Bird Photography

[undone slate]

that's a lot

yes, because i'm not in ur house

or yes

idk

[naive fiber]

Sight thing is done

Just need to work out some of the mechanisms

Like the seed loading

[undone slate]

mechanisms?

what mechanism?

@grizzled nebula go to australia and photograph a cassowary

[naive fiber]

so the seed has to be eaten out of holes on the side

[grizzled nebula]

if u pay for the flight no problem

i'll even go tomorrow

oh u gotta pay for the hotel aswell

[undone slate]

I don't know if it's that expensive

[undone slate]

💀 💸

only 2k

[naive fiber]

I dont understand how the seed just doesnt fall out of the holes on these

[undone slate]

going to australia by plane

[naive fiber]

guess

[undone slate]

idk if that model is good

But it's not okay to fill the whole feeder.

The seed may rot and have to be thrown away

notversly

[naive fiber]

its fine lmao

if you have an active feeder its fine

[undone slate]

yes

[naive fiber]

Ill just put the holes at an upward angle

fine

[undone slate]

are you doing that?

[tender galleon]

but like i think i wouldnt need better gear in a few years even if i bought the tamron, im not really at a competitive level yet so does it really matter that much?

[naive fiber]

Somewhat

Mine is a wood box

[grizzled nebula]

i mean it's ur choice, i'd just rather spend a bit more to get something significantly better

[tender galleon]

okay i'll think about it

[grizzled nebula]

also if u ever upgrade to canon mirrorless the tamron would be awful to use due to AF issues

(third party telephoto lenses have very bad focus breathing issues on canon mirrorless)

[undone slate]

one question

[grizzled nebula]

...

[undone slate]

Do you think I can improve anything else with my current camera?

[dark ermine]

do you shoot in auto or do you manually set shutter speed and iso?

[undone slate]

manually

S mode

[dark ermine]

s mode should be automatically setting your iso

can you tell what your iso was set to for this image?

[undone slate]

1600

i use auto iso

80-1600

and +2

in the exposure dial

[dark ermine]

hb shutter speed for that one

[undone slate]

what's hb?

[dark ermine]

how about

[undone slate]

umm

i think 1/800

or 1/1000

I'm not adding more because it gets too dark.

[dark ermine]

settings aren't bad then. could try M mode out, set shutter speed to 1000, take control of ISO and lower it to 1000 at least to start. you can go lower on the shutter speed if the bird is perched and you stabilize the camera

the noise is what is really hurting you it seems, and probably not completely avoidable with the small sensor on that camera, but you can mitigate by lowering iso

[undone slate]

maybe 800

But to get a sharp photo, do you think 1/800 is worth it?

[grizzled nebula]

for a stationary bird 1/800 is more than enough

[grizzled nebula]

it's just his camera overprocessing

[dark ermine]

if the bird is perched and you stabilize the camera - examples. much lower on the d90, but it has a better sensor

first rec is always gonna be get a better camera lol, but you have room to squeeze a little out by going fully manual at least

[grizzled nebula]

the 90D sensor is about 3 times bigger than his

[dark ermine]

yeah

which is why i said what i said lol

[grizzled nebula]

he has a phone sensor in a camera body lol

looks like my S21 ultra past 10x zoom

[dark ermine]

still owes it to himself to try full manual if he hasn't done that at least yet

[undone slate]

😭

[dark ermine]

before buying new gear

[undone slate]

yeah

but idk if it will be this year

[undone slate]

yeah but i can take good photos

[grizzled nebula]

i mean ur photos are really low quality as expected

until u get something actually decent we won't be able to know

[grizzled nebula]

also you know u don't need to get a Z6III and 180-600 to get good pics

[dark ermine]

this ^^

it's like you need a car to get to the store, but you cant afford a benz...so you're just gonna walk?

[undone slate]

i know

[undone slate]

wdym

[dark ermine]

like buy a lower tier cheaper camera because it's still better than what you have now

[undone slate]

Yes, but I prefer to save more for the good camera because if I buy that camera I'll have to save even more.

[grizzled nebula]

there's no reason to delay getting a good camera

u don't need the Z6III at all

[undone slate]

Well, I prefer to buy the Z6 III first, and later, well, I don't really know which is the best camera, I don't know if it's Nikon or Canon.

[undone slate]

why?

[grizzled nebula]

because u just don't need it lmao

[undone slate]

i do

[dark ermine]

https://tenor.com/view/why-persian-room-cat-guardian-but-why-trendizisst-anyaboz-gif-2156104475561014590

[undone slate]

because i need it

[grizzled nebula]

you can do birding on a lower tier camera

[undone slate]

yes but i want professional results

i only need the camera

[grizzled nebula]

lmao

u can get pro results on a lower level camera

[undone slate]

I want to compete with the rest

[grizzled nebula]

lol

lenses are much more important

[undone slate]

yeah

[grizzled nebula]

like saying i'm going to get an R5II with a 75-300

[undone slate]

and lens

because i want astro

and bird

well

[grizzled nebula]

just get a less expensive camera and a good lens lol

[undone slate]

I have to sleep, see you tomorrow

[grizzled nebula]

you don't need a Z6III to get pro results

[undone slate]

[undone slate]

So why don't you do that?

u have an expensive camera

and lens

[grizzled nebula]

because i can afford it..

[undone slate]

Besides, if I can afford a good camera, all the better.

[left brook]

get a z50ii

[grizzled nebula]

but you can't clearly

[left brook]

if you really want

[undone slate]

i can

[left brook]

otherwise D500 or cheaper D7200 is all good

[grizzled nebula]

why don't u buy it then lol

[undone slate]

Well, I have to go, goodbye.

[undone slate]

i will answer u tomorrow

[dark ermine]

ded

[grizzled nebula]

he wont

[left brook]

aarvs what time is it for u

editing steam when

[grizzled nebula]

22:08

[grizzled nebula]

never

[left brook]

now?

[grizzled nebula]

https://tenor.com/view/never-harrypotter-angry-fire-no-gif-4751988

imma watch dr house

[left brook]

can u send me ur presets

pleading

[gilded yarrow]

insane background

[left brook]

holy

[grizzled nebula]

🔥

[gilded yarrow]

Also from saturday, havent edited all the pics yet lmao

culled and didnt look at most of them again

That one wil definitely need to be edited

This ones also sick

sad he isnt looking at me

[grizzled nebula]

little birds on posts are cool

[unborn frost]

managed to get a couple of Swifts! Tracking them is impossible, just had to shoot and pray. the results are eh too cause i had to crop on so much :I

[dark ermine]

I like to think swifts and swallows have a lower quality bar due to difficulty. like, can you tell it's a swift? god tier photo right there.

[naive fiber]

Professional level is bullshit, most cameras made recently, as in the past 13 or so years, that have a decently sized sensor will give you professional results lmao

[naive fiber]

I love this shot it's so cute

[naive fiber]

I want a d500 lmao

Cool apsc

[left brook]

u should buy mine when i retire it

[naive fiber]

I'll buy the d750

[left brook]

when i retire that too

[naive fiber]

My d600 will retire itself first probably

[fast knoll]

this isn't a bird photo but this was taken on a camera that's worth $100 now

5d mark ii

[green canyon]

woah

[dark ermine]

i remember getting buyers remorse of the d7500 because of the d500 lol

[charred holly]

They are indeed

[grizzled nebula]

pijon

[charred holly]

Yeah, not my rarest burd

More bird on a post

Took that one at very high shutter speed by mistake, turned out ok

[grizzled nebula]

robinnnn

[dark ermine]

phoebe 2024

[grizzled nebula]

i mean the image is really nice, i like the colors but it's a bit soft unfortunately

heavy crop i imagine?

[dark ermine]

from the d7500 150-600 days

[grizzled nebula]

eh tbf it's not too too bad

[dark ermine]

definitely the crop causing it. b/c this image is from the same loadout - no crop

forgot could just uncrop it lol

[grizzled nebula]

it is a litte soft tbf

looks like denoising made it soft

[tough hull]

Not a wild o e I’m guessing?

[shut hazel]

hey guys do you think i can make money off selling 8x12 framed prints of birb photos?

im thinking of doing a thing locally and i wanna make a bit of money

printing and framing costs me like $13 cad (~9.50 usd)

[tough hull]

Well ofc you can the question is just how much

[shut hazel]

i was thinking for starters like 30 cad per photo but idk if thats a good amount

i think as a start its good then i can eventually raise or lower accordingly

[tough hull]

Tbh I would ask that yo some people who are actually experienced in professional stuff because I think the people in here just do it for fun and social media, not to sell prints lol

[shut hazel]

ah yeah

[left brook]

depends on the quality of pictures and if people will buy them

[shut hazel]

yeh

ig an example is this one (with the mark removed)

[tender galleon]

lwk got a headache from this conversation

[shut hazel]

lmao

good lens on a not the best camera will give much better results than a great camera with a not the best lens

example from one of my good friends he shot this on a canon t7 BUT he had a good 70-200 f2.8 (and knows how to use editing tools)

[tender galleon]

yeah this with a 400€ camera setup

[shut hazel]

zamn

knowing how to edit can make a huge difference too

i dont really know how tto edit but i did definitely improve since the day i shot these:

[undone slate]

So why are you recommending that I buy the Z6 III?

What I really want is to take photos like yours.

[green canyon]

thats really nice

[undone slate]

I like the photo, but it lacks quality.

[green canyon]

i should get a 70-200 f2.8 at some point

[shut hazel]

i was abut to buy one

but i realized i need a wide angle first

[undone slate]

I think if I had a camera like yours I could get similar photos.

[shut hazel]

my widest is 50mm lol

[green canyon]

i already own one

[undone slate]

i think

[green canyon]

im kinda poor right now

[undone slate]

why

[shut hazel]

the example i sent above is a good example of a good lens on a not so great body

invest in lenses

[shut hazel]

ah

[green canyon]

a6700
sigma 18-50
tripod
gitzo gimbal

[shut hazel]

yeah im too broke for allat lmao

i built an fpv drone though

thats fun

[green canyon]

sorry not gitzo

uhhh

[shut hazel]

im looking at the 24-120 f4

[green canyon]

wimberley

[undone slate]

Yes, but if I'm looking for a good camera sensor and good quality, the camera matters quite a bit.

[green canyon]

thats true but an upgrade from a t7 really wouldn't hurt

[shut hazel]

yeah he uses an a7iii now

[shut hazel]

you can easily go for like a nikon d7200

[undone slate]

For example, if I had taken this with a Z6 III it would surely be a good photo

[shut hazel]

not exactly

[undone slate]

but it lacks quality

[shut hazel]

a better camera does not always equal better photos

if you gave a z9 to someone who has no idea how to use a camera and like a d7000 to someone who knows very well i think the d7000 guy would probably end up with a better end result

[fast knoll]

not really

unappealing perch, bird is looking away from u

[naive fiber]

I use a 13 year old camera

[tender galleon]

yeah that one is not a straight export from lightroom

[tender galleon]

https://tenor.com/view/fr-lie-gif-9063740662564569899

[grizzled nebula]

It is wild

[gilded yarrow]

pheasants are just stupid

if you sit somewhere for long enough theyll just walk right past you

they also dont really get spooked as long as you arent 50cm away from them

[charred holly]

Yeah, pheasants are fairly chill

[shut hazel]

I havent caught one of those het

[tender galleon]

my mom said she saw pheasants like 200m from where i live

ill go when im not sick anymore

[stable mantle]

I know this ridge! Isn’t this taking from up top the shafberg near wolfgangsee?

[glossy sage]

I'd put this above my bathroom toilet for sure

I was in a mansion in Tampa for an event one time and the bathrooms had various animals taking a piss photographed on canvas and hung up

[green canyon]

The birds in my garden are going crazy

there's like 20

[fast knoll]

Mt Pilatus Switzerland

[tough hull]

Nah

That’s crazy

Since I got my camera I have only seen one

So sad

[tough hull]

Bro the long tailed tits recently

My dad was doing garden work and I looked down from my room and the long tailed tits we’re like 2m away from him

[daring imp]

got pretty sick pics yesterday because of that

[stable mantle]

Damn it looks so close

[dark ermine]

just found a used wimberley ii in 'very good' condition for $296 after shop discount 🤔

[green canyon]

pretty good

[undone slate]

So why are people constantly telling me to buy that camera?

[tender galleon]

in that pic the foreground is very unnatural and a camera wont fix that

[undone slate]

Can someone explain to me what S mode actually does?

[undone slate]

Can't I get a good picture of eating at the feeder?

[tender galleon]

what?

[undone slate]

sparrow

sorry

It's Google's autocorrect feature...

[tender galleon]

not really if the fence is in the pic

you need a better spot for the feeder

[undone slate]

Sure, but now the sparrows go there naturally all the time.

Besides, I don't know if I have better places.

[grizzled nebula]

good price for it

[undone slate]

so yeah...

[tender galleon]

you can find sparrows in the forest too

[undone slate]

i know

But now I'm experimenting with feeders.

And it's a way to have them by your side and very close.

Besides, my camera isn't suitable for forests; it's very dark.

[tender galleon]

my forests are not dark

[naive fiber]

Because we thought you could afford it

Also no they aren't

[undone slate]

i can afford it right now

right now

but in 1year probably ys

[undone slate]

strange

[tender galleon]

why dont you buy it then

and you can find birds at fields too

[undone slate]

wdym

[tender galleon]

read the sentence maybe

[undone slate]

I already go to fields and such, but I'm talking about the feeding area; I think there must be some way to get a photo.

[river sandal]

Step 1: find something to take picture with
Step 2: go to a place where birds eat
Step 3: take said picture taking device and use it to take pictures

[naive fiber]

Picture taking device I didn't know those existed for taking pictures

[river sandal]

Wanted to include other means besides a camera. Maybe someone here is really into camera obscura techniques

Or a phone user

But one is significantly cooler than the other

[naive fiber]

It is

[dark ermine]

did you think we'd forget?

https://tenor.com/view/mr-bean-mrbean-bean-mr-bean-holiday-mr-bean-holiday-movie-gif-3228235746377647455

[grizzled nebula]

@undone slate

[undone slate]

ok ok

[grizzled nebula]

[undone slate]

I have the money to buy it, but I need to save for other things for now.

[grizzled nebula]

so you can't afford it technically

[undone slate]

yes

[grizzled nebula]

cause you need to use the money for other stuff

[undone slate]

technically

yeah

idk if i could win 3k by internet stuff

And my bird feeder, from another perspective, looks like it has the leaves I hung in the background, so it might appear more natural.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET GREAT TITS TO THE FEEDER

HEELP

[undone slate]

this

Is there anything more to improve?

[gilded yarrow]

Not a bird but I finally got a good deer pic guys

Almost uncropped too

Damn, this also works really good

[gilded yarrow]

still 12mp

[gilded yarrow]

that ones 30

[spring vault]

I like the uncropped

[naive fiber]

Yeah the negative space is pretty interesting

Is it negative space?

[spring vault]

sure

[naive fiber]

What focal length was this

[gilded yarrow]

600

[naive fiber]

I wanted to do deer but I do have to get a bit closer

Ik where the deer are at least

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah me too, but I'm happy that I got a pic from this close so having a headshot with that much detail is sick too imo

[spring vault]

deer are pretty common here but my backgrounds are always too boring

[gilded yarrow]

Yea here as well, I see them pretty much every time I go out birding, very hard to get close to them tho

harder than birds at least lmao

[gilded yarrow]

that one ran over the road and then stopped and looked back at me, my cam was on the passenger seat of my car luckily so I was able to get a pic

[charred holly]

Reminds me of the time I went to Nara, Japan years ago. Basically cheating for deer photos. Taken with a Panasonic TZ100 :

[naive fiber]

Nara is somewhere I would love to go again

You can pet the deer it's amazing

[gilded yarrow]

Whitetail?

they look so funny

[charred holly]

Deers even wait at crossroads there

[spring vault]

yea they're super chill here just hang out in ppls yards

eating ppls gardens

[naive fiber]

Richmond park is pretty cool but they are aggressive

[gilded yarrow]

Cool

[green canyon]

you have a beautiful backyard

can i see more of it

[glossy sage]

One bit my ass

[naive fiber]

That's so funny lmfao

[spring vault]

@green canyon my dad's back yard

[grizzled nebula]

damn that's insane

[dark ermine]

a pond, a river, an above ground pond, and an in ground pool?!

[left brook]

what the fuck

[magic crown]

https://tenor.com/view/damn-what-is-that-bruh-credit-card-slam-credit-card-gif-7077673801479962294

[spring vault]

it's a rly nice back yard

I moved out my new back yard has a shed

[tender galleon]

probably no birding this week

flu got even worse

im coughing like every 10 sec

[tough hull]

Goddamn how close were you

[gilded yarrow]

hmm not sure, like 10 meters maybe

maybe less

Just got an ID pic but I saw a black winged kite yesterday

[wide flint]

Damn thats sick

[green canyon]

my school's hawk is back

hes so chill

[grizzled nebula]

give him to me

[gilded yarrow]

Yee, has been at that spot since sunday

And the best part, its only 15 mins from where I live

[wide flint]

black winged kites are such beautiful birds

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah 100%

theyre getting more common in germany but still rare

[grizzled nebula]

need to go to spain to see one of them

we have a very little amount of them in france

just in there there's probably more reported than in the entirety of france

[gilded yarrow]

Lool yeah theyre also really rare in germany but not as rare as 20 years ago

[grizzled nebula]

i need to go back to the gorges du verdon

multiple cinereous and egyptian vultures spotted recently

[gilded yarrow]

ffs fuck heat haze

[undone slate]

same

@spring vault honestly... that photo is awesome

[charred holly]

wew, isn't 1/5000 a bit much for such a big bird?

I usually shoot kites at 1/2000 and it is pretty much always fine

[glossy sage]

ISO is only 2000

[remote remnant]

light mode

[charred holly]

2000 is still ok, but it is right on the edge of losing details

[remote remnant]

20000 iso

[gilded yarrow]

Was just trying things

that was from my bedroom window, dude is there every day

[charred holly]

To be fair, it is very well lit. I am used to terrible lighting for birds in flight.

[gilded yarrow]

But also nah not really, I can go up to 8k if the bird is close enough

[glossy sage]

I find I can go to 12.8k without any significant detail loss

[glossy sage]

Why aren't u using EFCS?

[charred holly]

I should stop looking at lab tests tbh

Especially when modern denoise is basically black magic

[gilded yarrow]

I am

[glossy sage]

Dang u can go to 8000 ss on efcs

[gilded yarrow]

Ah I meant iso

but ye, 1/8000th is Max

[grizzled nebula]

tiny birb make it cool

surprised i didn't get any flare to ruin the photo

well i managed to get access to that place just 1 min from me where there was a black swan

unfortunately it died last year apparently

[naive fiber]

and it flew

[grizzled nebula]

I need this gimbal asap

Literally impossible to track birds in this ball head

[dark ermine]

weird looking bird

[naive fiber]

my new feeder fell also

[tacit gazelle]

Sundog?

[grizzled nebula]

Nah just a halo

[glossy sage]

RIP whoevers car or window it hits

[naive fiber]

the new one landed in a balcony luckily

the old one not so much

[glossy sage]

Thats pretty funny to watch. It just said CYA

[naive fiber]

2nd time

1st time was a crow

[grizzled nebula]

I remember that vid u sent 😭

[undone slate]

is that the sun?

@grizzled nebula

I'm asking because it could damage your camera's sensor, i think.

[undone slate]

your new feeder?

[naive fiber]

No

Old

[glossy sage]

Ask chatgpt how to make it sturdy for shear winds

[naive fiber]

The new one is the video above

[undone slate]

wdym

this one?

[grizzled nebula]

it is and it won't damage ur sensor at 24mm if you don't stay on the sun for too long

[undone slate]

But why are you removing it?

and are u gonna see the solar eclipse

August 12

[grizzled nebula]

yes

[naive fiber]

yes

[naive fiber]

yeah I should

[grizzled nebula]

not full solar eclypse for me unfortunately

[undone slate]

what's shear winds?

[undone slate]

u can go

[naive fiber]

upwinds

[undone slate]

to spain

[undone slate]

upwinds?

i've never heard that before

[naive fiber]

actually no sorry

[undone slate]

?

[grizzled nebula]

no

[glossy sage]

Strong random wind that causes shear forces on an object

[undone slate]

why

only 4 hours from france or 6

by car

[undone slate]

that's for a bird feeder?

[naive fiber]

sudden strong winds that cause forces on objects usually in aviation

afaik

god that took a while to send

[glossy sage]

Its a physics thing, unrelated to aviation

But it is applied greatly in aviation

[naive fiber]

not usually

[undone slate]

is that related to a feeder?

[naive fiber]

bad choice of words

[naive fiber]

related to everything

unless you are in the middle of space

[grizzled nebula]

cause i don't have a car..

[naive fiber]

thats a while

people have things to do

6h is a long trip

[grizzled nebula]

and it's 6h to go to barcelona

not where there's a 100% solar eclypse

[undone slate]

hmm

well idk

u can go by bike maybe

maybe

[grizzled nebula]

are you actually retarded bro

please tell me it's ragebait

[undone slate]

no

i mean

technically it is possible

technically...

[grizzled nebula]

i'd like to see you do 2 days of cycling

[grizzled nebula]

no it's not technically possible, most normal person's body can't handle it

[undone slate]

I say with stops

[grizzled nebula]

you'd need to be a proper cyclist

[grizzled nebula]

even with stops

[undone slate]

yeah

[naive fiber]

so we just upped that to like 4 days

[grizzled nebula]

like i don't understand him sometimes

[undone slate]

idk

[naive fiber]

you arent alone

[grizzled nebula]

i don't have the time, the will or the atheltism to cycle for 2 days worth

[naive fiber]

I wouldnt even do a 2 day car journey for a solar eclipse

[grizzled nebula]

there is a place in spain where there's a 100% solar eclypse and is a place i want to go to anyway

but you can only get there by car

no public transport iirc

[naive fiber]

how many miles is the jouney?

500 ish I assume

[grizzled nebula]

idk what it is in miles

but 776km

to ebro delta

[naive fiber]

km works better

[grizzled nebula]

oh wait what

interesting

flight from where i live to barcelona are only 1h

so going to barcelona then deltebre (town in the ebro delta national parc) is basically as long as it would take me to get to camargue by car

[undone slate]

so u can get

a bus

[naive fiber]

you are very set on this idea on him going

[grizzled nebula]

i'll need to see if i can go then

cause i thought u could only go there by car

not sure i'll be able to go for the eclypse tho

[glossy sage]

Get n ur peugot and go go go

[grizzled nebula]

3h is crazy

faster going to another country than camargue

[glossy sage]

As a murican a 3 hour drive is normal

Thats the drive to just 2 big cities over

[tough hull]

Less definitely

I was about 20-30m from One recently

Though I have been closer before but they were behind branches. Last year one almost ran into me

[grizzled nebula]

hmm

my new stuff could arrive in the next 2 days

well that's surprising

i will not actually pay the 5000 euros i said i would

[tough hull]

Ok

[grizzled nebula]

hope i didn't just jinx it

[undone slate]

what stuff

@gilded gale

here

[dark ermine]

being unable to grasp basic concepts and focusing on highly complex details that people typically abstract away screams neurospicy

speaking from personal experience

[undone slate]

wdym?

noo

ruined photo

[grizzled nebula]

could've been ur best one too lmao

[undone slate]

i know 😭

idk if i can fix it

[naive fiber]

Dehaze that bitch

[undone slate]

wdym

[gilded yarrow]

LMFAO

[undone slate]

what's bitch

[naive fiber]

The dehaze slider

[naive fiber]

What???

[undone slate]

in rapidraw

[undone slate]

never mind

[naive fiber]

Yes

[undone slate]

ok, i'm gonna try

@naive fiber

where

[naive fiber]

Should be under effects somewhere

[undone slate]

idk

help

[naive fiber]

I can't remember rapidraw but I'm almost certain it's somewhere

[dark ermine]

just click around

[undone slate]

there is not much difference

[dark ermine]

ok so try curves

[undone slate]

curves?

[dark ermine]

your shadows are blown in the original, so pull them down

[undone slate]

Ok

[undone slate]

the eyes

☠️

😭

[dark ermine]

yeah, not much else you can do - take it in an artistic direction lol

[grizzled nebula]

might try going to see the bee eaters again tomorrow

[naive fiber]

Fire

[grizzled nebula]

i want there to on a tree where i can have a green background

or just a background instead of the sky

[remote remnant]

i eat bees

[gilded yarrow]

reddit lowkey funny sometimes

Compression mightve fucked them up a bit but shouldnt everyone know about compression by now

[grizzled nebula]

Send link to post pls

[gilded yarrow]

https://www.reddit.com/r/SonyAlpha/comments/1tbtvza/last_weekends_birding_trip/

I think reddit fucked em up big time, esp the 1st one

that ones also the biggest, 30mp still

[naive fiber]

Anyone have swift photos?

Would like to see

[naive fiber]

Aarvs is going to photograph you

[magic crown]

BLYAAAAAAT

[gilded yarrow]

LMAO

[naive fiber]

STUPIDEST SHIT EVER

IT WAS SUNNY THIS MORNING AS WELL

[fast knoll]

😭 😭 😭 😭 😭

bro needs to hide his activity history

[gilded yarrow]

LMAO

Thats insane

[wide flint]

AYNOWAY

r/MomSonincest is CRAZY

[gilded yarrow]

Shot a vid guys

ignore the warping pls, I dont know shit about davinci resolve stabilization

[fast knoll]

i usually use translation mode

[gilded yarrow]

Bro I just checked, all his comments are either porn or camera related

[grizzled nebula]

😭

fucking hell

[fast knoll]

average reddit user

[grizzled nebula]

this guy is a real weirdo

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah well I didnt check his name once this whole time

that makes sense

[grizzled nebula]

...

[grizzled nebula]

oh just realised lmao

[gilded yarrow]

[grizzled nebula]

maybe his eyes are soft

[wide flint]

my guy is a certified gooner

[grizzled nebula]

yh imma stop looking at his reddit now

it's getting weirder and weirder

[gilded yarrow]

Just realized its not really noticeable at normal speed and the vid looks just as nice imo

[wide flint]

have u got to the granny stuff yet?

[gilded yarrow]

Guys should I upgrade to a7rvi

[wide flint]

Okay I got to the r/HorseCockCreampie, I've seen enough

[fast knoll]

this can't be a real person 😭

[fast knoll]

did u watch jan's video

i didnt yet

but i saw he got some nice photos

that file size boutta be gigantic

[wide flint]

no, just buy it for me

[gilded yarrow]

Watching this one rn

[grizzled nebula]

yh

"great for 64"

[gilded yarrow]

Lmao he said the buffer preview is new, I've had that activated since my a7iii

[grizzled nebula]

how in 2026 have sony not fixed the wide zone AF detection

[gilded yarrow]

indeed

💀

[fast knoll]

oh my

[gilded yarrow]

file size aint too bad tbh but 9gb in 5 seconds isnt great lol

[fast knoll]

dang fr

that's something that canon could learn

[grizzled nebula]

i take about 300-400 pics a day

that's not true

but when i actually go out i do take about that

i would be finished

[gilded yarrow]

I'm at around 1k most of the time

[grizzled nebula]

22gb for 400 pics

ouch

[fast knoll]

if i go to a cool spot i can take up to like 3k

[grizzled nebula]

if i'm in a bird hotspot like camargue i can take up to 8k photos in a single day

[spring vault]

elderly ppl in bird discords r the worst when they like one of your pics they don't give it a heart they give it a thumbs up 👍

a thumbs up on a pic is worse than no reaction at all

[charred holly]

old people when they have to comment on anything
😍😍😍😍 👍👍👍👍👍👍🤯🤯🤯🤯🤩🤩🤩🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

lmao my message got flagged as spam

(that means it is realistic enough)

[grizzled nebula]

Old people when they reply to posts :

https://tenor.com/view/beautiful-you're-beautiful-you-are-beautiful-love-kiss-gif-3792005318113748888

[finite flower]

some people arent very bright

especially these old 'wildlife photographers'

popular because they speak with an accent, is bald and has a white beard

[spring vault]

only reviews worth watching are from young people who don't have an accent, have lots of hair, and their afro knows photo

[finite flower]

[shut hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/flightreacts-reaction-flight-reacts-flight-reacts-flightreacts-gif-14526489174047821058

[grizzled nebula]

Just remembered theres people working in the bee eater spot on week days so going there today would be super impractical

Gonna go saturday instead

(I have no other choice than to stay on the dirt road)

[fast knoll]

apparently a7rvi still has slower readout speed than r5

[grizzled nebula]

going to this island with the peregrine falcons on saturday

hope i see one

[dark ermine]

saw this on instagram

[half helm]

omg

why though

[magic crown]

That's actually very smart

[spring vault]

maybe he's the tour guide

like giving ppl birding tours and they do this instead of providing binoculars

[undone slate]

yep

@spring vault pretty nice photo honestly

[grizzled nebula]

the highlights are perfect

[undone slate]

Where was that?

[glossy sage]

Birb in the back trying to steal the show tho

[undone slate]

Is it a juvenile specimen?

but where was that

are they wild?

[grizzled nebula]

yes it's a juvenile, it was in camargue and yes it's wild

[undone slate]

how u have wild flamingos

so lucky

[grizzled nebula]

https://tenor.com/view/really-bruh-blink-blank-face-gif-12917060

[undone slate]

ok ok

[shut hazel]

Flamingo

[undone slate]

I read about it and I already know.

AAA

noooo

[undone slate]

yeah

what's wrong with that

oh ok

wait no

i think it's called flamingo

yeah

idk

i'm getting so confused

help

[naive fiber]

dude you have flamingos

[shut hazel]

Flamingo

[naive fiber]

what could be confusing

genuinely

[grizzled nebula]

pissed off the face oof

[undone slate]

no

[undone slate]

is the background water?

[naive fiber]

fym no

[grizzled nebula]

yes

[naive fiber]

Spain is home to wild flamingos, with the largest population located in the southern region of Andalusia

[undone slate]

not in galicia

😭

[grizzled nebula]

he's in the north of spain

[undone slate]

wait

[grizzled nebula]

the part just above portugal i think he said

[undone slate]

is it a waterfall?

[naive fiber]

oh ok fair

[grizzled nebula]

no..

[undone slate]

?

[undone slate]

how

because there is water all over the bottom

[grizzled nebula]

didn't u say u were around there?

[naive fiber]

perspective

[undone slate]

yeah

[shut hazel]

Flamingo

[grizzled nebula]

Flaminghoe

[undone slate]

what's flaminghoe

[undone slate]

pls

help

WHAT'S FLAMINGHOE

[naive fiber]

break it down

[grizzled nebula]

Flaming Hoe

[undone slate]

what's that

[grizzled nebula]

IT DOESNT EXIST

it's a joke

[undone slate]

AHH OKK

[sharp ether]

if you don't know, it's better that you don't know anyway

[undone slate]

why

[sharp ether]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[daring imp]

I almost got killed by a flock of goose today. A hawk scared like 500 gees and they flew towards me. I was practicing birds in flight. By right before me they went to the left. Got sick shots

I love bird photography. Anything can happen lol

[grizzled nebula]

SD card full

gotta download all i haven't downloaded yet and then format it

[naive fiber]

I mean you could probably work this out yourself

Not that you should

[undone slate]

SO LUCKYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Where was that?

[grizzled nebula]

"i almost got killed"

[undone slate]

yeah

that's lucky

[grizzled nebula]

"SO LUCKYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY"

[undone slate]

That happened to me too, and I liked it

[grizzled nebula]

https://tenor.com/view/wtf-wth-confused-gif-12539686

[undone slate]

I like that feeling as long as I know I'm not going to die

[naive fiber]

That's insane lol

I would love to see these

[daring imp]

not done yet here are some quickie edits

@naive fiber

[undone slate]

what goose species?

[naive fiber]

Sick dude

Like the 2nd photo

[undone slate]

AND WHERE WAS THAT

[naive fiber]

Looks less cluttered but still stupidly interesting

Great shots

[daring imp]

ty! i wish they were sharper, idk what i did wrong, had 1/3200 shutter speed

[naive fiber]

Heat haze?

It probably wasn't your fault then

It looks relatively fixable though

But I don't think many people would like to crop in close with a photo like this

[daring imp]

i did social media crop, 2048px long side

[undone slate]

.

[naive fiber]

Ah

What's the uncropped?

[daring imp]

finland bro

[undone slate]

wher

i mean

finland is very big

[naive fiber]

You ask this like it matters though

[undone slate]

it matters

[naive fiber]

Does it?

[undone slate]

a lot

[naive fiber]

You can get a great bird photo anywhere

[undone slate]

yeah

but of 500 geese

idk

[naive fiber]

Geese fly in flocks a lot

It's just really low

Great moment

[daring imp]

it was a annoying wing on the top left i wanted to crop out @naive fiber

here is another cool unedited one

[naive fiber]

Makes sense

[naive fiber]

Maybe centre the bird on this one

[undone slate]

is that a bird feeder?

[daring imp]

i know why they might be abit unsharp, i used 1.6x crop on my r6 mark 2, only 9mb file size

@naive fiber

600mm sometimes still quite abit too short lol

here is one of the hawks that scared them away, 600mm + 1.6x still too short xd

[undone slate]

but

where can i find 500 geese

[naive fiber]

Seems so

[undone slate]

yea

[naive fiber]

Yeah makes sense

That's apsc crop right

[daring imp]

yup but its soo good

[grizzled nebula]

wish it was better picture

[daring imp]

managed to get a bird in flight shot lets goo!

[naive fiber]

Is this how birds tell off

[grizzled nebula]

eh

[daring imp]

i filmed these today! tried to get videos of them fishing in the water when they fly straight down. looks so cool when they do

its so hard to follow them when they dive for fish. insanely fast

[grizzled nebula]

terns are really fun

so excited for the peregrine falcons

made the tern a slight bit brighter

[naive fiber]

Man

Parakeets are so damn hard for bif

Hard to spot in the areas they live

[grizzled nebula]

i cba with parakeets

still haven't gotten a pic of them

they're too fast

[daring imp]

@grizzled nebula just stand and practice a few days just by aiming at birds flying, i did that today. got so much better at locating and following them from just a day

[grizzled nebula]

Nah Ik how to do bif but parakeets are special

Crazy annoying to do

I train on swallows everyday

[daring imp]

yeah haha. oh shit r6mark2 gang, autofocus is insane @grizzled nebula

[grizzled nebula]

R6II my goat

[daring imp]

hard as fuck with a prime to follow birds tho. u have a zoom i reckon? @grizzled nebula

[grizzled nebula]

zoom and prime

[daring imp]

oh shit. how is the 1.6x? @grizzled nebula

[grizzled nebula]

1.4x

and it's super sharp

this is a bit cropped too

pretty much no different to bare

[daring imp]

shit might have to get one then gg, looks nice

[grizzled nebula]

the 600 IS II is so damn nice

[daring imp]

i only have 600mm IS mark 1. @grizzled nebula idk how well the tc works for that

got it for 2800€ tho it was a steal

[grizzled nebula]

it's decent on the Mark I but not tack sharp at F/5.6 iirc

[grizzled nebula]

got mine for 3.9K

basically brand new lol

[daring imp]

i need to travel to a different country to get a big lens. none on sale here in finland

only overpriced 500mm f4s

[grizzled nebula]

i found it from a french seller too so it was perfect

no import tax

3.9k for this lens in new condition is insane

cause it's usually 8k in mint condition

[daring imp]

yeah i wouldnt spend 8k on a old lens

if i had 8k id get sigma 300-600mm f4 and a sony camera

[grizzled nebula]

the IS II is the sharpest 600 there is btw

[grizzled nebula]

it's got limitations btw

no tc and 15 fps

[daring imp]

damn. yea my 600mm f4 makes my camera 7fps :c

[grizzled nebula]

oof

i have no compromises

[naive fiber]

5.5fps here

[grizzled nebula]

can do 40 fps in ES or 12 fps iirc in mech

at 6.3 it's pretty sharp

F/11 for absolute razor sharpness

the goat on 50 mp btw

[naive fiber]

I would like to try the 400 f2.8

God that thing tanked in price

[grizzled nebula]

i would like to try the sony 300 2.8

[undone slate]

Are you holding it with one hand?

💀

[grizzled nebula]

yes but only for the photo

[naive fiber]

Excellent++ they say

[grizzled nebula]

can't one hand it for more than 10s

[daring imp]

So 600mm f4 mark 2 next upgrade for me then? @grizzled nebula does 600 mark 2 still have repairs? My lens cant be repaired

[undone slate]

How much did that lens cost you? Is it a handmade lens?

[grizzled nebula]

nah i think they stopped last year

[naive fiber]

Handmade??

[undone slate]

um

[grizzled nebula]

lmao

[undone slate]

idk

?

[grizzled nebula]

assembled by hand but not handmade

[undone slate]

I thought I heard people say that there were lenses that cost 13,000 euros because they were handmade.

lens

google autocorrector

[grizzled nebula]

yh but that's really specialized glass

mine cost me 3.9k

euros

[naive fiber]

Most of the time lenses are expensive because they take ages to polish and smooth out

[undone slate]

ages?

[grizzled nebula]

not a bird but bulls

[naive fiber]

That's 9x less the retail woah

[undone slate]

in a farm

[grizzled nebula]

iirc if ed mark I is kinda mid

[daring imp]

I was thinking of getting a rf 200-800 to get full spec for my camera and use the 600mm f4 on my 7d mark 2. Have u tried 200-800? @grizzled nebula

[naive fiber]

I don't know my lenses this well so please explain it to me lmfao

[grizzled nebula]

nope i have the 100-500

[undone slate]

Can I get a good picture of a sparrow at my feeder or not?

[grizzled nebula]

you need to ask nikon users

[daring imp]

How good is the 100-500?

[undone slate]

I already decorated it with natural resources...

[naive fiber]

Yeah makes sense

[grizzled nebula]

but i think i've seen some say the mark I's are mid

[grizzled nebula]

insane

super light, super sharp and insane AF

[grizzled nebula]

great IS too

[daring imp]

Too short or decent range?

[naive fiber]

I'm really annoyed that the 200 500 is a bad lens

[undone slate]

I'm planning to do this for a birdbath in the summer

[grizzled nebula]

for bif can be short but salt manages to do it

[naive fiber]

Is this yours?

Stupid question maybe

[undone slate]

No

[naive fiber]

Oh ok

It looked like a good photo so I was wondering

[grizzled nebula]

salt only uses the 100-500

[naive fiber]

Apparently the 200-500 is soft which is a shame for an f5.6 lens

[undone slate]

maybe i could get a good photo with that

if i do that birdbath

with wood

[grizzled nebula]

can do some landscape with the 100-500 too

[naive fiber]

You need separation between background and foreground

[undone slate]

ye

Yep

i'm gonna search for some places

i think i have

[grizzled nebula]

he won't get any separation with his camera

[undone slate]

And if I buy a lovebird, would I be able to take a good picture of it or not?

[undone slate]

.

[naive fiber]

He will get a bit from what I have seen of one of his photos

[naive fiber]

The goose one?

Not this one

[grizzled nebula]

he needs to get right into the face of the bird tho

[naive fiber]

Yeah that's true

[naive fiber]

This one

[undone slate]

Yes, because it was very close.

[daring imp]

@grizzled nebula might do the 100-500 then if i get a good deal! will be perfect for videos. doing that alot recently

[undone slate]

I would have to get away

[naive fiber]

You need to be closer to those birds though

[naive fiber]

Peak bro

[undone slate]

Yes, but the birds I photograph usually have a blurred background because they are small and I focus on the whole body.

[grizzled nebula]

barely any focus breathing too

[daring imp]

ait sick! added u @grizzled nebula

[grizzled nebula]

this is how good the IS is

[undone slate]

.

[grizzled nebula]

the wind was very strong and i am quite shaky

[undone slate]

what's that

[grizzled nebula]

this was at 450mm i think

[undone slate]

are u photographing right now aarvs

[grizzled nebula]

just an image stabilisation test

[grizzled nebula]

no, it's night time

[undone slate]

use a tripod

[naive fiber]

Apparently my Nikon 70-200 has pretty bad focus breathing

[undone slate]

not for me

[naive fiber]

Yet to test

[undone slate]

wdym by breathing

[grizzled nebula]

https://tenor.com/view/speed-mad-angry-ishowspeed-sheisty-gif-13492318246358992086

[undone slate]

what

what's wrong with

use a tripod

😭

[grizzled nebula]

why the fuck would i use a tripod with a 1.3kg lens

if i don't need to use a tripod i'm not using one

[undone slate]

why not?

[grizzled nebula]

more freedom

[undone slate]

So what is that thing in the video?

[grizzled nebula]

a ball head to attack my camera and lens to the tripod

[undone slate]

You were saying you didn't use a tripod

[grizzled nebula]

it's for the 600mm bruv

[naive fiber]

@ 200mm, the lens is like a 120mm lens. As you move about 10 feet away from the subject, the focal length changes to approximately 165mm-170mm. When the lens is near infinity, the focal length is very close to actual 200mm.

[grizzled nebula]

the 600mm is 3.9kg and the setup is over 5kg

[naive fiber]

Damn that's significant

[undone slate]

so for what are u using it

[grizzled nebula]

oof

nah i give up

[undone slate]

Do you usually take the photos by hand?

[naive fiber]

I'm taking over for you now

Actually no

[naive fiber]

Not like it was a cheap lens either

Oh well

[undone slate]

.

0,0

º-º 0-º º-0

[naive fiber]

The 100-500

It couldnt be this hard

[undone slate]

º-00-º

[undone slate]

for birds

Isn't the 600mm better?

[naive fiber]

Yes?