Bird Photography

[eternal igloo]

huh

[naive fiber]

apsc to ff

[eternal igloo]

r7 is lower end than r6?

I thought

[naive fiber]

yeah it is

[eternal igloo]

and my point was it still has raw pre capture lol

[naive fiber]

oh yeah

as it should

[eternal igloo]

still glad i got the r7 over the r6 or r8

[naive fiber]

why r6?

[eternal igloo]

the extra reach for free is nice

[naive fiber]

because ff is more expensive

[naive fiber]

yeah but you still will get better iq with ff

which is honestly more important

[undone slate]

MAN

THIS LOOKS LIKE A DINOSAUR

NO JOKES

[eternal igloo]

yeah it is

[undone slate]

yeah

BUT IT LOOKS LIKE ANCIENT DINOSAURS

[eternal igloo]

not necessarily once i have to keep in mind the fact i have to crop down the photos anyways

and i do less cropping on my r7 bc my lenses reach farther

[tough hull]

@grizzled nebula I got a better lens than you now

[eternal igloo]

dense pixels as well so i have a lot of detail to work with

[eternal igloo]

mirror lens??

[tough hull]

1000mm f10

[tough hull]

Yes

[naive fiber]

fire

[undone slate]

why is that?

[undone slate]

1000mm?

no

are you serious?

[tough hull]

Yes

[undone slate]

REALLY

[tough hull]

I don’t own it

[undone slate]

oh

cheap then

[tough hull]

I could ask the owner if I could use it

[undone slate]

and why do u have that

[naive fiber]

yes it is cheap

[tough hull]

It’s old

[undone slate]

How much does it cost?

[naive fiber]

yeah mirror lenses arent made too much anymore afaik

so makes sense

[undone slate]

so cheap

😭

[grizzled nebula]

Sea eagle

[undone slate]

Lucky

[grizzled nebula]

how is it lucky

[naive fiber]

Photography is purely luck based now apparently

[grizzled nebula]

1 dark eye 1 light eye

cool gull

[naive fiber]

Really cool

Nice shot

[undone slate]

strange eye

[undone slate]

And skill

and good lens/ camera

@cobalt zenith

Is that a picture of a wild rainbow lorikeet or a cage?

[grizzled nebula]

idk if i prefer the green or more yellow leaves

[undone slate]

i can't see the difference

[grizzled nebula]

i'm sorry but ur actually blind

surprised how good the IQ still is here

[trim fox]

green imo

feels more sinister

[naive fiber]

I was being sarcastic

[naive fiber]

Green tbh

[undone slate]

what's the difference? 😭

[grizzled nebula]

bro

bro

bro

bro

you just copy pasted the same image

[undone slate]

wait

you're right

now

what's the difference

[naive fiber]

The leaf colour

Are you colour blind

[undone slate]

yes

no i'm not

but i can't see it

[undone slate]

lead color?

LEAD

pls help

me

i'm getting

SO

SO

CONFUSED

[naive fiber]

I took these from the same part of the image

These are not the same

[undone slate]

ohh yeah

The difference is so subtle that I doubt most people would honestly notice it.

[grizzled nebula]

it's literally not subtle

[naive fiber]

It's pretty fucking obvious

[trim fox]

go green

[glossy sage]

#💸・shopping-help #🐒・gear-discussion

[bitter trench]

Are seagulls obnoxiously big where you guys live

[tough hull]

This one looks sharp as heck

[fast knoll]

R1 is better in certain situations

Low light, super fast birds that fly close to you

But r5ii overall is prob better cause of the megapixels

[naive fiber]

Wow send

Surprising

[tough hull]

I didn’t shoot on it actually yet I just looked through it through viewfinder

[naive fiber]

Mildly unrelated but you use 200-600 right

[tough hull]

I will take it after the holidays

It’s for the exhibition anyway right now

I will have to shoot black and white btw

The glass elements are orange and so is the image

[naive fiber]

I think it's a soviet one

From a thumbnail I saw

[tough hull]

K

I will try shoot bird portraits on idk like a bit bigger than medium format

[undone slate]

how do u know that

[tough hull]

He has a medium format Pentax with a 500 f5.6 lens

Like all film

[undone slate]

why because of the super fast birds?

[naive fiber]

Never really seen bird film photography

[fast knoll]

because r1 autofocus is the best

[tough hull]

I will try

[undone slate]

I have a problem. How do I track a bird as it takes off, or how do I properly track a bird in flight?

[fast knoll]

r5ii is still great

[undone slate]

of all cameras?

[fast knoll]

r6iii is actually a bit better

[fast knoll]

of canon

[undone slate]

Maybe the z8 is the best cam idk

[fast knoll]

u aim your camera and get good at keeping it in the viewfinder

[undone slate]

for wildlife

I'M confused

[fast knoll]

first of all z9 is nikon's flagship

second of all it's probably the sony a1ii

[tough hull]

I mean the medium format I will try to get a Kingfisher on because I can use color film

[fast knoll]

z9 doesnt even have fucking raw precap

[tough hull]

It has to sit though

[undone slate]

what's flagship

[naive fiber]

This makes no sense even in a closed bubble where only Nikon exists

[undone slate]

wdym?

[fast knoll]

why r u larping as a camera gear knower

[tough hull]

I need time to focus and only got like 5 shots on a roll

[undone slate]

yes

idk how to track theem

[fast knoll]

practice

[undone slate]

i'm not an expert

If we had to choose the best camera and lens for wildlife photography, which would it be?

[fast knoll]

again it kinda depends on what your goal is

[undone slate]

I also don't know which lens to get for the R6 II.

[undone slate]

wildlife

[fast knoll]

what kind of wildlife?

[undone slate]

right now i'm talking about wildlife

[fast knoll]

when do you want to shoot?

where do you want to shoot?

those all matter

[undone slate]

I mean

birds

[fast knoll]

if you want to shoot owls at sunset then 400 2.8 is ur best bet

[undone slate]

because mammals are more difficult so yeah

[naive fiber]

Great lens

And very versatile with the 1.4

[fast knoll]

man why r we even discussing this

[undone slate]

Now I have to spend 1000 euros or more for each situation. 😭

[fast knoll]

can u even afford any of this gear?

[grizzled nebula]

Nah

[undone slate]

In 1 year yes

[naive fiber]

In a year

[fast knoll]

the r6ii is already like $1400

[naive fiber]

Apparently

[fast knoll]

autofocus

it's more modern

[grizzled nebula]

R6iii af is slightly better than the r5II but not the r1

[fast knoll]

yea i know

r1 > r6iii > r5ii

[undone slate]

cheaper that r6 ii

[fast knoll]

theyre all great tho

im not complaining about r5ii

it barely fails me

except for swallows sometimes lol

[undone slate]

swallows are impossible

[grizzled nebula]

Man I want the r1 so bad

[undone slate]

why the r1

what's good about it

[grizzled nebula]

Shush

[undone slate]

7k 🙁

but isn't the r7 better?

[grizzled nebula]

Nah

[naive fiber]

It's an apsc obviously not

[undone slate]

hmm

i'm getting confused

[grizzled nebula]

A1ii having shit subject detection for birds in the winder areas make it meh

[naive fiber]

When are you not confused

[fast knoll]

best for action tho

[undone slate]

taht's good

[undone slate]

only when i'm sleeping

well

[fast knoll]

r7 autofocus is shit

[undone slate]

sometimes i get confused when i dream

idk

[fast knoll]

how old r u brochacho

[undone slate]

Idk

[fast knoll]

lmao

[undone slate]

😭

[fast knoll]

youre funny in a special way

[undone slate]

Maybe

i'm not sure

but

[naive fiber]

R1 is full frame

Full frame is better than apsc

[undone slate]

Can't the autofocus be fixed by software updates?

[naive fiber]

Kinda?

[grizzled nebula]

Yh but you won’t be shooting action all the time and the a1ii struggles with perched birds if they have something closer than them even if fully visible and not actually hidden behind the bush or tree

[tough hull]

Birds on this setup

[fast knoll]

we always circle back to this discussion lol

[grizzled nebula]

Tasty

[fast knoll]

talking about gear we can't afford

[naive fiber]

What is this

[undone slate]

So why doesn't that camera have the autofocus of another camera like the R1?

[undone slate]

where is that?

[naive fiber]

Because the R1 is the flagship camera

[tough hull]

A medium format Pentax and a Pentacon 500mm f5.6

[undone slate]

idk what flagship is

[grizzled nebula]

Technically I can afford it with the 200-600 and a normal lens if I sell all my gear but there’s literally no way that’s worth it

[undone slate]

wait

[tough hull]

At an exhibition of my photography club

[naive fiber]

refers to the most prominent, important, or highest-quality item, location, or product in an organization's lineup

[undone slate]

cool

[naive fiber]

Oh this is what you were talking about

Cool

My brain just disconnected

[tough hull]

All the gear there I can technically just ask to get for a few days

[tough hull]

Bro

I fucked up yesterday

I got killed by automod

I asked a moderator to remove my mod

[naive fiber]

Go on what 😭

[undone slate]

The R1 could be the best camera if it weren't for the megapixels.

what

[undone slate]

what mod

[naive fiber]

It's not for the MP craving normies like us

It's for professionals

[grizzled nebula]

Stop asking questions everytime someone says something

[undone slate]

but

why?

i want to knowww

[naive fiber]

Oh my god bruh

https://tenor.com/view/oh-my-god-jujutsu-kaisen-jjk-higuruma-jjk-season-3-gif-4667305439104820644

[undone slate]

idk what's bad about it

I mean

it's just asking?

[naive fiber]

Live and let be

[celest panther]

Google is your friend

[naive fiber]

Asking is fine to an extent

[undone slate]

i don't like google

[naive fiber]

?????

[celest panther]

Bro

[naive fiber]

Ok go use Firefox idc

[undone slate]

I prefer answers from people with more experience.

iguess?

[grizzled nebula]

What’s iguess

[naive fiber]

You will find plenty of experienced people on google

[undone slate]

i guess

[grizzled nebula]

Some apple app? 🍏

[naive fiber]

It's not like we don't use google

[tough hull]

But in my unluck I didn’t turn my phone off and in the pocket I sent him an invite to a warthunder discord server 😭. I now still got the automod mute

[celest panther]

Then dont talk about r1, you cant afford it anyway

[naive fiber]

Have you dmed the owner

Wtf do you do in that situation

[tough hull]

Ugh idk

Awkward enough

Anyway

I did not bring my cam today

[undone slate]

wow

[green canyon]

"ich hab keine kamera" haha real

[tough hull]

Wait did I say it in the vid?

[green canyon]

yeah

[tough hull]

Lmao

The pain inside me💔

[undone slate]

but professionals look the mp too

[celest panther]

Es ist immer so

[grizzled nebula]

Does that mean something like I don’t have my camera

[tough hull]

Ye

[celest panther]

These professionals dont look at an R1 then

[green canyon]

yes

[deep vigil]

hi

[tough hull]

Hi

[undone slate]

Internet, Individual, Instruct, Inform and Inspire phone

[celest panther]

Oui

[green canyon]

hello

[undone slate]

that's iphone

I

[green canyon]

aaaaa les francais sont ici

[celest panther]

Oh oui oui baguette

[trim fox]

je'mappelle cubingturtle

[deep vigil]

how is that heat haze treating you

[grizzled nebula]

Oui

[undone slate]

aah

[naive fiber]

Some do

[tough hull]

Anyway good night I’m home now and still gotta apologize to moderator

[naive fiber]

Gn

[deep vigil]

this bird has a worm 😐 like the saying

[tough hull]

It’s been alright

[trim fox]

j'aime les photographie

[undone slate]

french is to difficult

[naive fiber]

Was it early

[undone slate]

same

[deep vigil]

yes actually

[green canyon]

its a bunch of stupid exceptions instead of rules, otherwise its not too bad

[deep vigil]

like 7am

[undone slate]

idk i just study english

[celest panther]

Wdym, whole language is fucked

[undone slate]

so what do wildlife professionals have?

i really wanna know

[celest panther]

Im not a Wildlife photographer, im just here for the content

[undone slate]

@tough hull

do u have a pet bird

[deep vigil]

wha

[undone slate]

;(?

[green canyon]

z9 for example

[deep vigil]

why arent you a wildlife photographer

[green canyon]

r5ii

[grizzled nebula]

R1

[undone slate]

i'm not a professional

[grizzled nebula]

Z8

[celest panther]

Well i like birds! Big metal birds

[undone slate]

raw precapture

[green canyon]

so

still a good camera

great even

[deep vigil]

me neither

[undone slate]

Ok

[green canyon]

raw precap is for noobs

[undone slate]

so why is people telling me

[celest panther]

?

[grizzled nebula]

Lies

Cope actually

[undone slate]

Cope??

[green canyon]

yes

[undone slate]

Your profile says you're a novice

[grizzled nebula]

What?

[undone slate]

idk why

no non o

[tough hull]

No

[green canyon]

z9 is still one of the best cameras on the market

[undone slate]

u should

[tough hull]

I hate having pets

[undone slate]

I mean that

[grizzled nebula]

"No non o"

[green canyon]

and you have to take into account that it released in 2021

[undone slate]

they're cool

[green canyon]

imagine the z9ii

[tough hull]

Too expensive, take up space and time

No thanks

[celest panther]

Well i am, i have my cam since 4 months now

[grizzled nebula]

Im excited to see what the z9ii will be like

[green canyon]

yes but kittyyyyyyy

[tough hull]

No thanks

[naive fiber]

J'adore la photographie parfois

[deep vigil]

i want to take more pics of birds but i keep getting distracted by two particular baby bunnies that keep showing up

[green canyon]

im excited to see what z9 and z8 prices will be like

[undone slate]

Some people say the Z9 is worse than other cameras because it doesn't have RAW format pre-capture.

[grizzled nebula]

Well that’s the case

Doesn’t mean it bad…

[tough hull]

Still better than the other Nikons

[undone slate]

prob ably the best nikon

[trim fox]

moi francais est merde, je vis a Canada

[undone slate]

so there are better cameras

[grizzled nebula]

Rock might be an actual rock

[undone slate]

😭

[celest panther]

Bro do you even know what merde means

[undone slate]

i'm the rock?

[tough hull]

Ye

[trim fox]

no LMFAO

[naive fiber]

I do french because the government makes me do it

[tough hull]

You are THE rock

[celest panther]

Definitely not bad

In that context

[tough hull]

lol

[undone slate]

https://tenor.com/view/rock-one-eyebrow-raised-rock-staring-the-rock-gif-22113367

[green canyon]

isnt it something like "shit"

[celest panther]

Yes

[naive fiber]

It's crap or shit no

Something around there

[trim fox]

close enough

[tough hull]

Bunnies are w

[green canyon]

mrd is the short form right

[undone slate]

The word is almost the same as a swear word in Spanish.

[celest panther]

I guess

[trim fox]

had to do it until like grade 9 and then never touched it again tbh

[grizzled nebula]

Merde means shit

[naive fiber]

I have to do it until grade 10

Grade 11

[green canyon]

i see people writing it all the time

[naive fiber]

Idfk how grades work

[trim fox]

condolences

[tough hull]

In 5 weeks I got time again

[naive fiber]

Gsces

[celest panther]

Under rock sleeper

[naive fiber]

They suck ass

[trim fox]

canadien aussi??

[tough hull]

For using gear from my photography club

[naive fiber]

No

[steady pasture]

Yo, either a fucking turkey just flew through my yard REALLY LOW TO THE GROUND, or a big ass hawk was hunting

[trim fox]

mrd

[naive fiber]

English

[celest panther]

Im not that deep into french that i know a lot of shortcuts

[naive fiber]

Can't use that in a french writing exam

[trim fox]

aarvs prob cursing tf out of us irl rn

[grizzled nebula]

Fvg

[celest panther]

Nah its fine

Hes gooning to his 600mm all the time

[trim fox]

lmfao

[celest panther]

Doesnt look into chat

[grizzled nebula]

Yes

[trim fox]

i heard yall like... wa zoe's?

[steady pasture]

I met this old dude down the road from me, he has 100+ acres of land here and a huge pond in the middle (he’s a birder and wildlife photographer aswell) and he’s letting me use it to take photos of birds since I help him and clean up the ditches on our road

[trim fox]

https://tenor.com/view/empty-roll-tumbleweed-gif-5514767

[deep vigil]

nice pic

[celest panther]

See, you killed the chat

[trim fox]

they didnt like my oiseau joke

[celest panther]

I should go out with my new lens and try it on birds ig

[deep vigil]

what lens is that

[trim fox]

what'd you get?

[steady pasture]

Ooh, what is it

[celest panther]

EF 100-400 mkii

[deep vigil]

good enough

[steady pasture]

OH NICE

one of my dream lenses

[deep vigil]

you can take good bird pics with that

[celest panther]

Got a tc too but idk if i want to do that on the r7

[steady pasture]

I’d do allot of things to get an EF 100-400 mkii

[green canyon]

the 100-400 ii is good enough

[trim fox]

might as well try it

[celest panther]

Shawn made me addicted

[magic crown]

sent the wrong one this is the actual image (the mask were having problems os separation)

[celest panther]

You mean alone and then crop or in combinition with the tc?

[green canyon]

with tc

[steady pasture]

Also, my best friends older sister asked me to take her grad photos, I dislike taking photos of people with a passion

People are so boring to take photos of

[celest panther]

Hmmm, might try it out

[trim fox]

it should be sharp enough to handle it

[green canyon]

just do it
no harm

[steady pasture]

But I’m ass even at the photography genres I do like

[trim fox]

it turns into what, f5.6 to f8? at 400

[celest panther]

F8 yeah

[steady pasture]

Should I just offer to do it for free one afternoon but ask her to have a backup plan if she doesn’t heavily enjoy them?

[celest panther]

I have a wildlife and nature Reservoir next by so i def could catch some birds there

[green canyon]

dont forget, the aperature equiv doesnt affect light

only dof

[celest panther]

Ik

[steady pasture]

That’s the RF, no?

Yes

[celest panther]

But in more concerned about sharpness

[trim fox]

no i mean with a 1.4x tc

[steady pasture]

OH

[celest panther]

On the tight apsc

[deep vigil]

sometimes i wonder about upgrading but my camera and lens work just fine so im always on the fence about it

[green canyon]

it really should be able to handle it

[steady pasture]

Wouldn’t it be 1.6x

[green canyon]

what do you have

[steady pasture]

Bc canon crop

[celest panther]

That automatically

[deep vigil]

lumix dc-g9 and 200 2.8 with 1.4x

[celest panther]

Im talking adding a 1,4tc on top

So 900mm equivalent

[steady pasture]

Oh

[deep vigil]

280 on mft is like 560 which is pretty long

[steady pasture]

On your r7?

[celest panther]

Yeah

[steady pasture]

Ahhh

[trim fox]

i think a lot of people use this on 24mp, 32 might be sus but give it a shot

i dont think youll notice without pixel peeping like a mf tho

[steady pasture]

I love my r50, if r7 mkii comes out within the next two years I’ll probably buy it

AFTER I upgrade this lens

[celest panther]

San said the tc takes some sharpness and idk if it would be very good on the apsc but ig his demands are different from an avg boogie like me

[fast knoll]

i had 100-400 ii

then i switched to 100-500

but it's a great lens

[celest panther]

Yeah maybe

[steady pasture]

I love my RF 100-400, the f/8 is kinda painful tho

[green canyon]

morten is so peak

[fast knoll]

teleconverters on a telephoto lens usually dont perform the best. but also you already have 640mm ffeq from ur r7

[celest panther]

Well the 100-500 was over my budget bc i bought a 70-200 f2.8 too so i have more flexebility

[fast knoll]

if u can't get a good shot at 600mm it just wasnt meant to be tbh

[steady pasture]

I’m probably going to buy an older prime (300 or 400) or the 100-400 mkii

[fast knoll]

idk if id drop another $400 on a tc

[celest panther]

Yeah thats what im concerned about

[trim fox]

the canon tcs are 400??

[fast knoll]

yea the rf ones

[deep vigil]

i get curious about RF full frame cameras for birding because the sensor is like incredibly larger than what i use and there are sweet birding lenses for it

[trim fox]

holy fuck lol

[celest panther]

The tc was 200, got it cheap and took it when i buy a dslr for messing around

Well mine is a ef

Mark iii

[fast knoll]

i got a refurb 100-400 ii from canon store for $1100

then i sold it for like $1350 lol

idk why they were doing such a massive sale

maybe it was a shitty copy ngl cause i wasn't impressed with the sharpness

[celest panther]

Mine was 1.1k too, but its one of the First production models

[trim fox]

sigma 100-400 with a 1.4x

i think 30% denoise

[trim fox]

lowkey facts

[steady pasture]

I really found out that I love photographing large mammals like cows and bison bc they’re so much easier to get closer to

[naive fiber]

If you use a full frame TC on an apsc what's the crop then

[trim fox]

at that point the enemy is heat haze

[naive fiber]

Wait nevermind

Stupid question

😭

[celest panther]

[trim fox]

youll never be the rock

[celest panther]

The tc is just rly for the meme

[fast knoll]

if u have it might as well try it

[naive fiber]

I hope I wont

[fast knoll]

do the rings on the metal bars scratch off the black paint at all

[celest panther]

Nah

[magic crown]

goldy boi

[deep vigil]

i actually don't always use a teleconverter on my 200

[celest panther]

They dont get used a lot tho

Might replace them by peak Design quick releases later

[steady pasture]

I wanna redo this shot so bad one morning when it’s not foggy and my camera lens isn’t fogged up

[celest panther]

But i havnt used a camere strip for a while

[magic crown]

i can feel the birb aura from here

[bitter trench]

Man I need to find some cool birds. Every bird I find is just a super common finch

[celest panther]

Bc i use the arca plate as extender for the collar to carry the camera on the lens

[naive fiber]

Go out and sound id

At 5am

And look

[steady pasture]

Tis a king-birb, ruling over the cypress knee kingdom

[trim fox]

listen too

the more you do it the more you recognize what sounds arent "regular traffic"

[celest panther]

We have Guinea fowls here

[magic crown]

the food will soon be mine so kneel stupid pigeons

[trim fox]

like robins and red wing black birds are just background noise to me now

[bitter trench]

Early morning is tough for me because I'm suburbs tokyo and no trains until like 5

[steady pasture]

Also, the farming store in my county had a sale on bird seed

[grizzled nebula]

i think i have nothing more to change

[steady pasture]

So I bought another bag of sunflower seeds

[trim fox]

corporate id photo shoot fr

[deep vigil]

studio portrait

[bitter trench]

Whats his linkedin

[steady pasture]

Nice shot

[trim fox]

b2b sales (bread to bread)

[bitter trench]

I just noticed the eyss

[grizzled nebula]

just found out i got this nice shot lol

eh it's too low quality

it is a big crop

[green canyon]

photographing birds is going to be interesting

[magic crown]

the heat haze :

https://tenor.com/view/goat-modo-olachenko-komodo-dragon-goat-2026-goat-movie-gif-4384543598595011611

[tacit gazelle]

Oh no

I'm taking portraits in 90 degrees far

Am I gonna get heat haze

[magic crown]

the worst enemy

[tacit gazelle]

Shit

That's not good

I'm getting paid too

Fuch

[gilded yarrow]

lol yep I want winter back

at least autumn

Theres a letter missing there

autuumn

[green canyon]

no

Autumn is right

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah that looks even weirder

LMAO

[green canyon]

haha

[gilded yarrow]

fall.

[grizzled nebula]

if only the migratory birds weren't migratory

[visual wadi]

nothing great

[naive fiber]

I dont think you have the focal length lmao

[visual wadi]

yeah me to

i work with what i have

[naive fiber]

I need to go owl hunting

[steady fox]

I thought long and hard about whether or not I should address this. I am not in a position to dictate anything to you, but I am here to provide the input for self-reflection. I think Rock is currently going through a difficult time here - especially when looking back at the comments left in the galleries. None of us knows whether this involves a medical explanation - something I do not wish to delve into any further - or if he is simply just the way he is. Nor do we know what struggles he might be facing in his private life. Comments of something like this - particularly within this context - can backfire very quickly. No one here wants to be held responsible for the death of a young man. We should all take a moment to pause and reflect so we can consider the potential impact of certain comments and how we treat one another. Self-reflection is the key. 🙏🏻

[left brook]

man you really bird like all the time

whats your end goal

[grizzled nebula]

these are old pics

[gilded yarrow]

become a bird obviously

grow some wings

make people shoot photos of you instead of shooting photos yourself

my god

I wonder what this would look like on 50mp of the a1ii

not even edited yet apart from some sharpening an already looks so good

[turbid flint]

shot one the other day

[grizzled nebula]

nice pic

stilts are cool

[turbid flint]

really cool yeah

wish I didnt get a shadow on the face but ill take it

ive been trying to shoot one for a bit but most of them are pretty skiddish

[left brook]

damnnn

[left brook]

soft ahh lens

[grizzled nebula]

want to see this on 100mp

[gilded yarrow]

I'll buy an a1ii in a few months I think

50mm and sonys best af

mp

ffs

[left brook]

what duck is this

[grizzled nebula]

A9III has better AF apparently

smh

[gilded yarrow]

eh pretty much the same

[grizzled nebula]

but like other than global shutter it's mid

i'd much rather A1II

[gilded yarrow]

but a9 has global shutter thats pretty sick

Yee I dont like the 24mp lol

and 3.8ms readout is pretty much nothing

[grizzled nebula]

A9III has shit noise performance too

[gilded yarrow]

domestic x mallard

[left brook]

interesting

unique

[gilded yarrow]

eh I mean its gotta be better than the 50mp sensor of the a1ii lol

[grizzled nebula]

The A1II really is quite sexy

[gilded yarrow]

Ikr

The 2nd dial for burst speed and af mode is so sick

I genuinely need it

no I dont but gas is big on this one

8k video also sick

[grizzled nebula]

nope

[celest panther]

Most avg sony brick

[turbid flint]

mallards are pretty sick we dont really get em here

[gilded yarrow]

Huh interesting

[turbid flint]

teals and mottled mostly

[grizzled nebula]

sexy brick

[grizzled nebula]

global shutter is the reason for the shit noise performance

[gilded yarrow]

Yee makes sense, I've read stacked already fucks it up a bit earlier

[grizzled nebula]

keeps getting compared to APS-C DSLR noise level

[gilded yarrow]

apsc guy talking lol

[celest panther]

Ofc Sony guy goes directly for the specs again

[celest panther]

Well a brick can be sexy too

Fiat multipla

[gilded yarrow]

uncropped peak

[grizzled nebula]

sharp

[gilded yarrow]

very

Love my 200-600

I noticed that I see some changing vignetting from ibis/oss tho, not quite sure if thats normal lmao

Like I can see the sensor or lens stabilizer working on the lcd

barely noticeable in the pics tho

[grizzled nebula]

adding more sharpness

could've have an even better closeup with the TC

[gilded yarrow]

This ones also kinda cool, was hella underexposed tho

lol

[grizzled nebula]

coots look weird asf

[gilded yarrow]

These are also sick af

[gilded yarrow]

lmao have you ever seen their babies

zombies

[grizzled nebula]

nope but babies are cute

[gilded yarrow]

eeeeeh

[grizzled nebula]

where are my ducks

[grizzled nebula]

lol

kinda cute tbh

baby moorhen's are very cute

[left brook]

ugly bird

[left brook]

how close were u

[mellow spruce]

american coot

[gilded yarrow]

very close

pretty close to minimum focus distance

supposed to rain tomorrow, tent time

testing my setup lmao

[mellow spruce]

a7iv and the 200-600?

[gilded yarrow]

Not a lot of space but its chill

[gilded yarrow]

Yup

[mellow spruce]

nice

[gilded yarrow]

gonna be fire

[magic crown]

insane

[deep vigil]

the heck is that!

[gilded yarrow]

huge setup lmao

peak for long waiting sessions tho

gonna photograph the bee eaters tomorrow

hope it wont rain too much

[grizzled nebula]

Can look cool with the rain

[gilded yarrow]

yee hoping for something similar to my kingfisher pic but from closer

Or sun

Oh shit it changed

hell yeah

Hope noone else is gonna be there lmao

But I gotta sleep now, almost 1 am and my mom wants to drive to work with our car so I need to come with her and then drive to the bee eater spot

She leaves at 5:50am

ffs

[mellow spruce]

got this guy a while ago, first time seeing an osprey with my camera

[deep vigil]

nice spray

[magic crown]

I will never forget thoses condition that made this insane shot possible

[unborn frost]

Dump from a recent day out. Open to any comments, still trying to figure out edits. I think some of these might be pushed a little too far? hard to tell where to draw the line or when to let go of personal tastes. idk if that makes sense c:

Not birds but caught these little dudes while I was in one of the hides

[trim fox]

i love your editing

[glossy sage]

Instead of the vignette slider use a radial gradient around ur subject, invert it, lower exposure

Its a bit nicer of an effect than the way vignette slider darkens

[glossy sage]

hah bottom left I love when ducks do that run across the water. I wanna photograph it but I'm never ready

[cobalt zenith]

Hey! That was made inside a cage

[rancid badger]

What kind of tent is that?

[gilded yarrow]

uhh not sure about the Name anymore

some kind of cheap tragopan Clone

around 100€

ah this, not available anymore tho

[gilded yarrow]

did it guys

[rancid badger]

Ngl. Hardcore jealous. I'm gonna have to get out more.

[tough hull]

W

Es schüttet wie aus Eimern hier

[left brook]

let us know how it goes

[gilded yarrow]

Hier nur bisschen

[gilded yarrow]

Yup will do

[tough hull]

Ok now it’s less luckily

[gilded yarrow]

peak wildlife photography right here

Well that didnt take long

ignore quality please its just an ID photo lmao

[left brook]

i should buy some cheap hide

[gilded yarrow]

I wonder if theyre actually allowed to work here

[left brook]

stalkin em

[gilded yarrow]

Lmao yee, not gonna let them destroy the breeding walls

[gilded yarrow]

Just moved my tent a bit closer

Not by a lot, but enough for a cleaner background and a bit more magnification

Hard to move the tent with everything in it LMAO

Light is absolutely terrible rn but hell yeah

[left brook]

damn 1/800 and still 3200 iso

[left brook]

looks pretty great

[gilded yarrow]

Thanks, light is terrible tho and its starting to rain now

cold af

[gilded yarrow]

it's gotten even worse

[left brook]

fahh

hope that denoise saves you

[gilded yarrow]

yee should be fine

owl pic at 12800 still looked good

[gilded yarrow]

holy shit guys

[gilded yarrow]

Wow

same text but different font ahh

[gilded yarrow]

Bro you were so right

so worth it getting up at 5 30 after only 4 hours of sleep lmao

[grizzled nebula]

why does everyone get nice background except for me

[gilded yarrow]

very thankful for my mom to tell me to come with her lmao

[grizzled nebula]

fook flat terrain

[gilded yarrow]

Eh what I'm doing rn isn't 100% allowed, I'm not allowed to walk where I walked but I know the birds aren't even noticing me so idgaf

wouldn't get pics half as nice if I wouldn't have put my tent up here

[grizzled nebula]

ykw imma wait for the weekend cause i have an idea

one of the places in the bee eater spot can give me some nice backgrounds but i'm not allowed to go in it

but since there's no cameras and there's no one on the weekend i'll go in

[gilded yarrow]

should do it on a weekday like me

noone here

Man they're so gorgeous

[grizzled nebula]

there's people that work there on week days unfortunately

[gilded yarrow]

ahh damn

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah there was that one guy who came here, filled his truck with soil and then left lmao

came back once so far around 2 hours later

[grizzled nebula]

did he even see you with the hide lol

if i have the time i'll go check them out again later

to see if they've moved or not

[gilded yarrow]

Nope lmao

slowly getting really cold

Also starting to rain again

might leave soon, been here for around 5 hours now and got 1300 pics and some videos too

[grizzled nebula]

i don't really like the bee eaters pics i have

[gilded yarrow]

I want one more pic where one is landing and has its wings spread, no luck with that one shot so far tho

[grizzled nebula]

but atleast i can say i've seen and photographed them too

only one i somewhat like but it's so low quality

[gilded yarrow]

that just needs different editing trust

[grizzled nebula]

needs me to go back and get better pics

gonna take a ladder lol

[gilded yarrow]

Lmao

[grizzled nebula]

also people working there now actually make the place safe for me

this was before

now it's almost only fields

there's european rollers on that exact piece of land

[gilded yarrow]

EXACTLY LIKE THIS HOLY SHIT

[gilded yarrow]

That's good

[gilded yarrow]

Ohhh sick

I wanna photograph those too

[grizzled nebula]

don't mind the edit

i need to re do it

pre screen calibration

[gilded yarrow]

Super cool

Alright I got every shot Ive wanted

insane

[left brook]

bee-eater

holy crap

[left brook]

wrap it up come home and send raws now

howd you find out about them

[gilded yarrow]

dude that I met

asked him if he knows a spot

[left brook]

hides might be goated

[gilded yarrow]

he didn't, a few days later he texted me and told me someone told him about this spot

[gilded yarrow]

Oh 100%

esp since I'm not wet lmao

been raining almost the whole time

welp 1st sd card full lmao

[gilded yarrow]

nahhh I don't wanna leave

[grizzled nebula]

sad it's low quality

[gilded yarrow]

he's just chilling there

[left brook]

u shoulda got closer

why the fuck are aliexpress hides like $300

cheapest i can find

[grizzled nebula]

hides are quite expensive

[gilded yarrow]

eh don't wanna get too close

[gilded yarrow]

mine was around 100

[left brook]

y not

[left brook]

will a basic tent work

[grizzled nebula]

this is what i need

[grizzled nebula]

no idea tbh

idk if i want a hide

i like being able to move when i want

[gilded yarrow]

theyre breeding here, even if they don't notice me once I'm in the tent they will notice me setting everything up

And I'm only 15m away, not a lot

Plus I'm not even allowed to be here, if it would be some random place I mightve gone to like 8m or so

[gilded yarrow]

it's great if you know a good spot

[gilded yarrow]

eh depends

if the birds can see your movements because light shines through it'll still scare them

alright this is a sick last shot

gonna leave now

[left brook]

what time is it in france now

[grizzled nebula]

the bee eaters i go see aren't scared luckily

[grizzled nebula]

why u asking a german that lol

also it's 11:54

[gilded yarrow]

I'm german but yeah what he said

[left brook]

shi myb

i thought u guys were both french

[gilded yarrow]

nahh luckily not

packed up

[left brook]

that perch was just sittin there?

[grizzled nebula]

what the fuck man

i ain't got trees that tall

not a perch that low

[gilded yarrow]

Yup

[gilded yarrow]

LMAO

[grizzled nebula]

well i'm going back later

imma check if they're still in that area or not

tallest trees in that area btw

[gilded yarrow]

aight fully packed up now

top 3 birding sessions

[grizzled nebula]

wait wait wait

i think i can actually go into the place i thought i couldn't on weekdays

interesting

[gilded yarrow]

Ohh hell yeah

Man I dont wanna leave LMAO

Just sitting in my car rn

[grizzled nebula]

oh i also forgot there's a golden oriole there

it's so annoying tho

still haven't been able to get a pic of it

crazy that i have european bee eaters, european rollers and golden orioles in the same spot

[left brook]

https://tenor.com/view/angry-angry-kid-congrats-nice-happy-for-you-gif-16045257244806990422

[tender galleon]

that prolly feels like an oven in the summer

[grizzled nebula]

nothing to be jealous about lol

can't even get a nice background

so far all my shots just have the sky as a background unfortunately

[tough hull]

Amazing

[tough hull]

“I don’t get a nice background” mf I don’t even get the bee eaters

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah at my spot too

[gilded yarrow]

Thanks!

[gilded yarrow]

At least 2 or 3 actually, but also havent seen one yet

They sound so amazing

this is gonna take a while lmao

[tough hull]

Holy fast transfer speeds

Try to do 300GB with 80MB/s

Lmao

Max I can get is around 100MB/S

[grizzled nebula]

Just destroyed my left ankle and right knee

[gilded yarrow]

curse is back

[gilded yarrow]

Sadly doesnt stay like that for some reason lmao

wonky ahh

[spring vault]

my v60 SD cards transfer at 260mb/s

gotta use a good reader and the correct USB port

[gilded yarrow]

these are v60 too

its prolly the usb port yea

[grizzled nebula]

Honey buzzard seems to be nesting here

[tough hull]

These drops go down to 4MB/s for me

[tough hull]

Yep

[spring vault]

I bought a cf express reader but my pc motherboard only has one 20 gigabit USB c port and it's completely blocked so I'm not gonna be able to transfer files at maximum speed

[grizzled nebula]

Cant find any bee eaters rn

[tough hull]

The honey buzzard ate them

Trust

No way

I think I just saw a hooded crow

[grizzled nebula]

Gope they're not gone

[tough hull]

Honey buzzard spit them out again

[spring vault]

everyone's out for the bees

[tough hull]

No

I have none😢

[grizzled nebula]

Just saw 2 golden orioles

[gilded yarrow]

not fair

[grizzled nebula]

Found them!

Fss the bee eaters flew off

Just qaw a fox!!

Black kite perched in front of me but i cant get close enough cause the guy is here

[gilded yarrow]

Lmao

[gilded yarrow]

oof

[gilded yarrow]

Thats sick tho

[grizzled nebula]

Welp i cant find any bee eaters rn

Found some european rollers tho

Saw some orioles but couldnt even get a shitty pic

Shite pic but finally!

[undone slate]

Really! u have those?

[undone slate]

@naive fiber so i can take good photos inside a cage

@grizzled nebula so the only issue with the z9 is that it doesn't have raw precap?

[undone slate]

common buzzard??

[gilded yarrow]

nah

tail is wrong

actually

Yeah it is

common buzzard

I'm just stupid

I just sorted through almost 2.1k photos with no break

1.5 hours

wow

[undone slate]

burst mode

[gilded yarrow]

Of course

But also 6 hours of photography

[trim fox]

ur dedicated af

mad respect

[gilded yarrow]

Thanks Was so worth it tho

Also didnt feel like 6 hours, more like 1

Super chill just sitting in the tent waiting for birds to land infront of me lmao

[tough hull]

Fr

I go out for three hours and half an hour goes by and suddenly the three hours have passed

[undone slate]

so

If the Z9 had RAW pre-capture, it would be better than the best camera for nature photography today.

[tough hull]

Not fully

Depends on the lenses you have

[undone slate]

And what is the best lens available, regardless of price?

[tough hull]

No

[grizzled nebula]

Crazy heat haze rn

[tough hull]

I think a9 III is better

Lemme check something

[undone slate]

Ok

[gilded yarrow]

600mm f4

imo

[tough hull]

If you want resolution, Z9, if 24MP is enough go for a9 iii, a lot better. Raw precap and 120fps continuous raw shooting. The slow Z9 only manages 20fps

[gilded yarrow]

a1ii

or the new a7rvi

[undone slate]

What does 20fps mean?

[tough hull]

It can shoot 20 frames per second

[undone slate]

with frames you mean photos?

[tough hull]

Yes

[undone slate]

man

THAT'S A LOT

20 photos per second that's A LOOT

[tough hull]

That’s nothing

[undone slate]

😭

[tough hull]

That’s slower than a7 V

[undone slate]

But that's a lot i mean

20 pics per second

for me at least

is a lot

[tough hull]

10fps was a lot for me

But to the market

[deep vigil]

20 pics per second is pretty fun tho

[tough hull]

Nah

[tough hull]

Ye

[deep vigil]

i use around 8 fps when i burst because that is my cameras sweet spot between speed and focus

[tough hull]

My max is 10fps and was a huge step from my previous 1fps though when I get my next cam I won’t go below 30

[deep vigil]

my camera is like a decade old or something

8fps with full autofocus is decent for the time period

[grizzled nebula]

Need to go home now

[deep vigil]

it can do up to 60fps raw but only with fixed focus

[grizzled nebula]

Dehydrated asf

[deep vigil]

i have had people tell me i need to upgrade but im not convinced because im getting pics i like as it is

[tough hull]

My D3100 is from 2010

Lmao

[deep vigil]

my 5D is from 2005

[tough hull]

60fps is crazy

[deep vigil]

(i dont bird with the 5D)

[tough hull]

Oh

So which has the 60fps

[deep vigil]

lumix G9