh=eHJ4dTNybmFob29j
@grizzled nebula I wanna make this vid one day lmao

[grizzled nebula]

GL

[tough hull]

Nah nvm imma switch to canon once I have the money

[stable mantle]

! ❤️

[tough hull]

They got a better high end super telephoto selection in my opinion

[tough hull]

Looks like you were far away

Or you reduced quality

[tough hull]

Ngl if I win this, imma get R6 III with 1200 f8 and 600f4

[dark ermine]

I need tech to advance somehow so I can have the versatility of a zoom and the sharpness of a prime lol

[stable mantle]

roughly 5 meters away though

[tough hull]

True

[tough hull]

Go min focus distance next time

A tiny bit further so they are in focus no matter how they move

[dark ermine]

...i do still have the d7500 body, could keep the sigma 150-600mm and upgrade to a prime on the z8, go shooting with one of these (that's crazy)

[tough hull]

K

[stable mantle]

made him a tac better i guess ;D

[tough hull]

When I saw my duck chicks a couple of days ago I went like 2.6m away (min focus is 2.4m) for shooting them. They ran out of frame so fast though

[stable mantle]

Yea they do not like it to be photographed xD

Going again later

where like 3 groups of them currently running arround the pond 😄

[tough hull]

Nah it was just they were sleeping all the time under moms belly and I was like 10m away, fishing and when I saw them wake up they already ran around so much and barely stopped

They were literally like one day old or so very very tiny

[stable mantle]

thats really young aawh

yea for me everytime i came a bit closer they turned arround and ran away

sometimes they let me sit down and the second I aim the camera they turned arround and ran away xD

Maybe i can lure them coming toward me with some food '-'

[tough hull]

Yeah you’re are geese I think

[tough hull]

True

All birds basically

[dark ermine]

how long do yall stay in one spot when out shooting? I think i'm too impatient, usually moving every 5 min or so unless i hear a new bird

at home i have a stationary setup

[stable mantle]

for these baby geese I was camping them arround the area for like 1 hour 30 minutes until the sun went down xD

[dark ermine]

oh yep thats a bit longer than 5m lol

[gilded yarrow]

Depends

[dark ermine]

dont factor in kingfishers lol

[gilded yarrow]

Well

Not that long then LMAO

But also kinda depends, I wanna sit infront of a tree where I see raptors often for a few hours

havent had the time yet tho

[undone slate]

howww?? 😭 😭 😭

[gilded yarrow]

Just put my tent infront of it and chill there for the whole day

[grizzled nebula]

Luck ig

[undone slate]

When I go to the Fragas do Eume, I'll see if I can spot any...

[tough hull]

I can’t get cropping shots rn😭

It’s so hot everything gets unsharp

Like blurry because of hot air

[spring vault]

heat haze

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1198333040448000104/1485756919565127690/DSC05636.png?ex=69eb3c35&is=69e9eab5&hm=a822603702e664f59542eab06f4075bc8e0c0c72e6a5d75e66c15717d58dff29&

I have this pic with mega heat haze but I like it

[tough hull]

If you don’t zoom it looks nice

In the positive way

[spring vault]

I think it looks nice zomed in too

like an oil painting

[tough hull]

True

[spring vault]

that's a harrier it was hovering in place by the side of the road pretty cool

[dark ermine]

i like it. its a vibe

dreamy

[tough hull]

Yeah

I think if you printed it it would look very cool

[grizzled nebula]

Which style is better?

in terms of the sky color

maybe i should go even more blue for the blue one

2 other options

[bitter trench]

Biggest lie ever spoken

[grizzled nebula]

anyway imma go out to look for a hoopoe again or i'll just go back to the swallows

[tough hull]

Second one

[tough hull]

No

You just sit outside and relax, waiting for a bird

And then you don’t see any birds and get a message, reply and suddenly a fucking bird comes outta nowhere and tries to land on your lens 💀

Happened to me 2 weeks ago

A white wagtail approach already put its leg upfront and tried to land but the saw me and turned away so fast

If I wouldn’t have been on my phone, I could’ve gotten the most incredible shot

[dark ermine]

this crazy b4 and after i found in my old shots. what a salvage

[tacit gazelle]

compared to shooting people its lowerish

[bitter trench]

I find people super hard, especially darker skins. I was in Japan with a black friend of mine and ot was super hard to not have her either look super flat or super shiny

[tacit gazelle]

Yeah cameras aren't really optimized for darker skinned people

[grizzled nebula]

These mfs are killing my arm

[tough hull]

Not only yours

[tough hull]

@grizzled nebula look at all the swallows

There are dozens

[tender galleon]

GOT MY FIRST OWL SHOT

its in flight but still crazy

[green canyon]

this is niceee

[grizzled nebula]

Show image

[grizzled nebula]

Thats nothing

[tough hull]

Yeah I took photos when there were more

Plus this is not the main spot

The main spot is a few hundred meters from my house

Because there’s a farm and they prolly eat all the flys there

[grizzled nebula]

Idk what happened this morning but i had probably over 200 swallows and swifts over my house

[tough hull]

It’s amazing I saw them like fireworks shining in the evening sun

[grizzled nebula]

Everywhere you'd look there was obe of them

[tough hull]

Over the farm

[naive fiber]

MY FEEDER BROKE BECAUSE OF THIS FATASS

LMFAO WHAT

[tough hull]

Swallows are hard to get really in flight

[fast knoll]

yep u need fast AF + good tracking skills

[grizzled nebula]

The r6ii's af struggles a bit when you arent following it from a perched position

[tender galleon]

wait a bit

[tender galleon]

golden light

its not really focused

on the head

[grizzled nebula]

Still nice getting a wild owl shot

Not even seen a wild one yet

[tender galleon]

fr

i was shooting a bunny and owl popped out of nowhere

kinda ironic cause i just talked about owls with my mom

[tough hull]

Same

[grizzled nebula]

ik it's low quality but didn't have much choice

[shut hazel]

Holy compression

[grizzled nebula]

it's not compression, just very heavily cropped

[shut hazel]

Oh

[naive fiber]

yo holy shit

[tough hull]

I don’t like the right one

Too less resolution to see wether the bird is from front or behind

[tough hull]

Yes

But

You can’t see when not zoomed in + it doesn’t really look good zoomed in

[tough hull]

These are way better

[naive fiber]

How do you big bird proof a feeder

[grizzled nebula]

which one is better?

[tough hull]

I’d say this one

[grizzled nebula]

lmaoooo

[grizzled nebula]

and for the the other ones?

[naive fiber]

Bluetit and crow size comparison coming up

[grizzled nebula]

there's 2 more above this

[tough hull]

Right one

[grizzled nebula]

they look better when you look at the full images

[tough hull]

I did

[grizzled nebula]

oh lol mb

thought u replied to the forwarded message lol

[tough hull]

Nah lol

[glossy sage]

Change to food they wont eat like straight safflower

[naive fiber]

Wdym change to food

[glossy sage]

Did you stop reading after 3 words

[naive fiber]

I didn't understand this

Oh sunflower

Safflower is a plant I was so confused

[glossy sage]

No, safflower

Sunflower is also a plant. Plants grow by seeds

[naive fiber]

Yes I know sunflower is also a plant

I'm not an idiot I know how plants grow

[glossy sage]

Ok then what is the confusion here

[naive fiber]

I don't have safflower in there???

[glossy sage]

Right

[naive fiber]

OHHHH

[glossy sage]

And you asked how to stop getting big birds

[naive fiber]

Fuck

Ok I misread that

My bad

Sorry for attacking you lmao

It's because you said change to food and not the food

Ok thanks though I'll change the food

[glossy sage]

You need to stay with safflower for like 2 weeks so they find another bird feeder to terrorize

Then can slowly introduce more popular foods back in unless they swarm back

[naive fiber]

I see

[fast knoll]

lmao

[naive fiber]

I need to repair this feeder first though

Genuinely desintergrated

[glossy sage]

It certainly has character

Ur window fully closes with it?

[naive fiber]

Yup

One sec I'll find a photo

I added more from then but same principle

[grizzled nebula]

better edit imo

[dark ermine]

i disagree

[left brook]

yea i like this better

[magic crown]

the eyes seems overedited

[dark ermine]

the first one leaves nothing to be desired, i think the eyes are bordering on over saturated? but idk the pic makes me feel jealous which means it's great

[grizzled nebula]

icl on this one i might have gone a bit overboard with the eyes

[spring vault]

bros brain is the sun

[grizzled nebula]

i just forgot to change them during editing

[dark ermine]

but the expression is so smouldering

[grizzled nebula]

i'm too tired lol

ffs accidentally forgot to remove on of the masks i didn't like

i honnestly cannot edit at this time of night anymore

[spring vault]

don't forget to remove the masks I don't like too. It's a collaborative effort

[grizzled nebula]

wish the highlights weren't blown

they're explosed in these

and now i am not touching anything else for today or my brain will explode

[dark ermine]

the edit fatigue is real, spend too much time on something thinking it's great, come back later after taking a break and it looks crazy

[grizzled nebula]

wtf how did i ever think this was a good edit

[fast knoll]

lol

[dark ermine]

I don't hate it personally, maybe could do without the white on bottom. and softening out that dark edge it's got going on

but as is that should hit on insta lol

[glossy sage]

Brotha just post ur finals love the shot tho

I have yet to see a wild owl, only zoo protected ones

Parks close at the start of sundown though here its a bit hard

[glossy sage]

I like it. You can intentionally play it off as going for a dreamy look. If you had a mist filter this actually coulda been a really cool aesthetic

Minus the copious amount of fake blur tho

[tender galleon]

should i run this thru some ai to sharpen? (unedited only cropped) (gonna denoise when on pc)

my first owl shot

i wish i had a longer lens than 250mm

had to crop it like crazy

[gilded yarrow]

nah thats too far away either way

[fast knoll]

unfixable unfortunately

[tender galleon]

alr

[magic crown]

The last print for the exhibit of may just arrived

[finite flower]

damn

i wanna print a few of my shots but idk if its worth printing lmao

printing my own shots to display in my house is so... nepotist

[gilded yarrow]

Pigon

[haughty widget]

Pigeon is like oh #### I'm spotted

[magic crown]

"OH HOOMAN ME RUNIN AWAY"

[magic crown]

Just print them it's better than looking on a screen

[gilded yarrow]

Lmaooo fr

[grizzled nebula]

1.4x tc super sharp

[grizzled nebula]

which one is better?

[gilded yarrow]

blue

I dont like grey skies

[grizzled nebula]

interesting

i got told by someone in another server they don't like blue skies

but anyway i think the blue was more fitting there tbf

[wise trench]

this one is really cool

but the blue is better otherwise I think

[grizzled nebula]

i wish i could get blue sky in this one but unfortunately it was overcast so :/

[gilded yarrow]

Lool weird

Grey looks so boring imo

[grizzled nebula]

i mean it depends on the image

i think it looks nice

[stable mantle]

I told you too grey sucks! so it's 2 on 1 from that other server 😛

[grizzled nebula]

i've made my own preset to make pictures look like sunsets

idk why but it actually works really well too

imma wait another hour before going out

sun is still too strong

[stable mantle]

or go now get some practice with sheit light? 😄

[grizzled nebula]

nah i meant it's too hot

[stable mantle]

And that get the best shot you ever did but the light is sht xD

[grizzled nebula]

can't even stay outside for 1 min without sweating

[stable mantle]

How hot is hot? 😮

it's not even summer yet! xD

[grizzled nebula]

it's 20°C rn but feels like 70°C

i miss winter

[stable mantle]

XD

[grizzled nebula]

well tbh winter is too cold and now it's too hot

can we not have a middle ground lol

[stable mantle]

Spring is suppose to be the middle ground xD

[grizzled nebula]

i think i won't survive the summer tbh

[stable mantle]

xD

[glossy sage]

Love ya shot. Darken the background and brighten the subject a bit bc my eyes keep going to those neon green leaves

[glossy sage]

I think its nice to have your house decorated with your stories and travels

I have my art hung

Its not actually crooked its my phone angle

[finite flower]

oo frameless

how isit printed

canvas?

[glossy sage]

Ya canvas with a 1.5inch (whatever that is in ur units) deep wrapping

[finite flower]

can you take a photo close up

[glossy sage]

I would use a frame for smaller wrapping

[finite flower]

hows the IQ translation to canvas

[glossy sage]

No

[glossy sage]

I used a cheap photo "lab" so its kinda not amazing up close

[finite flower]

i mean for the viewing distance its probably ok

[glossy sage]

My other pieces I have in my todo list I am gonna use Bayphoto Labs in California. I wasn't the happiest with the quality of this company I used - EasyCanvasPrint

[finite flower]

im not from the US

so im just curious about general translation in IQ

[glossy sage]

100% is but when you own the canvas and its your art idk makes me really picky

[finite flower]

how big is that print btw

[split path]

What do you think about this sequence?

[glossy sage]

Theres a bunch of websites that you can either type ur photo details into or upload your photo and it will tell you the best canvas you can print on before any stretching or compressing. This was at 20mm iirc and the canvas is 92cm long x 61cm tall x 5cm deep

[finite flower]

i see

im curious about size

cuz that determines the viewing distance

for canvas dpi doesnt really matter as much so bigger is better

[glossy sage]

Do you use meter?

Even on this poor print quality I don't notice the quality issues until I'm like a <1 meter away

[glossy sage]

Nice shots, I like photo 4 the best if I had to pick one. With the bug and the water splash

[finite flower]

yeah i use metric system

but i can also understand imperial

[glossy sage]

What size were u looking at?

[finite flower]

i need to calculate like viewing distances

[glossy sage]

This print is quite large and combo'd with I used a crappy company its still not noticeably printed bad until sub 1 meter distance

[finite flower]

like say from like 18 feet away, how large should my image be

[glossy sage]

Mm I approached differently I sized my canvas based on the wall size

[finite flower]

thats also true

i might print like a1 or a0

[glossy sage]

Like this one sits right between curtains and blinds

I might print another and stack it underneath it

[finite flower]

that is like

perfect for either 2

or a tall vertical

[glossy sage]

Yep I want to get another complimentary landscape shot and do them standing on each other

But I haven't gotten good enough photos yet that I wanna hang since then

[finite flower]

that would be perfect

[undone slate]

the second one

[finite flower]

i think for me, a singular vertical shot is nicer to complicate things less

[glossy sage]

Just make sure your photo is in portrait before sending it to the company

Matters where they'll place the hooks for the canvas to screw/nail/hang into your wall

[finite flower]

but ill be printing horizontal cause the space i have for it is a horizontalish space

i think a0 framed is good

canvas is kinda ex

[glossy sage]

Ex?

[finite flower]

expensive

[undone slate]

a

[finite flower]

40usd for 20x30"

[glossy sage]

Oo gotchya you want paper and frame not canvas and frame. I have no idea about paper print quality

I wanted my house to feel like a gallery of my art so thats why I pivoted deep wrapped canvas. And it is expensive thats why thats my only piece too

[finite flower]

yeah canvas is alot more expensive

but it does give the artwork feel

i think it depends on the type of image

[finite flower]

#🌳・nature message

[undone slate]

And if I wanted to print a photo someday or use it to make a picture, how much would it cost?

[glossy sage]

Do you live inland?

[finite flower]

this is from overses

[glossy sage]

Print on what kind of material?

[glossy sage]

I live on a coast so my equivalent to yours would be like country fields and mountains 😛 I like the photo. Black and white is very classy too in a home

[undone slate]

Do I need to print it to put it in a frame?

[glossy sage]

Unless you plan on putting your monitor in a frame then yes you need the photos printed

[undone slate]

I really don't know what material it would be, nor did I look into printing photos.

[glossy sage]

Research online first after you get print worthy photos

Your current camera you can print like birthday card sizes

[undone slate]

But for now I don't want to print any photos; for that I'd wait until I have a good camera like the Z9 or the Z6 III maybe.

[glossy sage]

If I could change to another camera system it'd probably be Nikon Z6 III

[undone slate]

So why don't you buy the Z6 III?

[glossy sage]

Because I'm in the Canon ecosystem already

[undone slate]

yes but you can try nikon too

i'm in the sony ecosistem right now

but i will buy the z6 III

[grizzled nebula]

Why

only nikon cams i'd buy are Z8 and Z9 and even then i'd just rather an R5II

will have to see how good the Z9II is

[undone slate]

probably the z9 is the best camera

for birds/wildlife/astrophotography

[grizzled nebula]

no

[undone slate]

people say it

[grizzled nebula]

R5II and A1II are better but Z9 is holding up really really well cause nikon keep updating it

R1 is also better depending on what u do

R1 probs has the best AF on the market and best EVF

[undone slate]

i mean for wildlife/astro

[grizzled nebula]

for wildlife R5II is better i'd say

R1 is better if you don't mind less megapixels

in terms of value for money nikon is probably the best but in terms of cameras not really

[tough hull]

For the first time ever I got tufted duck at my kingfisher spot

[grizzled nebula]

damn that's nice

get down there

[tough hull]

I also got a lifer

[tough hull]

No

This spot is like untouched by humans and one crack of a stick scares away every bird

I have very bad conditions today since the wind is going in the pond’s direction

[undone slate]

what lens do you have?

[tough hull]

Sony 200-600

[undone slate]

I don't know if 180-600mm or 200-600mm is better

[grizzled nebula]

i mean one's for sony and one's for nikon..

[tough hull]

I heard 180-600 is a bit better though

[grizzled nebula]

and they're both pretty similar

i think the 200-600 is a bit sharper wide open

[tough hull]

Most Nikons have only 24MP though so there basically no difference

Little grebes are so hard to photograph bro

[grizzled nebula]

all i know is that the 200-600 on 50mp is sharper than the 180-600 on 45mp

the sony handles TC's better

[tough hull]

NOW WAY

another lifer

[grizzled nebula]

👀

[tough hull]

Western Yellow wagtail

[grizzled nebula]

i saw some of these but i didn't have my camera

[tough hull]

Too far away for a good photo though

[spring vault]

400-800 is a lot sharper than 200-600

basically prime sharp but it's f8

[tough hull]

Yeah

I need it

[grizzled nebula]

idk if digital review had a bad copy but from what i can see there it's definitely not as sharp as a prime and not sharper than the 200-600

[tough hull]

Alright @grizzled nebula imma try getting the tufted ducks up close

There is a wasp in this hide so I gotta leave

I’m allergic

[grizzled nebula]

damn

[tough hull]

Mission failed

[grizzled nebula]

imma go out in a few mins

casue it's getting a little bit colder

[tough hull]

My spot is already in the shadow unfortunately

[tough hull]

@grizzled nebula

So the kingfisher is def back now

[grizzled nebula]

Lifer

[glossy sage]

Its expensive to swap ecosystems and no real advantage to it

[glossy sage]

Because I was speaking realistically. I'm not going to spend $3000 to change bodies to a system I don't have glass for

[tough hull]

No way

[tough hull]

Wait holy sheet I only now looking at this realized my battery is empty lmao

[grizzled nebula]

1.4x tc very sharp

This is obviously a very cropped in screenshot

[tough hull]

Wth is that?

Coockoo

Whatever to spell it

[grizzled nebula]

LOL

[tough hull]

Peregrine?

[grizzled nebula]

sparrowhawk

[tough hull]

Never seen them lol

Just heard their name once or twice

[grizzled nebula]

a coockoo is smaller than a hoopoe which is what it's carrying

the eyes are crazy nice

[tough hull]

Yeah I was boutta ask if it’s a hoopoe

lol

[grizzled nebula]

wait nvm that's not even the 1.4x tc

that's with the 100-500

I Had the 600 with the TC on the camera literally 2 mins before it arrived

have to hard crop

[spring vault]

I think the gradient is too strong

[grizzled nebula]

better like this?

[spring vault]

instead of making the lower half of the sky darker I'd go the opposite way and make the upper half brighter

[fast knoll]

yea i like zooming out doing a radial mask on one corner and slightly brightening

[spring vault]

it's just an unnatural shade of blue rn

[grizzled nebula]

i removed the bottom mask and make it brighter at the top

😢

[spring vault]

solid blue sky is hard to deal with. A lot of the time I'll just push it to white lol

[glossy sage]

This is ur best photo yet (kidding)

[glossy sage]

You made that bird under the sea

[grizzled nebula]

this was kind of inspired by jule tek's woodpecker one

[naive fiber]

I like these new photos

I do see the inspiration

[spring vault]

sky colors

[naive fiber]

Maybe increase the exposure on the bottom linear mask it looks a tad too dark, kinda draws my eyes there instead of at the bird

[naive fiber]

Yeah I like that more

Nice shot ❤️

[green canyon]

Im hunting for kingfishers tomorrow again

but still no camo net

😔

[tough hull]

same

[green canyon]

ill try to build a kind of hide if i can find a good spot

[tough hull]

yeah

thats prolly more important than a lens camo

[stable mantle]

funny thing, I see these kingfisher lots of time near the same spots when walking my dog. But when Igo on a stakeout they’re never there 😳

[green canyon]

just gotta wait

a loooooong time

[glossy sage]

So many birbs in France

Very nice

[tough hull]

yeah lol

kingfishers can be so annoying

[stable mantle]

I knooow xD one day i find them 😳

[tough hull]

I am very much cooked tbh

the kingfisher I saw was at the side of the pond that is illegal to enter

because birds

[green canyon]

dang

[tough hull]

and i could als not get a good approach there because id be behind so much bushes/ in the water

i would need to go on the lake to get this kingfisher there

[stable mantle]

Well just tip your head slightly above water. Great camo 😂😳

[tough hull]

well its very muddy and i will likely sink in the mud, get stuck and drown

the mud is unpredictable

[stable mantle]

If you get the shot 100% worth it? Xd

[tough hull]

yeah well only that i will not get to edit it

[glossy sage]

I also need a pair of waders to start getting into marshes

[tough hull]

Waders won’t help there

If you sink in the water with waders you are dead

[glossy sage]

I dont get stuck in mud

The mud gets stuck in me

[grizzled nebula]

https://tenor.com/view/the-rock-the-rock-sus-the-rock-one-eye-the-rock-staring-rock-staring-gif-191071273825142096

[tough hull]

@grizzled nebula

[grizzled nebula]

swannn

nice

[stable mantle]

I'm goiong to love the coming months

babies everywhere ❤️

[tough hull]

yeah

these were the first ones in the entire city I think

[dark ermine]

i took off work the first week of may for birding have the 180-600mm coming from lensrentals too for the week

[tough hull]

you rent your gear? aint that expensive?

[dark ermine]

I like to try before I buy if it's expensive enough

[tough hull]

well rental is like 40eur a day

at least here

anyway i gotta go to bed gn

[stable mantle]

If you rent to test gear because you like to buy it. It sounds like a great idea!

[spring vault]

lotta places credit a rental towards purchasing a lens

[dark ermine]

yeah, was $110 for the week + tax, but scales on how expensive the gear is. for me it's worth it to avoid buyers remorse on a much higher price tag

[spring vault]

that's a pretty good price

[spring vault]

warb season

[narrow crag]

Prothonotary?

Cute

[spring vault]

yea

[shut hazel]

https://giphy.com/gifs/bird-tennis-ball-gQqME5kFuIbgAhe3Fw

[fast knoll]

i think this is my fav shot

[fast knoll]

damn that baby is pooping beak

[tough hull]

Yeah but usually like here you just get one day less you have to pay if you rent and then buy no matter how long you rented

[green canyon]

@tough hull couldn't go kingfisher hunting sadly

it's been incredibly foggy all morning

[tough hull]

Sad

[green canyon]

its starting to lift now but its still kinda there

i woke up at 7 and couldnt see more than 20m out of my window

[tough hull]

Crazy

I actually never went to my spot in the morning

[green canyon]

yesterday was like this aswell, i was hoping it wouldn't be this time

[tough hull]

Brother I’m dying of coughing right now

[green canyon]

you good?

[tough hull]

Nah not really

OHHHH FUCK

TICKS

my birding trip yesterday brought me this mf

[green canyon]

ohhh shiddings

burn it

[tough hull]

I flushed it down th toilet lmao

[grizzled nebula]

tried to go check if the kingfisher was back but since the kingfisher spot is on a beach and all the tourists are here rn there's no point

i'll need to go to the other end of the river but i need to cycle a bit for that

didn't even see anything last time

[tough hull]

Well no I know how I will dress myself for the next birding trip

Socks over my trousers and a long Tshirt also stuffed in the trousers

Don’t wanna get fucking lime disease again

What do ticks even do to the ecosystem

Can’t we just make them go extinct

Like I don’t think they are a main food source for anything unlike mosquitoes

[grizzled nebula]

i need long tailed tits in my house to eat mosquitoes

[tough hull]

lol

[tough hull]

Do you guys got ticks with limes disease in France?

[grizzled nebula]

yes

[tough hull]

Dammit

Bro in America those ticks there were scary

They were so fat

Everywhere

The walked on me like 5times but I could feel them so I was able to kill em before they bit me

[grizzled nebula]

i always try to cover as much of my body as possible when i go in nature

[tough hull]

Yeah me too

I was just out so much in winter I fully forgot about the stupid ticks

[grizzled nebula]

gonna go back to that woodpecker spot later

[tough hull]

Nice

Tbh woodpeckers got boring to me

[grizzled nebula]

i want to get one in flight

[tough hull]

Yeah that’s a different story

I just got so close to a lesser white throat

But no camera

First time seeing them in Germany

Let’s go I have 90species now

[tough hull]

BRO NO CAMERA AND GHE. I SEE TWO KESTRELS MATING

[grizzled nebula]

damn

[tough hull]

I CANT ID THAT BUT IT LOOKS LIKE AN OWL WTF

Thank god

Just another kestrel and a weird perspective fooled me

[grizzled nebula]

yh cause that looked very white for an owl

and since we don't have snowy owls in europe i could tell it was probably not one

also how tf do u have so many kestrels

[tough hull]

I think these were the same ones that mated earlier

Also it was very brown

Camera on my phone is shit

But there are always three kestrels here at this part

Then two more at a big rock

Another kestrel

At these rocks there’s a nest I think

[grizzled nebula]

oh that looks nice

can do some nice landscape photography there too

[tough hull]

I did my 747MP panorama from up there

[grizzled nebula]

if i'm not at a birding hotspot i always go very early in the morning or 1-2H before sunset cause that's when there's by far the most action

[grizzled nebula]

???

[tough hull]

Can’t send the image rn because I’m not in WiFi and downloading and sending will be over 1GB cellular data

I have 12GB available

[grizzled nebula]

dayum

[tough hull]

I made it bigger originally but there were like a couple 10pixel wide gaps I forgot to cover

[grizzled nebula]

ew

i have 150gb i think

[tough hull]

Because I also had parts of the rock in frame

[tough hull]

Month?

[grizzled nebula]

yh

[tough hull]

Bruh

[grizzled nebula]

i pay 20 euros i think

[tough hull]

Idk my dad pays me so I don’t complain

[grizzled nebula]

well i actually have some subscription added onto my phone bill cause why not

so i pay more than 20 but it's normally around there

[tough hull]

I don’t even need 150

I probably wpuld reach a max of 40GB a month if I always used my phone like if I was in WiFi

[grizzled nebula]

when my wifi was so shit it took me 2 days to download a 40gb game i used to use my 5G 😭

[tough hull]

Lmao

[grizzled nebula]

i used to have 250kbps wifi btw

[tough hull]

Crazy

Mine varies between 40-400mbps

Usually 200mbps

[grizzled nebula]

i have between 800-1000mbps download and 500-700 mpbs upload now

Optical fiber is literally life changing

Then

now

[undone slate]

Any feedback?

[tough hull]

Bird is in shadow, background has light, throw it away @undone slate

Get the Z6III

[tough hull]

Alright found a very old long sleeve tshirt of mine, intended for like swimming or so but it’s very tight now hopefully this can protect me from tics

[green canyon]

bird pov

https://klipy.com/gifs/flashbang-11--k01KQ27P7D1KMG49Q1DTXJW772P

[tough hull]

Nah cuz I can lay in the grass with that

So I’m less visible if they approach me from anywhere but from above

Wait nvm I don’t need socks over pants because my rain boots are basically already shielding me from them ticks

I do t think any rocks are gonna get me today

Alright goofy me holding camera

[tough hull]

Lmao

I also got bass pro shops can with me

[grizzled nebula]

can the sun just start going down so i can go out

[undone slate]

Soon

[tough hull]

Bruh

My shutter is too loud

It scared away a gadwall

It was right in front of me and I didn’t take any photos until it was fully away from the grass blocking the view and I took 2 photos and it scared the shit out of it

[tough hull]

Nice

I can’t do any sound id of birds cuz of these idiots aghhh

[grizzled nebula]

Waiting for a woodpecker to land here like yesterday

[stable mantle]

But wil it though 🤔

[fresh epoch]

That's why i photograph birds in silent mode

[tough hull]

Just bad when it squishes the bird together

[fresh epoch]

Yeah, neither mode is perfect. Just going to have to work around the trade of's. Plus silent shutter dont add to the wear of the shutter, which is nice

[grizzled nebula]

Heard 3 scops owls

Dk where they are