Bird Photography

[charred holly]

You wouldn't want to see my first edits, I didn't know what "blown out highlights" even were

[stable mantle]

hehe

[charred holly]

Animals looked like neons in the night

[grizzled nebula]

lol

before i got into birding properly

wonderful ik

[charred holly]

Found one, I really thought this was acceptable sharpness

[grizzled nebula]

tamron 16-200

[charred holly]

Considering the lens, it isn't half bad

[stable mantle]

the shot without any edit except i the profile being on landscape

Lets go again!

[grizzled nebula]

i was embarrased to use the lens

was so loud

it was also fucking awful

the 600 is actually louder but atleast it's worth it..

[stable mantle]

it better be lol

[charred holly]

This one is one of my first bird I got (in a zoo), still kinda like it

[stable mantle]

its kewl

❤️

[naive fiber]

One sec

[charred holly]

That Sigma 16-300 was pushed to its limits

[naive fiber]

Let me send one of my first edits

Incredible

It wasn't my first but whatever

This was my second

[charred holly]

I like it, branches are plentiful yet not really distracting

[naive fiber]

Look how radiant the bird is

[stable mantle]

First time i went bird shooting was at a zoo as well it was this guy! 😛

[naive fiber]

Mh first photo was on a phone actually

[stable mantle]

I didnt count phone 😛

This was my first ever bird shot on phone way back ‘-‘

[charred holly]

This was the 21th photo I took and the first one I kept, didn't even have a proper lens so I used the terrible 16-50 kit

[stable mantle]

poor guy flew into the window 🙁 so he sat on my hand just breathing 😭

[naive fiber]

This was phone yeah

2nd

1st was an owl I found

[stable mantle]

not too shabby

[naive fiber]

I can't find that one

I have a better one somewhere

[naive fiber]

I should honestly edit this

[charred holly]

Actually scratch that, I took some birds picture before that with a compact camera someone lended me. Results were... something

"Well yes, I don't know what shutter speed is. Let's take this feral animal at 1/15s"

[tender galleon]

same

they are common here

wtf how can it be so noisy at iso 80

do u like usually take pics on iso 10 or what

[undone slate]

idk

[undone slate]

800

or 1600

it depends

[tender galleon]

whats the logic lmao

[undone slate]

idk

[grizzled nebula]

It’s basically a shit phone sensor in a small camera body

[undone slate]

Yes, but I still take good photos.

[tender galleon]

oh alright

[charred holly]

Birds against a bright sky is hard even on full frame sensors

Now try that on a sensor that is 2,5 times smaller

[undone slate]

Likewise, that photo is heavily retouched; it's not the original.

[turbid flint]

we get these as rare vagrants where I live

would be sick to see one

[stable mantle]

this one was in the zoo so ez to spot

[tough hull]

Gawdamn

[undone slate]

o

[grizzled nebula]

damn now i can see that all my pics are too dark

left what looks normal to me now vs what used to look normal before calibration

[naive fiber]

Good to hear lmao

I'm happy for you

[grizzled nebula]

thank you for telling me about that windows calibration thing 😭

[naive fiber]

No problem lmao

[spring vault]

imagine what we have been lookin at all this time

[naive fiber]

This is why I kept giving you feedback saying that they looked dark

I thought you were a bit blind lmao

[grizzled nebula]

seagulls are cool

hopefully i'll get some nice clouds tomorrow when the sky clears

[naive fiber]

1

[tough hull]

bruh

i need rocks help

[grizzled nebula]

man i need to re edit so many photos

[tough hull]

lmao

[grizzled nebula]

cba rn lol

[grizzled nebula]

https://tenor.com/view/tom-delonge-blink182-wtf-meme-what-the-heck-first-date-gif-25383351

[grizzled nebula]

what do u need his help for?

[tough hull]

DARKTABLE IS FUCKING SHIT

i cant figure out how to adjust masks

[naive fiber]

WHY ARE YOU USING IT 😭

[tough hull]

affinity failed me too

[naive fiber]

Rapidraw

Idk what rawtherapee is like

[naive fiber]

He doesn't either to

Nobody knows

[tough hull]

he know how to make adjustments to the mask

he kinda made it bad but idc

[naive fiber]

Why are you even using it

Like are there not better alternatives

[tough hull]

no

i wish

imma just go back to adobe asap

aka in a year or so

pain until then

[grizzled nebula]

first time in 2 months i'm on my chair with a blanket and heater on but i'm still freezing

[naive fiber]

What are you sick

[naive fiber]

Is rapidraw not better

I don't get this

[tough hull]

idk

i cannot try rn

i have to edit now but i figured out affinity hell yeah

i missed one thing lol

BUT FINALLY

AFFINITY SAVES THE DAY HELL YEAH

[naive fiber]

What about imaging edge desktop suite

The Sony one

Free editing softwares aren't fun

Also why is c1 so damn expensive

300 quid

[tough cipher]

affinity is genuinely good

[naive fiber]

Yeah I forget about affinity

[spring vault]

subscription gets more expensive than one time purchase stuff pretty quick

[naive fiber]

It just has a bit of a steeper learning curve

[tough cipher]

because its better

[grizzled nebula]

first of all i meant 2 months lmao and it's just cold cause of the rain

and wind

[naive fiber]

I wanted to try luminar neo but idk about it

[spring vault]

thats just shill software

[naive fiber]

Geez wtf

[spring vault]

cheaper than 3 years of lightroom

[naive fiber]

It just seemed pretty limited

[naive fiber]

It is

[charred holly]

Really hoping RapidRaw get popular, it is pretty much the only usable free software for photo editing

RawTherapee/DarkTable are an absolute nightmare

[dusty fog]

Lifer!

[dusty fog]

It’s getting a good update soon

Manual noise reduction is the main addition

[naive fiber]

Woah

What is this

[dusty fog]

Baltimore Oriole

only here for like 2 months of the year

[naive fiber]

That looks sick

[spring vault]

I like orioles don't see em very often

tropical lookin and nice songs

[grizzled nebula]

gonna go to the beach tomorrow

might see some birds there

[stable mantle]

have fun! 😄

[unborn frost]

Quick edit on this one. This image is coming out very different on my monitors. can you let me know if the bottom area where the reflection is has a blue tint/cold or if it is flat?

hopefully that makes sense :l

[spring vault]

looks blue

[gilded yarrow]

lmao I need to use a proper monitor calibration thingy too

[gilded yarrow]

one time purchase

100% worth it

[naive fiber]

Yeah I was debating it

No updates though but thats expected

[gilded yarrow]

Ye thats the only stupid part

they just switched to that a few months ago iirc

[naive fiber]

Annoying

How’s it compare to lr

[naive fiber]

Dxo has the best plan but god do they need to put some work into it

[gilded yarrow]

Ive not really tried it in depth yet

its industry standard for many things so its def not bad

[naive fiber]

Does it have denoise ect?

[gilded yarrow]

I cant spend 370€ on a new editing software rn tho

[gilded yarrow]

ai denoise is the only thing it doesnt have iirc

[naive fiber]

Shame

Pureraw it is for that then

[glossy sage]

?

[glossy sage]

The DxO plan is also no updates its a perpetual license plan

Ive been using pureraw6 last few photos and its hit or miss whether it does better than lightroom. If you're not making money off photography and its just hobby its not really worth IMO

[glossy sage]

Unless ur like me and have a problem with saving money

[tough hull]

No updates is a lie

No new versions

Full version

[tender galleon]

there are so many thrush birds in my backyard but i gotta go to school

[tough hull]

Same but I see more at my spot

I can’t tell apart song and mistle thrush though 😭

[naive fiber]

I thought it did

Stupid as well

Everything sucks

[left brook]

US?

[grizzled nebula]

well idk if i'll be going to the beach actually cause looking at the clouds it looks like it's gonna rain quite a lot

[dusty fog]

https://github.com/CyberTimon/RapidRAW/releases/tag/v1.5.5

[glossy sage]

Yes right, thats how perpetual licensing works

[tough hull]

Yeah lol

[naive fiber]

currently doing it now

took me a while to get lr

so I havent been editing until now

also idk if I like lrc more

its way more intuitive than lr though

[grizzled nebula]

Kestrel

was trying to do macro with the 100-500 and it came out of nowhere so they are slighly blury

[naive fiber]

shame

sweet shots

[gilded yarrow]

he's a bit too bright now lol

[grizzled nebula]

ik but idk if i wanna bother editing them properly tbh

[green canyon]

ar 3204 is here

wimberley wh-200 on the weekend

[grizzled nebula]

meanwhile i'm still using a 100 euros tripod and a 16 euros ball head

i barely use the tripod anyway

the head 100% has to go tho

[naive fiber]

@gilded yarrow maybe a bit oversaturated but tell me what you think of my edit

sorry about it being so late lmao

[grizzled nebula]

dyson

[naive fiber]

how tall is that

[green canyon]

the ballhead i use right now doesnt cost more than 20 either

[green canyon]

150

[naive fiber]

oh thats shorter than I thought

it looked like 160/170

[grizzled nebula]

mine goes up to over 170

[green canyon]

if you include thr head and cam its about 170 i think

maybe a bit more

[grizzled nebula]

why can't i be tall

[naive fiber]

I am just like 172

I hope I still grow though this isnt the best height to stop at

[grizzled nebula]

i'm 1m70

and i don't think i'll be growing anymore

knee extension surgery here we come

[glossy sage]

I hope a canon r6 iii just shows up at my front door randomly

[gilded yarrow]

Same but a9iii

Or a1ii

Or a7rvi

[gilded yarrow]

thatll prolly be the new flagship if the rumors are true

[grizzled nebula]

A9iii mid

I’d like an a1ii or a7RVI or a z9ii or a r5II or an r1

[green canyon]

z9 would be pretty cool

[dreamy tinsel]

be positive, it could be worse

[green canyon]

im barely too short for the maximum height of my tripod

but (hopefully) ill grow a couple centimetres

[undone slate]

why does that happen?

[grizzled nebula]

badly calibrated screen

[undone slate]

why

[grizzled nebula]

[undone slate]

wdym by bad calibrated sceren

screen

[naive fiber]

Gamma was wrong

If I had to put a guess in

[dusk portal]

my first bird bird pics (i couldnt crop this much before holy fuck this is an amazing feeling)

the uncropped looks smth like this

[naive fiber]

Getting a good bird photo is definitely a feeling

[undone slate]

yea, you're so right

[grizzled nebula]

robin pic is 8000 iso 🔥

insane bokeh difference between 600 F/4 with 1.4x TC and 100-500

[glossy sage]

Insane price difference too...

[grizzled nebula]

not that big tbf

1900 euros difference

[glossy sage]

What 600 f/4?

[grizzled nebula]

600 IS II

in terms of IQ it's the best lol

[glossy sage]

Oh not the $12000 one

[grizzled nebula]

no lol

[grizzled nebula]

12000 euros and smh worse IQ than the mark II

not easily noticable tbf

[steady pasture]

I have an area like that…only remotely cool bird I’ve see there was a Great Blue Heron

[dark ermine]

Yeah same! Otherwise LOTS of eastern phoebe and king birds

[dusk portal]

I have 2 national parks with a ton of birds

One has a population of aquatic warblers, harriers, short-eared owls and more

the other one has mainly ruffs, cranes, and a strict reserve with predatory birds

once i get a proper telephoto i plan to go there

[grizzled nebula]

is this actually quite nice?

[dark ermine]

Its not bad, the background with the wingspan makes up for the head out of focus

[tough hull]

Nah the difference for what YOU bought it for cuz it’s still 8k new

[undone slate]

Do you think a nest box 28 cm in diameter is suitable for great tits?

i need a fast answer pls

[naive fiber]

Odly specific

Its a circle

I have no clue what fits feeder looks like

[undone slate]

?

I'm gonna buy this

I suppose it will work, I'll buy the 28mm one and that's it.

[naive fiber]

28-32mm

[gilded yarrow]

Ah btw look what I got guys, no resolution left but still kinda cool

montagu's harrier

[magic crown]

I think i found a green woodpecker nest

There's some noises coming from the tree and a green woodpecker visit it a lot of times

[gilded yarrow]

might go to a nice birding spot saturday morning

gf not visiting this weekend

birding time

[left brook]

1.4x?

[grizzled nebula]

yes

it's also cropped

[steady pasture]

Heavy on the kingbirds. But I like seeing them when it’s not foggy

[tough hull]

Alright just 2 weeks and 2 days until Sweden

Hooded crow will hopefully be easy

Ohh I may see some whopper swans

[grizzled nebula]

blue tit bringing food to the nest

[gilded yarrow]

hoping to photograph terns on saturday

Would be cool, havent seen them before

common & black terns at the spot

[dark ermine]

this is an awesome shot, very atmospheric. think it's the muted color and the red clay color with the blue gray

#🦀・creatures message
@grizzled nebula what was the recovery like on this one? I was in the woods yesterday and scared to waste the trip by increasing ISO too much but I think I wound up with the opposite problem lol

[grizzled nebula]

i just put it through DXO basically

after that i just edited normally

[tender galleon]

okay perfect opportunity it just rained and theres so many thrush birds

[naive fiber]

I kinda want one but no is

@grizzled nebula do you ever find the 600mm to be restrictive

[grizzled nebula]

for birding not really

[grizzled nebula]

probably ass anyway

[naive fiber]

optically better than the 150-600

but like

its really old

and heavy

[tough hull]

And with no image stabilization you’re dead

[naive fiber]

yeah I mean like

thats probably why its being sold

[grizzled nebula]

could be cool as a vintage lens ig

[naive fiber]

I was reading reviews comparing the 150-600 against this

essentially what I guessed

[grizzled nebula]

u sure it's actually this one

[naive fiber]

yes

[grizzled nebula]

cause i can't find anything about it

i can only find the more modern version

[naive fiber]

actually wait

no it isnt

they all seem to come from japan

maybe it was a japan model

[undone slate]

Is the Nikon 180-600mm lens the best lens for birds on the Z6 III?

[tough cipher]

best is a big word but its pretty fkin great for being a zoom with that range and price yeah

[naive fiber]

I definitely wouldn't say best

But its pretty damn good

[tough hull]

The best at this price

Ig

Next better is for 6k you can get 600 f6.3 prime

I think

If you want 600

[undone slate]

6k...

wow

[tough hull]

Yes

I’d not get this tbh

I would never switch to Nikon tbh

Because the lenses so expensive

Canon and Sony so much better

[dark ermine]

My Merlin judt picked up a kingfisher....it was frogs 😭

[tough hull]

Give me sound recording

It may have picked up something you didn’t notice

Trust me

[dark ermine]

I didn't save it, but its most likely the frogs, hasnt come up again since.

[naive fiber]

200-600 ❤️

[undone slate]

do you think so?

i think nikon cameras are better

probably the best camera in the world for these things is the z9

[grizzled nebula]

https://tenor.com/view/funny-gif-9791600234365446047

[tough hull]

Nah

[tough hull]

Canon 600 f4 cheaper than Nikon

3k cheaper

[grizzled nebula]

Eh not really but both significantly cheaper than Sony

[grizzled nebula]

Wut

[fast knoll]

bruh

z9 doesnt even have raw precap 😂

for action the best camera is prob the sony a1ii

R1 is great too but just low MP

[spring vault]

a9iii 👀

[fast knoll]

yea r1 and a9iii are really good for action but ppl want cropping power too so a1ii z9 and r5ii are like the big 3 prob

[grizzled nebula]

I also want good iso performance

[tough hull]

Sony 600 f4 is also 14k

[grizzled nebula]

Coping?

[tough hull]

?

[grizzled nebula]

Nikon and canon have older 600 f/4s

Sony doesn’t

[tough hull]

Sony does

[tough hull]

But doesn’t?

Tuff shot

[grizzled nebula]

What?

[tough hull]

Electronic shutter ruined

[grizzled nebula]

Sony ain’t got cheap 600s

Oh wait lmao

Im dumb asf sometimes

[tough hull]

Man I need adapter to get your 600mm on an R6ii and I would need one to mount on my a7 IV

[grizzled nebula]

Ur never getting an adapter for that hehe

[tough hull]

You think that

[grizzled nebula]

So cute

[naive fiber]

Raw precap is full software right

[grizzled nebula]

You’re gonna show me some shit 3rd party mf adapter aren’t u

[grizzled nebula]

Yep

[fast knoll]

what that mean

[grizzled nebula]

Knew it

[naive fiber]

Like

[tough hull]

AF

[naive fiber]

Is it a hardware or software thing

I think it's software

[grizzled nebula]

Even if it’s got af it’s probably very shit

[fast knoll]

so youre saying they could push it in a firmware update?

[grizzled nebula]

I also doubt it can handle 4kg

[fast knoll]

i have no clue tbh

[naive fiber]

As unlikely as it is yeah they could

[fast knoll]

but yea im kinda surprised their flagship camera doesnt have that

[naive fiber]

I think

[fast knoll]

but i guess a z8ii and z9ii are in talks

[naive fiber]

Z9ii may very well have it

[fast knoll]

it def will

[grizzled nebula]

If they could add raw precap I imagine they’d have added it already

[fast knoll]

no raw precap in the big 26 is crazy

[grizzled nebula]

Fr

[naive fiber]

It may be like reserved for the z9ii to boost sales

Maybe

[grizzled nebula]

Even the r6II has raw precap lmao

[fast knoll]

does it work well

even on the r5ii it's a bit difficult to get birds taking off but maybe i need to practice more

jan wegener released a video on precap ima watch it rn

[naive fiber]

I wonder if modified firmware could have it

I'll read up on this

[grizzled nebula]

he just says u need to refocus often basically

[naive fiber]

I believe it's hardware

If it can do it in jpg it's probably hardware

[fast knoll]

oh lol

did he get a toupee

[grizzled nebula]

eh it's alright, it's quite annoying cause u need to select the files u wanna keep directly on the camera or open the precap files in a canon software

[fast knoll]

his hairline is suddenly back

[fast knoll]

oh shit fr

that sounds tedious

[grizzled nebula]

it does work tho

banding is visible tho unfortunately

with raw precap

(don't mind the shutter speed issue)

banding is crazy on this one

[spring vault]

I thought they were gonna announce z9ii after the Olympics but nothin

so now no idea when it's coming

it's due tho pretty old cam

[naive fiber]

Supply chain issues

[spring vault]

a7rvi next week looks to be a1iii

[naive fiber]

Afaik

[undone slate]

...

[naive fiber]

It's true though

Z9 is a great camera

But no raw precap is pretty stupid

[gilded yarrow]

Wtf, I thought huh that looks like normal motion blur no?

then I zoomed in

[naive fiber]

Omd

I didn't even know what I was looking for

That's pretty bad

[undone slate]

i think it has it

[naive fiber]

No it doesn't

[undone slate]

yes it does

[tough hull]

No

[undone slate]

yes

[tough hull]

CANT YOU ACCEPT A NO

[undone slate]

IDK

[tough hull]

IT HAS JPEG

JPEG is not RAW

JPEG precap

[tough hull]

Huh

[undone slate]

wha

[tough hull]

First I thought Z6III

[undone slate]

no no no

i mean 29

z9

[tough hull]

Second idk about z9

[undone slate]

the z6 III

[naive fiber]

Dude

[naive fiber]

That's jpg pre cap

Not raw

[undone slate]

why not raw?

[tough hull]

AS I said jpeg not raw

[undone slate]

but the camera photographs at raw

[naive fiber]

Ask nikon

[undone slate]

?

yes it does

[naive fiber]

We can't answer why it doesn't have raw precap

I'm not a Nikon expert

[naive fiber]

stop trying to argue this

It has jpg precap

Not raw precap

[fast knoll]

bro's arguing that the sky isnt blue

[undone slate]

the sky isn't blue

Technically, the sky is violet or blue-violet, not just blue. Sunlight consists of all colors (white light), and as it passes through the atmosphere, shorter wavelengths like blue and violet scatter more than longer wavelengths (red, yellow). While violet scatters more, human eyes are much more sensitive to blue light.

[fast knoll]

lmao

[undone slate]

but the z6 III photographs at raw

but why it doesn't at precap?

[grizzled nebula]

oh ffs

[grizzled nebula]

https://tenor.com/view/brick-wall-talking-to-wall-talking-to-a-brick-wall-talking-to-yourself-spouting-nonsense-gif-9223278464067017147

[undone slate]

aaa

[naive fiber]

Because they haven't put the feature in

[undone slate]

https://tenor.com/view/elon-musk-smoke-smoking-well-maybe-gif-12516944

[naive fiber]

I don't know what to say

[undone slate]

why

[naive fiber]

Why do you expect me to know

[hardy fox]

https://www.nikonusa.com/content/contact-us

[undone slate]

idk

[spring vault]

I've had this guy blocked for months idk how y'all have so much patience

[fast knoll]

curious george ahh

[tough hull]

Holy Ai

“The sky isn’t blue” - says the that sky is actually a tone of blue

[naive fiber]

Ok so I'm going to turn my design technology project into a bird feeder

And I really hope this works

I'll update you guys when I work out the schematics of this

I wanted to try shoot at 70mm as the feeder is only like a cm away from my window

[tender galleon]

11 species in my backyard in 15min

the voice record thing

[green canyon]

why does the weather have to be so shit where i live

if im lucky ill have a bit of sun on the weekend, afterwards its rain again

[tough hull]

I broke my 200-600

The zoom doesn’t work anymore

I zoom out 200mm and put it on the table and then gravity pulls it to 300mm

It’s not fixed anymore

[naive fiber]

could you send a video

[grizzled nebula]

Sendavideoplssowecancheck

[half helm]

I have a bird.
I have other birds but this one has attitude.

[naive fiber]

robins are so funny

[half helm]

They are by far easiest to take a close up off but I just can't stop.
Just one more for the collection...

[naive fiber]

Yeah they are lmao

Robins easiest

[charred holly]

ikr

[dark ermine]

lots of pics to go through from this week, baby thrasher for one

[river sandal]

Technically, any color we see is just the color bouncing off of the object. So something blue is actually every color but blue

[river sandal]

I appreciate a good common tern, but that background is pretty distracting

[grizzled nebula]

well i mean that's just the sun reflecting on water and personally it looks nice

[naive fiber]

It is nice but that bird is too dark tbh

And the background is too bright

Needs a bit of balancing

[naive fiber]

I like this

[grizzled nebula]

i can't lower it any more than it already is

[naive fiber]

Oh I see

[grizzled nebula]

and i do kinda like this effect tbh

[naive fiber]

Yk what

You should try a sillohette

[grizzled nebula]

if i try to lower it it just looks very weird

[naive fiber]

Oh yeah that looks odd

[grizzled nebula]

i'll need to go back to that place anyway cause it was really fun

it's a natural reserve so they build these habitats for all different kinds of birds

[green canyon]

oh man

what exactly did you do? drop it?

also yes video please

[spring vault]

shouldve bought a prime

cant have a broken zoom ring

[grizzled nebula]

fr

[green canyon]

relevant for warranty

[fast knoll]

got so many peregrine pics today

attacking pelicans and stuff

[sharp ether]

I only have a blurry pic of a peregrine taken with my phone

[spring vault]

I once was at a place that someone saw a peregrine at one time before

[narrow crag]

I do NOT blindly trust Merlin. At the very least you need to listen back to where it says it heard the bird in the recording and make sure to ID it yourself from the recording

Because it will throw out some random stuff sometimes

[fast knoll]

some of the attacks i got today. theyre a bit low quality since it was so far away

[spring vault]

that's pretty cool

[dark ermine]

Yeah that makes sense. I imagine it's just comparing sound waves to a databank, and lots of different sounds overlap, non avian included

[narrow crag]

Yes

All it does is go by patterns and frequencies

[dark ermine]

To be fair those frogs did sound similar to a kingfisher 😄

[narrow crag]

Yeah I can see that 🤣

[tough hull]

@green canyon I didn’t quite drop the lens, it fell over while it was in my room

So basically just it’s own weight

Everything except the zoom seems to be fine though

[fast knoll]

nooooo

u leave them sitting vertically?

[tough hull]

Well not usually

I always put them sideways

But the fucking only time I forget and was stressed it fell over

[fast knoll]

damn im sorry

that's hella unlucky

[remote remnant]

it's called space efficiency

[fast knoll]

what the hell

balancing the cameras is impressive

if it starts to fall which one r u grabbing

[remote remnant]

r8 cuz most expensive 🔥

dslrs i dont give a shit i know theyll survive

r8 is the only one i got brand new too so its in the best condition

i got brand new for $1050

cheaper than ebay used

[tough hull]

@fast knoll you are achenbirding ?

[fast knoll]

yea

[fast knoll]

lmaoo

[tough hull]

That pelican shot is insane

[fast knoll]

thank u man

it's just a bit low quality

[remote remnant]

dropped 1dx2 and dented the floor lel

[tough hull]

With the peregrine

[fast knoll]

like a 3 mp crop

they always attack so far away

[tough hull]

Still

[fast knoll]

this one is funny too

[green canyon]

i do too

[fast knoll]

yea ngl i do too lmao

idk why i asked that

[green canyon]

but i usually have it in a place where it cant really fall

like i dont do stuff where it stands

[tough hull]

Funny yeah but it doesn’t depict the fight like that

[tough hull]

Yeah I can’t lol

It was just on the ground

I will buy thick carpet now

So this doesn’t happen again

That way my lens could service half a meter drop probably

[fast knoll]

i leave most of my stuff in my camera bag

with a few silica gel packets

i only have 2 lenses i rlly use

100-500 and 24-70

[tough hull]

My backpack is broken that’s why I got it for 60 instead of 260€ but that’s why I can’t put my camera in it

[narrow crag]

lmaoooo

im too scared for this

[narrow crag]

insane

[narrow crag]

how?

[remote remnant]

gray market moment

[narrow crag]

cool

thats a great price

[remote remnant]

they also gave me 2 batteries and 2 extreme pro 128 v30's

korea is so nice fr

[half helm]

This shoot was a wild ride.
First and last time I got usable photos of the bastard. (That's what we call the Kingfisher with my wife because of how hard it is to see one )

[green canyon]

it really is a bastard

[grizzled nebula]

it's always been very accurate for me, only got it wrong 2 or 3 times

[grizzled nebula]

that last one is sick

[grizzled nebula]

i love kingfishers 🥰

[left brook]

holy 600/4

[grizzled nebula]

beautiful innit

[left brook]

yeah not bad

[narrow crag]

Maybe it's because I'm in a pretty badly studied area

[tough hull]

Yo @charred holly

You ever fixed a 200-600

[spring vault]

my merlin was fooled by a blue jay doing a very good osprey impression

[tough hull]

Lmao

That’s crazy

I hate when jays are at my spot

Before I am

They warn other animals if predators are present

[grizzled nebula]

one of the biggest mistakes merlin has done for me is confuse a long tailed tit with a woodpecker

Went on for 5 mins straight btw 😭

[tough hull]

Lmao

One tit singing

Said it was coal tit

I go closer

Now it turned into blue tit

Even closer and it’s a great

And it was a great

[narrow crag]

Jays seem to do bird of prey calls a lot lmao

I think they like scaring off other birds

[narrow crag]

We have Elegant tits here

They're cool

[tough hull]

Only tits living here I haven’t seen yet are willow and crested

I have seen long tailed, coal, great, blue and marsh tit

[undone slate]

I believe that the common names of animals should only be scientific names...

Because I think there are people who believe they are related when in reality they are not.

[magic crown]

this remind me the crested tit shot

this one

[half helm]

Ah, nice one.

Perfect background and spot to sit on

[magic crown]

yeah and the light is very smooth

[grizzled nebula]

this is a nice shot too

[dark ermine]

i'm surprised merlin does a pretty good job handling mockingbirds and brown thrashers. I think it's because there's a pattern at least to listen for, thrashers sounding off mimics twice, mockingbird 3 or more

it did throw a kingfisher at first when i found a mockingbird at some wetlands, but it figured it out pretty quick. still hurt my feelings

[tough hull]

Bro how far away were you

lol

[charred holly]

I acquired a 200-600 recently, it is brand new and works fine so I never fixed it

[tough hull]

Damn

[magic crown]

6m or 10m away ?

[tough hull]

Go 3m

lol

[magic crown]

[tough hull]

Yeah idk tbf I only got so close because I shot through window

Because at my grandmas house there’s a tree right infront of there and one happened to land there but I only had my 300mm back when that happened

[grizzled nebula]

this is uncropped

managed to get so close but 8k iso unfortunately

wish i had the 600 there

[magic crown]

still good for 8k iso

[dark ermine]

@green canyon I'm about to just do this and call it a day lol

deal hunting is stressful

[magic crown]

holy price

what an abuse lmao

[green canyon]

not worth

@dark ermine imo lc 364 c is better

also atp look for used gitzo

[dark ermine]

yeah im seeing a Gitzo G1325 MK2 on fred miranda for 295

[green canyon]

thats good

try to find a levelling base somewhere

not necessary but very useful

[tough hull]

Magpies I don’t like em

They only look good in flight

[naive fiber]

their feathers are nice at the right angle

[half helm]

Looks great

[grizzled nebula]

help me name this for a comp

[naive fiber]

Peekaboo

[grizzled nebula]

ok thank you!

[gilded yarrow]

Nah you just need to be patient

[naive fiber]

oh my god

that lens

I remember like

magpies are purple and blue because of the defraction from their feathers

same with bluetits ect

[tough hull]

A little CapCut and Lightroom stuff lol

I made that like 8 months ago

Funy

[unborn frost]

revisiting old shots to apply techniques and learnings. not been able to go out the past few weeks, the weather on the weekends has always tanked :c

[naive fiber]

mask and adjust the eye?

that could work as well

also

very sharp

[unborn frost]

i usually just increase exposure and highlights on eyes. dont really know what else to do :l

[naive fiber]

I do some nr on the eye to get rid of any harsh reflections

[unborn frost]

these came out really nice, are you up on some cliff face to get eye level or are they just flying low to the ground?

[naive fiber]

what lens

[fast knoll]

on a cliff

[fast knoll]

100-500

in the afternoon more than 50 photographers show up every day to get photos of the pelican attacks lol

[grizzled nebula]

damn these are nice

i can't find a peregrine to save my life

[grizzled nebula]

where's this btw

[fast knoll]

torrey pines

san diego

theyve been nesting here for 10+ years

always attracts a huge crowd

[grizzled nebula]

yh i'm not going there anytime soon lol

i wanna visit the US but i've got other places i want to see first

oh wait i never realised how "close" san diego was to LA

oh shit i have a peregrine falcon spot really clsoe to me

damn this could be cool for landscape too

[grizzled nebula]

really nice

[fast knoll]

thank u!

[gilded yarrow]

Funny how all the Robin pics in here are sharp af

Also got one lmao

[grizzled nebula]

that's really nice too

he cute asf

[fast knoll]

alright i think im done editing now

[sharp ether]

Holy sharpness

[tough hull]

I yet have to see peregrines

They aren’t in my area currently

[tough hull]

@grizzled nebula @green canyon

It turns up to like 330mm or something if I leave it

That would be too long for the vid tho

[gilded yarrow]

huh weird

Mine doesnt do that

when did you buy it

birding trip tomorrow morning, cant wait

[green canyon]

he dropped it

[gilded yarrow]

Nahhh

💀

[daring imp]

from today and yesterday!

[split path]

Hi! I would like to submit some photos to local photocompetition but can't decide which of these are good. The limit for submission are 5 photos. Can you please help me which ones to choose and what to change editingwise? The theme of the competition is nature (landscapes, animals, flowers, insect).

[magic crown]

Most of them have insane lens to make blurry image and make 5k view on insta lmao

[tough hull]

Nah

It fell over while standing

Because lightning hit the electricity line and I like ducked back and hit the lens and so it fell over

[gilded yarrow]

oof

[tough hull]

Yeah

[grizzled nebula]

i went to the gorges du verdon before when my phone was my only camera, i was holding it over the railing to take a pic and it slipped out of my hand

smh managed to catch it

[tough hull]

At least OSS still working perfectly and everything else

[grizzled nebula]

would have fallen down 700m of pure rock cliff

[tough hull]

lol

[spring vault]

new bird

[tough hull]

Let’s go congratulations!

Can’t wait to go to Spain

13 weeks or something

Or 15

And 2 till Sweden

I may be seeing whopper swans

[grizzled nebula]

decided to try a re edit on this one

left new edit and right old edit

[tough hull]

@grizzled nebula ever been to northern Europe?

[grizzled nebula]

scotland

[tough hull]

K

Any cool birds there?

[grizzled nebula]

well i went to edinburgh so no but in the highlands u can see golden eagle, puffins, white tailed eagle, Rock Ptarmigan, Black grouse, Red-throated diver (this one is really cool) and some other birds too

[tough hull]

Agh yeah I just wondered if you saw some

I need to take pictures rn ngl

[grizzled nebula]

nah but i wanna go back

[tough hull]

The raps is blooming

[grizzled nebula]

wanna go to the hebrides and highlands

[tough hull]

Ok

Imagine a bird with that background

[grizzled nebula]

mid

imagine a pewegwin fawcon wif this background

[gilded yarrow]

actually

Seems to be normal

to some degree

shouldnt slip right to 600 or something but mine does it too

[tough hull]

Oh thank god

I think I never tested it before 💀

[gilded yarrow]

If you ever hold your lens up that high you'll hold it at the zoom ring anyways

[tough hull]

So I don’t have a comparison

[gilded yarrow]

Doesnt matter at all

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah me neither lmao

[tough hull]

Nah for Astro it’s problematic

Tbh no

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah well thats a very specific use case lmao

but most of the time for dso you'll be at 600mm anyways

[tough hull]

99% of what I could shoot at 200mm ain’t too big at 400 either

[gilded yarrow]

200-600 is just not made to be a astro lens lol

not even in the slightest

[tough hull]

Yeah

But I ain’t buying a telescope before I have editing for normal photography again

[tough hull]

I need @green canyon and @charred holly and @magic crown to show me how much it is on their lenses pls

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah makes sense

[gilded yarrow]

Bro is starting a scientific study LMAO

[tough hull]

Cuz for me it’s a lot further

[tough hull]

I’m sorry

I just wanna know how bad mine is

At 350mm this really stops completely with this weird behavior but it definitely till 330 at least

[grizzled nebula]

i wanna try the 600 for astro again

[green canyon]

i never noticed this lol

goes to 250 and then slowly creeps to 300mm for me

[spring vault]

bird festival after it's done raining be like

[spring vault]

birds that dgaf and chill right next to ppl are funny

[tough hull]

Ight

Thanks

[tough hull]

“Am I lucky my region barely has birders”me right now

“Am i unlucky I don’t have birders in my area” me after people try to find owl after someone else sighted them

[spring vault]

I'm at bwiab ppl came here from all over the country but I just had a 1.5 hr drive

most of the boardwalk isn't crowded it's a couple miles long but there ends up being clumps of people in spots

[undone slate]

what's that

[undone slate]

you're going to spain?

but where?

[tough hull]

Ebro delta and Pyrenees

2 weeks Spain and 2 weeks France

[grizzled nebula]

pyrenees

[tough hull]

lol

Man be happy you got a lot of bird spots close to you

Like 2 hours close

For actually big birding spots I need to go to somewhere out of Germany

Crazy

Camargue is 10h from me and the closest german sea access is 7hours

[spring vault]

they have binoculars with stabilization crazy

[tough hull]

Yeah

[spring vault]

actually not that crazy cameras been doin it forever but I've never tried binocs

[tough hull]

Binocs are fun

Mine all broke

Man I can’t decide wether I should try and get a cuckoo today or save my energy and lay at the pond to get kingfishers

Because I think I have good chances for the cuckoo

[undone slate]

to photograph birds?

i recommend you this place

I've never been, but it's one of the best spots for birds.

[tough hull]

Nah trip is already planned

Main priority of the trip is to see the solar eclipse

[undone slate]

I can see the eclipse from my house

[tough hull]

We will have a holiday flat 20km away from the Ebro delta

[undone slate]

ok

[tough hull]

Nice man

[undone slate]

what's holyday flat

[tough hull]

Like a house

[undone slate]

but are you gonna to photograph the eclipse?

oh, ok

[tough hull]

Yes

[undone slate]

But have you ever seen one before?

[tough hull]

Partial I have seen twice in Germany

And total 2017 in the USA

[undone slate]

I don't know if photographing the eclipse allows you to enjoy the experience as much.

[undone slate]

nice

[tough hull]

Yeah idc to be honest because I will see it again next year

[undone slate]

I hope i can go to a bortle 1-2 this july

[tough hull]

Nice

[undone slate]

Had you been to a Bortle 1?

[tough hull]

Yes

Multiple times

[undone slate]

There will be 3 that will cross through Spain

[tough hull]

2017 and 2024

[undone slate]

2026,2027, and 2028 i think

i'm not sure

[undone slate]

And how was your experience?

[tough hull]

It was cool

[undone slate]

I think I already asked this, but can you see any color?

[tough hull]

Nah not really

[undone slate]

could you see smth like this?

[grizzled nebula]

2 hours is not close

[undone slate]

it is

[grizzled nebula]

no

[undone slate]

yes

at least for me

[grizzled nebula]

no

[tough hull]

I’d say it is if you got a car

[grizzled nebula]

i don't have a car yet

[tough hull]

I know

[grizzled nebula]

fuck no

[tough hull]

But when you get one it’s not close anymore

[grizzled nebula]

electric cars are awful

[undone slate]

they're soo cool

[undone slate]

they're so great

just read about them

[tough hull]

No

[grizzled nebula]

brother

you're about 15

[tough hull]

Nah

Teslas are just shit

[grizzled nebula]

tesla's suck

[tough hull]

Brother I got one

[grizzled nebula]

i've been in teslas and they suck

[tough hull]

Like my parents

[grizzled nebula]

😭

[tough hull]

Yeah but this is better

No bro

[grizzled nebula]

just because it's quiet and it was also one of the first electric cars to actually be useable

[gilded yarrow]

ew

[grizzled nebula]

most teslas are used as taxi's

fucking awful

[gilded yarrow]

zesty ahh car

[tough hull]

Audi SQ8 etron way better than Tesla

Brother

[grizzled nebula]

this is beautiful

[tough hull]

You drive Tesla and Audi SQ8?

[grizzled nebula]

they're shite and their sales are dropping off a cliff

[tough hull]

You’re lost

Look at what the guy you are giving your money to is doing now

We bought the Tesla back in 2020

Back then musk wasn’t that of an idiot

[gilded yarrow]

Sick

[tough hull]

Also not good

[gilded yarrow]

Lmao you musst be the biggest ragebaiter in history

[tough hull]

Ruining our night sky with satellites

[grizzled nebula]

people are brainwashed

and 90% of people buying them are americans

[undone slate]

no

[tough hull]

So bringing internet to people is more important than preserving birds and animal?

[gilded yarrow]

bro noone cares about tesla sales

[tough hull]

Back in 2020 the Tesla model 3 was the best for its price but now price increased and it’s shit now compared to what has come out plus I don’t wann support idiot musk no more

How?

[grizzled nebula]

have fun recharging ur car for 1h on the highway when u run out of battery

if u even manage to get a charging station

[tough hull]

Ay that’s not true though

[grizzled nebula]

it doesn't exactly take 1 minute like a normal car does it

[spring vault]

can u just block him this is bird chat

[tough hull]

30mins to get to 80% and that’s the optimal amount and that every 300km where you’d do a stop anyway to eat drink and go to the toilet so no problem if you’re not alone

And let’s get back to birds

[tough hull]

Ight done

He had his chance

[wide flint]

No way we're defending Musk in the big 26

[undone slate]

ok

[tough hull]

Who is we?

[stable mantle]

Tesla's are sht

[wide flint]

That one guy

[undone slate]

It was just a normal conversation, but oh well, I don't pay attention to these things.

[tough hull]

@stable mantle

[spring vault]

zeiss gave me a hat

[tough hull]

Yoooo

Cool

Did you buy binocs

[spring vault]

no

[tough hull]

Or lens

[spring vault]

I'm borrowing an a1ii

[tough hull]

From zeiss?

[spring vault]

from Sony

[stable mantle]

Any Electric car is still beyond if you consider every aspect. We are not there yet where electric cars are actualy useful. My country is getting close but infra structure is still sheit.

[green canyon]

good merch? no way

[tough hull]

Idk I kinda wanna continue that but I don’t wanna put in bird channel so may you talk in DMs?

[stable mantle]

I will slide into your DM ^^

[tender galleon]

hi

[undone slate]

hi

[stable mantle]

Hi

[undone slate]

Hi

[fast knoll]

Dude yea lmao

[undone slate]

what camera do u have?

i really like ur photos

[tender galleon]

i love having birds under 5m from my window, makes me pick up the camera way more often

[undone slate]

same

[naive fiber]

lots of orange lifers for you

[undone slate]

what bird is that?

[naive fiber]

no clue

one dirty bird lmao

[split path]

Nikon d750 with Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 contemporary

[naive fiber]

goated

[naive fiber]

are these all full quality?

it may be discord being meh but the res doesnt seem too high

crop wise

[undone slate]

nice

[undone slate]

Do you have any recommendations to attract great tits to my nest box (32mm)?

[naive fiber]

They have to see it

But not really

I'm not a nest guy

[undone slate]

Just having them come to my feeder is more than enough.

[naive fiber]

Very keen on great tits though

[undone slate]

The problem is how

[naive fiber]

Why not bluetits are they not more populous