Bird Photography

[tough hull]

No way

Red house finch

Crazy

Europe is lacking colorful birds

[undone slate]

tropics

[analog rivet]

yeah i was so excited when i seen it but there was no way to get a keeper photo with it

i was in a parking lot 😭

[fresh epoch]

you sure about that?

[tough hull]

Where tf

[fresh epoch]

north scandinavia

[tough hull]

What even is that

[tough hull]

Hmm

I’m there rn

Well no

Southern Sweden

[fresh epoch]

it's Pine Grosbeak

photographed this a month ago

[grizzled nebula]

had a damn tick on my neck

[fresh epoch]

you need to get to the very northern parts

[tough hull]

But like southern Germany has like nothing like north of the alps

[grizzled nebula]

i despise ticks

[tough hull]

My brother a few years ago when he was in kindergarten for them on his eyelids

[tough hull]

So like a tiny bit of Europe has colorful birds

Like yeah we got them

[fresh epoch]

I consider myself blessed to never having had a tick

[tough hull]

Good

[fresh epoch]

This is also a kinda colorful european bird

[tough hull]

I even got early stage (idk how if you should call it like that if it was just starting out) limes disease and luckily I was able to cure it

[tough hull]

Yeah I barely get to see them though

[fresh epoch]

Damn Lucky!

[tough hull]

Yeah

The antibiotics were shit though

I hate medicine taste

[fresh epoch]

Female Pine Grosbeak

[tough hull]

Never seen them

I feel like southern Europe got colorful birds and Northern Europe but where I live it’s just a shithole

[analog rivet]

heard a rose breasted grosbeak all day but it was wayyyyyy too high to capture

i was lowk sad about it

[tough hull]

Like bullfinches I see them right before breeding time and even though they are supposed to be year round they just vanish afterwards

Like I saw them until April

In march still but not April

[fresh epoch]

they are way more around in winter and around feeders in spring, that's true

Photographed them enough to get tired of them

[tough hull]

The most colorful birds I get are like wagtails (not white) and idk blue tits

Like yeah there’s still waterfowl but good luck finding a spot that has many species and is small enough that you can get close to the birds

Because an artificial lake with a 2km diameter and an island in the middle won’t allow good pics 90% of the time

Because the birds just go to the island due to there being no food at the concrete edges of the lake. Plus since it’s extra for birds no boats are allowed

[undone slate]

wow i've never seen that

[eternal igloo]

#🦀・creatures message obligatory bird post

this was ultimate larp laying down on wet cold ground

[tough hull]

I see the remains of ca💔

Ca killing images left and right

[naive fiber]

What the fuck how

[tough hull]

Idk

He had like 13 ticks

He was playing in tall grass

[eternal igloo]

70-300 is pulling work

i NEED that l series 100-500

[tough hull]

Ew 70-300

I hate 70-300

It’s only good in one thing

Size and weight

Thanks two things

But one thing(size) is partly bad so I class it as one thing

[eternal igloo]

it’s the is ii usm at least

not the absolutely horrible 70-300

[tough hull]

I got a different one anyway

[grizzled nebula]

The 70-300 is not too bad

[tough hull]

But I feel like they are all shit

[grizzled nebula]

The 75-300 is the useless one

[eternal igloo]

it’s rough

def rough

[grizzled nebula]

100-500 goated

So light and so damn sharp

[eternal igloo]

ur making me jealous

im gonna explode

[tough hull]

f7.1 though

[eternal igloo]

rather have sharp glass and a slower aperture tbh

iso doesn’t matter with resolving power fr

[grizzled nebula]

After 480mm

[tough hull]

You do in that it actually is changing all the way (usually) and doesn’t switch from f6.3 to 7.1 within that moment? Usually it’s more like a smooth transition

[eternal igloo]

no it’s an instant stop

hard transitions

[tough hull]

Crazy

[tough hull]

Bruh

[eternal igloo]

what

is it not

on every canon lens I’ve ever used it’s a hard stop

[tough hull]

Nah that’s not the problem

That just means before then it’s just wasting light it could use

[tacit gazelle]

Aw

[grizzled nebula]

imma go back to them tomorrow to get some better pics

[fast knoll]

aarvs and ki are my two biggest supporters

thank u

[tacit gazelle]

I like bird

[sharp ether]

why does he look like that lmao

[undone slate]

?

[undone slate]

I'm searching for that bird but i've never seen it 🙁

[undone slate]

strange guy

[fresh epoch]

Its an Eurasian Bullfinch

[undone slate]

yeah i know

i know people who had them

like pets

[fresh epoch]

They are very pretty

[undone slate]

That bird literally imitates the owner's telephone ringtone.

[grizzled nebula]

Ffs

Couldnt get close to the roller cause of this

[grizzled nebula]

Only bird i saw is the one thats not in the list

Eurasian roller

[grizzled nebula]

this summer might actually kill me

[naive fiber]

Who is taking these photos lmao

That tint

[grizzled nebula]

ass but atleast i got a decent background

gonna have to wait till i go back to camargue to get these

i'll go back to the long tailed tits with the 600 later

[grizzled nebula]

i might try making some perches for birds of prey in an unused open area

would make it easier to take nice photos of them

[naive fiber]

Now we wait

Im really annoyed I can't set up a tripod here

[deep vigil]

i took a bird photo with my cell phone for some reason

[tender galleon]

crow let me pass from 2 meters away but i didnt have camera

[tough hull]

@grizzled nebula getting an electric motor and hiding in the boat is better lol

Yesterday I was just rowing towards it

Now electric motor meant more quiet and less movement

[undone slate]

i mean u can cross it.

that's what i do

[undone slate]

how can i do that

[undone slate]

electric boat?

[naive fiber]

Merlin bird id

[tender galleon]

https://tenor.com/view/ticks-animal-bug-crawler-gross-gif-11800332

[tough hull]

Ye

[tough hull]

Holy shit this guy when he is somewhere that means he is waiting for fish

So

After he left I started fishing and 5 seconds after the first cast I got this lil guy

[undone slate]

ofuiansdopfudnafpiounfposinuadofgsdfbgidfu

I REALLY WANT TO EAT THAT RIGHT NOW

😠

[tough hull]

I fucking got attacked by the pike while release and I feel like it hit a small vein in my thumb because it wouldn’t stop bleeding. Now my whole arm feels shit. Let’s hope for no blood poisoning

[tough hull]

No

I have enough

[undone slate]

You could place the fish on the grass with the river in the background and take a picture of it as if someone had caught it.

[undone slate]

enough fish for u?

[tough hull]

I released him

[undone slate]

i thought it was dead

[magic crown]

that's a weird looking birb

[tough hull]

Idc

[undone slate]

So why did you do that?

[tough hull]

Tw: a lil blood (he got me there)

[tough hull]

It’s food for him

[undone slate]

yumy

[undone slate]

for who

[tough hull]

Not yummy 😭

[undone slate]

for me yes

i like being attack by animals

like my dog

and my bird

[tough hull]

It’s not funny

[undone slate]

So why did u caught the fish

[undone slate]

☠️

bad fish

😠

[tough hull]

I wanna catch Zander but I caught a pike

[undone slate]

?

[tough hull]

I’m not blaming him

I caught him and he was stressed, I could have released him in net

[undone slate]

I still don't understand why you caught that fish only to release it.

https://tenor.com/view/idk-rock1-gif-5168814629565443248

[grizzled nebula]

it's high grass full of ticks

[undone slate]

how do u know that

😋

[undone slate]

💀

[tough hull]

Because if I keep it the whole lake won’t have any fish anymore

Like bro

I caught five fish today and kept one

If I keep all five it’s stupid

[undone slate]

ur gonna kill all of them

[undone slate]

so why do u caught him?

[grizzled nebula]

gonna go back to the long tailed tits in a few mins

with the 600 this time

[undone slate]

aarvs but how do u have to much time

u don't go to school and that but what do u do

[grizzled nebula]

cba explaing

i think i've told u already aswell

[undone slate]

I don't think so idk

let me check

[grizzled nebula]

turn the sun off please

[undone slate]

I can't

is better for the eyes

white

background

and black letters

[grizzled nebula]

what?

i'm talking about the actual sun

[undone slate]

oh ok

i thought you meant the white discord background

[undone slate]

well, sun is good

I guess

[grizzled nebula]

too hot

[undone slate]

https://tenor.com/view/sun-hot-bright-star-gif-12491759

[undone slate]

more birds

[grizzled nebula]

Now that i have nothing left to do imma go see the long tailed tits!

[undone slate]

where can i search for them

[grizzled nebula]

Well they have moved

[naive fiber]

Find their nests and stuff

Very distinctive song

[undone slate]

idk how they sound

[naive fiber]

Search it up

[grizzled nebula]

Full of birds yesterday and fuck all today

Ill go back out later

[undone slate]

u don't have birds today?

[eternal igloo]

it is what it is

got up at 5 am and birds showed up at 9:30 am

🥀 🥀 early bird my ass

[grizzled nebula]

This is annoying

Welp ill go back out later

Maybe they'll be back

[undone slate]

was this a Hieraaetus pennatus or a golden eagle @grizzled nebula

[grizzled nebula]

not sure what it is

[undone slate]

do u think google lens is good for that?

if it is trustworthy.

[gilded yarrow]

nope

[undone slate]

notversly told me that

ahh no

it was refering to bird feeders

coolder- more birds to feeder
hotter- less

but it depends

[naive fiber]

No

Use merlin bird id

[undone slate]

i mean to atract bird to feeders

[naive fiber]

Why would you use lens for that

Lol

[undone slate]

to photograph them

ig

[naive fiber]

?

Do you know what lens is for

You would use Google search here not lens

[undone slate]

g

google lens

OHH OK

google search right

[tacit gazelle]

Awebo

[undone slate]

where are u?

i like that snow

[grizzled nebula]

quality is so bad that no

[undone slate]

😭

should i go

somewhere to photograph?

with my main camera

[tough hull]

Noooo way

Blue tit nest here

[daring imp]

Longer golden hour now 😍 soon itll be 3 hours. More time for bird pics

[grizzled nebula]

[grizzled nebula]

what app is this?

[daring imp]

Photopills. 10$

Great for learning

[grizzled nebula]

fucking hell

10€

i'll continue using samsung weather lol

[daring imp]

Its worth it. Tons of good stuff on the app. 10$ aint much. I also bought stellarium for astro

[undone slate]

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

i bought this

[spring vault]

photopills is popular with landscape ppl who wanna get to a good spot right at the perfect time so they can immediately leave to the next place

I own the app I never use it tho

10 bucks one time purchase rly ain't bad at all way better than some bs $1 a mo subscription

[fresh epoch]

Top of Sweden

[undone slate]

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

[glossy sage]

why

[undone slate]

it's cool

[tough hull]

😭

Find one yourself

It’s not hard

[undone slate]

it's hard where i live

very hard

[tough hull]

Just go where I live roundabouts

[undone slate]

10h

[tough hull]

There are tons

It’s not even special here

[undone slate]

roundabouts?

[tough hull]

You find ammonite and it’s not rare

Finding a fish is rare

[undone slate]

do u think i can in a beach

a normal beach

[tender galleon]

use ursa tähtikartta

for astro

[undone slate]

@tough hull show us some of ur fosisl

FOSSILS

[sharp ether]

How old is it?

[undone slate]

150 million years i think

[sharp ether]

Nice!

[grizzled nebula]

1 month old fake fossile from a random factory in China

[undone slate]

It's actually from a certified website.

musseums buy from that page

https://www.tesorosnaturales.com/es/

[grizzled nebula]

Sad no tit landed there cause it wouldve been so nice

[undone slate]

why did u photograph at that

to show the place right?

it seems like u were like pretty closeto da

It's thundering and raining

[naive fiber]

Mehhh

Pretty boring in trees but really nice when in flight

[grizzled nebula]

?

[grizzled nebula]

nah it's kinda cool

[tough hull]

Do you have any kind of memory function?

Where am I right now?

[undone slate]

um um

[grizzled nebula]

ofc would've been better with a background but as everybody knows its not always possible

[undone slate]

germany

or sweden

[tough hull]

Sweden

I live in Germany

I can show you my fossils in two weeks

When I am home

[undone slate]

remember the mammoth hair!

but how do u know if that's real?

[naive fiber]

heavy crop though

[grizzled nebula]

these are heavy crops too but still kinda cute

[undone slate]

? that has a nice background

[undone slate]

can u show the original

[naive fiber]

yeah they are nice

[undone slate]

i'm curious

[naive fiber]

@grizzled nebula I may get the 500 d

you are the prime guy so I thought I might as well ask you for thoughts

[grizzled nebula]

idk how it is tbh but i'd imagine it's good

[naive fiber]

750 ish

its an old lens

[naive fiber]

no vr is why its cheap

[grizzled nebula]

oh

[naive fiber]

but I expect it to be miles better than the 150-600

[grizzled nebula]

500mm with no IS can be annoying

[naive fiber]

what is it just all over the place

theres also the 200-400 f4 which has vr and is a similar price

but optically I would guess its worse

[grizzled nebula]

no but it will probably be wobbly if not a solid head

handheld would probs suck

[undone slate]

hey i quite like the original

in fact i like it more

i mean

they're different

but both are NICE

[naive fiber]

yeah I was thinking

[undone slate]

Is it just me, or do the feathers look a little strange?

as if they were highly processed

idk

[grizzled nebula]

it's a heavy crop

[undone slate]

Yeah

[grizzled nebula]

idk how ur expecting perfect sharpness

[undone slate]

idk

[grizzled nebula]

if u want sharpness there u go

[undone slate]

AAAAAAA

SO GREAT

[undone slate]

nice bokeh 😭

[naive fiber]

lmao

[grizzled nebula]

got an aircon

it's too cold in my room now

[undone slate]

i can see a bit of ur reflectio

[naive fiber]

Relatively pleased

My tripod just dismantled itself mid track like 2 mins ago

I felt my camera just going down

[magic crown]

this weekend big thing happening

[fast knoll]

does anyone have merlin on an android? my friend sent me this and apparently my photo is featured

but my iphone merlin looks diff so i can't even see it lol

[naive fiber]

let me check

[undone slate]

WAIT

WOW

THE R5 II HAS 45MP

THAT'S A LOOOOT

NICE FOR CROPING

[naive fiber]

my merlin doesnt look like this either

[fast knoll]

No way really? I’ve been using my r5 II the whole time thinking it was 24!

[undone slate]

@fast knoll

what

i'm getting so confused

i think i'm gonna die right now

https://tenor.com/view/god-of-war-gif-27369158

[tough hull]

Yay. First I saw it in the morning and then I heard lil bro

[undone slate]

Please help

[tough hull]

Flycatcher

[undone slate]

i'm gonna die if nobody answers me

i'm gonna buy this also

i'm bored idk

i'm getting

VERY

VERY

CONFUSED

https://tenor.com/view/god-of-war-kratos-meme-falling-kratos-falling-real-life-kratos-gif-309709403202274245

pls 😭

[deep vigil]

i need a thread for my bnnuy photos

[tough hull]

Doing everything but saving for a camera😭

[undone slate]

only for ur photos or general bunny pohtos

[deep vigil]

general

[undone slate]

yeah that's not affecting to my camrea

#1508553515990257825

[tough hull]

Creat rabbit forum

[deep vigil]

looks like it had been done for me

[tacit gazelle]

My bird if the day is a California wren

[undone slate]

Pls can anyone answer me

[undone slate]

first warning:
i'm gonna do this right now

second: i'm gonna die

third: idk

[shut hazel]

what happened npw buh

[undone slate]

what

[shut hazel]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1437875511731949629/1437877159632048348/togif.gif

[grizzled nebula]

RXTXXTXR

[undone slate]

@fast knoll

how many mp does the r5 ii have

[grizzled nebula]

45...

[naive fiber]

😭

[shut hazel]

you just searched it up and got the result from google

guh

[undone slate]

why am i watching this 😭

[grizzled nebula]

You literally just looked it up bruh

[naive fiber]

idk

[shut hazel]

at this point

[undone slate]

Wait a sec

i'm gonna read more about it

[undone slate]

From canon

https://www.canon.es/cameras/eos-r5-mark-ii/

[shut hazel]

just buy a hasselblad x2d ii 100c if you want megapixels

[grizzled nebula]

Salt was being S A R C A S T I C

[shut hazel]

its pretty budget friendly

yk

[undone slate]

ohhh okayyy

I'm bad at tracking sarcasm at text messages

[naive fiber]

too cropped or oversharpened?

[tacit gazelle]

Good luck finding lenses for wildlife with that

[naive fiber]

200mm is hard to work with lmao

[tacit gazelle]

I use 250 on APS c sensor

[undone slate]

is that a kramer

parrot

rose-ringed parakeet

[naive fiber]

yes

[undone slate]

Woow, they are an invasive species right?

[naive fiber]

yeah

[undone slate]

how can i find them

you were pretty lucky there

but where were u searching

on the forest?

[naive fiber]

No I was in my home

[undone slate]

sarcasm?

[naive fiber]

no

[undone slate]

what

how can it be

at ur house

[naive fiber]

very common here

like incredibly

[undone slate]

yeah but that epic background

[naive fiber]

oh yeah I have that

[undone slate]

wow

nice views then

from the window?

[naive fiber]

I live in front of a forest

yep

[undone slate]

can u show ur window

with that background

[naive fiber]

uhh give me a sec

[undone slate]

ok

[shut hazel]

oh ive seen a bunch of those before

[undone slate]

crazy bird

[naive fiber]

stupidly hard to track lol

[undone slate]

I have to go to sleep, see you tomorrow!

[shut hazel]

gn

[shut hazel]

lmao

[naive fiber]

gn

[shut hazel]

i find swallows the hardest

[naive fiber]

50 shots and 1 was in focus

[naive fiber]

makes sense

[shut hazel]

swallows be drivin me wild

[naive fiber]

but my issue with the parakeets is that they only live in these densly built areas

[shut hazel]

ah

[naive fiber]

so I dont have much room to work with

[tough hull]

Crop more

[naive fiber]

look at my crop

[naive fiber]

.

I have 24mp so not the biggest amount of room

[tough hull]

Still

Also

Don’t crop like that

Negative space should be infront

[naive fiber]

should I flip the image?

[tough hull]

No bruh

[naive fiber]

wait nevermind

yeah I realised it was stupid

really annoying

[tough hull]

You go make it 3:2 but keep the short side from current crop and then zoom in as much that you have two thirds horizontally of negative space infront of the bird

[naive fiber]

alr thanks

[naive fiber]

portrait then?

[tough hull]

No

Hold up

[naive fiber]

3:2 is portrait

[tough hull]

Bruh

I always use 3:2

Except for landscape

💀

Like here this is what I mean

[naive fiber]

Oh 2:3

Yeah I can try

[tough hull]

Bro

Stop trolling

This is 3:2

[naive fiber]

Wait one sec

[naive fiber]

I'm too hot to think properly yeah you are correct

[tough hull]

lol

Confused me for a sec

[naive fiber]

I was confusing myself there

[vague solstice]

Just recently started with birds

[analog rivet]

not going to galleries but i really like these images. this 300 has such a nice rendering.

[tough hull]

Gn birders! Imma sleep like these cute ducklings now 😂

[charred holly]

Good night

[naive fiber]

maybe its a sign to get one

[charred holly]

Heya, have fun with birds! Looks like autofocus had a bit of trouble with such tiny targets here, what lens do you have?

[naive fiber]

welcome to the subgenre of pain and misery ❤️

[charred holly]

Went visiting this place in Spain yesterday (Aiguamolls de l'Empordà). It had proper bird blinds so it felt like cheating compared to the places I usually go to.

Too bad those were quite crowded and I couldn't stay for long 🙁

[naive fiber]

we have many of these in the uk

mostly run by the same two organisations

[charred holly]

The place I go to has two blinds... that are facing basically nothing

[naive fiber]

theres also maps that they give where kingfishers are likely and what dens they go to

[charred holly]

The most useless blinds you have ever seen

[naive fiber]

can you send a pic lmfao

[tacit gazelle]

one or two

[naive fiber]

2

find somewhere inbetween

[tacit gazelle]

Holy crap the compression is horrid

[charred holly]

Don't have one on my computer, let's see if internet has it...

[naive fiber]

ok that parakeet cut off is really annoying

this is on like a 75% crop

[charred holly]

Well no photo of the blinds

[naive fiber]

awh

[charred holly]

But trust me, you have a great view on dirt and tall grass

Not much else

[naive fiber]

I saw one with air con and a kettle

[charred holly]

I would live there if that was close to me

[magic crown]

totally off topic but what do you think of this shot for my portfolio ?

(yeah the sun is really eye catchy)

[naive fiber]

you can book hotel rooms with them

but they arent too cheap

not too expensive either

[naive fiber]

yeah thats the main attention drawer here

maybe drop highlights a bit then do it?

[magic crown]

yeah but this lead to the lens and then to me

[magic crown]

already down to max

[naive fiber]

its really nice though

[magic crown]

but still better than the very first one of my portfolio

[charred holly]

Maybe a bit of generative fill for blown out highlights?

Really like it anyway

[magic crown]

maybe but the lens is on the path so it can possibly ruin it a little bit

[charred holly]

Not a great photo, but this is probably the silliest bird I ever got on camera

[magic crown]

necky birb

[charred holly]

100% neck

[grizzled nebula]

purple heron!

[charred holly]

I have only seen blue herons before that, so it was a welcome surprise

Slightly better photo

[grizzled nebula]

this is where i would've needed the 600

[charred holly]

Sick. I have seen a seagull eating a lobster yesterday.

Unfortunately, this was already at 600mm

[grizzled nebula]

damn

coloured version might be better

[vague solstice]

55-250

Here's some better ones imo

[charred holly]

I often struggle at 500mm, half of that is a challenge for sure

[naive fiber]

pretty noisy tbh

what iso do you shoot at?

you should try denoise them

[vague solstice]

Thankfully the birds around me are arent very observant so I can shoot pretty close without them noticing

[naive fiber]

oh it is defo

I have given up on smaller birds mostly

[dark ermine]

it finally happened finally saw a kingfisher at that spot. now just need a better shot.

[naive fiber]

sick bro

I took your thing for the organisation

[vague solstice]

Typically use sports mode for animals so normally 100-200

[tepid sierra]

man ive been trying to find a kingfisher for over a year now

[naive fiber]

wow thats low for them to look so noisy

these were on the z6?

maybe its discord

[dark ermine]

oh nice! using folders? or alpha codes

[naive fiber]

folders

[vague solstice]

I might be doing to much editing tbh

[vague solstice]

Probably

[naive fiber]

maybe its oversharpening

thoughts?

[dark ermine]

yeah they're difficult - gotta find some place with still water that doesn't get a lot of people traffic

[naive fiber]

meh not too sharp which is really annoying

I really have to get them closer to me

[tepid sierra]

sadly thats not to common around me

[vague solstice]

Sold it, was planning on selling my t3i too for a better one but haven't chosen which one yet. Thats a conversation for another day tho

[dark ermine]

the ebird app can also show you if there have been any recorded sightings nearby recently

[tepid sierra]

verry helpful thank you

[vague solstice]

A bit too much empty space imo (unless that was intended), pretty good otherwise

[naive fiber]

I couldnt crop in much more

[dark ermine]

I think the yellow head is a bit too bright. i like the crop

[vague solstice]

Ah okay

[naive fiber]

I can drop that

[naive fiber]

Yeah I'm on 200mm so I have to get them close

I have missed a lot of shots which really has been bugging me though

Finally got my tracking good though

[vague solstice]

A better lens would have done wonders here

I really wish the water was still in this one

[tepid sierra]

looks like there was one spotted 5 days ago near me. thank you again, time to hunt that bird

[dark ermine]

awesome, good luck!

[tepid sierra]

thanks!

[vague solstice]

Thoughts? (Besides the blur)

[naive fiber]

Bit dark, try fix that first

[vague solstice]

Its meant to be dark and gray, thats kinda what I was going for

Gloomy ish

[dark ermine]

it's so difficult to go out in the field and not be disappointed, when i can stay at home and get pics like this. vs the blurred kingfisher lol

[naive fiber]

Yeah I see it

It kinda just looks like England

I think most of the time you want bird photos to look natural and bright

[vague solstice]

Rochester NY, basically the same thing but with guns

(I dont live there btw, its just nearby)

[tacit gazelle]

Can I get the lens I see a LOT of chromatic abersion

So it's pretty useless

[fast knoll]

yea i'll pass it over to u

does this belong in creatures or vehicles?

[remote remnant]

obviously human made, that's a government surveillance drone

[odd fern]

The robins lately

[tacit gazelle]

Nobody cares about Tim drake

Aka house sparrows

[naive fiber]

like this?

I think I like this now

shame about res but what can we do

[naive fiber]

I found my first ever bird photo!

[tacit gazelle]

Mine was through my window cuz I was lazy fat chud

[tender galleon]

i shoot birds thru window everyday lol

[naive fiber]

I got one of those lens reflection shields for that

[tender galleon]

oo would be good to have that

[naive fiber]

When I had the bird feeder up, if the birds saw me moving they flew away

So I had to shut the curtains

But if I was shooting with the windows closed I would get a really bad white reflection

So I got it and it fixed it

[grizzled nebula]

thoughts?

[naive fiber]

Nice but maybe a bit dark

Really good colours

[naive fiber]

This one tbh

[grizzled nebula]

next time i need to get one with the sun behind

[dark ermine]

Yeah I think that did it 🙂

[daring imp]

from last winter

[steady pasture]

My bird collective shirt is coming today (hopefully)

It’s the moss Sandhill tee

[fresh epoch]

that's lovely!

[daring imp]

thanks!

[daring imp]

would u guys be okay with this kinda sharpness? looks okay on facebook.

cropped it abit

[grizzled nebula]

thoughts?

[tough hull]

@green canyon camo jacket looks soooo good

999SEK though😭

Aka 93eur

[green canyon]

€?

damn

which brand is it?

[tough hull]

Some Swedish stuff

Kayoba or smth

Bro

Imma get their gloves

Perfect for photography

[grizzled nebula]

This look good?

bee eaters version mexico

[tough hull]

Perfect for photography in the cold

[grizzled nebula]

ok here's the serious one

[daring imp]

abit too much food for the lil guy

[daring imp]

oh shit we both posted food pics lets go, realized after i posted lol

[daring imp]

looks like the other bird is doing something sus

[grizzled nebula]

https://tenor.com/view/hmusicruof4-rowley-diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-rodrick-rules-gif-26773802

bee eaters are cool

if only i had a good background

[green canyon]

i need to get some like that

[steady pasture]

@fast knoll what f/ do you usually use for still-hummingbirds?

[green canyon]

photographing this winter was hell

[steady pasture]

Currently experimenting

[steady pasture]

Photographing now, is hell

It’s so humid here I can’t take my glass out the bag

[green canyon]

atleast that doesnt require buying anything

i can just go naked

[steady pasture]

And I wear glasses so I can barely even see when going from inside to outside

[steady pasture]

Fair enough

[tough hull]

Yeah they work on touchscreen too

[tough hull]

True

[fast knoll]

Wide open always. For me it’s f7.1

I don’t actually have a 75-300 lol

[steady pasture]

I’m aware😭

You use the 100-500

[steady pasture]

https://tenor.com/view/moist-critical-freaky-freak-critical-spit-freak-gif-16186860254992671540

[fast knoll]

Yep it’s sharp wide open I never stop down

The only time I do is for video when it’s too bright wide open

Or if I’m really trying to get two birds in focus in the same photo

[steady pasture]

I shoot at f/10 usually on bright days bc I like the extra depth of field now, the RF 100-400 has a minimum of f8 at 400mm which is a pain on cloudy days tho

[tender galleon]

i thought f/6.3 at 400mm was pretty bad

f/8 is shit in low light

how much did the rf 100-400 cost?

[fast knoll]

It’s pretty affordable but performs super well

[grizzled nebula]

the RF 100-400 can be found for under 600 euros

[glossy sage]

You like reducing bokeh for birbs?

[steady pasture]

Very affordable, I think I got it on sale for 650?

[steady pasture]

Hummingbirds (current obsession with the ones in my yard)

And the backgrounds are so far from the subject it’s already blurred either way, idrc about tons of bokeh as long as the bird is sharp

[undone slate]

No

u have hummingbirds

?

oh i thought u said toucans

https://tenor.com/view/god-of-war-god-of-war1-god-of-war-fall-fall-meme-gif-25892538

[steady pasture]

What

I didn’t comprehend ANY of what you said

[undone slate]

i mean that

you're lucky because u have hummingbirds

[unborn frost]

How do you lot get that map with pins on it for bird sightings in an area?

On ebird, ive only managed to find the grid thing, which has a 20km block for general sightings

[grizzled nebula]

grid thing?

[unborn frost]

Purple zone map. It comes up as a 20km hotspot

[trim fox]

this?

if you go to Ebird.org and hit explore, go to bottom left

there should be something called hotspot map

[unborn frost]

Ah okay, i thought that showed areas where a particular bird has been spotted not general hotspots

[unborn frost]

This is what i was referring to when you search for a species it gives you something over 20km

[grizzled nebula]

you need to zoom in more

[unborn frost]

It stays at the 20km range. And everything stays purple when you zoom in. Guess i misunderstood what the hotspot map is

[dark ermine]

also the app lets you search nearby by species name to show recent sightings nearby, haven't seen a way to do this on the website

[dark ermine]

noticed this has a halo around it, guessing leftover sky?

[grizzled nebula]

think it's motion blur

I W A N T TO SEE P E L I C A N S

[charred holly]

Wish granted

[grizzled nebula]

man look at this

I NEED

[charred holly]

I bet even I can look cool with such a setting

[dark ermine]

vaporwave makes everything cool

[charred holly]

Too bad dolphin is the official vaporwave animal and not a bird

[magic crown]

it's a fake reflection

i saw it on another type of image of a flamingo from a photographer called Anna

this one still really good made

[green canyon]

yeah photoshop has that now

i think its fine to use when you want to enhance an existing reflection (like it probably was the case here)

[magic crown]

Anna Cseresnjes

it's this person i saw

she change the whole context of the shot to add fake background or reflection

[green canyon]

too much imo

[magic crown]

for example this one

nothing is real here

[green canyon]

Thats not exactly photography anymore

[green canyon]

you can tell tbh

[magic crown]

(that photo won a photo contest)

[green canyon]

😭

what were the rules

[magic crown]

the ai detector let it enter that's crazy

we were so many report it and nothing were done

[green canyon]

what the hell

i mean its obviously manipulated

[naive fiber]

The way the fucking legs just disappear with no trace, and that they are standing on the horizon lmfao

Looks like something you would use in a presentation

And not much more

[magic crown]

[green canyon]

im dead

[magic crown]

this one too win but with a different background but same subject

[naive fiber]

Wtf is this

[green canyon]

farming contests smh

[naive fiber]

Anything to win

[magic crown]

imagine making fake background and not moving your ass to get to the good place to make it

(animals from a zoo btw)

is this that hard to make those kinds of shots ? like fr

[grizzled nebula]

need the flamingos to come back to frejus

[magic crown]

she got banned now
the massive report worked at least

[grizzled nebula]

still waiting for the call from the driving school to tell me i can start driving lessons

[unborn frost]

ahh okay, thanks

[magic crown]

it's called the quomodocunquize effect

seek money or profit by any means

[naive fiber]

I'll try and remember this

[grizzled nebula]

was this on pulsePX?

[magic crown]

both and another contest

[grizzled nebula]

i do think i saw it on pulsePX when it was still in the voting period lol

i also think i had voted for the other image

[magic crown]

she won with this image

and now she got banned

[grizzled nebula]

[magic crown]

totally the quomodocunquize effect

[grizzled nebula]

this looks so fake lol

[half helm]

ah yes,
bird...

[grizzled nebula]

need to get myself an ND filter

[magic crown]

buy a new screen first lmao

[grizzled nebula]

big difference between a 40 euros filter and a 500 euros screen

i wanna try selling my laptop and pay for it with the money i get from it

[magic crown]

40€ for a nd to put on a 4k lens is really cheap

a good nd is minimum 80€ for telelens

[grizzled nebula]

it's for the 100-500

[magic crown]

still

[grizzled nebula]

i'd need to buy a new 200 euros drop in filter slot for the ND filter

crazy tripod for the lens lol

[naive fiber]

the 100-500 is such a good lens lmao

I wish I could use it

[magic crown]

at pont de gau it's reaaaally common to see this lmao

[grizzled nebula]

telling u rn that tripod isn't more than 50 euros

[half helm]

Got some actual birds too 😄

[magic crown]

yeah ? a 50€ tripod can be good

[grizzled nebula]

i'll this

[grizzled nebula]

it's plastic and it's got an arm or whatever it's called

can't remember

[magic crown]

https://amzn.eu/d/03VZf5pG

[grizzled nebula]

not exactly the most stable thing in the world

...

can't even buy it lol

[magic crown]

fixed nd filters have less drawbacks than variable ones (like the X effect)

[grizzled nebula]

let me ask chat gpt

[magic crown]

every brand says that and they still have it

almost all low and medium end vnd have X pattern

[half helm]

I have mostly K&F CONCEPT and they are all fine.
Though I only used my variable ND for like 5min and then went back to using ND1000

[magic crown]

not to mention the color variations

[half helm]

I may actually need a 2nd one to double stack.

[magic crown]

K or X series ?

K series on tele is really bad (sharpness loss, color variation, focus miss)

[grizzled nebula]

i also need to get a solar filter for the 600 before the solar eclipse

need a 150mm telescope one

[half helm]

Looks like they are all X
But also I used them mostly for landscape for actuall long exposures.

[magic crown]

on wide angle lens manufacturing defects can't be really seen but on tele lens it's horribly visible

[grizzled nebula]

what actually causes the X effect

[magic crown]

not the same exposure throughout the image

and a cross-shaped effect on the image

[half helm]

It's possible.
They were never used on anything longer then 70mm, usually much wider.

[grizzled nebula]

seems like it's good

[magic crown]

yeah on wide angle lens

now on tele lens

[half helm]

curiosity
why keep shuter slow on purpose for portrait?

[grizzled nebula]

200mm is telephoto

anyways i'll ask other people in the server

see what their thoughts are

[magic crown]

yeah but not a like a 500 or 600mm

[grizzled nebula]

would be perfect for the 24-105 too

[magic crown]

the more you zoom in, the more you amplify the optical defects of the filter

for example

with a vnd

[grizzled nebula]

chat gpt also thinks the EF 600 IS III is sharper than the IS II..

but it's probably right there

anyway i'll see

imma just get a 6stop and a 10 stop filter

[odd fern]

🔥

[tough hull]

No way guys

It’s 3am and I saw my first whopper swan

A bit dark though still

[tender galleon]

no shit a treecreeper came 2m away from me and ofc didnt have camera

and they are unlikely here

[tough hull]

They are like always around, just so hard to see them

[tender galleon]

never seen one before

[tough hull]

I did luckily

Bro I was going fishing this morning

And light was perfect on the whopper swan

But I decided not to bring my cam 😭

[tender galleon]

and theres a spot on a big road where i always see a squirrel crossing

sadly sometimes there are dead squirrels

[daring imp]

Do you guys go for daytime shooting or just golden hour?

[gilded yarrow]

Golden hour only is way too short

& birds are more active in the morning

[astral saffron]

6-9 and 4-7

+- some hours depending on your latitude, time zone, and time of year obviously

If you’re shooting in the day, then look for shaded woods or darker spaces without direct sunlight

Speckled light from trees can be nice but direct harsh sun is almost always unflattering

[daring imp]

Golden hour is so late here now 😂

[shut hazel]

what the fuck kind of place do you live in where day time is 5am

[daring imp]

Finland

[shut hazel]

oh

oulu mentioned

[astral saffron]

If you’re living in Finland the sun is pretty low during the day anyway so you have much longer to shoot

[shut hazel]

oh yeah

i forgot how weird it feels in summer

i drove up to north canada a few years ago

it was pretty weird having golden hour at 12am

[astral saffron]

I’m in Kenya right now and the sun being directly overhead doesn’t work during the day

[shut hazel]

for reference i am from vancouver canada

[shut hazel]

o

adventurer

[astral saffron]

I only really have 3 hours to shoot in the morning and 3 in the evening

[shut hazel]

eek

[astral saffron]

But that is because Kenya sits on the equator. If you’re near the poles the light is much more forgiving for longer

[shut hazel]

ah i see

[daring imp]

Got some nice young seagull bif shots. Havent seen them this color before. Might be a little gull. Quite rare here

Just now

[grizzled nebula]

i think it's a little gull

if it is it's head should become fully black soon like a black headed gull

[daring imp]

Is that the literal name? Dvärgmås in Swedish. Little gull sounds funny 😂

[grizzled nebula]

yh lol

don't think i've ever seen one

[daring imp]

Only 10-20k of them here

[grizzled nebula]

doubt there's more than a few hundred in france

probs a lot on the coast along the english channel tbh

[daring imp]

Prob!

I might have gotten Decent eagle shots too. Always 3 in the same place where i went

[grizzled nebula]

lucky

only eagle i've ever seen was a short toed snake eagle but i couldn't get a nice pic of it

🙁

[grizzled nebula]

End me

[daring imp]

anyone thats good with birds, little gull?

[daring imp]

just got conformation from finlands top 10 birdwatcher, its a littlegull lets go

[deep vigil]

whats up

[grizzled nebula]

up what's

[deep vigil]

coconut

im going to try to convince my partner to go to the lake today because i suspect there could be baby ducks this time of year?

[gilded yarrow]

yee, prolly not super small anymore tho

[deep vigil]

thats okay

[tough hull]

I just saw a squirrel again like 3m next to me

Oh it’s back hold on

[daring imp]

Depends where you are atm! Here they are still in the nests. Not hatched yet!

In my neighbor country they have Hatched already

[deep vigil]

i will post some pics if i make it out there today

hopefully of ducks, especially baby

[deep vigil]

i love squirrels 🐿️

[tough hull]

No way

So

The squirrel knows when I am inside

I was able to open the window while it wax looking and it’s not scared

I even leaned out of the window

It’s still here

[deep vigil]

did you take a super close up pic

[deep vigil]

noice

[tough hull]

Closest I got

[deep vigil]

this squirrel came directly up to me for an unknown reason?

[tough hull]

lol

The swan from this morning…

Light was shit

I could have gotten better lighting

But I decided not to bring the camera on the boat today

And then it was in such a beautiful morning light

[tough hull]

Did you feed it?

[deep vigil]

no

[tough hull]

lol

In the Rockies the chipmunks came up to us thinking we had food

lol

In phone

Anyway here is the squirrel I just saw

[daring imp]

Terns are so fun to shoot. Who else practice bif on them?

[daring imp]

I managed to see one when i went to usa! In Joshua tree park

[grizzled nebula]

kinda shit but still a tern in flight

will get some better flight shots next time

[daring imp]

I missed one with fish today. But i got a shot of the bird fully in frame. They're so faast

[daring imp]

First image i dont need to crop anything in 👀 @grizzled nebula

Eagle in the clouds. Pretty nice landscape pic

[grizzled nebula]

one of my biggest dreams

golden eagles pls just spawn out of nowhere

[tough hull]

Yeah they are like super common there. I saw them more than birds lol

[tough hull]

Meh I missed them with fish like ten times

Because I was fishing

[daring imp]

Just wanna make u more jealous. It was 5-6 meters from me

[daring imp]

Bought my own rod last summer

[tough hull]

Three of our five rods I brought lol

[grizzled nebula]

not a golden eagle

i barely have any accessible wildlife here