Bird Photography

[naive fiber]

Great example

[tacit gazelle]

But what if you're gay

[fast knoll]

saw some babies today

[undone slate]

ohh, ok

Yes, I should do that.

[naive fiber]

No way it's the bird

[undone slate]

It looks like a bird made with AI 👀

[potent zealot]

I see some similarities

[undone slate]

yes

[potent zealot]

Is it a black-crowned night heron?

[fast knoll]

yes

[undone slate]

One question: Is Pixlr a bad photo editor?

[left brook]

why not use one of the main free alternatives?

[undone slate]

?

I say this because Pixlr is easy to use.

[left brook]

with ease of use it'll be less capable, thats just how it is. if you're happy with it then sure

[undone slate]

But can I blur the background properly with Darktable?

[left brook]

with almost all software yeah

[undone slate]

the problem is masking the subject 😭

[left brook]

lr(c) and captureone will have auto masking, but if you cant get those, then all the free ones are pretty much the same masking tech.

[undone slate]

But I don't know how to make masks in Darktable, even though I've watched tutorials.

[left brook]

try rawtherapee, think its friendlier than darktable

[undone slate]

ok, i will try it right now

@left brook

What should I edit to make it a good photo?

[left brook]

im not too great at editing, if you have the res cropping in on the face could be cool, otherwise i would probably toss the pic, not particularly interesting and its already cropped the feet

[undone slate]

this photo?

I think the other photo could look good in the end; it's to see the animal's whole body.

This would look good, but the problem is that the background isn't good.

[left brook]

im long washed from photography ¯_(ツ)_/¯

those are too busy/uninteresting for me

[undone slate]

why?

[undone slate]

I don't know, people liked that photo.

[left brook]

been busy

[left brook]

cool then

not for me though

[tough hull]

Honestly this one’s the best goose photo I have seen from you yet

I like this pose

[green canyon]

another day another try at kingfishers

last time was pretty bad, way too many people

im setting up a new perch this time

[tough hull]

the kingfisher from a couple of days ago but too far away

I think i need to go to abigger water

[left brook]

😭 pixels on him

[tough hull]

as i said too far away

I need to get him closer somehow

[grizzled nebula]

he has nothing, it's a 24mp pns that can only shoot in overprocessed jpg btw

[left brook]

yea i like the face in the shot but if going for full body its already awkwardly cropped tho

[tough hull]

torpedo mode

[grizzled nebula]

staighten it out and try to blur background better

i guess

and little crop even tho i don't think ur cam will like that

[tough hull]

The file name lmao

BeeEatha

[grizzled nebula]

BeeEatah

[tough hull]

I am sorting out my images rn lol

cuz uh

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[left brook]

1tb lexar?

[tough hull]

yes

bought in 2024

[left brook]

im stupid i forgot they make non temp storage stuff

[tough hull]

some bitches spyed on me while I was approaching a ruddy shelduck

this is when it flew away

the drone

[undone slate]

but how

[tough hull]

wildlife photgraphers, lets revive #1015723225033998386 message

[stable mantle]

It's a birb!

[magic crown]

@grizzled nebula you gonna turn crazy
I have bee eater in fields just 5 minutes of my home

[tough hull]

Closest bee eater to me is over 200km away

At least right now

[grizzled nebula]

i mean the bee eaters are pretty close to me too

15-20 mins away by bike

[magic crown]

It's 5 min at walk

Crazy i don't even know they living there

Where i live is a fucking cheat code

[tough hull]

Bruh

Apparently my region has been in waters too sometimes but last sighting in a 200km radius was last year at least

[undone slate]

idk if i can look for them

[tough hull]

Plus this is how the grid looks like so they are hella rare

White tailed eagles are more common than theses things

[undone slate]

😭

[undone slate]

Do you think I can find one in a wetland?

[tough hull]

Idk

Idk anything about those birds

[undone slate]

same

[grizzled nebula]

which bird?

[undone slate]

bee-eater

[grizzled nebula]

yeah you should find some in wetlands

well depends if they migrate to where u are

my bike has a puncture

2nd in 2 weeks

[spring vault]

do you have tubeless tires

small holes are self sealing and it lets you run lower air pressure without the risk of pinch flats

game changing fr

[grizzled nebula]

no

keep thinking about it but eh

i really need to do it tho

This is what i need

1500w and 45kmph lol

[spring vault]

yea those are sick

[grizzled nebula]

it is 10k tho

but damn does it look nice

looks like a normal bike

[spring vault]

I wanna belt drive gearbox bike

[grizzled nebula]

damn there's a 5k version

nice color

[spring vault]

swappable battery vers is a little heavier but cheaper and swappable battery

[grizzled nebula]

the masking is quite bad icl

[grizzled nebula]

you can add a battery to these

it makes them look like electric bikes but you get twice as much battery

[spring vault]

most mtb trails around me don't allow ebikes so I don't have one. I do have an electric gravel bike tho

[grizzled nebula]

see i'd rather buy that AM flow electric bike than any specialized electric bike

[undone slate]

idk

[grizzled nebula]

icl i can't ride one of these

i need suspension

i am quite crazy tho tbf

[spring vault]

this one's more for paved paths and gravel

[grizzled nebula]

i go 60-70kmph down dirt/rocky hills

[spring vault]

the seat post has 30mm suspension

[grizzled nebula]

this is mine

was thinking of getting a specialized enduro used

[spring vault]

here's my mtb it's like 140mm front and rear suspension

[grizzled nebula]

looks nice

i like the colors

[spring vault]

europe gets cooler mtb than the USA lot of brands I wanted but not available

[undone slate]

why?

[grizzled nebula]

what brand

[spring vault]

nicolai has some cool gearbox mtb

[grizzled nebula]

and looks like it's glowing

[undone slate]

oh, right

[spring vault]

also gamux but I can't afford gamux either way

[undone slate]

i didn't notice that

idk hot to edit it properly

[grizzled nebula]

i hate these frames

[spring vault]

I'm talking their acoustic bikes not ebikes

[grizzled nebula]

DJI smh makes the best electric bike motor

[grizzled nebula]

not a fan of any of their frames tbh

this is what i want

the bike u have is very nice too

frame looks nice

[sharp ether]

how is it not falling over?

[spring vault]

gamux is so cool

[tough hull]

Which dumbass photographer gets a bike like this? Like bro get a 500$ bike and a 10k lens frfr

[grizzled nebula]

that looks horrific

[tough hull]

Yes

Any birds

[grizzled nebula]

interesting but horrific

[grizzled nebula]

no

[spring vault]

belt drive gearbox for the lightest possible rear end

[tough hull]

Fuck ass autocorrect my bad

[spring vault]

world cup winning bike

[tough hull]

I meant to say

ANYWAY birds

[grizzled nebula]

this is sick

i'd like to test an inverted fork

[tough hull]

Bruh

[spring vault]

inverted has much shorter service intervals

[tough hull]

So bikes alright this is my bike

[spring vault]

like how it says analog just in case anyone thought it was an ebike

[grizzled nebula]

lol

crab bike

[tough hull]

Nah it’s alright

Enough to go to my spots

[grizzled nebula]

when i said crab i meant crab not crap

[tough hull]

And to school

[tough hull]

Huh

[grizzled nebula]

cause the handbar is sideways

[tough hull]

Ah yeah

It was right after I got the bike

I rode it in my room

[spring vault]

also been following the designer of this frame for a while hes been workin on light weight cnc machined mtb frames

[tough hull]

Because it was very clean lol

[grizzled nebula]

not sure if i like that but the rest looks pretty nice

[tough hull]

Imagine needing this extra damper or whatever that shit is called

[grizzled nebula]

try doing 60 kmph downhill on a rocky and bumpy trail with a hardtail

you'd fly off lol

[spring vault]

tilta is also launching a mtb brand they make camera gear rn

this ones carbon and 3d printed titanium

[tough hull]

Uh wait lemme try find a pic and i go 55kph there usually

[grizzled nebula]

i hate this

[spring vault]

belt drive gearbox is the future

derailleurs are too heavy and fragile

[grizzled nebula]

Needs to be cleaned

need to replace the break pads and chain

had fun yesterday with it

i have a decent bike trail near me but it's a pain to get up to

you climb about 350m

maybe a bit more

on rocky and very bumpy terrain

[spring vault]

where I live doesnt have mountains so theres no long downhill runs but theres a ton of cross country mtb trails

[tough hull]

That’s kinda how it looks like my area lacks of google images lol

Btw you cannot slow down at these roads. If you go 50kph it’s gonna take you at least 50m to stop safely

[grizzled nebula]

i can even go to the radio station at the top of the mountain and start from there then go into the downhill forest trail

it goes something like this

my bike barely stops anymore

but i still go downhill fast

rear break doesn't work

sram G2 breaks are kinda ass ngl

[spring vault]

u prolly just need to bleed them and replace pads

[grizzled nebula]

ik i need to replace the pads

but they're still quite mid

sram mavrick breaks are a huge generational upgrade

[spring vault]

I have sram code bronze 4 piston 200mm rotor they seem to work well

[grizzled nebula]

code has more power than G2

[undone slate]

i don't really know how to do

[grizzled nebula]

wtf is this masking

[undone slate]

darktable

[grizzled nebula]

breh

[undone slate]

...

idk how to do

[grizzled nebula]

idk how to use darktable

[undone slate]

me neither

I don't know if there's a better free option.

[tough hull]

Lens looks so tiny without lens hood/ lens hood wrong way for transport

[spring vault]

500 5.6 with hood attached is the same length as 200-600 with hood removed

so I just leave the hood on all the time and don't use a lens cap

fits in my backpack fine

[grizzled nebula]

tiny my ass

[grizzled nebula]

🥰

[dark ermine]

What were you trying to do

[undone slate]

blur the background

[dark ermine]

Send the original

[naive fiber]

beata

[undone slate]

ok

@dark ermine

[fast knoll]

tilted

[undone slate]

?

[fast knoll]

the ground is not level

[undone slate]

idk if i can do something with that

[fast knoll]

u can fix that even on a phone

[undone slate]

how

[tender galleon]

gallery app editing

[naive fiber]

Yes

[undone slate]

But if I rotate the photo, the animal will move too.

[naive fiber]

Yes that's the point

[undone slate]

how did u do that?

[fast knoll]

this dude is like 5 😭

[undone slate]

no

😭

[undone slate]

I'm completely new to editing.

[fast knoll]

it's within the crop function of your editing software

[undone slate]

ohh ok

[naive fiber]

Ok I need to build my new bird feeder over the next couple weeks

[undone slate]

done

[tender galleon]

i have started thinking the same

[tough hull]

Bro

[undone slate]

Now I just need to blur the background

[undone slate]

º-º

[tough hull]

I was just casually birding

[naive fiber]

Mhm

[undone slate]

yes

[undone slate]

how

[tough hull]

But some idiots started chasing me because I entered “private property”

[naive fiber]

Lmfao

Was it a farm or something

[tough hull]

No

A normal meadow next to a birding area

[fast knoll]

fun fact that emote is from a photo i took

[undone slate]

really?

[tough hull]

Never ever it has been a field

Just a meadow

Kid was some fat idiot

[undone slate]

can u show the photo?

[naive fiber]

And these were just random people

[tough hull]

He was fishing illegally recently

[tough hull]

Yes

[undone slate]

wow

[naive fiber]

I assume you just walked away

Some people cannot be reasoned with

I don't think this kid would have been one of them

[undone slate]

can someone help me

[naive fiber]

you slide the blur slider

[undone slate]

?

[tough hull]

Yes

He was with like 5 others

They came from the direction of my bike and as soon as I saw them I went towards the bike asap

[undone slate]

wdym

[tough hull]

I have no tire repair kit I’m so fucked

[spring vault]

[spring vault]

u should tubeless

it'll self seal

[tough hull]

I take what my dad pays me 🙃

[undone slate]

what's that gray thing?

[spring vault]

tubeless is cheaper than tubes

[tough hull]

Imma tell him

[spring vault]

since you're not buying tubes only sealant

[undone slate]

what program did u use?

[naive fiber]

dxo photolab

[dark ermine]

DXO

[undone slate]

is that free?

[fast knoll]

oh dang

[naive fiber]

my time with dxo pl was not the most briliant

[naive fiber]

no

109?

[undone slate]

so I can't use it

[naive fiber]

something around there

[undone slate]

😞

[fast knoll]

do u get dxo photolab with pureraw

[naive fiber]

no

[fast knoll]

i see

[naive fiber]

pureraw is 109 sorry

[dark ermine]

oh I thought you use DXO. what do you use?

[undone slate]

darktable

[naive fiber]

you get pureraw denoising with phtotlab

photolab is 209 pureraw is 109

[undone slate]

so if i use darktable i can't do it

so what do i do?

[dark ermine]

utilize some initiative and look it up https://youtu.be/z34XolCHehQ

you're not gonna learn by sitting in here talking about how you don't know how to do it.

[tough hull]

Lmao

I just found out I recorded on Merlin while this fatass kid yapped to me

[undone slate]

I already saw that same video, but when he made the mask and inverted it, the background was out of focus, but the area around the goose was in focus.

maybe this one is good

[dark ermine]

yes because he is using a free tool which means less features that do the work for you, meaning you need to apply more manual effort to achieve the same results a paid application will provide. In this case, you would need to reduce the size of your brush and literally paint as close to the edges as possible.

you get what you pay for.

[tough hull]

Photolab ain’t free

[dark ermine]

he's using darktable?

darktable is open source

[tough hull]

No

Like usually

But in the vid it was photolab

Oh shit

That’s your vid my bad

[dark ermine]

oh yeah no worries, yeah he's using DT. which is fine, free is fine, but more work and bigger learning curve

[naive fiber]

Rapidraw was pretty good masking wise

Like I found it to be almost as good as dxo

I didn't like the dxo ai masking thing though

[tough hull]

My blind ah just scared away a deer that was 5m next to me and then two ruddy shelducks because I didn’t see both

I don’t have a single good image of them sitting

Only flying

[dark ermine]

i expect we'll probably see less of a monopoly on editing software soon / a lower entry price point at least, with software getting easier to develop

[tough hull]

Probably one of my best flying shots yet

[naive fiber]

I solidly hope this will happen

Long overdue

I just dislike rapidraw temperature slider

The edits felt different

More tinted if you understand me

If that's fixed I would definitely use it

[grizzled nebula]

just used an upscaler and honnestly wtf

before

[fast knoll]

pretty impressive

which one did u use?

ive never tried

[grizzled nebula]

that was just some random one too lmao

[grizzled nebula]

https://letsenhance.io/fr/boost

[fast knoll]

wow

[grizzled nebula]

it's a 64mp file now too lol

[magic crown]

good upscale but looks like a bit an ai generated image lol

[grizzled nebula]

ik some are gonna say it's cheating

[naive fiber]

It looks fine in some areas and a 100x phone photo in others

[gilded yarrow]

Well its fake detail

[grizzled nebula]

no way

still very impressive

in a few years it's gonna be scary how good it's gonna be

[grizzled nebula]

u got 32mp right?

[gilded yarrow]

ye

[grizzled nebula]

should be able to get something pretty nice then

a crop like that on 24mp is semi useable already

[gilded yarrow]

Will be fake detail either way, shouldnt be used for proper photos imo

[grizzled nebula]

nah i won't use it in competitions etc obv

it's paid anyway

[magic crown]

subject too far ? just get closer

[grizzled nebula]

just had some free tokens

[naive fiber]

It's cool to see though

[grizzled nebula]

i'll keep it just cause it's the first european roller i see

[naive fiber]

Denoise doesn't count in competitions either right

[grizzled nebula]

no denoise is allowed

[magic crown]

depend

[grizzled nebula]

AI upscaling isn't tho

[magic crown]

some prohibit it and other allow it

[grizzled nebula]

breh

[fast knoll]

most allow denoise

[naive fiber]

Yeah I guess it's a fine line

I doubt like nat geo would allow it

[dark ermine]

ship of theseus

[magic crown]

imagine sending a shot in a contest with a 12800 iso

[grizzled nebula]

they use denoising themselves lol

[magic crown]

[naive fiber]

Oh what

I'm checking the rules lmao

[naive fiber]

Shot on film

[tough hull]

Bro

I hear kingfishers everywhere

[naive fiber]

Photographs must have been taken within two years of the date of entry and may not previously have won an award in any National Geographic photography contest. Only minor burning, dodging and/or colour correction is acceptable, as is cropping. The use of generative AI is not permitted

Is denoise genai

Manual denoise no

[grizzled nebula]

damn

haven't seen one in months

[tough hull]

BRO

IT FLEW THROUGH MY HIDE

[grizzled nebula]

breh

[tough hull]

Like through there

[undone slate]

why is that so blurry?

[tough hull]

I couldn’t get it really though

[naive fiber]

Because it's an extreme crop

[undone slate]

oh ok

[undone slate]

...

[grizzled nebula]

extreme crop

[undone slate]

And for now, will you be using that quality upscaler?

[tough hull]

So close to this heron

Around 15m away

[undone slate]

that's to much

[undone slate]

should i change something else?

[tough hull]

Mid

[undone slate]

that's from 15 meters away?

impossible

well maybe

idk

[tough hull]

Yes

At least camera said focused to 15m

[undone slate]

Does your camera have a distance sensor?

I don't know if the Z6 III also has it

[tough hull]

Idk

But like

Here if I mf

[glossy sage]

Derpy birbs

Gallinules r funnny

[naive fiber]

What lidar/ultrasonic

I solidly doubt any camera has that tbh

[grizzled nebula]

wait for them to look at you before taking the picture

[undone slate]

?

why

Why didn't the camera focus properly on the lower part of the beak?

[glossy sage]

Tricolor heron

[tender galleon]

HOLY SHIT

SHORT-EARED OWLS WERE SO CLOSE WHEN I WAS COMING FROM DUCK SPOT

OH MY GOD

one was hunting and one chilling on field

[undone slate]

any photo?

[tough hull]

Stuck at my duck spot now

[tender galleon]

when i get home ill send

[tough hull]

My dumb ah could have taken a video to locate the hole

[undone slate]

ok

[tender galleon]

my dumb ah overexposed this shot

i hope i can fix

[undone slate]

One question: In local parks where there are geese, if they have goslings, does the government usually allow the goslings to remain?

@tender galleon but where are u from i can't remember now

[tender galleon]

finland

[tough hull]

Best country ngl

I’m bored

[undone slate]

why

[tough hull]

Best education system, happiest people

[undone slate]

why best education system?

[glossy sage]

Because its a HX60

Hope this helps

[tough hull]

Google you’re

Yourself

[undone slate]

ummm

[glossy sage]

I wanna party tonight. New drinking game a shot every time rock asks a question they have asked before

[undone slate]

kinda strange photo

[undone slate]

º-º

[glossy sage]

@grizzled nebula alright I laid over the ledge this time. Scariest thing ever with the camera

Covered in bird poop hope it was worth it

[dark ermine]

this is good!

[dark ermine]

https://tenor.com/view/it-paid-off-bruno-tonioli-britain's-got-talent-it-was-worth-it-bgt-gif-14836380304137343860

[undone slate]

it's a good photo?

Do you recommend I edit it?

[grizzled nebula]

Nest building in a wall

[undone slate]

I'll have to learn with Darktable, but even watching videos makes it difficult.

[undone slate]

Is it a blue tit?

[remote remnant]

thats a bird

[undone slate]

yes

i know

[remote remnant]

sorry, thats an elephant mb

[undone slate]

💀

Is the photo okay like this or not?

[green canyon]

no

it looks pasted in

[dark ermine]

it's the black shadow around the bird, making it look like it's getting lifted off the image

[grizzled nebula]

Yes

[tough hull]

Tried replacing tube

Other one was broken too

[tender galleon]

dang

[tough hull]

Pushing my bike home now

[tender galleon]

im going home from a bird watching tower thingy

i visited 2 of those but best pics i got on the way to the second one (owl!!)

[grizzled nebula]

like my electric bike

[glossy sage]

Autofocus wyd. This is why I wanna lose 100mm to upgrade to rf100-500

Better AF perf

[grizzled nebula]

sharp

not finished editing

[undone slate]

so what do i dooo

[undone slate]

that's pure raw footage?

[tender galleon]

cutie pie 😍

[undone slate]

But with RAW I saw that sometimes the photo looked bad before editing, and that after editing it looked good

[grizzled nebula]

No but raw is still sharp asf

[tender galleon]

yes raw gives more editing possibilities because it has more data

[undone slate]

How long did it take you to do that?

1 or 2?

[grizzled nebula]

2 mins

[undone slate]

how

[magic crown]

@grizzled nebula

The image can have a really good potential

[undone slate]

idk if it's discord compression but it is a little bit blurry

[grizzled nebula]

nice

[magic crown]

It's a low res preview

Crazy that i have bee eater 10 minutes from home

[grizzled nebula]

couldn't go today cause my electric bike has a puncture

went there yesterday with my non electric bike but it's too dangerous going slow

almost got hit a few times by cars

[undone slate]

where are u from

[undone slate]

you have an ebike?

[grizzled nebula]

yes

[undone slate]

wow

[magic crown]

South France

[undone slate]

so lucky

[grizzled nebula]

what's wow about it lol

[magic crown]

The best spot for most birds

[undone slate]

Are they there all year?

[undone slate]

you have an ebike

[grizzled nebula]

do i go check quickly where there's the swallows if there's bee eaters?

[grizzled nebula]

it's kinda mid

it's a hardtail

not very comfy

[undone slate]

why

[grizzled nebula]

cause it's a hardtail..

so no rear suspension

you can feel every single bump

[undone slate]

okay, so there's nothing i can do with this photo

[tender galleon]

starting edit give tips

[glossy sage]

I hate birding

Oh @grizzled nebula I was at a swan lake today and I thought of u over this swan

You've photographed white and black but have u seen a mixed one

[tender galleon]

chat slide tips

[fast knoll]

i would first denoise and see if it's worth editing

[dark ermine]

make it not do that lol

[grizzled nebula]

Ffs i accidentally scared a green woodpecker

Didnt even see it before it flew off

[tender galleon]

shitt these parts

wayy too bright

[fast knoll]

looks pretty soft too

maybe just too far

[tender galleon]

yes

[tender galleon]

well this the raw i had my settings fucked up from earlier and didnt have enough time to change before it flew away

[stable mantle]

omg

I see owls!

OWLS!!!!

[tender galleon]

yess

[undone slate]

i don't understand

[stable mantle]

arent they the best ❤️

[undone slate]

how

[tender galleon]

what 😂

[fast knoll]

curious george

[tender galleon]

yess this was the closest i have ever been

[undone slate]

how did you took that photo

so so so lucky

[fast knoll]

lol

[stable mantle]

No we call it skillz!!!!

[tender galleon]

i was coming home from a bird watching tower and i suddenly noticed owl very close

then i waited there for some time and another owl showed up too

idk if i got good in flight shots gonna see tmrw

[undone slate]

i'm not sure...

[tender galleon]

this prolly best i can do (screenshot)

not an award winning shot but fire to my collection

[daring imp]

i got pretty close, you can see ice on its head haha

[undone slate]

ice?

[daring imp]

when i zoomed in it looked like ice but i could be wrong tho

[fast knoll]

do u know what ice is

[undone slate]

yes

[naive fiber]

Because it's a better photo

A bird without a head is usually not interesting

[stable mantle]

frozen water '-'

[naive fiber]

Is this uhh

I can never tell these apart

Willow tit

[tender galleon]

i was thinking willow tit too

[daring imp]

yes!

they are like 4/5 always eating at my cottage

[naive fiber]

Woo!

[charred holly]

[naive fiber]

This is pretty funny lmao

[charred holly]

(kidding, I have better shots lol)

Sometimes birds are like

I'd rather drown than having you take a photo of me

[tender galleon]

(from a wildlife comedy awards)

oops accidentallya added 3 dots when screenshotting

[tender galleon]

its named "flamingone"

[naive fiber]

Wasn't this like in an ai competition

But it was a real photo

And it won

[tender galleon]

idk

[naive fiber]

Oh yeah it was

[charred holly]

Oh yeah, I think I remember that

[naive fiber]

I was thinking about this the other day

[charred holly]

tbh AI can allow creativity like man has never known before...

...but people just use it for ghibli rip off and big tits (not bird)

[tacit gazelle]

Oh no guys

There is a European starling nest right next to my window

They are invasive and wake me up early

[grizzled nebula]

https://tenor.com/view/ha-ha-the-simpsons-nelson-muntz-lol-funny-gif-20386320

nothing can wake me up tbh

[tacit gazelle]

They're so fuckig loud

[grizzled nebula]

could have a cat fight in my bedroom and i'd still not wake up

[charred holly]

Invade them with a 600mm plus tc

[naive fiber]

I had a bluetit on my window once and that didn't wake me up

Somehow

Just kinda sat there for 5 mins

And chattered

[potent zealot]

did you put a blur mask???

[naive fiber]

He did

[potent zealot]

just invert it with the circle icon..

[undone slate]

that's what i did

[tough hull]

Wait till I get on my computer I have some funny shots of little grebes

[magic crown]

which crop ? both work well i think

massive crop but the sharpness saving it

[green canyon]

@tough hull i got a decent kingfisher picture today
not a closeup but a nice wide shot

[tough hull]

Nice

[green canyon]

still need to edit

[grizzled nebula]

did u use super resolution?

[magic crown]

yeah but only for the vertical one
discord still ruining the quality

[grizzled nebula]

also imo 1st cause the light coming in is very nice

[magic crown]

this one is funny

[grizzled nebula]

it's kinda cute but i think the quality might be too low on this one tbh

we need fast 100mp cameras

[magic crown]

it's mostly the heat haze

the day was really hot here that's why the quality on this one is less better (you can see the heat abberation on the bokeh balls)

[green canyon]

i came pretty close to a kingfisher today but the quality is ruined because there was a ton of heat haze in that area

[magic crown]

yeah this kind of season is awful
cold in the morning and really hot the day

[green canyon]

theres some nice fog in the morning though

it can look really pretty

[magic crown]

that's why shooting when there's cloudy is better

almost no heat haze

[tough hull]

Medium format

[tough hull]

But less light

[magic crown]

https://tenor.com/view/jdg-joueur-du-grenier-david-goodenough-good-enough-why-not-gif-15810119

[tough hull]

Best scenario is you are at one end of a body of water and Birb is at the other (for my small waters)

Because no heat haze above the water

[grizzled nebula]

my Super res is shit lol

[magic crown]

well almost but yeah the temp is more stable

rocky place are ablosute shit in summer

[grizzled nebula]

not much better without the super res

[magic crown]

yeah the sharpness can't recover it back

and on a bright day the heat haze is really strong

[tough hull]

Yes

[magic crown]

well time to print my shots

[tough hull]

That’s why I have no good pics of my deer

All the front images were from across the field wich heats up

[magic crown]

early on the morning or 30 minutes before the sunset

that's perfect

[tough hull]

I wish

My spots are surrounded by trees so sunrise or sunset not possible if you don’t wanna shoot at ISO50000

[grizzled nebula]

Possible on R6II as long as it's not a tit

[tough hull]

Hah try getting a kingfisher at 10m away at that ISO

[magic crown]

well the print quality seems good

[tough hull]

Oh yeah only with f4 ig

[tough hull]

Nice

[grizzled nebula]

no i meant 50K iso can be useable on big birds

[tough hull]

Only that the big birds aren’t a problem when I have heat haze

[grizzled nebula]

ik there's lots of black spots i need to remove but i kinda like this

not everything needs to be razor sharp

[tough hull]

Brooo

[grizzled nebula]

Yoooo

[tough hull]

I could not go and get my white throat’s because my village had 1st of may party very close to the spot

And it’s still hasn’t stopped

I have all of the like curtains or whatever to call it down and a ton of isolation yet I can still hear the music in my bed

COCKS

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXxN1fYIuXL/?igsh=MWpvN3dnZTR5bGFoeg==

[naive fiber]

The feeder has been fixed

[grizzled nebula]

Lengfisher

[grizzled nebula]

i think this is pretty nice despite not being the most detailed

[tacit gazelle]

Nrw bird unlocked

[grizzled nebula]

which one looks more detailed/better

[grizzled nebula]

gween hewon

[tacit gazelle]

Almost got pecked by a bird cobra

[stable mantle]

oof I want to go find these as wel.. unfortunately they are no where close 😭

[naive fiber]

Why do be eaters just look identical

And sit in that way

Its too funny

[grizzled nebula]

tried to fix as many imperfections as possible

[spring vault]

@grizzled nebula

pretty

new cranks are sram 3 bolt chain ring interface and my old chain ring is sram 8 bolt so I can't use my bike til next week when my new chain ring arrives

gonna be cold and rainy anyways

[glossy sage]

I was within <1 meter to a red wing blackbird today. Nearly face to face with it but I had the wrong lens on

I was shooting flash photography at the moment

[tender galleon]

sadly out of focus

[grizzled nebula]

damn they look nice

[tough hull]

Nice

Yo @grizzled nebula what’s your current goal bird like what bird do you wanna get a photo off you don’t have already

Cuz I just set myself the goal to get a pic of a cuckoo

[tough hull]

Gotta find that whitethroat

[grizzled nebula]

Golden eagle

[tough hull]

K

Oohhh house Martin

[grizzled nebula]

I have a few cuckoos near my house but i can never find them

[tough hull]

Same lol

Btw I just remembered this I saw in the US back in 2024

[undone slate]

what is this?

pls someone

can help me

[naive fiber]

either blood or sweet chili sauce

[undone slate]

Why is there blood there?

@naive fiber

Do I need to change all the food in the feeder? But is it enough to just add water, or do I have to clean it with soap?

pls i need quick help

help

[naive fiber]

I don't think you would need to change all food

[grizzled nebula]

Went to another place today but couldnt get any nice pics unfortunately

[naive fiber]

But take all food out and clean it

[undone slate]

but there's blood on it

[naive fiber]

I use rubbing alcohol personally

[naive fiber]

On the food?

[undone slate]

i think so

[naive fiber]

Well then change it

That's contaminated then

[undone slate]

But it's enough to wet it or use soap.

[naive fiber]

Use rubbing alcohol for ease

But let it fully dry

You could use a bleach water mix as well

9 parts water 1 part bleach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2arAOG22mog

[naive fiber]

shame

how common are bee eaters

from how many photos I have seen they seem relativley so

[grizzled nebula]

Very

Just need to be in the right place

[naive fiber]

shame you dont really have colourful birds like these here

I think we may have bee eaters in very specific locations

[naive fiber]

also you dont need to double ping me in the same minute

I know when you reply

[stable mantle]

They are no where near where I live though xD

[tough hull]

@grizzled nebula this shit interfering with my AF 😭

[charred holly]

"he's out, deploy the counter measures"

[naive fiber]

Rawdog it

Mf time

[undone slate]

srry

[tough hull]

Lmao

[tough hull]

Swallow at MF hahahaha

Anyway I’m in my garden waiting for swallows

[daring imp]

anyone else going thru old pictures sometimes when ur bored? been finding some bangers i havent uploaded

[tough hull]

Yes

But I haven’t been doing photography for that long

[daring imp]

no wonder i missed alot of birds in flight shots when i started, used 1/640 gg

i had so many good opportunities when i started damn

[charred holly]

When I go through old photos, I mostly wonder why I thought it was worth keeping

[daring imp]

i keep everything just because, got multiple 4tb external drives

[charred holly]

Same, I only cull objectively bad photos

Like missed focus, out of frame, overexposed...

[daring imp]

overexposed only happened to me in the real real beginning learned fast, but took a while to get birds in flight in focus

[charred holly]

Bursting at dozen of images per seconds is also a prime target for culling

[naive fiber]

I had the worst photo ever in my old photos

It was so bad

[grizzled nebula]

Welp got 1 bee eater pic

[naive fiber]

Im going to try find it

[stable mantle]

What app is this ?

[naive fiber]

I posted it here the other day

[naive fiber]

Merlin bird id

[stable mantle]

tyty

[naive fiber]

It's a bird identification app basically

So you can sound id, image id, and step by step id

[grizzled nebula]

Surprisingly very very accurate

[naive fiber]

It's black magic

[daring imp]

i have insanely many photos of this sequence, it was like in a tree not far away at all, gonna look if there is any more bangers, this was perfectly exposed, from 2022

none edited

[grizzled nebula]

Only got false detections 3 times i think with merlin

[stable mantle]

that is cool!

I was looking for something like that. Ebird wasn't it but this looks promising after looking at it for 1 min less lol

[daring imp]

ebird is only america no?

[stable mantle]

Naah ot works whereni live

Saad 🙁

[grizzled nebula]

no?

[daring imp]

because i think i looked for it before and didnt work here in finland

holy found a pretty insane old shot i forgot to upload

[undone slate]

Do you have any suggestions for making the feeder more realistic?

[daring imp]

add a stick by itself maybe? thats stuck in the ground and that has a twig going to the water! if possible

[stable mantle]

is that black stuff going to be your background for the photos ? 🤔

[undone slate]

yes 😭

It's the fence.

[stable mantle]

if yes, maybe buy a vertical moss patch or grass patch you can set behind it

[undone slate]

Do you think I can do something like that but without spending money?

[daring imp]

would suggest that too! or plants aswell

[undone slate]

good idea!

[stable mantle]

You could gather it in nature and somehow make it work 🤣

[undone slate]

But the plants dry up

[stable mantle]

idk I'm not that crafty

but I would defi take a knife and go find moss patches in nature

make a tiney winey pond with moss arround 😄

[daring imp]

Also @undone slate add dirt on the planks so it looks more realistic, so they feel familiar if that makes sense idk. so its not just planks

[stable mantle]

^

make it nature like!

ooh you can also go look for tree bark!

[undone slate]

oh right

[daring imp]

fallen leaves too

[stable mantle]

maybe you can find like a big treebark with moss on it that makes it greenish

[undone slate]

It's a good idea, but the problem is, if the birds poop on the wood, how do I clean it afterwards?

[stable mantle]

https://tenor.com/ojyudjGU9US.gif

just use this ^^

[stable mantle]

I would say lick it! but water would work too I guess xD

[undone slate]

I did think about that, but if I get it dirty with dirt and stuff, how am I supposed to clean it later?

[undone slate]

I think I could cover the table with stones+treebark

[naive fiber]

Same app maker

Ebird and merlin integrate into eachother

Also twigs and sticks

They grip those much for comfortably

[undone slate]

I have ivy at my house; do you think I could hang it on the fence somehow? The problem is it'll rot...

[stable mantle]

whatever looks nice.

Make it look natural and make sure you got good light coming in and a great background

[tender galleon]

when did you start?

[tough hull]

Like actually with shooting raw last year

As soon as I don’t have a can I see a cuckoo

[stable mantle]

sad

🙁

I just walked my dog using this idenfiy bird app.

[tough hull]

I have camera, I see fish, I have fishing rod I see birb

[stable mantle]

only 5 different species recognized not even special though xD

[stable mantle]

They are watching you and do this on purpose!

[undone slate]

i don't understand

Are you going to attract a bird with that fish?

[grizzled nebula]

gonna go back to that bee eater place soon

hope i can get some nice pics this time

[undone slate]

gl

[tender galleon]

i started bird last nov

holy shit the wind so big

and i was genuienly expecting birds

[undone slate]

😭

🌧️

[grizzled nebula]

the only one i managed to get a pic of this morning

not a good image but eh

hope they'll still be where i saw them last time

[undone slate]

💀

[grizzled nebula]

rain starts on monday

[undone slate]

so lucky

[naive fiber]

I hear blackcaps

But where

[stable mantle]

that was the most common bird popping op merlin bird app when i was walking my dog before

This app is great to lear identifying bird I love it!

[stable mantle]

I have one rule of dog photos! Any dog photo is an awesome photo ❤️

[undone slate]

Now that I think about it, dogs are a subspecies of gray wolves.

wow

now dogs are much cooler

[undone slate]

HOW

[glossy sage]

Dont soap their food...

[undone slate]

No, no, I mean the dining room

[glossy sage]

Birds fight and sometimes even kill or eat each other

[undone slate]

I actually just cleaned it; a sparrow went in there and left blood again, although it was on the lid.

[stable mantle]

Survival of the fittest!

[undone slate]

But the sparrows that I think fought were a couple who always go there

[undone slate]

yep

[undone slate]

sparrows

[grizzled nebula]

Bee eaters dont seem to be here today

[stable mantle]

maybe they're hiding

[undone slate]

I'm thinking of building a nest box (it also serves as a shelter) for great tits, do you have any advice?

[stable mantle]

Yea sure, don't forget the wood!

[gilded yarrow]

New bird unlocked

[undone slate]

yep!

[tough hull]

It’s in a city

The guys fed them with corn

[undone slate]

in a city?

[stable mantle]

ughh

[undone slate]

what

[stable mantle]

I wanted to go out birbing. Now I get a msg on phone. Raining in 30 minutes... 🙁

[undone slate]

😭

you can do birding with rain

[stable mantle]

xD

Birbs will al be hiding from rain

[undone slate]

hmmmm

idk

in winter...

they would be all dead then

[gilded yarrow]

New bird unlocked

[undone slate]

nice

what bird is it?

[gilded yarrow]

Oystercatcher

Lmao

[grizzled nebula]

Gotta see which ones are good when i get home

Oh no

My phone screen is yellow now lmao

Got maybe 100-200 pics rn

Breh

No clouds 1h ago

Now looks like its gonna rain

[dark ermine]

have you come across the Oben GH-30?

[green canyon]

not really good iirc

[green canyon]

https://www.youtube.com/@WildlifeInspired/videos

he has like 20 videos on gimbals alone

he talked about the oben one in one of them

its just another copy of the wimberley gimbal which every cheap manufacturer uses, like k&f and all the other no name brands

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOI9wnQIbQY&pp=ygURc2NvdHQga2V5cyBnaW1iYWw%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guN1oVrToFY&pp=ygURc2NvdHQga2V5cyBnaW1iYWw%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsRUHYEIx40&pp=ygURc2NvdHQga2V5cyBnaW1iYWw%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U92L7NFq5Ns&pp=ygURc2NvdHQga2V5cyBnaW1iYWw%3D

it doesnt end

lol

theres more

In the 3rd one "5 Gimbal Heads under $400" he talks about it i think @dark ermine

[stable mantle]

Wow apparently there are flamingos in the netherlands lol

Never knew

In the region i live that is

[wide flint]

yeah Zeeland lmao

[wide flint]

U live in Zeeland? my condolances

[stable mantle]

I live in overijsel

[wide flint]

Huh

where are there flamingo's in overijsel?

[stable mantle]

There is even a flamingo route just over the border into germany

[stable mantle]

Enschede

[stable mantle]

Better than friesland though 😂

[dark ermine]

so many options! crazy how much time can be tanked just researching a single accessory

should have bid more on that PG-1 i think, it sold at $203

[green canyon]

thats really cheap

[wide flint]

anything is better than friesland lmao

[green canyon]

friesenjung

[wide flint]

Ah sick, yeah I didn't even know either

[stable mantle]

Yea i know what i am going to do soon!

Hunt some flamingos!!

[grizzled nebula]

So many bee eaters

@undone slate just for u

I think the quail is a false detection

Might stay till sunset ngl

[tender galleon]

going thru some old shots and found this 🔥

blue tit attacking willow tit

twin blue tits

i have so many of thesee

[undone slate]

Hellooo

[tender galleon]

[naive fiber]

Cool

[undone slate]

What could I put on that part of the fence to make it green?

someone?

[grizzled nebula]

Ffs

Saw a golden oriole but was too slow to take the cam out

[undone slate]

Now that I think about it, I could hang dried eucalyptus leaves on the fence.

[naive fiber]

Issue is

It's very close

So the separation wont be great

[undone slate]

i know

[undone slate]

But it's better to put those leaves up than to leave the fence black.

[naive fiber]

Yes definitely

Later the leaves though

Layer

[undone slate]

Well, I think this feeder is significantly better than before, and besides, it might attract another species of bird, because birds aren't used to seeing feeders.

[grizzled nebula]

what a day

saw some big bird too

[undone slate]

which bird?

[grizzled nebula]

black kite

[undone slate]

your photo?

If so, how did you get so close?

[tough hull]

YOOOO

LIKE 5 kingfishers

[grizzled nebula]

this is cropped in

but not the crop i'm gonna use obviously

it was also perched when i saw it

[undone slate]

HOOOW

you guys are so lucky

[green canyon]

zamn

[tough hull]

Very dark unfortunately

[grizzled nebula]

Nice

i saw about 50 bee eaters again

[undone slate]

how

[tough hull]

Bro yeah

I missed so many opportunities

Kingfisher not here anymore

[grizzled nebula]

I Have a spot

also saw the 2 european rollers on the exact same cable again

another victim of motion blur 💔

[tough hull]

I was in the water for that