Bird Photography

[tender galleon]

not luck

[tough hull]

For me it was luck today

[tender galleon]

🤫

[grizzled nebula]

nice sky

[undone slate]

hmm

[undone slate]

wow

[undone slate]

idk if i'm also lucky

[tough hull]

I ducked down while in the water for that shot and put my ass in the water 😭

[undone slate]

I suppose a little bit, because I have Estrilda next to my house

[tender galleon]

holy quality

[undone slate]

idk

[hidden wyvern]

two friends of spring have come back, herons & heat haze

unfortunately a bit blurry

got a few better off stills though, not much i can do with heat haze

[naive fiber]

yum

[naive fiber]

fire dude

maybe a tad too dark on the shadows though

[grizzled nebula]

so many good pics

have so many more to edit

[undone slate]

how do u edit your photos so fast?

2 minutes only

[grizzled nebula]

i have made some presets for my editing so it makes it faster

[tender galleon]

new summer lockscreen

[hidden wyvern]

also this first shot is not much of a keeper, but happy to see geese pairs around this spot. last year i had gotten photos of goslings, part of me wonders if one of these is the same ones im seeing this year

soon there will be more

[grizzled nebula]

Discord is wonderful

[tough hull]

Nice

[stable mantle]

Well whule you boyz got good shots i have had grey skies and water falling 😔

[tough hull]

Sad

[stable mantle]

Jep finaly weekend and time

And than this 🙁

[tough hull]

Also if you didn’t see my kingfisher shot is blurred bot out of focus and motion

[hidden wyvern]

sound of spring

that one was kinda scruffy looking

[tough hull]

@tender galleon

[eternal igloo]

RAAAAAA

6 hours like 1k photos and we’re getting 10 good ones out of this!!!

[grizzled nebula]

i got 3 mid pics out of 2.5k swallow pics last time i went to photograph them

[stable mantle]

There are like 50 of these birbs there am i right? Xd

I’d love too see this bee eater with a green backgrond though ❤️

[grizzled nebula]

yes

[grizzled nebula]

it's very flat here so very very difficult

it was far away so very heavy crop

spotted flycatcher

[hidden wyvern]

The best bird phone screen

ill need to do more of that stuff too, not just birds this spring

[grizzled nebula]

imma go back to the bee eaters tomorrow

[tender galleon]

ive been thinking of getting tamron 100-400 instead of canon 100-400 L II, because tamron is like half the price and close to the same

[grizzled nebula]

100-400 is II is brighter, better AF speed

probably has better coatings aswell

[tender galleon]

im not sure which to get

[dark minnow]

Get the canon

It’s way better

Really sharp

Nice AF as well

It’s what I’ve been using and it works great

[hidden wyvern]

aside from the iii (of course) i think the ii is the best 100-400 for canon

[dark minnow]

The iii?

[hidden wyvern]

not like the tamron is terrible, different budget spot though

[dark minnow]

The RF one

?

[hidden wyvern]

oh yeah, rf 100-500 is iii

[dark minnow]

Aaah ok

I thought you meant the 100-400 f8

[tender galleon]

is it worth the 500 extra €

[dark minnow]

The 100-500?

Ah nvm I’m dumb

Yes it’s worth imo

[tender galleon]

i was talking about 100-400

[hidden wyvern]

i havent had many complaints with the 100-500, the ii should be pretty quick too with af for bif and sharp as well

[dark minnow]

Yeah ik im stupid

[hidden wyvern]

this one here's one with the 100-500 with a tc actually, so its less sharp than base lens

[green canyon]

@dark ermine i found the best gimbal offer ever i think

wimberley (what i think is a wh200) for 100€

[grizzled nebula]

Probs a scam

[green canyon]

i find it very suspicious aswell

but i can check it out in person

[grizzled nebula]

It’s a 700 euros tripod head

[tough hull]

Are you referring to my pic or to yours? Idk I’m confused a bit but ig mine so thx

[dark ermine]

Oooo, yeah if you can check it out in person, is the seller a used photo gear store or something?

[green canyon]

no its a private seller

20 years on the site, good reviews, has other offers aswell
could be a hacked account of course but maybe im just super lucky

[tough hull]

Lmao I’m scrolling through this chat and my little sister is watching, she’s so impressed by y’all’s photos

[naive fiber]

Thats so nice lmao

[tough hull]

Yeah

[naive fiber]

I need to take more photos

Ugh

[green canyon]

hello erics sister

[hidden wyvern]

unless its stolen or damaged kind of suspicious

[naive fiber]

The wait whilst saving for a useable birding lens is painful

[tough hull]

She ain’t watching rn

[hidden wyvern]

think the monogimbal i got was like $250 and thats tiny lol

[green canyon]

dang

[stable mantle]

Metoo but everytime i got the time the weather is shit… xD

[tough hull]

I’m in the kitchen getting some drinks

But she also can’t speak English

[green canyon]

hallo erics schwester

[naive fiber]

Im making a new feeder in a different location

[grizzled nebula]

send a pic of the offer

[naive fiber]

So I dont just attract like

2 breeds

[naive fiber]

Deconstruct my dt project at school and turn it into one

[tough hull]

lol

[naive fiber]

Other feeder is fixed now anyway

The entire feeding platform just broke off

[tough hull]

Sad

[naive fiber]

But god its boring getting the same 2 birds

[stable mantle]

Guten abend erich’s schwester!

[naive fiber]

Yayyy bluetit

Yayyy great tit

[green canyon]

oh no
someone reserved it
i messaged the seller before it was reserved though

[naive fiber]

Yayyy you guys only came 75 times today

[tough hull]

Ain’t my name lol

[green canyon]

nvm the seller reserved it for me lol
just got an email

[stable mantle]

But erich sounds more german then eric 🙁

[hidden wyvern]

could be a chance its pawning stuff they dont know the price of too i guess

feel like it should be 3x as much at least

[tough hull]

If you pronounce it German not

[stable mantle]

Erieeek

Erieeeg

Xd

[naive fiber]

Trial and error

[grizzled nebula]

if it's real then that's insane

but there's probably an issue with it or it's not real

[hidden wyvern]

actually you know what, theres a wimberly i and a wimberly ii

[green canyon]

i think it is
the seller told me they are unsure themselves, it was a gift

[hidden wyvern]

wonder if its the i

[green canyon]

sorry context

[dark ermine]

Does it have the plates? Saw a few gimbals on ebay discounted but didn't have mounting plates

[green canyon]

i asked if it was the wh200

[grizzled nebula]

he must be kinda dumb lol

why not search it up lol

[green canyon]

leofoto plate but wimberely branding on the side

[grizzled nebula]

bro giving a random price to an item

[hidden wyvern]

if its a gift one may see the 1 and think its similar so who nows lol

[green canyon]

some people just dont care

but good for me 🤑

[grizzled nebula]

lemme buy it rn

[hidden wyvern]

reminds me i havent used my gimbal in a long time

[green canyon]

ok its apparently already sold??

[grizzled nebula]

lmaooo

[green canyon]

tf

[grizzled nebula]

i swear it's not me 😭

[tough hull]

The hard German R is important lol

[green canyon]

why not tell me first thing

[stable mantle]

😂 i can imagine half my family is german

[tough hull]

Oh right

[stable mantle]

Even my dog is german 😁

[tough hull]

Lmao

Why dog btw

Why not bird

[stable mantle]

Look at the cuty

[stable mantle]

That is why 😁😂

[tough hull]

K

[stable mantle]

Birds need to be wild

I really don’t like to see them in cages 🙁

[tough hull]

Bro I have ptsd or some

Everytime I’m getting focused I am hearing a cuckoo

It’s night and I’m on my house

[stable mantle]

Cuckooo 😂😂😂

[tough hull]

Kuckuck

[hidden wyvern]

i should probably take my big tripod out someday for a long bird trip, would save a lot of arm pain

[tough hull]

Depends

[stable mantle]

That is problsbly why they are called cuckoos

[tough hull]

Yeah the sound

I heard them all day

[grizzled nebula]

LOL

[stable mantle]

After a while you’ll be cuckoo yourself xDp

[tough hull]

Damn

[hidden wyvern]

its a 500 f/4 a lot of the time lol

it is handholdable, but like, heavy

[tough hull]

How heavy

[hidden wyvern]

something like 10lb

[tough hull]

Damn

Yeah I would not be able to hold this

I’m a twig

[hidden wyvern]

i do it for hours, but since i have that 100-500 i tend to switch if my arm gets sore

100-500 is very light, all plastic

[grizzled nebula]

4.5kg???

[tough hull]

Well I can ofc hold it but it’s useless if I shake so much

No ibis helping

[green canyon]

seems like a short while before i messaged the seller someone just went ahead and bought it directly

sad

[hidden wyvern]

about that with the camera+mount yeah

its a real problem if needing to get low to ground shots which take time lol

[grizzled nebula]

Oh with the camera

Seems normal then

My setup it close to 5.5kg

[hidden wyvern]

the lens itself should be 3.87kg

[grizzled nebula]

600 f/4 + 1.4x tc + adapter + r6II + battery grip

[tough hull]

This bottle is wider than my arm

[hidden wyvern]

mines a 500 f/4, either 1.4x or 2x, adapter, r6 mk 1 and battery grip

think its similar for a reason lol

[tough hull]

I could not hold that lens

[grizzled nebula]

500 f/4 mark I?

[hidden wyvern]

yeah

mk 2 is significantly lighter

[grizzled nebula]

My 600 is the same weight then

[tough hull]

Opposite of Sony lmao

The a7 all got heavier

[spring vault]

they're talking about lenses

[tough hull]

F

[hidden wyvern]

kinda funny since the 600 was my dream lens at first, but i found that i had used 500mm more back when i had the 150-600 and such

works well with the newer zoom anyway though

sometimes i wonder what its like with either of the other 2, 400 2.8 or 600 though

[grizzled nebula]

I wanted to get the 500 is II but since the 600 was so much cheaper I got the. 600 is ii

And tbh I don’t really regret it

Cause I wouldn’t be able to get nice bee eater pics without it

[remote remnant]

no, they're EF

[tough hull]

Ha

Ha

Ha

You

Are

So

Funny

[remote remnant]

thanks ikr

[grizzled nebula]

https://tenor.com/view/cristiano-ronaldo-shush-shhh-shut-up-shutting-up-haters-gif-3413311469220576903

[hidden wyvern]

guess if i had gas left i might look at the 200-800, but i just see the price then look away lol

would be nice sometimes to have the further reach though

[grizzled nebula]

I just use the 100-500 and if I want more reach the 600 with or without tc

[remote remnant]

100-400 + 2x

[grizzled nebula]

500 f/4 with 2x tc better

[tough hull]

I always get so pissed seeing this

[remote remnant]

the wide aperture prime is better than the slow zoom on a 2x teleconverter 🤯

crazy discovery

[hidden wyvern]

yeah thatd be better ideally anyway, just where i travel sometimes

but also the 200-800 is a big lens, where the 100-500 i can fit in a carryon bag lol

[tough hull]

Sir, we need an 800mm prime

[grizzled nebula]

"Slow"

[hidden wyvern]

just get the sigma thing and put it in the overhead bin, itll be the destroyer of items with its weight anyway

[tough hull]

f4= fast, f9 = slow

[grizzled nebula]

100-500 is also much lighter than the 200-800

[remote remnant]

bomboclat f11

[grizzled nebula]

Also sharper, better af and is

[grizzled nebula]

That exists

[spring vault]

wide apacher lence

[tough hull]

No, we need 800 f5.6

[grizzled nebula]

We’re talking about the 100-400

[hidden wyvern]

i did like that 800 f/11 during a rental, but its so odd in general

[tough hull]

Ofc but f11

[grizzled nebula]

4.5-5.6

[grizzled nebula]

No not the one I’m talking about

f5.6

[spring vault]

Sony 400-800 is sharper than rf 800 5.6 stopped down to f8

[tough hull]

That is still slower than f4

[hidden wyvern]

has like, an af square dead in the middle and not towards the sides, may not be the sharpest (although not bad), dark too (of course)

also attracts fingerprints

[remote remnant]

yes but its 2700 dollars

[grizzled nebula]

800mm lenses suck

[remote remnant]

rf is 2000

[spring vault]

the 800 5.6 is $20k

[remote remnant]

200-800

[tough hull]

That’s shit

For that prize you can get 1200 f8

[hidden wyvern]

well theres that too, like, 400 5.6 makes sense since its an average fl

[spring vault]

rf 200-800 is as sharp as rf 800 f11

[remote remnant]

$23k

[hidden wyvern]

800 is very specific and its mfd isnt great either

[spring vault]

I wanna 800 6.3 pf

[tough hull]

Idk that’s almost same

[spring vault]

800 6.3 isn't that badly priced

[tough hull]

At that point that doesn’t matter

[spring vault]

I get 750mm f8.4 equiv with my sigma 500 I think it's a good fl

not very often I find myself too close and I can't back up

[stable mantle]

I just want the sony 200-600 first '-'

[hidden wyvern]

i tend to use 700 5.6 often given the subject needs it

i remember being able to get close up (with effort) on the 800 f/11, but it does have a mfd of about 20ft

[grizzled nebula]

6m min focus distance

[dark ermine]

180-600 vs the sigma

[grizzled nebula]

Atleast it’s 1.3kg and cheap ig

[grizzled nebula]

I gotta change ur name

[hidden wyvern]

popular too or was before the 200800 as an introductory prime (also means sometimes you can find it used for like half its price)

[dark ermine]

still just renting for now, we'll see in a week after this birding trip

i got the sigma for $600 so with the 180-600mm being around $1800, i need it to at least be twice as good to justify it lol

[tough hull]

What cam you got rn?

[hidden wyvern]

i think the biggest issue with the f/11s is this really, not the sharpness or dof

[stable mantle]

rn i got a7III

[hidden wyvern]

af focus is dead middle, and out of focus otherwise

[tough hull]

K

[stable mantle]

Plan is to upgrade to a7V end of this year with the 200-600

[dreamy tinsel]

that 180-600 is smaller than i expected

[tough hull]

Damn nice

[stable mantle]

Jep 😄

[tough hull]

Ngl I’m kinda happy sometimes about having a zoom lens

[stable mantle]

I skipped vacation this year. Need the money for gear hehe. Also need a new PC so

[tough hull]

Nice/not nice idk

Brother my dad said I can’t buy a lens rn cuz we have no money left 😭

Lmao

[stable mantle]

🤣

[tough hull]

Spent it all on the house

[dark ermine]

yeah same, especially with the internal zoom. it's shorter than the sigma fully extended

[tough hull]

It looks so gigantic though on photos

Like way bigger than 200-600

[dreamy tinsel]

internal zoom? holyy

[grizzled nebula]

100-500 much smaller than both

Even fully extended

[dreamy tinsel]

ew canon

[stable mantle]

sony win

[grizzled nebula]

Canon win*

[grizzled nebula]

Nikass fraud

[dark ermine]

yeah this alone has me wanting to keep it lol, vs turning the sigma barrel all day

[stable mantle]

I see so many eww nikon memes on social media. It always sounds like people hate nikon with all their hearts

[tough hull]

f7.1 🤣

[dark ermine]

canon does seem like it has a more diverse selection of lenses though

[tough hull]

Canon and Sony da goat

[grizzled nebula]

F4.5

[dreamy tinsel]

"what cam should i get for 300" "d5200 and lence" "pls not nikon i want sony"

[tough hull]

Ngl canon and Sony should merge frfr

[grizzled nebula]

Song

[tough hull]

Cute

[hidden wyvern]

feel like thats almost the size of my ef 24-105

[naive fiber]

Cute indeed

[tough hull]

Imagine if we Sony and canon would both go on one mount

That lens selection

😍

[stable mantle]

I could do canon. But nikon 🤢

[naive fiber]

And then like Nikon is the unwanted child in this scenario

[tough hull]

Nikon was very good but the lack of raw precap is crazy

And no good lenses as well

I would take it to the moon though

[naive fiber]

Especially for f mount

[dark ermine]

lack of raw precap is def disappointing, not sure what else is lacking with nikon though outside of those two

[naive fiber]

150 600

And that's it

[tough hull]

I mean it’s got a better selection for low budget than canon

[grizzled nebula]

Mid evf’s, shitty screens etc

[naive fiber]

It does

[hidden wyvern]

Ef 500 makes 100-500 look like a toy

[naive fiber]

Apart from ultrawide

God

Ultrawide is expensive

[grizzled nebula]

Oh hell nah

[tough hull]

For canon or Nikon?

[naive fiber]

Nikon full frame

[grizzled nebula]

Skin

[naive fiber]

It looks like a giant sock

[hidden wyvern]

its all scratched up now which is why its there

[naive fiber]

Fire

[grizzled nebula]

Should’ve bought a coat for it

[dark ermine]

welp, time to sell all my nikon stuff and start over ig

[tough hull]

No

Shit

Apsc

[hidden wyvern]

its alphagvrd, which is a protective skin

i actually have the neoprene lens coat thing but didnt like the texture on the 100-500

[grizzled nebula]

Holy that 500 is beat up

[tough hull]

Now what

[hidden wyvern]

this one is still all scratched up now which is why its there, just on the non skin side lol

it is from 1999, bought used so its lost some paint over time

[naive fiber]

Good ones

[tough hull]

Viltrox ain’t bad

[naive fiber]

Ok yeah

But it's f4

[tough hull]

True

Canon ain’t better

[naive fiber]

I think cannon is a tad cheaper

[hidden wyvern]

its mostly around the areas where something will touch, like a lens plate, the lenshood, etc, functions fine though

[tough hull]

Nvm

[grizzled nebula]

Holy shit

[hidden wyvern]

yeah its rust, probably from rain overtime if i were to guess

[tough hull]

Damn

[hidden wyvern]

still works

not sure whats better, a lens thats been heavily used and tested through intense enough conditions to cause this damage, or a guy putting it on a shelf for 25 years leaving it mint condition

feel like it wouldve failed by now if mine were going to lol

[grizzled nebula]

2012 lens bought used for 3.9k

[tough hull]

GODDAMN

[grizzled nebula]

guy treated it like his baby

[stable mantle]

nice hendle

[tough hull]

1200mm weighs less than 4kg

F8

[grizzled nebula]

3.3kg btw

same weight as a 500 F/4 or RF 600 F/4

[tough hull]

You sure the guy was actually a photographer and not a thief lol

[tough hull]

Yes

[tough hull]

But it’s twice this lens lol

[grizzled nebula]

he had multiple good reviews and he said it was mostly used for an astro setup

[tough hull]

K

[hidden wyvern]

got the same lens foot i got lol (seems better, but isnt oem)

looks clean though

[grizzled nebula]

mine didn't come with the oem foot

[hidden wyvern]

mine came with the oem carrying box and foot

[tough hull]

lol

[grizzled nebula]

i got the box but not the foot

[tough hull]

Box?

[grizzled nebula]

the lens hood on the 600 is II is huge asf

[tough hull]

Huh

[grizzled nebula]

this box

[hidden wyvern]

i just dont know why they disappear, feel like they get sold multiple times and someone just forgets along the way (well, at least mine for sure by the way it looks)

[tough hull]

Eh

[stable mantle]

a lens like that should come with its personal hardcase though

[tough hull]

I was confused

I thought something else

That foot is goated though

[hidden wyvern]

mine was missing the hood, but then i got the lens coat collapsable one which seems fine anyway

[tough hull]

Helps out so much

[grizzled nebula]

since the one i have was used for an astro setup i think they made their own lens foot and probably threw the other one away or recycled it

[hidden wyvern]

light, foldable, etc

[grizzled nebula]

glad mine had the hood cause 600 euros for an oem one and 300 euros for 3rd party

[hidden wyvern]

sometimes the ebay listings dont for some reason from what ive seen

[tough hull]

Wtf

[grizzled nebula]

it is a hardcase

[hidden wyvern]

the lens coat one is only about $100, but it looks like the 3rd party one and doesnt really fit the white color

[grizzled nebula]

wait wait wait

lens coat make lens hoods?

[hidden wyvern]

yeah, called travelhood or something

[grizzled nebula]

this?

looks like a pain to install

[hidden wyvern]

yeah its that, its also pretty easy to install

kinda just wraps around the ring for the regular lens hood but has two straps

the nice thing is that it folds up, kind of like a piece of cardboard, fits easily in say a laptop sleeve for example (or even under the lens)

[grizzled nebula]

canon need to start making a rotational locking lens hood

[hidden wyvern]

https://youtu.be/kk5wMVz9Luo?si=Nr7CSQrWs2iyoc3w&t=53 this guy spends like 4 seconds putting it on

[tough hull]

They are not?????

[hidden wyvern]

guess its arguabley easier to put the oem one on, just doesnt always fit bags

[stable mantle]

ooh yea skins for your gear i totaly forgot that was a thing lol

[grizzled nebula]

No teleprime lens has that

Only zooms

[tough hull]

Why

[grizzled nebula]

Idk

[tough hull]

What do they got

[grizzled nebula]

Stupid screw

[tough hull]

Wtf

[grizzled nebula]

Actually the Sony 300 2.8 is the only teleprime with a rotational locking hood

[tough hull]

Damn

Guess I gotta wait for a new lens

I ain’t got no money anyway

[hidden wyvern]

rf 800 11 has a regular lens hood as well if this counts

but not sure why its like $60

[tough hull]

It’s a trash lens

Gn I wanna stay but to tired by

[stable mantle]

goodnight bud!

sweet dreams about the cuckoo!

[hidden wyvern]

id kind of expect the DO to have a regular hood but guess it has that screw too

hood is like 35% the size of the lens lol

[green canyon]

@tough hull name yourself nr. 1 heat hazer

[remote remnant]

holy ancient bro

1d4 and 400 DO 1

[hidden wyvern]

the museum artifact out for show

[gilded yarrow]

Guys

Holy shit

Uncropped

[stable mantle]

im 100% jealous you get to shoot these birds xD

[fast knoll]

soft

jk

swallows r lowkey chill sometimes

[gilded yarrow]

Got so many super sick shots today

Stupid far away but still cool

Got like 5 lifers today

[gilded yarrow]

Will prolly reedit tomorrow

So happy with todays pics holy shit

[gilded yarrow]

got my ass wet for that one lmao

[grizzled nebula]

small re edits

need to go back there earlier to get some better lighting

i wish they would stop leaving before sunset

[grizzled nebula]

gud nite

[remote remnant]

no

[undone slate]

yea...

It really makes a difference to the photos.

(There was low light)

i really like it

In addition, this attracts other bird species.

[tender galleon]

lmao i put some fat on the ground for birds and now there was a squirrel, blackbird, great tit and a yellowhammer at the same time

[tender galleon]

this would be good if it was from the side

[undone slate]

I didn't have to turn it sideways, the sparrow pushed it and now the stick is on its side.

[undone slate]

Although I have one more stick on the side elsewhere

[tender galleon]

setup for today

now only squirrel but waiting for more

[undone slate]

big squirrel

[undone slate]

is that in a house?

[tender galleon]

yes

my home

its the living room window

[undone slate]

nice

[undone slate]

why?

[stable mantle]

@grizzled nebula I got a surprice birb for you! 😄

[tender galleon]

bird would look at you

angle would be more interesting

[stable mantle]

ughh I really want this new PC already....

editing my second pic, at the point of healing spots... after every click it takes 15 secs before it is effected QQ

[grizzled nebula]

nice!

[tough hull]

Holy Ca

[tough hull]

Go submit this to the contest in Black and white

Lmao I can see metadata usually I don’t get this somehow on dc

Idk why I got it now

I don’t think that’s to bad but I suck at doing Black and white stuff lol

[tender galleon]

a jackdaw or crow is good for b&w contest

because they are naturally pretty black and white

btw guys so should i get 100-400 L II or the tamron 100-400 because im like just a beginner so i might not need the canon one because its like more a professional one(?) and a tamron is max 700 for excellent condition but canon usually 1.5k for excellent condition and no moisture etc.

[grizzled nebula]

REALLY NOT A FAN OF THIS ONE IN b&w

didn't mean to use caps

[tough hull]

Sowy

I kinda liked it

Wait

That’s not the one I made black and white

Add grain

[grizzled nebula]

It is

[tough hull]

No

Left your black and white, right mine

Different

Your submission is still nice

Keep it that

[naive fiber]

Magpie I would like to ry

It's just hard to get a shot I like because they are pretty boring

[stable mantle]

Went to flamingo spot just across border. They are all on an island hundreds of meters away 🙁 can barely see it

[grizzled nebula]

Only 3 bee eaters rn

Weather is quite shitty

[tough hull]

lol

I got best weather

I wish I had my camera

I’m at a playground rn in a little city and so many blackbirds

[grizzled nebula]

Mfs are trolling me rn

Do i risk getting into trouble?

[dusty fog]

just walk around it 🔥

lol

gates that block roads without fences are funny to me

are you in US? worst case you get tresspass warning right? lol

[grizzled nebula]

France

[dusty fog]

rip

[grizzled nebula]

Think theyre back on the good tree 👀

Yesss

They are indeed

Potential

[dreamy tinsel]

clean your sensor big dog

[grizzled nebula]

My phone is so dead

Screen is dim asf

Missed out on a golden oriole ffs

Thank fuck im not allergic to pollen

[undone slate]

FINALLY a good photo of these

[grizzled nebula]

I wouldve used a diff crop but nice

[undone slate]

I didn't crop anything from the photo.

[grizzled nebula]

Ik but im saying i wouldve cropped it

[undone slate]

the camera 💀

[naive fiber]

I don't think he has the detail for that

[undone slate]

probably not

[grizzled nebula]

Eh its just for the little bird at the bottom

[undone slate]

wdym

[grizzled nebula]

Doubt it changed much if he crops a little

[undone slate]

Do you mean cropping until the bird at the bottom disappears?

[grizzled nebula]

Hes not fully in the frame

[grizzled nebula]

Yes

[undone slate]

But if I crop the photo, won't it be smaller?

Because if I wanted to print the photo (which I'm not going to do), could I crop it and have it be the same size?

[grizzled nebula]

If you crop it to 1mp yeah but thats not what you'll be doing

[undone slate]

what's cooked?

[dusty fog]

overedited

[undone slate]

idk

i like the photo

[grizzled nebula]

My phone screen is so dead i cant even see it properly

[dusty fog]

its not really subjective but

if thats the look you want go for it

[wide flint]

Double deep fried and finished in the oven type cooked

[grizzled nebula]

Waiting for the golden oriole to come back

[tough hull]

32MINS

BRO

[grizzled nebula]

?

[tough hull]

Sound recording

Why so long

[grizzled nebula]

Cause why not

Its not like im saving it in the end

Cant even save a 5min recording anymore cause i have no storage lol

[tough hull]

lol I sometimes save to check it again

lol

[grizzled nebula]

I just take screenshots of them

[tough hull]

I do actually like 1min and start a new recording

Like now because low storage

[grizzled nebula]

I keep them long so it records all the birds

1 min isnt long enough

[tough hull]

I do 1min and delete if it’s a bird like great tit like something I don’t see everyday

And immediately start over

When it’s quiet or something else is loud

That way I can make sure later on it’s actually that bird

Just freed up 2GB 🔥

[grizzled nebula]

European roller!

[tough hull]

Oohhh

Nice

Needs some editing for sure

[grizzled nebula]

Golden oriole just in front of me

[tough hull]

Niceee

[grizzled nebula]

Im sure i wont be able to get a pic

Knew it

[tough hull]

I was right infront of a cuckoo today while my dad came and brought the camera, he stopped the car next to me and then the cuckoo flew away

[grizzled nebula]

I give up with this oriole

Pain in the arse

WHY IS IT SO SHYYYYY

It was perched perfectly but as soon as i got within 20m it flew off

Ive given up

[tender galleon]

found this in my old photos

angy birb

[grizzled nebula]

This grass looks nice

[stable mantle]

I was looking for it as wel heard it but couldn’t find it

[green canyon]

sirui ar 3204 for 220€ should arrive soon

just need a gimbal head now

[dreamy tinsel]

i would be too if someone stuck a supertelephoto in my face

[tender galleon]

https://tenor.com/view/ticks-tick-bug-invasion-over-run-invasion-gif-13840959

[grizzled nebula]

i don't even know what i'm editing cause my pc monitor is so bad

better?

[tender galleon]

this morning

not bird but why u smirking 😭

[grizzled nebula]

HONEY BUZZARD

[grizzled nebula]

he's just seen his food

(you)

[green canyon]

@grizzled nebula i cant believe my luck lol

another wimberley wh 200 for 120€

immediately messaged the seller, close enough to check in person aswell

Profile looks safe

Lots of other tele stuff for sale

[grizzled nebula]

well lets see

[green canyon]

I hope it isnt immediately sold again

sirui ar 3204 + wimberley wh200 for 350€ would actually be insane

[grizzled nebula]

still seems very sus cause a 600+ euros head for 120 is very crazy

[green canyon]

im not buying it unless i can test it

[grizzled nebula]

added the greens back, didn't realise the preset i had made had them lowered for whatever reason

[naive fiber]

Clean image

Maybe a tad dark

I like this clean edit style

[grizzled nebula]

Yh i need to brighten the birds and branches up a bit

[tough hull]

@grizzled nebula

Approaching 100

I think I can get 100 for this year alone

But tha means 22 more species

Hoopoe and Beer eater hopefully part of these

Vultures too

Holy what happened beer eater lma

[grizzled nebula]

I cba putting all the birds i see

Ik i should but i dont

Id probably have close to 100 tbh

[tough hull]

Yeah cuz you went to so many places already

Wait I sent the swift video I haven’t done that one already

Because I logged all birds I have seen and recorders on vid or photographed before

That one

White throated swift

It’s so sad I wasn’t into birding back then

Wasted opportunity

I miss USA

[naive fiber]

It's it just lying there

[tough hull]

Like nature

[tough hull]

It was hurt couldn’t fly

But we were on a roadtrip and I didn’t dare touching it cuz if I got sick it would suck

I look at this on eBird while setting location I remembered walking through this grass along these apple trees it was so beautiful

I WANNA GO BACK 😢

It was funny cuz there were a ton of fruits growing and at one sign it said you could just take them so I harvested an apple and ate it and then later we read you should pay for them at a different place lmao

[grizzled nebula]

Loo

Did u end up paying?

[tough hull]

Nah

[grizzled nebula]

Good

[tough hull]

You were supposed to weigh them but at that point I had already eaten it

2024 was my favorite year so far

I visited 6 countries and spent a total of over 9 weeks outside Germany

I also saw my first northern lights

Man the worst thing about traveling so much is you start miss being away SO fast

Especially if you have family on another continent

[undone slate]

Nice

this is not bird photography but woww

[tough hull]

My siblings are evil

[undone slate]

idk if this could be a good photo

[naive fiber]

odd colours

Will need correcting

[tough hull]

I always have my camera ready in the car so I can take photos but my siblings did shit so my dad locked the windows and boom pheasant next to car and I would have had time for a pic but windows locked and I couldn’t.

[undone slate]

how?

[naive fiber]

Wdym how

In editing

[undone slate]

how do i do it?

but what do i edit?

[tough hull]

I only got this shit

[undone slate]

😭

[naive fiber]

The photo

Dude

Like what else

[stable mantle]

I went for flamingos today. Only saw there butts from 100+ meters away 🙁

[undone slate]

It's a terrible shame that the photo was taken with an adjustment that made it dark. 😭 😭 😭

[naive fiber]

So increase exposure

[tough hull]

The thing is it was right next to the car but because my siblings did shot windows were locked

[stable mantle]

Evil

[tough hull]

Yes

I suffer so much because of them

[naive fiber]

They are plotting against you

[tough hull]

Yes

[undone slate]

um

[tough hull]

I was in so much anger

[naive fiber]

?

What is wrong here

You aren't done editing yet

[undone slate]

I don't know if details can be recovered

[naive fiber]

You need to increase contrast and fix the warmth

With a mask

[undone slate]

That's already mission impossible for me.

atleast on darktable

[naive fiber]

Use rapidraw

[undone slate]

ok, i will check it

[naive fiber]

Ai masking for free

[undone slate]

RAW

idk if jpg can be used

[tough hull]

Wt least my dad got so angry at my brother

[grizzled nebula]

Change white balance

[naive fiber]

you can

[grizzled nebula]

Something like tgis

Im editing on samsung gallery app rn cause im not home

Bird color needs to be changed too but i have no masking on the phone

[undone slate]

So it could still be a good photo?

[grizzled nebula]

I guess

[undone slate]

i really really like this photo

And for a camera that isn't macro and is compact.

@queen junco Why do you downvote almost all the photos? 😭

[grizzled nebula]

https://tenor.com/view/the-irony-irony-ironic-gif-6233732

[naive fiber]

He doesn't

His standards for a downvote are just different to yours

[undone slate]

idk

maybe

[charred holly]

Guys, this bird is dabbing on me and I don't like it

[grizzled nebula]

https://tenor.com/view/dab-hit-the-dab-yas-celebrate-happy-gif-15067004

[tough hull]

Damn I remember dab used to be a thing lol

[charred holly]

Unfortunately I have yet to see a bird doing a 67

[queen junco]

I upvoted some bro, downvote those that don't feel good to me

[undone slate]

Ok

[grizzled nebula]

Still incredibly pissed off the 2nd is blurry

[dark ermine]

Found a great spot for kingfishers. with 0 kingfishers

[grizzled nebula]

lol

[fast knoll]

i started doing grad photos lol to repay a little chunk of my camera gear

[tacit gazelle]

How do you advertise 😭😭🙏

[fast knoll]

previous photos

i did a few for my friends last year

but honestly i don't have a booking every day like some ppl

that takes a few grad seasons to build up i think

[undone slate]

I left them some banana, but do you think it will last until tomorrow? Or should I take it away? They didn't eat anything (and the worst part is they barely ate from the feeder today).

[undone slate]

i like that photo

[spring vault]

warbling vireo with a bug (theyre friends)

[stable mantle]

he likes dem bugs

[fast knoll]

this is pretty solid bro

rn it looks a bit green to me i might change the tint a little

but it looks quite nice

@undone slate

[azure void]

Came across 5 brawling sea eagles on my 1st day testing my 600mm. Makes me wish i had 40mp and not 26mp sensor. But i think i got some decent shots.

[dark ermine]

Dried fruit would probably be better, like banana chips

[naive fiber]

It's nice but it's a bit low

If the camera had less stone in it would look better

[naive fiber]

Try things like mealworms

Peanuts

Sunflower seeds

[fast knoll]

this is one of my favorites of a gecko that i took

kinda has the same vibe

[stable mantle]

I agree with mr salty over here!

[stable mantle]

a tiney winey river with fish too attract kingfishers? wonder if that could work

[green canyon]

great shot and very nice background

[naive fiber]

Maybe just a sea to attract seagulls

[magic crown]

"pssst you have insects ?"

[stable mantle]

Yeeaaa buy a wave machine and put seasalt in the water. Have some seagull sounds and other beach sounds on a record maybe! xDD

[gilded yarrow]

Birding but make it W I D E

I feel like it kinda works? Obv bird isnt the main subject tho lol

[steady pasture]

Saw my first Ruby Throats in my yard today

Male and female

[eternal igloo]

ever since I was a jit

[tacit gazelle]

Is this real

[spring vault]

yes he is powerful

[tough hull]

He has uh, some weird arguments that don’t make sense for why others photos are bad and they could have done better but he can’t lol

[undone slate]

thanks

[undone slate]

banana chips?

[undone slate]

wow

[undone slate]

I got about 1 cm or so close to the lizard, because my camera couldn't focus any further, but the photo still turned out fine.

[wide flint]

Rip the lil starling homie

Wouldn't wish that upon anyone

[grizzled nebula]

Lol

Chillin

@fast knoll 600 with 1.4x tc

[left brook]

holy 600

how do u find the handholdability

[grizzled nebula]

not super easy but can be done

i only handhold it

i can hold it up for maybe 30 seconds at a time

[left brook]

do u think u would prefer a 500

[grizzled nebula]

well that's what i wanted but tbh having this much reach is nice

840mm F/5.6 istead of 700mm F/5.6 with 1.4x tc

[left brook]

yeah

[grizzled nebula]

Didn’t know tits smoked

[tough hull]

Sad

They get so much trash

Btw squirrels are starting to vape

[grizzled nebula]

wall is kinda cooked

i would've liked a blue sky here but unfortunately it's not the case

gonna rain soon

[magic crown]

sleepy Hibiki

[undone slate]

You could call the photo: The smoking great tit @grizzled nebula

[magic crown]

the smoky tit

[green canyon]

@grizzled nebula im 99% sure the offer is real now (wimberley gimbal)

im meeting with the seller on friday or the weekend

[grizzled nebula]

Silly gull

Gotta edit

[dark ermine]

6 diff birds in 1min

[grizzled nebula]

Bruh

You have so many nice birds

[naive fiber]

Issue is

It's not a great tit

[naive fiber]

Holy shit

😭

[dark ermine]

And still I can't get a shot lmao

[naive fiber]

Great tit vs bluetit

Ignore how cooked the great tit looked

@undone slate

[undone slate]

ups, right.

it's a bluetit

[naive fiber]

I relate to this

Somewhat

Always the wrens

As common as they are

Where are they

[undone slate]

I'm not sure if it would attract great tits to the feeder/nest box, or blue tits. Great tits are more likely because I saw a pair in a tree near my house, but I don't know if it would attract blue tits, which I've never seen.

[grizzled nebula]

i have both great and blue tits all over my garden

[gilded yarrow]

Which ones nicer

2nd has much more detail, 1st pose is better tho imo

[grizzled nebula]

1st

[undone slate]

so lucky

[undone slate]

2nd

[naive fiber]

Bluetits are the second most common bird here

There are 5 nests of bluetits and great tits in like a 100m area of me

Bluetits usually come to feeders first because they are basically fearless

[undone slate]

Do you think they will go to my sunflower seed bank, what can I expect the first few days

[naive fiber]

They love sunflower seeds and penuts

And suet and mealworms

[river sandal]

Those are some nice tits

[naive fiber]

2nd

[green canyon]

the smoking hot tit

[undone slate]

😭

I missed a good opportunity; I took the photo at ISO 80. ☠️

[naive fiber]

Woah you cucked this

Dude the masking is in the wrong place 😭

[grizzled nebula]

No its looking at the light

[grizzled nebula]

it looks fine on my pc but it looks too dark on my phone

this monitor is fucking impossible to edit with

[magic crown]

check the light exposure grid it can help

and calibrate you screen

[grizzled nebula]

the screen is just dead

impossible to calibrate

it's separating from the frame so i can literally see stuff behind it too

should've got it replaced when that happened but i stalled it too long and ran out of warranty

[magic crown]

then change your screen

[naive fiber]

You should probably get a new screen 😭

[grizzled nebula]

i will soon

next thing i buy probs

[naive fiber]

Lots of your photos have been looking dark recently

[grizzled nebula]

i'm done with curved screens now i think

[naive fiber]

My laptop looks different to my phone but i thi k my laptop is more calibrated

Not more

But better

Like less saturated than my phone

[grizzled nebula]

shitty ips pannel

crap QC

[naive fiber]

Are you going to get a calibrated screen for editing

It's good apple dropped a cheaper studio display but damn it's still expensive

[magic crown]

apple and their prices

[naive fiber]

It's got an A19 chip as well

It's more powerful than a MacBook neo

And it's just a display

What was the need for this

Holy shit 😭

[magic crown]

2000 nits for a pc screen is so overkill lmao

[naive fiber]

The average person buying this must be using this for their job though

[magic crown]

a laptop yeah but not for that

the price is so dramatic

even a calibrated 150€ screen can do almost the same crazy

[naive fiber]

I'm pretty sure it's like

Idk it's probably the brightness

Geez that's bright

Is this miniled

[magic crown]

yeah but for indoor like wtf who use that brightness

[naive fiber]

It's miniled

That's why

[magic crown]

for outdoor yes it's understandable but indoor...

[naive fiber]

Yeah like

Why

[magic crown]

put that tech on laptops not on indoor screens lmao

[naive fiber]

2000 is probably 1%

It's 1000 sustained

Same with the MacBook pro

I don't think my phone has ever hit 4000 nits

[grizzled nebula]

ok so i think i've improved the screen a bit now

the other image looks darker now

is it better now?

or still too dark?

[magic crown]

better but the down of the image is still too dark

[green canyon]

@grizzled nebula do you edit at full brightness?

screen brightness

[grizzled nebula]

yes

[green canyon]

lower to 95

it helps

[grizzled nebula]

literally hasn't changed anything btw

Look at this shit btw

[naive fiber]

Did you adjust your shit in windows colour calibration

[grizzled nebula]

no

[naive fiber]

Do that

Your gamma is probably cucked tbh

[undone slate]

I hope to one day photograph a frilled lizard.

[grizzled nebula]

just done it

image looks 50x darker now

exaggeration obv

this better now?

My tablet screen is just so much better in everyway

My monitor looks washed out

[naive fiber]

Yeah maybe a tad overexposed

[naive fiber]

Your monitor is holding you back tbh

[spring vault]

new monitor is pretty cheap if your standards are this low

like under $300 for a good ips maybe under $200

spendin 600f4 money to edit pics on a broken monitor smh

[charred holly]

My phone has a way better screen than my desktop PC

...I should invest too

[stable mantle]

I'm saving up to invest

Expensive hobby we have hmhm

on of the old boyz!

[glossy sage]

Is that showing rolling shutter?

Rip

[charred holly]

that masking is very aggressive

[grizzled nebula]

its a monitor i bought 5 or 6 years ago...

[spring vault]

yeah get a new one now

[naive fiber]

So happy my laptop has a good screen now

[nimble pagoda]

I swear they love overpowering things

[grizzled nebula]

that's not the masking it's just that he lowered the highlights and whites too much

[naive fiber]

Its for audio I believe

[grizzled nebula]

i am soon

[nimble pagoda]

Like in their Intel MacBooks they used iphone chips as security chips

The t2 chip was pretty much an iphone chip

[charred holly]

I only got that kind of artifacts from a badly feathered luminance mask, never from globally lowered highlights

[spring vault]

apple studio monitor has a more powerful chip in it than neo just to run the webcam and the webcam doesn't even look good

[stable mantle]

I reworked this guy to many times i suppose

[grizzled nebula]

i usually only get it when lowering highlights etc, it's also all over the bird

[naive fiber]

Yeah I mentioned this just above lmao

[charred holly]

Sick shot otherwise!

[naive fiber]

It has no need

I think the neo runs it's webcam just fine tbh

[stable mantle]

I made this edit like a year ago lol. back then I barely knew what I was doing think ima go rework it from scratch