Bird Photography

[undone slate]

so

why using the 100-500

[naive fiber]

I can't bro

[grizzled nebula]

it's for when i can get super close to bird and when i want to go on walk without carrying over 5.5Kg with me

[naive fiber]

I wish I could use one on my Nikon

Such a good weight and size

It's the same weight as my 70-200 which is insane lmao

[undone slate]

Which weighs more, the 100-500mm or the 600mm alone?

[grizzled nebula]

R.E.A.D

cool position

idk why lightroom denoise made a part of it's head pink lol

[dusk portal]

If anyone will ever go to Poland I highly recommend this national park, rode about 50km from my city on bike to this place and the moment I crossed the sign I was deafened by bird sounds

[grizzled nebula]

i heard about this one

maybe one day

[dusk portal]

It has a fuck ton of birds

Probably the most in Poland

It's also the largest one

With multiple watch towers, bridgeways over the marsh

So you can def spot something here

I explained what lives here

[grizzled nebula]

damn i'd like to see cranes close up

saw some once but was quite far away

[dusk portal]

They're pretty common in the region

You can hear them at night

I also saw a lesser spotted eagle on my way back

[grizzled nebula]

i have one of the biggest birding hotspots in europe 3h away from me and that's where they're at

the problem is the 3h drive

or almost 7h if i take the train and bus

[dusk portal]

Yeah the one I was at is also one of the top ones

Certainly top in the country

[grizzled nebula]

camargue is the best hotspot in france

[dusk portal]

The are 3 national parks in a 60km radius from Białystok

Biebrza, narew and the Białowieza forest

[grizzled nebula]

also about 3h by plane and bus from ebro delta which is one of the biggest in spain and in europe

[grizzled nebula]

damn that's cool

[dusk portal]

The whole region is a paradise for both landscape and wildlife

We have the largest population of European bisons

(leading the conservation program)

[grizzled nebula]

camargue has some of the most insane sunsets i've ever seen cause it's basically all flat

and there's the sea

like look at this

[dusk portal]

ultimate east poland guide for birdspotting
one of the most diverse regions for all kinds of wildlife and landscape photography, especially bird
there are 3 national parks and one landscape park in close proximity to the capital of the podlasie region (which is also very good)

the biebrza national park (top left) is the largest national park in poland, regarded as the best birdshooting location due to a lot of marshes, peat bogs and primal forests, it presumed to have about 85% of polish aviofauna representatives here (the symbol of the park is a warbler)

białowieża forest is the most famous example of primal forest in europe, having a lot of owls and other predatory birds

the narew national park is similiar to biebrza national park in terms of avifauna, but i rank it the lowest among the 3 due to droughts frequently occuring here (when i was here last week it was all yellow, where it was usually green in may)

its about a 2h ride from warsaw, so highly recommend it to everyone

[charred holly]

Finally learned how to swallow

Also wew, got pretty lucky there

[daring imp]

Have any of you tried photographing owls at night? Trying today trying rn. Gonna try bumping iso max on my r62

[grizzled nebula]

I have but not been able to find one

Youre gonna have to be at like 1/20

1 shake and the image is ruined

btw what camo is that

wait that's lenscoat right?

[daring imp]

Yes lenscoat! Only 120$

Its very good for bump protection that's why i got it

[grizzled nebula]

i've heard the quality of the fabric is quite shit cause they don't have edges

thinking of getting this chasing birds one

but it looks kinda weird

[daring imp]

Yeah kinda meh but i like it! Been good

[grizzled nebula]

surprised this ball head has even survived the last few months

[daring imp]

Can't wait for proper summer then we have light 24/7 outside. Can do bird photography at night too lol

[grizzled nebula]

[grizzled nebula]

i want my gimbal head to arrive before sunday

[daring imp]

Atm 2am

[grizzled nebula]

lol

must be fun

but horrible for astro enjoyers

[daring imp]

Which one? I just got rs5 standard

[grizzled nebula]

wimberly WH-200 II

i'm talking about gimbal head btw lol

[daring imp]

Yup sucks for me 😂 i wanted to get a seestar but doing that next winter. Found out about it too late

[grizzled nebula]

i still don't know if the 600 will work on my tracker

maybe with hood off and grip off the camera there's a chance

[daring imp]

Maybe 😂

[tough hull]

Oohh barnacle goose right? Where did you see that

Ah I see

Finland my bad

I have seen barnacle geese once in my life

Last year at a birding area in Sweden

[gilded yarrow]

oo black kite

Nice

[gilded yarrow]

I got pretty much the exact same pic LMAOO

very old, its from june 24

[grizzled nebula]

the lighting and position is better in urs

[charred holly]

Kite gang

(I wish I got anything better than my 16-300 there)

[wide flint]

@undone slate how old are you?

[grizzled nebula]

https://tenor.com/view/kevin-james-hey-gif-6896704144843325802

[half helm]

I don't have any good kites in flight I think, best I got is a grumpy wet one

better file

[charred holly]

Latest kite I got is this one

...couldn't get closer, even though pose was perfect 🙁

[grizzled nebula]

i've seen some cool birds of pray this year but haven't been able to get a good pic of them

except for the black kite ones which are decent

sparrowhawk

[charred holly]

I have a relative who lives in a place where hunting is common, so there are plenty of vultures

[grizzled nebula]

short toed snake eagle

[charred holly]

They are always too high though

[grizzled nebula]

if only i was using the 600 when the sparrowhawk passed by

[charred holly]

Yeah, looks sick

[grizzled nebula]

seen the griffon vultures aswell this year ofc

[daring imp]

Same here. Got one yesterday but further away 😂 no clue what bird i photographed tho

[gilded yarrow]

Marsh harrier

pretty sure

[grizzled nebula]

yh

if get the gimbal head before sunday it means i'll be able to take pictures of the peregrine falcons with it instead of handheld!

[daring imp]

Handheld is annoying asf with 600 prime 😂

[grizzled nebula]

it's alright for static or slow moving subjects but for actions it's a real pain

oh no

my knee hurts a bit

[daring imp]

Thanks! Havent seen that before. Or in a while. Cant remember 😂

[grizzled nebula]

wish it flew lower

[wide flint]

You've posted pics of it before a few months back

[daring imp]

oh i did? it was the same bird?

[daring imp]

was it the one flying above some tall grass?

too dark or okay? got to edit some epic shots now from the moment with the eagle scaring them away

[wide flint]

Yeah that ine

[wide flint]

Not a big fan of the angle and the lack of subject isolation

[daring imp]

true but i wanted to have alot of the other geese in the pic aswell thats why i didnt zoom all the way in! this was the only pic with the center bird that had nice wings

here is one alot messier tho xD

idk why i thought of this idea, the birds wing on the right was cut off so wanted to do the same on the bird on the left, kinda artsy

got this one aswell! pretty decent

[narrow crag]

For birds in flight I prefer handheld

[grizzled nebula]

MY GIMBAL HAS ARRVIED

Need to go pick it up

[naive fiber]

He didn't want to answer this last time

[naive fiber]

Pretty dark

It has a lot of potential but it's incredibly hard to edit

I can tell that

[daring imp]

it sure is! so much things going on in the picture

[naive fiber]

I honestly don't see where to start tbh

[wide flint]

Not surprising, I think the way he acts says enough

[daring imp]

Better edit?

[dusty fog]

why square tho

[daring imp]

For fb 4 imagie post

1080x1080

[naive fiber]

Yeah but this crop is annoying me though

[naive fiber]

Why not upload 1

And just do them separate

Then you have a nicer aspect no?

[daring imp]

Its just a personal fb post. Got many nice pics yesterday so! But for my page ill do wider edit!

[eternal igloo]

found a juvenile grackle in a bush right next to my head !

very startling

[naive fiber]

Yeah it'll be worth it to do that

[daring imp]

Don't wanna spam my fb so! Just wanted to know if its still too dark!

[daring imp]

To make my TikToks more interesting i was thinking of mounting a go pro on the top of my lens so people see the landscape first then i cut to the cam footage. Could that idea work?

[broken mantle]

Saw some people mounting gopro/360 cams on top of the lens hood using sticky go pro mounts

Or one of those magic arms

[daring imp]

360 cam even better idea. Then u can pan nicely

[broken mantle]

Not my account but 360cam + magic arm https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJ6hzM_ORlQ/

[daring imp]

Ive only seen people do it in concerts but not wildlife. Thought it would be unique

[broken mantle]

I just use one of these. And mount it on my lens foot

[daring imp]

Ty for the idea bro

[broken mantle]

Copied that idea from a friend. He uses something similar and mounts it on his lens hood for pov shots. And also mounts it on his empty monopod for dramatic location reveal shots.

Anyone here participating in next month’s fraser hills bird race?

[naive fiber]

Yeah

That works

[daring imp]

No whats that?

Never heard of it

[grizzled nebula]

[broken mantle]

600/4l is ii?

[daring imp]

Gimbal is so nice to have dude. My setup is full siriu

[grizzled nebula]

Yep

[grizzled nebula]

This wimberly feels so damn nice

Its so smooth its crazy

[broken mantle]

Annual bird race in Malaysia. Will fly there next month to participate

[daring imp]

Wish i had travel money.. so many countries i wanna shoot in

[grizzled nebula]

Im so happy i can finally get rid of this piece of shit

[daring imp]

These were annoying as fuck

[grizzled nebula]

I had to fully lock it cause it was too weak lol

All the birds have gone rn lol

I need my seagull friend to tedt

[broken mantle]

I really need to go birding

[grizzled nebula]

Omgg it soooo nice

Managed to track a gull with literally no issue at all

[broken mantle]

Try monopod + Monogimbal combo

[grizzled nebula]

I can even track swfits easily now 🤩

[daring imp]

Took a really long break but my friend who is a semi famous composer for documentaries wanted to use my videos ive made into a short video for his masterclass gave me motivation to go again. Hes also gonna collab with my YouTube video with his channel that has 4m views so thats kinda insane

[grizzled nebula]

It feels like there a bird tracker with how smooth this thing is

[grizzled nebula]

Managed to track it without losing it once

Wouldve probs had 2 pics before losing it with the ball head

[spring vault]

those birds r easy could've done it handheld smh

[grizzled nebula]

5.7kg handheld trying to follow a flying bird

I did that for the griffon vultures tbf

[daring imp]

Have u done it with a prime? Much harder

[spring vault]

my prime is 750mm equiv

[grizzled nebula]

Its also just under 3kg lighter than mine lol

[spring vault]

https://youtu.be/5VB9Ux27o4M

aarvs get this

no tripod needed

[grizzled nebula]

The perch i put up for the birfs got in the way when trying to track a seagull lol

Need to move it somewhere else

[spring vault]

bilfs

[grizzled nebula]

[daring imp]

And mine. Mines 5.3

[grizzled nebula]

1.4kg more than mine

[dusk portal]

Forearm training

Do some curls on the way to the location with the camera

Trust

[dusk portal]

Curl it

[dusk portal]

Forearm curls from the he handle

[grizzled nebula]

Whats the "he handle"

[dusk portal]

Autocorrect

The handle

[grizzled nebula]

Beautiful

[grizzled nebula]

@green canyon thanks for telling me about the WH-200 lol

would've never even looked for this insane deal if u hadn't

another i wish got closer

[dark ermine]

now you need to surround it with mirrors and take a time release photo

[naive fiber]

Should I get a 300 f2.8 and use a 1.7x

Or 150-600

It's a pretty hard decision tbh

They cost relatively the same

[grizzled nebula]

1.7x?

[naive fiber]

Tc

Apparently iq wise it's pretty matched

But without the TC at 300mm the 300 f2.8 will definitely look better

I never really looked into Nikon TCS that much anyway

[grizzled nebula]

u mean 1.4x no?

[undone slate]

@grizzled nebula

[grizzled nebula]

?

[undone slate]

one minute

one of my best photos

this is unedited

[grizzled nebula]

they're all very tilted but decent

[undone slate]

i'm gonna fix them

[naive fiber]

There's 1.4 1.7 2

1.4 may be a bit short for my liking but I'm aware of the iq drop from the 1.7 and 2

[naive fiber]

You need to get lower tbh

[undone slate]

idk. maybe

but it's probably one of my best photos

[grizzled nebula]

Id imagine whatever that 1.7x is will be very shit

[naive fiber]

Yeah that was my main worry

[gilded yarrow]

Going to see beeeaters tomorrow

[naive fiber]

thats a lot of letter es

[naive fiber]

going back to this yeah the 1.7 doesnt seem the greatest

1.4 then

[trim fox]

i did not know this channel existed

[rancid badger]

Neither did I until five minutes ago.

Although I also have to admit the birds in my area aren't nearly as interesting as some of the ones these folks have shot, I'm sure.

[trim fox]

birds that are common in your area are always a rarity for someone else

really strange to think about

we have an abundance of american robins here, never gone a day without seeing one

but in other places in the world they literally dont have them

[rancid badger]

Never thought of it like that before. I guess my aim is a bit high right now.

[wanton moss]

I learnt this from Ant Keeping

whats considered fairly common is HOT BUSINESS for americans

[trim fox]

yeah its kinda wild

[wanton moss]

those MFs LOVE and would WISH they could move them over there (which is ILLEGAL of course)

[grizzled nebula]

🔥

Theyre really cool

[undone slate]

i've never seen them

[gilded yarrow]

lmao ikr

[gilded yarrow]

1st time seeing them, I hope theyre actually there lol

[gilded yarrow]

someone told me a spot with a colony, only 20 mins from my home

[undone slate]

so lucky

[grizzled nebula]

Ive seen them for the first time last month

[trim fox]

oh wow

cool ass bird

[grizzled nebula]

Yep

Ive got european rollers and bee eaters in the same area

[trim fox]

jealous

[grizzled nebula]

Rollers are super cool too

[rancid badger]

The most color I've seen in my area is a yellow breasted bird. Don't know the name.

[grizzled nebula]

Their blue color is insane

[trim fox]

bird im chasing right now is belted kingfisher

seems to be quite uncommon though

[naive fiber]

yeah they do seem to be

[gilded yarrow]

Yee

Hoping for good pics

[gilded yarrow]

Rollers are sick af, sadly extinct in germany

[rancid badger]

What settings would you recommend for birding? Shutter speed to catch action? And would I want to use aperture for cloudy days?

[wanton moss]

anybody ever have any difficulty picking up a bird book for their region?

[rancid badger]

I normally just Amazon or ebay if something is hard to find.

[undone slate]

thoughts?

[trim fox]

1/600 to 1/800 for jittery birds, I would just keep aperture wide open unless its a bright sunny day or your image quality suffers from not being stopped down

[naive fiber]

good but a bit too tilted down

[trim fox]

you can get away with 1/400 or 1/300 on bigger birds depending on your image stabilization/handholding skills

[undone slate]

tilted?

[naive fiber]

so a bit uncomfortable with the framing

[undone slate]

I don't notice it much.

[naive fiber]

your pitch

if you will

[trim fox]

need more space above their heads imo

[naive fiber]

angle?

[naive fiber]

yeah this

framing is a bit of an issue here

[undone slate]

?

[wanton moss]

You gonna crop the third bird?

[undone slate]

it's already crop

cropped

[trim fox]

you should almost always aim to leave space where the animal is looking/facing imo

[undone slate]

original

😭

[undone slate]

wdym?

[gilded yarrow]

no way

def not

[tough hull]

Try to get closer, uncropped it looks very good

[gilded yarrow]

for swallows etc I'm at at least 1/3200th

aint no way youre doing bif of small birds with 1/800

[trim fox]

oh BIF

nvm then

[tough hull]

I used to do until a while back lol

[naive fiber]

bif I do at least 1/1000

[gilded yarrow]

Ah well stationary birds are easier, but even then I try to do at least 2x focal length to be safe

[trim fox]

chickadees and warblers are really jittery when stationary and I find 1/600 enough

in flight idk

[naive fiber]

1/400 for me

[trim fox]

idk how you track them when theyre moving at mach speed lol

[tough hull]

In flight 1/2000 at least for general, crank up for swallows or similar

[naive fiber]

this is how I feel with parakeets

[tough hull]

Parakeets were hell where I saw them

Just gliding through the city

[naive fiber]

they are

[tough hull]

You barely had time to get them

[trim fox]

1/300 in flight

lmfao

[naive fiber]

they just vanish as well

because they are green

[trim fox]

already at 6400 iso

[grizzled nebula]

3200 minimum for swallows

[trim fox]

DAMN

[grizzled nebula]

4000 is more recomended tho

[tough hull]

Yk what’s crazy? My d3100 has a maximum of like 1/4000 or idk

[grizzled nebula]

Lol

[trim fox]

same on R10

[rancid badger]

If Im having to set shutter speed, should I just set my cam to Aperture to control my shutter?

[tough hull]

I prefer 1/2500

[grizzled nebula]

I have max 8k

[naive fiber]

no

[grizzled nebula]

Its a bit slow for swallows

[trim fox]

nah

[naive fiber]

dont do this

[trim fox]

manual with auto iso

[naive fiber]

you will hate yourself

basically like

"FUCK ITS BLURRY"

[tough hull]

Yeah but with not perfect lighting an ISO of 2000 is shit so I go as low as possible

[trim fox]

honestly I shoot wide open like, 90% of the time so you really only need to worry about shutter and iso

just me tho

[tough hull]

I also shoot wide open

[trim fox]

i think most of your light budget is moved towards a high shutter anyway

so wide open is preferred

[tough hull]

But like I get them from below so they are dark as heck and I need to brighten them up a lot and for that a low iso is good

[deep vigil]

I like to photograph birds :3

[naive fiber]

purple

[tough hull]

Yeah I remember you from the other server like a year ago

[grizzled nebula]

I shoot wide openbtoo

[deep vigil]

Cool

[tough hull]

F4

[deep vigil]

I usually shoot f2.8 which is wide open for me

[tough hull]

300?

[deep vigil]

200mm

[trim fox]

i kinda want a 300mm f4 but i dont know how much that will help in comparison to my 100-400 f5-6.3

[tough hull]

Ok

[grizzled nebula]

5.6

[naive fiber]

f8

[deep vigil]

F13.7

[tough hull]

?

T5.6?

Or what

[grizzled nebula]

No i use a tc

[tough hull]

Oh right

[deep vigil]

Sometimes I use a tc

[tough hull]

I wish I could have one

[rancid badger]

I've been wondering about getting a 1.4 TC. I've been getting yes and no's about it.

[deep vigil]

Did your mom tell you no

[grizzled nebula]

I wanna try using my new tripod and gimbal head in the swallow place tomorrow

[trim fox]

depends on your lens

[tough hull]

No, I don’t have the money lmao

[deep vigil]

Such is life

[rancid badger]

Sigma 100-400 and then I have an AI-S 200 mm prime from '81.

[trim fox]

okay we have the same lens then

[tough hull]

Well I could but I am saving up for a wide angle right now/ I had already but it came broken and now I gotta wait for a new offer

[trim fox]

the 1.4x is pretty good, the reach is really nice

but it gets a little soft and your aperture gets cooked to f9

[deep vigil]

That sucks. Wide angles are fun tho

[tough hull]

Yeah mine had fungus though which the store didn’t say. Not buying used from there again. Before going to Spain I will get it though

[deep vigil]

When are you going to Spain? Sounds fun.

[grizzled nebula]

My 600 pretty much doesnt lose any iq with a 1.4x tc

[deep vigil]

I really like my 200 with its included 1.4X tc

[tough hull]

August for the solar eclipse and for around a week around the eclipse we have a house close to the Ebro delta which is a massive birding hotspot there

[trim fox]

i havent done direct comparisons but this lens seems a lot sharper without the 1.4x

[tough hull]

Later also going to the Pyrenees for some vultures

[deep vigil]

Lit.

[grizzled nebula]

Softtttt

[trim fox]

yeaaaaah

3200 iso

[deep vigil]

Is this a fair place to share bird photos or is it intended as a discussion platform?

[tough hull]

Share

Talk

[trim fox]

im sure we all love birds here

so feel free

[tough hull]

Everything around birbs

[rancid badger]

Im just here for the wildlife angle. SOme bird pics have been coming out soft.

[deep vigil]

I like this one.

[trim fox]

oh wow

[deep vigil]

I notice a little motion blur on the wing tips, and maybe there’s bits to clone out

But yeah bird

I would clone out the obvious white pole in the background but I just switched to Linux and I have to learn all new software and techniques

[tough hull]

Who cares, this photo shows motion and is not fully blurred so it’s perfect. This here is how in my opinion you shouldn’t do it but since it’s in a wildlife photography book or so people seem to like it idk.

These here would have been so much better at 1/120

I love shots from the side with sharp body and blurred wings

[trim fox]

maybe im a hater

it just looks like he missed focus

[tough hull]

He actually didn’t you can see it better in the less blurred face

[trim fox]

ah yeah

[tough hull]

Actually the head isn’t blurred at all but still too much is blurred for me

80% of the wildlife photos I see in these books or whatever are shot on Nikon

[trim fox]

i really want to try out nikon their system looks great

[tough hull]

Well yeah their lenses look 🔥

[naive fiber]

the 200mm would work well with the 1.4x I would think

not so much with the sigma

[tough hull]

But the cameras for these prices I could just get as good raw precap for the same money so Nikon will be something I would get if I’m rich

Otherwise Sony or canon

[naive fiber]

its a shame about the raw precap

[tough hull]

Yeah

Would be so good if they had it

[naive fiber]

the new 600mm f4 is fire though

[trim fox]

the reach is nice just make sure you have good light, otherwise the sigma at 400mm + 1.4x becomes soooo soft

[naive fiber]

integrated 1.4x tc

[grizzled nebula]

Expensive too tho

[naive fiber]

you can turn on and off the tc with a switch

[trim fox]

thats cool af

[naive fiber]

15000 retail yeah

[trim fox]

https://tenor.com/view/ricolino-scolari-gif-12061360726599077047

[naive fiber]

600 f6.3 is a cool lens as well

its light

[tough hull]

Yeah

[tough hull]

But or because

[naive fiber]

1540g same as my 70-200 woah

because

but was a mistake

[tough hull]

Yeah

[grizzled nebula]

I lost the counterbalance for my star tracker lol

[tough hull]

Haha

lol

Find it

[grizzled nebula]

Fuming rn

[charred holly]

I beg to differ, taken this morning at 1/2500s

[grizzled nebula]

Borderline then

[trim fox]

thats really nice

[tough hull]

Even though this is a fun talk rn I gotta go to bed cuz swimming comp in 10h so cya

[charred holly]

To be fair, it was precap just after take off

[tough hull]

Wait what camera you got again?

I thought like a6700

[charred holly]

Upgraded to a a7V

[trim fox]

zamn

[tough hull]

Damn nice

Ight gl you guys bye

[grizzled nebula]

Ass7Vomit

[charred holly]

lmao

[grizzled nebula]

Cya

This new tripod needs some cleaning

There’s sand or mud in the locking things

[undone slate]

help

[rancid badger]

I should start telling myself to use my monopod I got some time ago.

[fast knoll]

better

were u low to the ground for this?

def a nicer background than ur bird feeder shots

[undone slate]

i think so

idk

[undone slate]

yep

@fast knoll

should i change

something

of the photo

[fast knoll]

idk it's alright. maybe try to get closer and choose a single subject without another bird behind it

[naive fiber]

could be really nice with good editing

[rancid badger]

That's already cropped. What else could I do with it?

[naive fiber]

its a bit dark firstly

so fix the exposure

you should watch a tutorial on editing bird photos

[grizzled nebula]

Not really a good image but thought the swifts were cool on the orange sky

[rancid badger]

Here's an older photo, I think 4-5 years old. I like the shadow play.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1198333040448000104/1358192323892215828/DSC_0619.JPG?ex=6a08e22c&is=6a0790ac&hm=ea1bb5d795474fbd8c4ace60216f850ad06ebe07b836e96a633b5d3e4aba0c73&

[deep vigil]

Here’s another one. I liked the swan taking off in front of Autumn colors

[deep vigil]

I love the color of the sky

[deep vigil]

Cute is that a birdbath?

[rancid badger]

Yeah. It's a two-level fountain at my last job. Sometimes it ran, sometimes it didn't.

[deep vigil]

Ah, as fountains sometimes do

[rancid badger]

Taken with a different camera, though I think it was with either my sigma or my tamron 70-300. I can't recall.

Also, the place was slowly falling apart. Pretty typical for where I live. "Ooh, aah, boring."

[deep vigil]

Boring?

[naive fiber]

I was annoyed by the branch size on this one

[rancid badger]

I live in a high-density retirement city. New thing come and people visit the hell out of it, then it's meh. I have my personal places I still go to.

The only animals I get around here are birds, but maybe since I have found this forum I can try for better bird pictures at least.

[deep vigil]

I like taking photographs of birds, but I also get squirrels and rabbits

[deep vigil]

Handsome pic anyways

[rancid badger]

The known places for rabbits are on private property and I'm not allowed to stay overnight, even if it's public land.

[deep vigil]

Ah, rabbits have invaded our private property and all I have to do is go outside and some days I’ll see them chewing on the grass.

[rancid badger]

Rabbits have been pretty much hunted out where I live. Kind of annoyed by that.

[deep vigil]

We have all agreed to do nothing about the rabbit population and to let it grow heh

[rancid badger]

Lucky.

I've only caught a glimpse on one IRL personally. It looked fairly sized.

[deep vigil]

I even have pictures of a baby bunny poking its head out of a hole in its burrow.

[naive fiber]

Feeder pic

So it was my fault I put a massive branch in

[deep vigil]

I will admit that the resolution is such that I can see the reflection of an open window in the bird’s eye.

[naive fiber]

I even did nr in the eye to try smooth it out a bit

So it isn't even best sharpness

[deep vigil]

Hah so it is a window?

That must be comfy

I should set up a feeder positioned such that I can do the same

[naive fiber]

The feeder flew away

Let me link it

#1041487027255914566 message

[deep vigil]

lol I saw that

I’ve had a feeder and a birdbath destroyed by squirrels

[naive fiber]

Squirrels are the cutest evil things

[daring imp]

finally got a pic of this beautiful bird. the color on its back is so dope

[grizzled nebula]

lmaoo

[grizzled nebula]

lapwing?

[finite flower]

idk which pose is nicer though

yes i ai'ed the branch away

[spring vault]

I like second pose uncropped

lookin more in my direction

[daring imp]

Idk the English name! Tofsvipa in Swedish

[finite flower]

oh yeah i ss'ed the pose upclose

[sick wave]

The dichotomy of birb

Still can’t believe how the first photo looks, almost looks like I AI generated it when all I did was some masking and fiddling with colors 🥲(and cropping it ofc)

[daring imp]

Maybe it was worth staying up all night for the sun. Not the best composition since im tired asf

[fast knoll]

I had a scare today

Thought it was my new camera

But my EF 24-70 II prob just has ribbon failure

[spring vault]

rip lens

[fast knoll]

I’m still gonna use it lol

I only shoot wide open for grad photos

Is the aperture ribbon related to af in any way? If not then to me it’s good as new 🤣

[remote remnant]

u should get it fixed before it does completely like mine

24-70 f4

[tender galleon]

those are so easy to recognize in flight

they look like they dont know how to fly

[trim fox]

DAMN

[tough hull]

https://www.kkinstagram.com/reel/DYUsb4AjLu-/?igsh=ZmJkbnk4dXR5emhk

Nahhhhhhh

[tough hull]

Yo

I just saw black woodpecker very close to me

They looks amazing

Never seen it so close before it was like 5m next to me though I was in a car

[undone slate]

why?

i know

I searched on Google and I didn't find anything related.

[tender galleon]

??

whyd u search that

may i ask how old are you

[undone slate]

because that's the gear?

[tender galleon]

bird facing away and background is too close

[tough hull]

I also wanna know

[tender galleon]

but you are improving

[tender galleon]

see how we got ignored

[undone slate]

i don't share my age online

[tough hull]

A bit suspicious

[undone slate]

idk it doesn't looks bad

[tough hull]

The way you are talking(not trying to insult you) makes you sound like a 10 year old

[undone slate]

It doesn't always have to be a bokeh background either.

[tender galleon]

it does 😭

[undone slate]

why?

[tough hull]

Uh

[undone slate]

i don't have that age

[tough hull]

Good

[undone slate]

Maybe it's because, well, I'm still learning English and there are things I'm a bit behind on.

maybe

[tender galleon]

my flu finally getting better

[tough hull]

Yeah fair. My bad

[tender galleon]

im hoping to go birding tmrw but might be just a dream

[tough hull]

You sick?

[tender galleon]

been since last sunday

[tough hull]

Sad, get better soon

I’m on a straight way to get sick again lmao

It’s 8 degrees and I’m swimming

[undone slate]

Why does it look bad?

[tough hull]

No birding for the next week definitely

[undone slate]

right now?

probably not

[tender galleon]

background seperation, bird position and more

[undone slate]

The bird's position is curious.

And the separation doesn't always have to be bokeh.

[tender galleon]

it was 20°C here yesterday

[tough hull]

Like I did 300m and I will swim 50m breaststroke, 50 freestyle, 50 on the back, 100 breaststroke and 100 freestyle today

[tough hull]

It was freezing tonight

[tender galleon]

yeah but there isnt any separation so bird is hard to see and makes the image worse

[tough hull]

Water has 22 degrees

I see so many ducks here at the pool

Last year a duck laid an egg next to the pool in no nest or whatsoever

[tender galleon]

i lwk wanna go to the city to photograph ducks
-# and show rockanteater how to improve the duck pic

[undone slate]

idk

[undone slate]

How can i improve?

[tender galleon]

two words

get lower

[undone slate]

i was doing that

[tender galleon]

more

[tender galleon]

and harsh light

[undone slate]

What if the duck swims away and I'm lying down?

[tender galleon]

?

[undone slate]

I mean, I can't follow it as well as when I'm crouching down.

[tender galleon]

why you follow them lmao

i let them come to me

if you run after them they are gonna go away

[tough hull]

Four

Get lower
Get closer

[undone slate]

i was 2 meters away

[tender galleon]

gotta get in the ground for a good shot

[tough hull]

No

If yes then zoom in more

[undone slate]

It was 720 mm

[undone slate]

2 or 3 i can't remember well

but i was pretty close

[tough hull]

No

If you are 2m from a duck at 740mm it fills the image

That’s something for headshots

[grizzled nebula]

yh northern lapwing

[tough hull]

Kiebitz in German 🙂

I hate discord

: )

GODDAMN

I’m getting my CFEXPRESS card Today

480GB

[naive fiber]

That's some money

[tough hull]

370€

[naive fiber]

What one?

Sony or SanDisk ig

[tough hull]

Sony

[naive fiber]

Have fun

Wonder how many shots that is

[tough hull]

I can now shoot 10fps until card is full as much as I know

lol

And one phot is around 42-47MB

So around 10k photos

[naive fiber]

I get 1k out of my 64gb lmfao

24mp so 20mb ish

[tough hull]

I could also shoot uncompressed then it would be 65-74MB per image

[grizzled nebula]

?

Fym 65mb per image

That’s a7rv file sizes

[grizzled nebula]

About 450 pics on a hasselblad btw 😭

[tough hull]

Uncompressed

I shoot lossless now

[undone slate]

idk, it was pretty close

@spring vault wow

[tender galleon]

bro that aint 720mm

wrong reply oops

[tender galleon]

why not #🧐・gallery-comments

[undone slate]

i think he blocked me

idk why

what's bad about this photo?

I think it could be a good photo

@tender galleon

[grizzled nebula]

@spring vault how much easier is it to track swallows etc with that red dot u have

[naive fiber]

I should get a red dot when I decide what lens I want

[tough hull]

Ngl I would just get a red dot for :
50% the looks
50% if it works that it’s easier

To track birds

[naive fiber]

red dot would be helpful more for primes

thats for sure

[naive fiber]

ok that looks sick

[tough hull]

Too big cropped

[undone slate]

it's not croped

[tough hull]

I mean torts design even better

[undone slate]

cropped

[tough hull]

Too much zoom then

[undone slate]

people like the photo

[tough hull]

I’m not people

I’m one person

[naive fiber]

like this?

[tough hull]

I have my own opinion

[tough hull]

Wait

[undone slate]

I had other photos like this and people really liked them

[undone slate]

WHAT'S THAT

[naive fiber]

ok yeah thats cool asf

[tough hull]

Other photos of you were better

[undone slate]

?

I think this is one of my best photos

[naive fiber]

that a sigma 500mm?

looks like it

yeah it is

[tough hull]

I think so

[naive fiber]

thats such a clean rig tho

[undone slate]

This was a month or a little more ago, should I go back and check if the goose has any babies?

[gilded yarrow]

kinda fucked by heat haze and distance but still cool

[tough hull]

No way you also got bee eaters

I live in that small part in Germany that doesn’t get them

[gilded yarrow]

Yup

[tough hull]

My bad

It was hoopoe

Still my area isn’t good for bee eaters and they are probably one of the rarest birds here

[gilded yarrow]

Also saw a hobby

[gilded yarrow]

Ahh yeah pretty sure we dont have those here either

[tough hull]

Crazy

[gilded yarrow]

theyre stupid rare

[tough hull]

Yeah they only have small spots in Germany

I technically live next to where they should live

But there have never been any sightings within 30km of me

Same for bee eaters

Spain gonna be amazing though

[gilded yarrow]

Same

Hoping to find one this year

[tough hull]

I’m very sure I will

Though not here

In Spain lol

I wanna get at least 20 lifers there

[gilded yarrow]

Lool yeah spain is ez for hoopoes

[tough hull]

Ever seen a flamingo in Germany?

I did lol

[gilded yarrow]

my family saw them in croatia, I wasnt able to go with them cuz I had to work

[tough hull]

Damn sad

[gilded yarrow]

Nah but I know about that one colony

[tough hull]

I saw them in Bavaria

Like 8 years ago or so

lol

But it was a single one

Not a colony

[undone slate]

same

[spring vault]

I think it helps a lot with swallows bcs they fly fast and erratically enough that trying to track them through the viewfinder you'll either end up losing them quickly or they'll be so small in the viewfinder that you don't get a lot of pixels on them. Bigger birds tend to just fly in a straight line and not too quickly so I would just use evf for those.

[undone slate]

🐦

[naive fiber]

I also assume you wouldn't use it for perched birds? Also how is it for small birds like tits and warblers in flight

I don't usually see them for photos in flight so understandable if you don't know

[spring vault]

I don't have many flying pics for those they don't rly fly out in the open

for perched birds just evf

[naive fiber]

Yh makes sense

I only really see things like bluetits in flight

I would like one for parakeet shooting though

Because god those are erratic

[spring vault]

here's a palm warbler I got thru the evf and using precapture

in a tree hopping to a higher branch

[naive fiber]

Woah

Precap my beloved

[undone slate]

HOW

[naive fiber]

I really want it lmao

[charred holly]

Precap turns all birds on stick into the craziest bird in flight you have ever seen

Love it

[naive fiber]

There was one time I missed focus on the coolest photo were I got the best moment without precap

It was a bluetit placed perfectly between 2 branches

[tough hull]

https://www.kkinstagram.com/reel/DYULINbMudP/?igsh=MWQxdGxtbnluMmFp

[naive fiber]

And it was out of focus

[tough hull]

Good idea, ain’t it

[green canyon]

Just saw a bird take a peanut from my feeder just to throw it on the ground

the best part

[naive fiber]

And it repeats this 3 times

"Why's my feeder draining so fast"

And it's just dropping every other seed

[spring vault]

rummaging for the good seeds

[undone slate]

really nice photo

i'm impressed

wow

[naive fiber]

But all the seeds are the same

It used to drop because they were like the size of the birds head

[spring vault]

lookin for the freshest ones

they can tell

[undone slate]

?

[naive fiber]

food is food for me

picky birds

[naive fiber]

bird

[tender galleon]

birr

[grizzled nebula]

Birf

[tough hull]

Birb

@undone slate if your photo was 740mm at 2m away then this is 500mm at 1m away

I just took this on my phone btw

[tender galleon]

more like 50mm

[naive fiber]

no thats the point

740mm at 2m away what???

theres no way that was 2m away

[tender galleon]

in finland funny word word bird is linnu

[tough hull]

Yeah he talked some weird stuff so I mocked him

[tough hull]

This is 26mm phone camera

[naive fiber]

I just dont think he knows his distances

[gilded yarrow]

meh

Was able to kinda save it, but not really

[naive fiber]

detail looks like a bad ai generated photo lmfao

heat haze

wow this would look so good without it

[gilded yarrow]

Lol yeah its stupid

But I can go there as often as I want, only 20 mins by car

[tough hull]

Ye

😍

[spring vault]

wtf

one trillion dollars

[tough hull]

350€

[spring vault]

close to $1 per gb

[tough hull]

The others are that price

This one was the best price per GB one below 400€ for like 600€ you could have gotten 960GB

I HATE ADHD

I REMOVED MY SD CARD SO I COULD PUT IN THE CFexpress 1min ago and I can’t find it now

[naive fiber]

I just took the worst long tailed tit photo ever!

yeah it sucks but whatever

[tough hull]

High long tailed tit

[naive fiber]

They all look like this in the uk

Or the majority

I havent seen any that don't

[tough hull]

Thank god I am not there

They look like they are on crack

Or at least what I image someone on crack looks like

[naive fiber]

There's worse

Oh wait nevermind it's the same

[gilded yarrow]

Thats a juvenile

[gilded yarrow]

Oh lmao ye exactly

This ones nicer detail wise, not nearly as interesting tho

[grizzled nebula]

I can’t get them with a nice background

[trim fox]

are you guys all in germany?

[gilded yarrow]

I am ye

[grizzled nebula]

I’m not

I’m in France

[trim fox]

ohh

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah that spot is insane for them

[naive fiber]

I saw this after and forgot to correct myself

[naive fiber]

theres a specific spot 4h away that has these at certian times

[gilded yarrow]

oof

very far

[trim fox]

cool ass birds tho

[naive fiber]

Actually the coast has them

1h 30

[gilded yarrow]

Not too bad then

Still far

[naive fiber]

https://www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happening/news/buzz-as-rare-rainbow-birds-set-up-summer-home-in-norfolk

[naive fiber]

yeah

migrants just randomly came over and nested

Yes! The site is open 7am-7pm and the charge is £5 per person, to cover site monitoring. We can currently only accept cash.

There is a viewing area near the nesting site, and a car park. It is located to the east of the quarry in a large grass field off Gimingham Road at TG284384 or what3words.com/bars.september.worked

eesh

[grizzled nebula]

I have a bee eater spot 10 mins away but since it’s flat getting a nice background is near impossible

Going to hopefully see some peregrine falcons tomorrow

There’s also rollers and bee eaters there and since it’s not flat I might get lucky and have a nice background

[gilded yarrow]

💀

Yeah rollers are super sick

[grizzled nebula]

Managed to get an alright pic of a roller

Don’t mind the edit

This was pre screen calibration

The island I’m going to is really cool

On the way there once I saw a whale

Maybe I’ll get to see one again tomorrow 👀

[green canyon]

holy rich

i just want a decently prices 256gb v60 😭

the cheapest one is 95€

[grizzled nebula]

I got mine for 50 euros

[gilded yarrow]

why 256gb tho 💀

Just buy 2 or 3x 64gb

[grizzled nebula]

Btw how’s ur wimberly

I love mine

Super smooth innit

[green canyon]

yes

[grizzled nebula]

Best camera gear purchase other than the 600

[green canyon]

if i get the money ill switch to a promediagear tamohawk and big ball head

[gilded yarrow]

I dont use my tripod enough for a big tripod to be reasonable

[green canyon]

but thats really fucking expensive

[gilded yarrow]

I handhold 99% of my shots

[spring vault]

I only use a tripod for landscape and product pics when the light is dim

[grizzled nebula]

Looks scary

I only use the tripod etc with the 600 cause it gets quite tiring to hold after a while

[green canyon]

its really small and light for what it is

[grizzled nebula]

Tbh I don’t think I need anything else now with this wh-200 II

Surprisingly light

[green canyon]

yeah its going to hold up for ages

[grizzled nebula]

This new tripod is bigger, thicker and meant to be same weight as my other tripod but it feels like a piece of paper compared to my other tripod

[spring vault]

they vinyl wrapped their lens foot

[grizzled nebula]

(The weight)

Perfect for the star tracker

[shut hazel]

I agree with the bird facing away thing

And the background in this case doesnt match

In other cases a bird facing away could technically work but it depends

[tough hull]

I am also

[tough hull]

Brother at least you get them

[trim fox]

lmao

[grizzled nebula]

[tough hull]

V60 too slow for me so I wanted V90, but then saw. They are as expensive as CFEXPRESS so I decided to get CFexpress

[tough hull]

Wait how much do these gimbals cost

[grizzled nebula]

Well the one I have (wimberly wh-200 mark II) costs 700 euros

New

He has the mark I

Which isn’t too far off in price iirc

[tough hull]

Nah he called me rich cuz CFexpress card and now I wanna know how much his gimbal cost

[green canyon]

?

no

[tough hull]

Which one

[green canyon]

this is the "mk1"

its called wh100/101

or something like that

[green canyon]

100, same as aarvs 700 brand new

[tough hull]

Bruh

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWkzzOXDL6P/?igsh=NW1hNzlheGE4dHc5

[green canyon]

they range from 200 to 1100

[grizzled nebula]

Oh wait I thought u had the 200 lol

[green canyon]

yes i do

it cost me 100

[grizzled nebula]

Btw there’s 2 versions of the wh-200

[green canyon]

aha

[grizzled nebula]

When I said mark I I meant the original wh-200

[green canyon]

im pretty sure the wh200 is the version 2

[grizzled nebula]

Un maybe I’m wrong then lol

Why not just call it wh-200 lol

Anyways it’s great

[green canyon]

i think its so people dont think there are 2 current models, like sirui ph10/ph20

[grizzled nebula]

Only paid 240 for it with a free carbon tripod lol

Pro deal finder

[green canyon]

which tripod is it?

[grizzled nebula]

Benro c-397 m8

Really nice and light

[charred holly]

Absolutely unusable photo, but I like how it holds that branch

[grizzled nebula]

Unfortunate

[green canyon]

cant find that one

[charred holly]

Way too far, only had my 70-350. I bet it would look ok with my 200-600...

[grizzled nebula]

Yeah I tried looking around for it but I can barely find any info either

[green canyon]

can you send a pic?

[green canyon]

looks good

probably a bit older

[grizzled nebula]

It’s over 12 years old I think

[undone slate]

WOW

WOW

[grizzled nebula]

Huh

[undone slate]

The photos I took are some of the best I've ever taken.

[grizzled nebula]

Show

[undone slate]

edited

unedited

@grizzled nebula

[dark ermine]

these are great!

[fast knoll]

wow pretty nice

[undone slate]

Thanks!

i have more of them

and some duck

ducks

[green canyon]

@tough hull hows your long weekend
i keep on forgetting that its only sunday tomorrow

and another 4 days in 2 weeks

[tough hull]

Hahaha I LIVE IN BAVARIA TF YOU MEAN LONG WEEKEND

[green canyon]

do you not have atleast thursday off

[tough hull]

YES

[green canyon]

no friday?

[tough hull]

my bad that’s wasn’t supposed to be caps

[tough hull]

No

[green canyon]

boohoo

[spring vault]

bros bavarian

[tough hull]

But two week’s holidays next after next week

[green canyon]

but you get like 2 weeks pfingsten right

or 1 week

idk

[tough hull]

2

[green canyon]

damn

i get 2 extra days

[tough hull]

1 herbst, 2 Weihnachten, 1 winter, 2 ostern, 2 pfingsten and 6 summer

[green canyon]

scam

[tough hull]

Did I forget any?

Nah

[spring vault]

pics with boring lighting are so much more work to get presentable

[tough hull]

14 total is how it’s supposed to

[tough hull]

Is that a grain or a bug on the beak

[spring vault]

idk

[green canyon]

2 ostern, 6 sommer, 2 herbst, 2 weihnachten

mehr nicht

where are my 2 extra weeks

[tough hull]

Damn