Bird Photography

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah I need to reedit them all once I get home, it's as if I just didn't finish the edits lol

[gilded yarrow]

Reedits done on my phone lol

So much better

The ones I sent yesterday were so insanely flat

that's why you don't edit in total darkness whole being tired af

[merry cove]

pretty birdies

[tough hull]

Yooo physics test was excellent

[deep vigil]

cool

[tough hull]

And now heading to Sweden

Can’t wait for tomorrow

[deep vigil]

that escalated quick

[tough hull]

Yes lmao

[deep vigil]

why is there green and red splotches

[tough hull]

Moire it’s called I think

[grizzled nebula]

On my way to some bee eaters again

Hope this spot will be better for backgrounds

[deep vigil]

hopefully

[tough hull]

Yeahhh

[unborn frost]

not the sharpest but better than what i had before approx. 8mp crop

[tough hull]

I find the artificial sun a bit too strong

NO WAY

IM IN THE CAR

I JUST SAW A KESTREL going full speed to the ground to catch I think a mouse or something like that

Never seen it happen before

[gilded yarrow]

perfect birding weather, defo no heat haze

[deep vigil]

uh oh

[grizzled nebula]

Do i go over the fencz?

[gilded yarrow]

Ye

there's a path

means you're allowed there

[unborn frost]

quick edit. looks like ive overdone the blues :I might adjust it later

[grizzled nebula]

Cant get to the damn bee eaters

Annoying

[tough hull]

Are there any signs making it illegal ?

[grizzled nebula]

Did it anyway but it doesnt lead to anywhere anymore

[tough hull]

Why not anymore lol

[grizzled nebula]

Used to be an old path that got destroyed by a flood 4 or 5 years ago

[tough hull]

Damn

[grizzled nebula]

Well no pics

Dissapointing

[magic crown]

[daring imp]

found a wild cock in the woods

[magic crown]

Nice cock

[undone slate]

is that cropped?

man that's so cool

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah

might post to Instagram, might be a bit too short but eh

[undone slate]

It has a lot of quality

And one question: Could I record a video and convert each frame into a photo?

[undone slate]

is that a wild cock?
what species is that

[gilded yarrow]

In theory yea

[gilded yarrow]

yee

4k

[daring imp]

Woodcock

[undone slate]

thanks

[unborn frost]

slight tweaks to the background and overall temperature~

[undone slate]

nice photo!
camera?

[undone slate]

Crazy photo

[grizzled nebula]

might be able to see the bee eaters again tomorrow at the usual spot

100% sure i won't be getting nice backgrounds

[undone slate]

i have this plant at my house

Probably i'd able to attract some goldfinchs maybe in a month or some weeks

Idk

[unborn frost]

Canon R7 with sigma 150-600 + 1.4x teleconvertor

[undone slate]

Nice

[grizzled nebula]

https://tenor.com/view/police-coco-jaw-drop-skeleton-shocked-gif-15485742

[undone slate]

i think ur camera is better

https://tenor.com/view/the-rock-angry-wwe-rage-dwayne-johnson-gif-21713666

[deep vigil]

my camera is ok but i dont really want more right now

i should say its "just okay"

[grizzled nebula]

i mean they're 2 different types of camera

the R7 is a max reach high res APS-C camera for wildlife, my camera is more of a do it all

[grizzled nebula]

crazy combo this tho, 150-600 is already ass on the R7 to begin with so can't imagine how it is with a 1.4x tc

[grizzled nebula]

also it's way to dark on the bottom left corner

[undone slate]

that's good

i kinda like it

[grizzled nebula]

Would've been more fitting on the bottom right corner

and it's still too dark

imo

[bitter trench]

The weather just turned super bad here for a while :(

[grizzled nebula]

going back to camargue next month

[tender galleon]

lens is on its way

should arrive 29.05

[naive fiber]

I wanted a 200-400 f4 for a bit

then I realised its 3.3kg

[tender galleon]

the 100-400 is only like 1.6kg

[naive fiber]

its 800 pounds though

better than I expected

[tender galleon]

and my camera is 700g

[naive fiber]

light

[tender galleon]

yeah 2.3kg total

[naive fiber]

meh not that bad

[tender galleon]

the swallows keep coming on top of my room (they sit on the antenna)

[naive fiber]

retail 7k

I may actually get this over a 150-600

[tender galleon]

idk how i could get them to perch on logs

[naive fiber]

maybe with a 1.4x

[naive fiber]

food nearby?

like an apple

[tender galleon]

mm maybe

[naive fiber]

or maybe just buy some bait and use that

set up a pond

[tender galleon]

lmao my mom fed the squirrel some nuts because it looked so small and came eating the seeds from winter every day, but now its probably gonna eat the baby swallows when they hatch

[naive fiber]

sad

[tender galleon]

dont swallows like deep ponds

[naive fiber]

Im waiting for parakeets to come out

[naive fiber]

I would assume so

they eat from them

[tender galleon]

i dont have space for that

[naive fiber]

wait nevermind

wrong bird

[tender galleon]

but its pretty cool watching the swallows fly

[naive fiber]

wtf was I thinking about

swallows eat insects

[naive fiber]

it is

[tender galleon]

they nest in our garage (the garage has no door) and they fly into there really fast and like come down from 20m in 2sec

[unborn frost]

Thanks! tried to emulate some of your recent raptor shots using gradients to add to the background. It was difficult trying to decide when you're up against a flat background. I took the tail highlight as the light coming more from the right side.

As far as the lens camera combo goes, ive not had any issues with the 150-600. I saw loads of videos and posts from a few years back saying its ass and theres issues with AF etc but I think the latest firmware update from last year helped ease those issues. (I updated from an 80d to R7 a few months back). my main gripe is just the weight of everything :l

[undone slate]

is that to much?

i ask this because i'm very used to my small

camera

[tender galleon]

thats very light

[tough hull]

Yo so my tip: Import the Video twice, extract the audio from both, make one video slow mo and then use the audio track from the normal speed so it doesn’t sound weird. Ofc you need more audio but I think you have video uncut with good audio

[tough hull]

No

I don’t think so

I see goldfinches everywhere but not at these plants

[gilded yarrow]

Yee but there is some background noise

But that's actually a good idea

[tough hull]

Yeah, cuz like idk if you can hear it but there’s this artificial slow mo sound that is when you make it slow and I bet this is a lot worse than normal speed background noise

[gilded yarrow]

there's the full vid

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah ofc, would remove that anyways if I upload the slowmo to Instagram

[tough hull]

Nice

[tough hull]

Yeah you got some nice like 5 sec part with no moving sound if you

[undone slate]

I only see them on those plants. 🤣

[tough hull]

Lmao

I only saw them on trees and I saw one on a road

[undone slate]

Besides, his name means teasel eater

[naive fiber]

I'm birding at the wrong time aren't I

[undone slate]

i have some goldfinches nest near me

[tender galleon]

gonna try to get decent swallow pic on the antenna

[undone slate]

i haven't seen them

but i know they're

[undone slate]

pretty difficult but good luck

[naive fiber]

Let me go down to 1/3000 actually

[tough hull]

Nice

[undone slate]

this is a good time

[naive fiber]

1/1250 is way too high

[naive fiber]

Time zones

[undone slate]

you're in the uk

1 hour less than me

[naive fiber]

It's 5

[tough hull]

Bro so annoying my siblings and parents didn’t finish packing their stuff so I’m still waiting to leave for Sweden

[undone slate]

?

[naive fiber]

5pm

[undone slate]

why are u leaving sweden

[undone slate]

same for me

[naive fiber]

So yes too early

Sunset based

[undone slate]

that's probably the best time for photographing

birds

[tough hull]

I’m not

[naive fiber]

No

[tough hull]

Read again please

[naive fiber]

6am ish

[undone slate]

ohh ok

why are u going to sweeden

[undone slate]

17:58 right now

[naive fiber]

I hear a really loud great tit and bluetit and it's throwing me off

[undone slate]

where are u right now

[naive fiber]

Home

[undone slate]

u should go birding

right now

[naive fiber]

Not the best time

Also it's too hot

I'm also in a pretty good location

[undone slate]

that's so good

[naive fiber]

What

No

[undone slate]

for birds yea

[naive fiber]

No not really

Mainly because I don't want to bird

Because it's too hot

my window is a pretty good location anyway if I don't want the sun on me

[undone slate]

in the morning

[naive fiber]

I'm talking about right now

[glossy sage]

ur 200-400 has some nice bokeh

digital stabilization a lil wonky but nice video

[gilded yarrow]

200-600

But ye it's great esp with a nice bg

[gilded yarrow]

yee my tripod ain't super stable so had to use a lot of stabilization in davinci resolve

thank you tho

I wanna do more video in the future but I feel like I'd need to get a more stable tripod for that first

using a cheap ass knf tripod with a ball head rn

[tough hull]

I also wanna try myself one day but my laptop is lacking storage rn. Once I get editing software, let’s start a thread in vl lounge with bird videography lmao

Welp they only have collab request forum 🥲

[tough hull]

Very limited space lmao

More space than last year at least

[undone slate]

is that in a plane

[tough hull]

@green canyon what are you doing in the holidays

[tough hull]

Car

[undone slate]

ur going to a plane

[tough hull]

Plane has more space luckily

[tough hull]

No

[undone slate]

so

[tough hull]

Anyway I saw my 100th bird species today @grizzled nebula

Common swift

[undone slate]

u count them?

[undone slate]

oh yeah, they're pretty common here

[tough hull]

Yes

[tough hull]

Yeah here too but I was never sure until today I saw them while they made calls

And a damn lot closer than usually

[undone slate]

wow

in the mind or taking note of them?

[tough hull]

Note

I do checklists on eBird

[naive fiber]

I hear the birds now

But where are they

[tough hull]

Which species

[naive fiber]

Parakeets

Trying to get a green themed photo

[tough hull]

Nice

[grizzled nebula]

I Have swifts that fly head high everyday around my house

[undone slate]

Me when I go out without my camera
What I see

I'm not lying 😭

[tough hull]

Well in my village I have only seen house martins and barn swallows yet. But in my schools city I saw them today

[tough hull]

True

[undone slate]

why are they called martins?

[undone slate]

So true

[tough hull]

google.com

[undone slate]

ok

House martins get their name from a mix of French history and the Roman calendar, rather than an extraterrestrial origin. "House" refers to their habit of building mud nests on human buildings, while "martin" likely stems from the French pet name for Saint Martin or the Latin Mars.

https://tenor.com/view/nice-smack-delicious-meme-gif-8375212

[naive fiber]

Wrong focus mode gah

[grizzled nebula]

My plan for tomorrow is go look for the european rollers and bee eaters again in the morning

and if i find nothing i'll go look for some other birds in the mountains

breh

[green canyon]

i just saw a male and female kingfisher flying together

[daring imp]

Lucky. Trying to get some pictures of them but super rare here

[tough hull]

I am now almost two hours into my journey to Sweden and remembered my sdcard is still at home

[tough hull]

Your pic? I see buzzards everywhere. Like along the road. Rarely in my village unlike kestrels

[tough hull]

Cool. Any pics of kingfishers in general?

[grizzled nebula]

no

look at the techincal info

[tough hull]

Oh right

Z9

[grizzled nebula]

no 600mm F/4 TC VR S

[tough hull]

Yeah that too

[grizzled nebula]

this was close to where i live

wish ebird had a thing where you could search by type of bird

[green canyon]

no luck today

but i was only there for an hour

and i still need a camo net

Atleast ive found a good one

ill order it today

[celest panther]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/753309640309211201/1506253104171974777/attachment.gif

[tough hull]

Same

[bitter trench]

I'm 6 days no kingfisher

[tough hull]

Eisenbahnverkehr

[tough hull]

Sad

[bitter trench]

Tried 2 diff spots and no luck

[tough hull]

Ich brauch ein langes Wort über Eisenbahnen

[tough hull]

Damn

[trim fox]

bruh ggs

u have backup?

[bitter trench]

Im so ready for it to be too far away when I finally find one

[tough hull]

I actually left it on purpose

So many pics on there

UNSORTED

And I have a CFexpress

Which is faster

[tough hull]

Yeah try at least finding one

[tender galleon]

we got clickbaited

[tough hull]

Yes I’m sorry

I’m bored

[bitter trench]

Ive been told by locals that they see them almost daily on the way to work at one spot

[tough hull]

I got nothing to do on this trip

Like the drive

[tough hull]

Ok

[bitter trench]

Been there 3 times no luck

Being scammed by locals

[tough hull]

How long each time?

[celest panther]

Eisenbahnverkehrswegpositionswechsler

[bitter trench]

Only an hour or so around sunrise before work

[tough hull]

Yeah see the problem?

[tough hull]

Danke

Also eine weiche?

[celest panther]

Literally weiche

I guess

[tough hull]

Ja ok

[bitter trench]

Unfortunately I can't skip work to stay longer, and cant travel to better spots as public transport isnt open yet

[tough hull]

Just call in a holiday lol

Or not on a workday

[gilded yarrow]

LMAO

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah I spent months on a good photo lmao

[green canyon]

I see kingfishers everytime i go but they have a pretty large territory

[tough hull]

I barely waited for my first shot of a kingfisher like it was one of the first times at my spot but then for a damn long time not a single opportunity

[tough hull]

Same

I was 3-5m next to one two or three weeks ago though

Behind sticks though

[green canyon]

exactly the same experience for me

[grizzled nebula]

i was around 1m20 from one 4 months ago

[tough hull]

Yeah on the same day I could have grabbed it while flying

[spring vault]

https://youtu.be/NJ33ssB998M

[gilded yarrow]

that is the absolute weirdest spot ever for an osprey nest

[spring vault]

osprey nests r on cell towers very often

[turbid flint]

my area has tons of osprey nest spots they build

[grizzled nebula]

@undone slate do u know Reserva de la Biosfera - Ancares Leoneses

[undone slate]

Yeah i know!
I've never been there because i'm from northwest but yeah i know!
In Galicia we have places like this one- https://patrimonionatural.xunta.gal/sites/default/files/parques/Folleto-ruta-aves-Encina_cast_correcCP.pdf

[grizzled nebula]

when u get a good camera it could be a very very very cool place to go too cause it looks insane and it's a golden eagle hotspot

[grizzled nebula]

looks pretty cool too

[undone slate]

For real!

[grizzled nebula]

holy shit

just remembered i got a gift for 2 night free in some places

and one of the places is in the middle of a golden eagle hotspot!!

wow

insane place

been wanting to go there forever

difficult to access without a car tho

the gift is available until 2029 so i'll i've my licence by then

[tough hull]

Sup guys and girls I just went birding at 5am

2 lifers

Northern lapwing and Eurasian oystercatcher

[broken mantle]

Nice

Its been raining heavily here

[tough hull]

Yeah I only was up at 5 cuz I’m still on my way to Sweden

And I can’t sleep that well in the car

Sunrise was so beautiful

I also saw terns

AND I GOT SO FREAKING CLOSE TO SWALLOWS

like I got them bigger on my 300mm than on the 600

If I would have had the 600, I could have gotten usable pics

But now like meh

I saw some kind iv sandpiper but I couldn’t take a pic

This island is full of birds

[trim fox]

sandpipers so funny bro

[tough hull]

Yeah

[trim fox]

legit sat and stared at one twerking for a good 20 min pecking near the water

goofy birds

[tough hull]

I mean I have pictures but through windows they are like warped or whatever

Common shelduck

Idk lemme look that one up

Lowk I would prefer staying here just for the insane bird variety here

I just saw one more northern lapwing

God I wish I lived next to the sea

[tepid sierra]

kinda rough shot but beautiful bird none the less

[tough hull]

Next time hold still and focus properly

And then the sticks aren’t too bad

[tepid sierra]

thats fair

[trim fox]

great blue heron is fr a great blue heron

majestic ass bird

[tough hull]

Yeah. The only time when sticks aren’t really ruining your images is when they are directly infront of your lens and your images looks flat

[tough hull]

That’s a great blue?

[trim fox]

looks like it to me

identical to the ones we have

unless im trolling

[tough hull]

lol the image is a bit underexposed and I have never seen them lol

[tepid sierra]

no thats a blue

[tough hull]

Just gray

[tough hull]

Ight

[tepid sierra]

still learning so im not the best at exposing properly but itll get better with practice

[tough hull]

Use auto iso

[shut hazel]

im finally bothering to transfer my photos

[tepid sierra]

ive allways been told not to, ill have to try it

[tough hull]

Who lmao

Did a wildlife photographer do this?

[tepid sierra]

unfortunatley lol

[tough hull]

Who

[shut hazel]

do yall use auto iso

[tough hull]

Lmao

[shut hazel]

for wildlife

[tough hull]

Yes

[shut hazel]

cuz i personally dont

[tough hull]

Why

[shut hazel]

i use auto wb but otherwise the rest is manual

i like to adjust my settings the way i like them

ive never tried auto iso

[tough hull]

No AF? 🤨

[shut hazel]

sometimes

[tepid sierra]

nobody on here it was an someone i ran into while shooting and we just taled for a bit and they gave a few "pointers" figured id try and seems it wasnt the best advice

[shut hazel]

i use manual focus sometimes

for fun

[tough hull]

Just crank up iso until it’s bright enough then

[shut hazel]

i remember the absolute hellscape of having to use a 500mm mirror lens with no af or stabilization on an apsc camera

holy shit

that was fun but very hellish

[tough hull]

I use it when AF fails

[tepid sierra]

my camera only goes to like 6400...

[shut hazel]

same

[tough hull]

What camera?

[shut hazel]

or if im doing it for fun

[tepid sierra]

canon eos rebel t5

[shut hazel]

i just play around with photo stuff for fun and only lock in when i feel like it

[tough hull]

Ight

[tepid sierra]

might be 12800 but i cant remember

[tough hull]

Idk about old cams, I often also picked iso myself there

[tough hull]

Since I got my a7 IV I have almost only been doing auto iso

[shut hazel]

i like the evf in mirrorless

[tough hull]

YES

i love it

[shut hazel]

ill give auto iso a shot someday

originally i didnt like the evf when i was using my d5200 and tried an a7iii

but after getting my z5ii i love the evf

[tough hull]

Yeah I had to get used to the a7 IV too

[shut hazel]

i thought the learning curve from d5200 to z5ii would be hard

but the 5ii is lowk so similar to the 5200 in a sense

[tough hull]

Because compared to some Fuji cameras I have used at school before the a7 IV has a low res evf

[shut hazel]

the buttons were generally in the same spots

the ui is the exact same

it was pretty easy to swap over

almost th exact same i should say

ill do a menu comparision someday (its the same shit lmao)

[tough hull]

What I love is I instantly see wether my image is under or overexposed

[shut hazel]

yes

thats another reaosn i dont use auto iso

cuz i can mess around with it myself and quickly see

also helps with having to change settings quickly

i like practicing that

[tough hull]

Yeah

Bro this year

Imma have to change through like 8 different exposure times and take at least 4 photos each

In 1min and 20 seconds

This is gonna be hard

My current record is like 1min 30s

[shut hazel]

oh my buh why do all my photos keep going into one folder

i think i changed a setting

ima change that back next time i transfer

[tough hull]

lol

How do you sort your images?

[shut hazel]

i dont really sort them

[tough hull]

Back last year I started sorting them based on subjects

[shut hazel]

oh

im too lazy for allat

[tough hull]

Now I do date

[tough hull]

Same

[shut hazel]

every time i transfer it automatically makes a new folder

[tough hull]

I switched over now

[shut hazel]

other than this time for some reason

[tough hull]

lol

I accidentally transferred photos into a folder for Astro RAWs

And almost deleted them

[shut hazel]

lmao

[tough hull]

I actually looked for them for two months

And then I ran out of storage

Started sorting out

Wanted to delete astrology photos

[shut hazel]

finally caught one of these lil goobers too

[tough hull]

And then I was like wait this folder I accidentally copied something into and opened it and found the images I was looking for

[shut hazel]

and the lil geese

not the best photo though

yesssss the crane photos are good

lets goo

[shut hazel]

lmao

[tepid sierra]

those are some damn good photos

[tough hull]

They are ugly asf

[shut hazel]

lmao

[tough hull]

I was trying to find them because I have never seen baby geese

And when I saw them

Disappointed

Gotta be honest though these are so much more cute though ❤️

[shut hazel]

indeed

[tough hull]

You got some more of those?

[shut hazel]

i think i have more

ill check

i wanna check the cranes first

[tough hull]

Nice

I saw cranes last year on Öland

Maybe I can see them this year

[tepid sierra]

i got lucky and saw a swan a while back for the first time

[tough hull]

One time in 2024 I was in Sweden fishing and we heard cracks behind some like tall water grass, got excited thought its a moose and suddenly this crane took of, I felt like in Jurassic park because this thing with these gigantic wings looked like a flying dinosaur

[tough hull]

Aren’t swans like super common?

[tepid sierra]

not around where i live apparently

[tough hull]

Like for me in every city I see swans (if there’s a water)

[tepid sierra]

im 25 and this is the first one ive ever seen

[tough hull]

If I may ask what country, and substate you live in?

[tepid sierra]

this was also in a man made lake in the middle of the city to

[tough hull]

Damn

[tough hull]

Oh yeah

[tepid sierra]

im in salem oregon usa

[tough hull]

Hmm

[shut hazel]

mmmm

[tough hull]

I think I didn’t see a single swan when I was in America

But I was at the west coast

And like up until Texas etc.

[tepid sierra]

i live on the west coast lmao

[tough hull]

In Europe they are super common

Like you can go to any city with a bigger river running through it and it has swans

[tepid sierra]

i wanna go now

[shut hazel]

is this crop a bit too close

what yall think

[tough hull]

They sometimes come to you with their when you feed them and then scream at you for being close to their babies lol

[shut hazel]

this might be better

or stll too close

idk

[tough hull]

What lens

[tepid sierra]

heres another

[shut hazel]

50-400

tamron

[tough hull]

Ight

Needs more bokeh

[tough hull]

I recommend going somewhere where you have acces to the water, lure the swan with food and then take pics of him

[tough hull]

Aim for headshots

[tepid sierra]

noted

[tough hull]

Or full body

Though full body in my opinion only looks good if it’s directly from the front or side

And close to the ground

I frequently get so close that 200mm is way too much for full body lol

[trim fox]

just dont do portraits of them in bad light

or you end up with a rockanteater picture

[tough hull]

Yeah relatable

Had that issue last year

[trim fox]

same

no flame its just how it is

[trim fox]

beautiful fuckin birds from the side man

[tough hull]

Eh

[tepid sierra]

beautiful

[tough hull]

That’s one of the best shots I have seen in a while

[trim fox]

thank you!!

[tough hull]

I yet have to see two swans forming a heart in Bavaria

Would be perfect for the current contest

[trim fox]

thats one im aiming for too

[tough hull]

“Lovely nature” is the topic

I’m now in the oldest age category

So I got some competition

[trim fox]

lmfao

[tough hull]

Yeah it’s a youth contest

I got in like the closer selection last year

Top ten my age category for the topic

The winning shot was amazing

Not my photo but this was the first place

Magic of the colors was the topic

Shot on canon R7 with 100-400 I think

Damn

1/16000

[spring vault]

sun prolly in frame and cropped out

exposure then cranked up

[trim fox]

1/16000 wtf

that shot is nuts

rainbow on the wings wtf

[tough hull]

Yeah they are splitting the light

I saw someone in this server with even better results

[trim fox]

can we see the runner ups

im curious

[tough hull]

I have tried to get that a couple times already but always failed

[tough hull]

Wdym?

I’m sorry lol I don’t under

[trim fox]

for this contest

like seoncd and third place

[tough hull]

Yeah but what’s runner ups

Oh

Yeah

2nd place (iPhone 13 😭) in my opinion this should be like 3rd place if not lower

3rd place Leo belongs 2nd

[trim fox]

number 1 eclipsed both of them damn

[tough hull]

Ye

[trim fox]

the horizon isnt even level

[tough hull]

YES

and I don’t think this matches good for magic of the colors

But now the last age category

[trim fox]

yea cool shot otherwise tho for sure

[tough hull]

The first place there is crazy

3

2

1

This shot is amazing

It’s like clouds in the mountains splitting the light

[trim fox]

holy fuck

[tough hull]

Yes

[tepid sierra]

that is insane

[trim fox]

how did they even do that

r u allowed to look at the raws

[tough hull]

You just gotta know where and when to find the clouds with light hitting them

[trim fox]

idk how contests work

[tough hull]

I don’t have them

[trim fox]

damn

[tough hull]

https://www.natur-im-fokus.bayern.de/wettbewerb/preistraeger/kategorie_a.html

This is the winners

You can only see top 3 always

[trim fox]

i saw some contests that had a mandatory raw file post with your edit but idk if that was a standard

[tough hull]

No

Sometimes they want it if they think it’s ai

Lowk this shot for the other category is like meh

On a bigger print you can’t see the mantis shrimp

I looked at it at the exhibition and was like bro where’s the nature?

And the person in the background is also a bit meh

The only images I really liked in that topic were from the other age category

Like this photo by Raphael Christoph is insane

[astral saffron]

I love this

Amazing sense of scale

[tough hull]

Yes

Wildlife contests are so top

Or like nature in general

[undone slate]

I don't know if it's worth going to a wetland or something like that right now to take photos.

[tough hull]

Did I cook?

[grizzled nebula]

need to see the edited image but could be very nice

[tough hull]

Yeah

My dumb ah had single shot on and so I didn’t get the moment there was like strikes from the hole between the body and beak

I did a 53panel mosaic of the vättern

I hope my MacBook can process this

If not I made a backup at less focal length with 31undivudual photos

Meh I think I will throw these away and redo with 200-600

This lens has too much Ca

[naive fiber]

and flares

[tough hull]

Holdup that’s one with the wall cutting through and a 16:9 crop ain’t too bad

[tough hull]

Meh idc bout that

[naive fiber]

your sensor or lens looks pretty dusty

[tough hull]

Yeah because it’s fucking f32

I did it on purpose

Dark image and these sun streaks

[naive fiber]

Im suprised you can even stop down that high

[tough hull]

I did something like this before but missed focus

Wait

[naive fiber]

f22 is my max

[tough hull]

One blurred and one missed focus

I like this though

[tough hull]

What’s your min

The 200-600 goes up to f36

[naive fiber]

f2.8

[tough hull]

Ye

See

lol

[naive fiber]

I didnt think of that lmao

ok back to trying to get my fuckass printer to work

[tough hull]

Btw mine is also 70-300

So more focal length

[grizzled nebula]

be careful when pointing at the sun with a telephoto lens

even F/1000 wouldn't protect it when it's fully out

i love doing that with my phone tho

[tough hull]

Yeah

[grizzled nebula]

the camera is already dead so i can risk it lol

[tough hull]

I’m safe

[grizzled nebula]

i actually use my phone 90% of the time when taking a pic that's pointed towards the sun mid day

[tough hull]

lol

[grizzled nebula]

took a big risk for this cool shot

[tough hull]

You can safely do that with a wide angle too

[grizzled nebula]

that was at 105mm

[tough hull]

People often do that

[tough hull]

Oh

Yeah

[grizzled nebula]

it not really safe but if you keep it only for a few seconds it's fine

[tough hull]

I like to not go less than f11 for sun

Like

[grizzled nebula]

my 24-105 IS is dying

[tough hull]

Huh

[grizzled nebula]

it just lets go randomly

[tough hull]

Why

[grizzled nebula]

idk

[tough hull]

?

[grizzled nebula]

i bought it used and i think i got scammed lol

it's an old ass lens tbf

but like even the focus ring sounds like it has sand in it

i need to get an RF one soon

[daring imp]

Taking a break from the birds

[undone slate]

why?

[naive fiber]

Your question makes no sense

[undone slate]

yes it does

he said

did i cook

[naive fiber]

What do you want him to explain here

[undone slate]

why does he cooked

[naive fiber]

Ok did I cook is basically saying

Did I do well

You can't ask why if someone asks did I do well

It makes zero sense

[deep vigil]

anyone know what kind of baby bird i just found?

[undone slate]

ohhh ok

[undone slate]

Sparrow?

[deep vigil]

perhaps

seemed big for a sparrow

[tacit gazelle]

House spareow

[naive fiber]

Idk why I thought chaffinch

Probably house sparrow

[grizzled nebula]

yh def looks like some kind of sparrow

[tough hull]

Hungry sparrow

[undone slate]

is that your photo?

[deep vigil]

yes

[undone slate]

pretty nice

maybe it lacks quality idk why

[deep vigil]

whut

[undone slate]

?

[deep vigil]

i don't know what you mean by lacks quality

[undone slate]

The photo doesn't seem to have very good quality/resolution.

[deep vigil]

its 20mp, 7mb

[undone slate]

idk if is discord compression

[deep vigil]

what more do you want

[undone slate]

I mean, most of bird photos and stuff if u have a good camera u usually see a lot of quality

[deep vigil]

define good camera

[undone slate]

r6 ii

z6 iii

and good lens obviously

my camera is a 💩

[deep vigil]

so you expect me to have a sensor four times larger than what i have

fuck that.

[undone slate]

?

yeah i mean, that's probably a camera issue

Like mine

[deep vigil]

i don't see an issue

[undone slate]

small sensor

for example this thing

[deep vigil]

this image would print large

[undone slate]

it has a lot of quality

and when i say a lot is ALOT

[deep vigil]

so basically you're an overly picky pixel peeper of other peoples photos is what im getting

[undone slate]

Yes
That's what happens to me too, my photos would be very good but the problem is my camera.

[deep vigil]

x to doubt

again, i don't see an issue with my photos, they look great zoomed in

i think youre either seeing something different than what im seeing or your expectations are ludicrous

i mean cmon... so sharp it has moire

[naive fiber]

It looks fine

Idk what you are on about

[spring vault]

that's not what moire is lol

that's just xtreme jpeg compression

[deep vigil]

the raw file has this red and green artifact on the tight feather pattern that i was told was moire 🤷‍♀️

[tough hull]

@grizzled nebula

New lifer

I am at the house

[deep vigil]

here

[grizzled nebula]

what is it

wanted to go to the bee eater spot this morning but i slept so badly i ended up not going cause i was too tired

[tough hull]

Idk

I gotta find out

[tough hull]

Arctic loon

[grizzled nebula]

oh nice

they look sick

[undone slate]

the resolution of the photo

[naive fiber]

res looks fine

best parakeet time is 6:30 I found

[undone slate]

compare aarvs's photos with mine

in quality terms

[naive fiber]

they fly over my house to nest so they get really close

every day

[undone slate]

interesting

[naive fiber]

well your sensor is like 20x smaller

[undone slate]

EXTREME CROP

[undone slate]

yeah but that's what i'm talking about

[tough hull]

Only 300mm

[tough hull]

Yesss

[grizzled nebula]

did you send a screenshot of the little bird?

[deep vigil]

no

[tough hull]

My 200-600 still in the depths of the car

[grizzled nebula]

hmm

[undone slate]

that's too much

[grizzled nebula]

probably discord compression or some shit

[naive fiber]

this is moire

[undone slate]

maybe is discord compression

[grizzled nebula]

hmmm i love moiré

[deep vigil]

maybe but even on discord it looks fine to me

[naive fiber]

send it as a file

[naive fiber]

fire

imagine this without low pass filter

I wanted to try a d800e for that

[undone slate]

@deep vigil

[deep vigil]

how do i do that? im on my phone right now but i could turn my computer on

[undone slate]

only on ur computer

[daring imp]

Been hunting them for a while. They are either too far away or barely see them when i have my camera 😭

[deep vigil]

ok i'm on my computer

how do i send it "as a file" (google hasn't helped so far)

[grizzled nebula]

my phone screen is almost fully green now

[undone slate]

Just drag the photo file to Discord

[deep vigil]

here's a slightly finer 12.4mb render from lightroom on desktop

[undone slate]

why is that?

[undone slate]

better

[grizzled nebula]

that's much better

[grizzled nebula]

screen burn in

[undone slate]

💀

but how did u got that?

[grizzled nebula]

idk it just happened

[deep vigil]

anyways i typically downscale my images to web size before sending anyways 😆

[undone slate]

yea but how

[grizzled nebula]

idk...

it's an old screen

i guess

[undone slate]

buy an iphone ig

[daring imp]

I saw one too a long time ago. Not a good picture tho

[naive fiber]

Hold shift whilst dragging the file to the text box

[undone slate]

what exact camera and lens do u hve

[naive fiber]

Oled screens retain images if they are displayed for a while

New ones don't do it as much but it mainly happens if the phone is hot and screen is bright

[undone slate]

💀

[deep vigil]

panasonic lumix g9
panasonic leica 200 2.8
panasonic 1.4x teleconverter

[undone slate]

How much did it cost you in total?

[deep vigil]

why

[undone slate]

curiosity

[grizzled nebula]

ew

[undone slate]

º-º

[sharp ether]

Maybe compress it into a zip file

[undone slate]

17 pro max is so awesome

[grizzled nebula]

i've almost never had my srceen over 3/4 brightness btw

had this phone since 2021

[naive fiber]

I have an iPhone x that has been barely used with burn in

And a nexus 6p which hasn't

Panel lottery

[grizzled nebula]

my S21 Ultra has had a good life

and i'll be keeping it until it fully dies

[deep vigil]

$2,500 usd is the approximate used value of the camera i own with that lens, all accessories and the teleconverter

@undone slate since you're curious

it's a lot of money to me but a lot less than you could spend in this field

[undone slate]

Wouldn't you be better off buying an R6 II or something like that?

[deep vigil]

no?

[undone slate]

hmm

[deep vigil]

the r6ii was not even out

so it did not exist at the time

[undone slate]

@grizzled nebula would u buy the nikon z8

[undone slate]

the 17 pro max has more battery than samsung

[bitter trench]

Did not see any kingfishers again. Tried a new spot google recommended and it stank bad

[daring imp]

My zfold 6 and s23 ultra has good battery life aswell. Lasts whole day. Good enough for me

[grizzled nebula]

if i was a nikon shooter yes

[grizzled nebula]

no

[grizzled nebula]

i was not talking about bettery life lol

my battery is also dying

[undone slate]

is that cam better than the r5 ii

[grizzled nebula]

it lasts about 4h now

[grizzled nebula]

no

[undone slate]

i want to buy the canon r5 ii

[grizzled nebula]

buy it then

[undone slate]

give me 10k and i'm gonna buy it today

the r5 ii is the best wildlife camera

ever

[deep vigil]

also rock, what lens would i buy if i had an R6ii? that camera is $2000 leaving only $500 for a lens

[undone slate]

100-500 i think

@grizzled nebula u should buy this cam for astro A7S III

the best camera ever for astro probably

landscape astro

[grizzled nebula]

don't buy the R6II in that case

[deep vigil]

that is wildly over budget by like double or triple

[grizzled nebula]

you ain't getting a wildlife lens on canon for that price

[undone slate]

what price

[deep vigil]

exactly

[grizzled nebula]

ew no

[undone slate]

why ew no

[grizzled nebula]

i'd rather buy a dedicated astro cam

[undone slate]

that's a dedicated astro cam i think

[grizzled nebula]

which will be 600x better

[grizzled nebula]

no it's not

it's a video camera

[undone slate]

then the r5 ii

[grizzled nebula]

no normal camera gets close to a dedicated astro camera for astro

[undone slate]

https://tenor.com/view/the-rock-angry-wwe-rage-dwayne-johnson-gif-21713666

[undone slate]

but is only landscape

[grizzled nebula]

well astro modified cameras can do pretty good too but still not as good as a dedicated one

[undone slate]

not deep-astro

[grizzled nebula]

i'm not getting different camera from a completely different system for astro

it's not even that good for photos

[deep vigil]

i should go somewhere i can try astro

[undone slate]

r5 ii

[deep vigil]

with my 16 1.4

[grizzled nebula]

(A7SIII is mid for photos)

[undone slate]

what country are u form

[grizzled nebula]

my R6II is better for astro

[deep vigil]

united states

[undone slate]

u have a lot of great places

[deep vigil]

indeed

i should visit one

i live in an area of unusually intense light pollution

i got to hold a bird in my hand today

[undone slate]

which one

[deep vigil]

sparrow

[grizzled nebula]

i got to hold one a month ago

[undone slate]

i'm gonna hold in 2 weeks or so a fischeri's lovebird

[grizzled nebula]

it was a baby which unfortunately passed away due to neurological issues (i found him in a bin with water)

[undone slate]

😭

[grizzled nebula]

baby sardinian warbler

[undone slate]

did u got a photo of it?

[undone slate]

oh right, i can remember

[grizzled nebula]

took him to the vet and they had to euthanize him

[undone slate]

🙁

[deep vigil]

such is life

[grizzled nebula]

So damn hot rn

[undone slate]

SAME

SO TRUE

[grizzled nebula]

27°C

[undone slate]

26,9

[grizzled nebula]

31°C on wednesday

My camera is boiling

[undone slate]

to me 12º

[grizzled nebula]

My lens hood is boiling too

[undone slate]

really

[grizzled nebula]

But the lens is barely warm lol

Whiye paint ftw

[undone slate]

So how are there photographers in the desert?

[undone slate]

that's good

[tender galleon]

they pour water on their camera so it cools

[undone slate]

how do they do that

[tender galleon]

take water and pour

[grizzled nebula]

I was at min focus distance from a magpie lol

[tender galleon]

what is ur min focus distance

[grizzled nebula]

Unfortunately it was above me do the angles are not nice

[grizzled nebula]

4.5m with the 600

[tender galleon]

thats a lot

siggy 100-400 has 1.5m at 640mm (crop sensor)

[grizzled nebula]

Not ad much as it seems tbh

[grizzled nebula]

My 100-500 has a min focus distance of 0.8m at 100mm and 1.2m at 500mm

[tender galleon]

does it change when you zoom?

[tough hull]

Yeah

[grizzled nebula]

Yes

[tough hull]

Bro this house when we went there with our car there was a bullfinch on the road, we stopped and waited like a min for it to fly away

[naive fiber]

Aw yay

Bluetit

[tough hull]

I was at min focal distance when I was in the house

Then I went out it flew away in the woods and then like 4m away

[daring imp]

Rain is back let's go

[tender galleon]

the lens im getting has a flat mfd of 1.5m

[grizzled nebula]

100-500 better

[shut hazel]

i have no idea but i wanna pick it up

[gilded yarrow]

sparrow

fledgling

it's fine where it is

[green canyon]

i have the entire tiktok gui burned in

[gilded yarrow]

Chiemsee?

Ah wait nah you're in Sweden right

forgot

[tough hull]

lol

My brother just beat my personal best perch

[naive fiber]

Ok hmm

Do I get

200-400 f4

Or 150-600

Similar ish price

The difference between 400 to 60 is pretty big but the 200-400 is a much better lens in that range

[grizzled nebula]

i heard the 200-400 is good with TCs

if it's the case i'd get that with a TC

[analog rivet]

Question is really, do you want to deal with a heavy zoom that’s perfectly sharp or a much lighter zoom that’s not as sharp

[naive fiber]

Yeah that was my dilemma

3.3kg is not light

But I do have a tripod

[analog rivet]

Personally, I’d prefer the lighter zoom that’s more comfortable to hold

200-400 is massive and heavy

That’s a monopod lens

150-600 can be held all day with no issues

[naive fiber]

Yeah that's the thing

Similar to the 400 f2.8

I just wish the 200-500 was sharper than the 150-600

Completely eradicates the point of it because it isn't

[analog rivet]

Okay hear me out then

Why not 500 f4 d

I think that’s the model

[naive fiber]

That's the vr one?

Or no

Wait stupid thing to say no

[analog rivet]

I actually underestimated the pricing on a good condition 500 f4

[naive fiber]

For birds I don't think vr matters that much if I'm shooting at 1/600 to 1/3200 ish

Right?

[analog rivet]

It’s like $1.7k for a good copy with minimal issues

[undone slate]

is that good?

[daring imp]

Lets hope this is sharp. Bird is looking at me and the wings make a nice circle in the reflection 😍

[undone slate]

omg

so nice

[undone slate]

?

[undone slate]

I can't see any birds there

[grizzled nebula]

Uhhhh

Detected from my garden

[tender galleon]

yoo

thats crazy

[grizzled nebula]

Imma have to go look around tomorrow

Tought i heard some yesterday too but wasnt sure cause i didnt have merlin

[undone slate]

how can i do that

u guys are so lucky

u have bee-eater

but i don't have that 😭

[grizzled nebula]

If i have bee eaters around my house...

[undone slate]

even hoopoes are quite difficult here

[grizzled nebula]

Havent seen a hoopoe in ages now

[undone slate]

If you had my camera, would you take better photos than me?

[grizzled nebula]

Idk

[undone slate]

false

[grizzled nebula]

True

Its been almost 2 months

[undone slate]

I saw a picture you took of a hoopoe last month

[undone slate]

that's too little

[undone slate]

aarvs

[tender galleon]

ever heard of not posting pics instantly

[undone slate]

yea

[tender galleon]

i would because i have nicer backgrounds

than u

[undone slate]

🙁

but i get good photos of ducks and stuff

geese

birds