Bird Photography

[naive fiber]

Until I turn my volume to the max and listen really closely

But sometimes it confuses doves for eachother

[daring imp]

What a gentleman. Posing nicely

[fresh epoch]

that's lovely!

[daring imp]

Ty!!

[fresh epoch]

can't wait for the edited version 🤩

[daring imp]

You don't always get this close to tiny bird's while driving lol

[tough hull]

Hmmm

I saw that in memes before

Meme dump

[tough hull]

Meh I hate greenfinches

[grizzled nebula]

Why...

[magic crown]

Big day tomorrow ! The exhibit will start i'm so excited to get feedback

i can't do everything i want but the main thing is there

[wet anvil]

cute and amazing photo, juvenile btw

she’s pretty, neat video

[wet anvil]

damnnnnnn

good luck

[magic crown]

thanks

over 15k visitors for 3 days this will be crazy

[grizzled nebula]

Bruh the sunset looks like a sunrise lol

[undone slate]

true

[wet anvil]

holy shit

15k visitors?

[undone slate]

15k visitors?

[magic crown]

yeah its a global exhibit

[wet anvil]

ouhh

[undone slate]

so u win 10000$

[wet anvil]

i hope your photos are well appreciated and you get a good load of money bro

[magic crown]

i hope so we will see

[wet anvil]

deserved

[wet anvil]

wish you the best

[undone slate]

😭

i mean if u get 15k people

[magic crown]

i still don't realise the chance i got it's a pretty unique place to exhibit

[naive fiber]

How does 15k people equate to 10k

[undone slate]

22500

[magic crown]

i will maybe get 2k ppl but still crazy

[wet anvil]

what’s the exhibit’s name? just curious

[undone slate]

if 2k people buy 10 euros photos

[magic crown]

in french its "Les Journées des Plantes d'Albertas"
it's mostly about plants and nature

[undone slate]

you will get 20.000

[wet anvil]

oh okay i see

[undone slate]

but where do u sell them

[wet anvil]

don’t worry about the translation i speak some french too

you’re the goat

[magic crown]

my printer when it see that info : pls let me die i can't take more

[undone slate]

?

[wet anvil]

20k prints

[undone slate]

print it urself

[wet anvil]

poor printer

[wet anvil]

[magic crown]

thoses tiny print was printed at home and my ink cartrige can only make 150 images in 13x18

[undone slate]

idk i think i could get 10k euros by photos in 1 month

[naive fiber]

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

[magic crown]

but it's still 1k ine only 1 weekend that's crazy

[undone slate]

where do u sell them

in the street

[magic crown]

almost a minimum france wage

[magic crown]

nah bro i'm not that one paris illegal seller lmao

[naive fiber]

He busks to sell his photos as well

[naive fiber]

That looks very much like a sunset to me

[undone slate]

so where

idk if that's illegal

[grizzled nebula]

Yh but the colors are crazy

[undone slate]

i mean i can sell apples on the street

[grizzled nebula]

Cant see it cause of this shit phone

[magic crown]

mostly from internet and from exhibit

[undone slate]

i just need to get 10k apples and sell them for 10 euros each

[naive fiber]

Yh it kinda just looks light orange tbh

[naive fiber]

That's an expensive ass apple

[magic crown]

holy inflation prices

[undone slate]

Then you have to ship them, and that costs money.

[undone slate]

golden apple

no noo

[naive fiber]

How much will these 10k apples cost to buy from the producer

[undone slate]

Not this

10 euros each

[naive fiber]

Those are ass

[undone slate]

nah

i could get some snails and sell them 100 euros each

telling to people that they're australian snails

https://tenor.com/view/food-snail-mmm-tasty-delicious-gif-21470000

[wet anvil]

ignore the quality i saw a female redstart and i had to shoot

[undone slate]

yeah, pretty common hear in spain

[wet anvil]

it’s common here too

you just usually see the males because they sing loud as hell on top of the tallest points they find

[undone slate]

where are u from

[wet anvil]

italy

[undone slate]

nice

idk if u have any exclusive bird in there

[wet anvil]

yes yes

italian sparrow is the first one that comes to mind

[undone slate]

this?

[wet anvil]

yes

[undone slate]

probably i can't tell a difference from normal ones

[wet anvil]

it is a breed of the house sparrow and the italian sparrow

[wet anvil]

check the head

the hood mostly

[undone slate]

ohh right

[wet anvil]

also, cheeks

[undone slate]

they don't have gray stuff

common

[wet anvil]

is that a fledgling?

beak gives it away

[gilded yarrow]

Ye

[wet anvil]

👌

[naive fiber]

Is this not just a house sparrow

[wet anvil]

italian sparrow

[undone slate]

nope

[naive fiber]

Oh do house sparrows not have the black on the front

That looks slightly different

Correct me if I'm wrong

[undone slate]

they have gray stuff also

[wet anvil]

house sparrows have a gray hood

whereas italian sparrows have it brown

[undone slate]

but this one

Passer montanus

very similar

do the italian one

[wet anvil]

cheeks give it away

[naive fiber]

Madella effect I thought they did have a brown hood

[wet anvil]

let me get my bird guide rq

i’ll send a pic

[naive fiber]

I haven't seen so many house sparrows recently

[undone slate]

true

[wet anvil]

top right is italian sparrow, 3rd row is passer montanus

throat, also

throat and breast

yep

[green canyon]

very cool

you deserve it

[grizzled nebula]

colors from my phone are awful

went out to get pics of it with my cam

[magic crown]

Thanks that was a hard path to get an exhibit

[tough hull]

Saw a badger

Wanted to get a woodcock but I only saw and heard one far away

[grizzled nebula]

gonna get my bikes fixed soon so i'll be able to move around more easily

[grizzled nebula]

deew

sad it was looking away

this is really good for 4K iso

obviously denoised

[tough hull]

A woodcock flew directly over my head

And I finally got a sound recording of him

Two elk fighting?

[magic crown]

Thanks bro

[wet anvil]

holy details bro

[wet anvil]

is that not the mating call? i have roe deers in the forest near me and they make similar sounds when in mating season

but we might need an expert’s opinion here

i don’t hear any other sound other than the call

sooo if i had to bet, it’s probably a mating call yup

[tough hull]

Meh

I am sure it’s a warning call

He was right in front of me, and I thought I saw a pheasant fly by, so I stood up (I completely forgot about the elk) and then the elk got loud and ran away

[wet anvil]

oj lol

[tough hull]

Anyway

It was so close

But I had to go to the toilet and missed it flying away

[grizzled nebula]

bruh

i still have not seen a damn wild owl

[tough hull]

I was just filleting a fish

Bruh

[grizzled nebula]

maybe in camargue

[tough hull]

Damn thanks

I just remembered I left my flashlight outside

[vague solstice]

Is that the merlin app?

[tough hull]

Yeah

[vague solstice]

Nice

[tough hull]

In the other sound recording you can hear the bones of the fish snapping while I’m cutting it 😭

I only got this owl because I heard a lot of other birds and wanted to know what they are

Then I look at merlin it says tawny owl

[grizzled nebula]

enable the thing where it tells you in order which ones were last hear

[tough hull]

I could

[tough hull]

Noice

A bank swallow?

[grizzled nebula]

northern mockingbird

[tough hull]

K

Bro I’m getting up at 3am

It’s fucking 1am

[vague solstice]

Idk, its in central Texas if that helps

[spring vault]

@grizzled nebula bike tragedy it fell off the car rack

I think just the bars and seat need replacement so not too bad

and the seat is prolly fine

[grizzled nebula]

Ouch

Yh bars and grip need replacement

[spring vault]

camping all friday and weekend

[grizzled nebula]

Lucky there’s barely any damage to the frame

[spring vault]

yea it's crazy I haven't ridden it yet tho

gotta inspect every mm

wouldn't trust a carbon frame at all but alu prolly fine

[grizzled nebula]

I fell with my bike before and got a decent scratch on the derailleur

Also almost banged my head against a wooden pole at 20kmph

Lost rear grip out of nowhere

That was a while ago tho

[tough hull]

This is almost how my friends bike looked like after he crashed into a biker lol

[spring vault]

seat got dragged for miles?

[tough hull]

Nah

But the bars got fried

At least he got a helicopter ride sponsored by his parents

[spring vault]

wonder how it would look if I kept the aluminum bar

cos I swapped for a carbon handlebar a month ago

wore thru like a pencil tip

[tough hull]

How do you not notice that though

[spring vault]

the car is very packed full of camping gear we can't see out the back window

[tough hull]

Don’t you feel that?

Or hear

[spring vault]

v8

[tough hull]

Agh

Skill issue

[spring vault]

american SUV the rear of the car is 20ft away

[tough hull]

Oh right you got those trash cars right

Wagoneer something is the worst car I’ve ever sat in

[spring vault]

I blame my friends terrible bike rack tho

it's zip tied onto the rack for the rest of the trip

[tough hull]

And driven

lol

[spring vault]

yeah I wouldn't buy any American car especially stellantis which isn't even American anymore

[tough hull]

Bro every American car we used the fucking trunk broke because a little dust got in there

Like it wasn’t even much

Imagine rocks and stuff and ice + salt in winter would do

[spring vault]

I watched a review of the new dodge charger and the guy was like I haven't been able to open my trunk in weeks because none of the buttons do anything and dodge doesn't have a fix yet

[daring imp]

3am bird run let's go 👀

[tough hull]

Lmao

I’m going to bed now

Waking up at 4 to go fishing lol

[tough hull]

Lmao

[daring imp]

Nice. Mainly going for deer/owls atm. More active now

[tough hull]

Hmm I heard an owl just about two hours ago

It’s always like dusk

[grizzled nebula]

goodnight

[daring imp]

Omg

Golden hour aswell

[tough hull]

No wayyyy

Just saw a western marsh harrier

[daring imp]

Not as good as i thought 😌

[gilded yarrow]

crop is weird

[daring imp]

I dunno how to crop this 😂

[gilded yarrow]

leave more space on top

[gilded yarrow]

kinda like this & with a normal aspect ratio

[daring imp]

I wanted to do a headshot crop like this but didnt look good on pc. The surrounding is not good. It was on a farm

[gilded yarrow]

Yeah I feel like those almost never look good with birds

[tender galleon]

lens arrives today

[tough hull]

Deer are cool

[tough hull]

100-400?

[tender galleon]

yep

[tender galleon]

i love owls

[echo rain]

Took this recently with my canon camera

[fresh epoch]

Nice, i would crop it in a 5:4 format with more on top and less behind it

But I like the bird, the perch, depth and the colors of the background kinda matching the birds coloring

[tough hull]

@grizzled nebula

Still too far away

[grizzled nebula]

sad

[grizzled nebula]

this is cool tho

[tough hull]

Yeah

[grizzled nebula]

tbh they're both pretty decent

[tough hull]

Unfortunately water was barely reflecting

[tough hull]

Yeah

[grizzled nebula]

need to see a full quality version of the crane

[tough hull]

Lemme just import it to my phone

[grizzled nebula]

i want to be in camargue!!

still a bit to wait

[tough hull]

Lighting was shit

iso 2000

[grizzled nebula]

not bad at all bro

it has good potential

[tough hull]

Meh

I don’t have any ai denoise

All manual

[grizzled nebula]

can u send the raw

[grizzled nebula]

ah

u can't download sony raw either on phone

damn

[tough hull]

wtf

Hold up

Imma put it on drive

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z1JsNfc8mzAcLMSP-TxC2JoHKyoaGBAD/view?usp=drivesdk

[grizzled nebula]

wrone one lol

[tough hull]

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WtvGGUGQ1cspOvAgiQ88C2k8U_cejJER

Whole folder now

With the terms too

[tough hull]

ooh

thanks a lot

[grizzled nebula]

If u want the other 3 ill have to do it later cause my pc doesnt like having chrome, dxo and a game open at the same time lol

[wet anvil]

the call is close to the one of a little owl if you ever heard one

[tough hull]

Nah this was my first time ever hearing any owl species

[wet anvil]

ohh okay i see

you are probably more familiar with their song

sometimes it’s used in horror movies lolol

[tough hull]

this is the first time i actually tried editing with affinity

[naive fiber]

Does it not just send as a file

I miss dxo pureraw

[tough hull]

Same

Gonna buy it asap

[undone slate]

is that a lynx book?

i have linx books of animals

[undone slate]

is that a phone photo?

[undone slate]

what's that, i've never seen t hat 😭

[wet anvil]

looks like a sardinian warbler but i might be wrong

[undone slate]

probably it is

[wet anvil]

had to look up the name because i only know the italian one lmao

in italian it’s literally just called “occhiocotto”

(translated: cooked eye)

probably a reference to its red eyes

[undone slate]

😭

It could be a great photo with the r6 ii

[grizzled nebula]

Holy the temp is perfect outside rn

Not too hot not too cold

No sun right in my face

[tough hull]

Aarvs how do you manage backlit shots in editing?

Im absolutely dying rn

[grizzled nebula]

Wish it was like this everyday

[undone slate]

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

I'm the worst person on this server because of the camera 😭

[tough hull]

Nice

For me I have that problem today

[glossy sage]

Why

[undone slate]

https://tenor.com/view/annoyed-i-cant-believe-it-impossible-look-away-come-on-gif-15247409

because

i don't have a good camera

😭

[deep vigil]

lmao

hi

[undone slate]

if i had that i'd be very good

[left brook]

yes bro the camera is the issue

[undone slate]

https://tenor.com/view/the-rock-the-rock-sus-the-rock-one-eye-the-rock-staring-rock-staring-gif-191071273825142096

[left brook]

that's the ONLY issue bro

trust

[undone slate]

Exactly

you're so intelligent

[deep vigil]

im a big fan of bords

[undone slate]

WHAT'S THAT

[deep vigil]

pls dont yell at me

i just want to talk about byorbs

[undone slate]

what's byorbs?

i'm getting very confused

[deep vigil]

berbs

[undone slate]

i think i'm gonna die or smth

[undone slate]

berbs?

what's that

[deep vigil]

borudagonzales

[undone slate]

😭 what's that

[tough hull]

Burbs

[undone slate]

nice

[undone slate]

idk what's that either

[deep vigil]

this is a phone pic of a print of a pic of a bird

picceptiom

[tough hull]

What

[undone slate]

?

easy to understand

Phone pic

of a print

[tough hull]

You took a photo of a photo of a photo

[undone slate]

of a pic of a bird

[undone slate]

and if someone take a pic of the photo of a photo of a photo you will get a photo of a photo of a photo

and if other person take a pic of your pic of your photo of a photo of a photo

😭

why am i saying this?

[tough hull]

https://tenor.com/view/meme-falling-godofwar-rage-gif-12798147113142059415

[deep vigil]

you can photo my photo anytime

[undone slate]

https://tenor.com/view/viking-kratos-kratos-falling-gif-6333762479708829172

[undone slate]

okay

[tough hull]

A screenshot of a phone photo of a print of a pic of a bird

[tender galleon]

les goo 🔥🔥 perfect timing cuz summer break starts tmrw

[undone slate]

https://tenor.com/view/viking-kratos-kratos-falling-gif-6333762479708829172

[deep vigil]

looks great to me

[undone slate]

what?

summer break?

WHAT

[tender galleon]

old vs new

[deep vigil]

whats the old lens

[undone slate]

me bored taking photo of people 😭

[tender galleon]

ef-s 55-250

[deep vigil]

what a jump

[tender galleon]

real

[deep vigil]

250 to 400

[tender galleon]

3rd party tripod collar should arrive in june

[deep vigil]

sick

[tender galleon]

and crop sensor so its 640mm

[deep vigil]

i get what you're saying

i use a 280mm lens which is like 560mm on my 2x crop system

200 x 1.4tc x 2

[tough hull]

A photo of a phone with an opened screenshot of a phone photo of a print of a photo of a bird

This is at 600mm

💀

[undone slate]

@sterile jewel what spider is this?

i have a lot of them

A LOT

[wet anvil]

i’m pretty sure that your camera is way better than mine

[wet anvil]

we have tons of those here, i just call them red spiders

“Balaustium murorum”

[undone slate]

Probably not

what cam do u have?

[wet anvil]

canon powershot sx430

[undone slate]

Well yes then

probably my cam is better

but both cams are bad so... 😭

[wet anvil]

ehh it’s about how you use it

they can get good photos too

just more wasted shots

[undone slate]

I have good photos but yeah

[wet anvil]

some of my favorites

[glossy sage]

Heh

[undone slate]

?

[tender galleon]

@naive fiber (you asked to tell you when it arrives)

[naive fiber]

Sweet bro

Early summer break I have exams in 3 days lmao

[tender galleon]

lol

i gotta go to school for 3 hours tmrw

[naive fiber]

Yeah I hate when they do that

I feel like this summer will be really good for birds

[tender galleon]

real

[naive fiber]

Going on a hike for them when I go to Kenya though

Just don't know about heavy lenses lol

[wet anvil]

what

[tender galleon]

how heavy is your lens? and what focal length

[naive fiber]

I'm deciding on getting a new lens

[tender galleon]

oo nice

[naive fiber]

But because I'm on FF most lenses aren't that light

I was thinking about the 500 f5.6

[undone slate]

again

could be a great pic...

Issue: my camera

[tender galleon]

buy a new one

[undone slate]

💸

[wet anvil]

nice wagtail

[tender galleon]

you can get a decent setup for under 1k

my old setup was 400€

[wet anvil]

don’t blame your camera for everything

[tender galleon]

now 1050€

[undone slate]

I prefer to save more and buy the good camera now instead of buying a mid-range one because that way I would have to wait even longer to buy another one.

[naive fiber]

If I don't have the money for the f5.6 I'll probably get the f4d

But I'll try snipe one

[undone slate]

in this case is the camera issue

[wet anvil]

surely you can be limited by hardware but you have to learn how to get closer to subjects etc, you don’t just see a bird, shoot a photo from far away and then blame your camera

[wet anvil]

your camera is better than mine

[tender galleon]

you can practise with a mid range cam and when you have enough for it you can sell the mid range

[wet anvil]

objectively

[naive fiber]

You have 740mm you were too far away

[undone slate]

True

But it could be a good photo probably

[tender galleon]

this 🙏 🙏

[naive fiber]

No

[daring imp]

Some of my prints at home

[wet anvil]

for reference your camera has 3200 max iso (at least) while i’m sitting at 1600 lol

it’s really just on you

[wet anvil]

i love those

[undone slate]

3200 max iso= horrible photo

Yummy

[wet anvil]

sure but you can also have a better chance at not shooting under literally direct sublight

[undone slate]

i like this shot

[undone slate]

Maybe

[deep vigil]

nice

[naive fiber]

I crave for higher mp

[wet anvil]

don’t we all

[tender galleon]

@undone slate not only the camera makes the pic, for a really good pic you need to do research and spend hours or even tens of hours getting the shot

[naive fiber]

Lol

[undone slate]

Yeah true

[wet anvil]

i say this all the time, it’s not the camera that takes the photo but the photographer

[naive fiber]

I like this body but I need to clean my sensor

Noticed some dust

[undone slate]

but i'm not sure if is worth going to good spots to photograph with my main camera

[naive fiber]

I'm so glad I don't have oil on it though

[undone slate]

What species is this?

i need to know it please

[tough hull]

No

[wet anvil]

ehh use google lens i have no idea

[tough hull]

Google.com

[naive fiber]

I did the googling for you don't worry

[undone slate]

thx

[undone slate]

it doesn't works to me id

idk

i only have edge

not google

Google search but not google lens

[tough hull]

Take the image

[undone slate]

wow, i've never seen that butterfly

[undone slate]

?

[tough hull]

Google Animal recongition Apps

Or Websites

And put your image in

Not hard

[naive fiber]

Maybe because it isn't a butterfly

[tough hull]

Moth

Mothd are usually active at night

[tender galleon]

gonna go try swallows with new lens

[wet anvil]

my camera’s too slow for them, they’re cuties though

i have a few spotting shots

[tough hull]

Huh

[undone slate]

oh right

[naive fiber]

Fire

[tough hull]

Like what’s your shortest possible ss?

[glossy sage]

Rock says the issue is his camera and I used to believe it

[naive fiber]

Small sensors suck for bird in flight

[undone slate]

um, yes?

[tough hull]

Idk what he has

lol

[naive fiber]

Some shit powershot

[undone slate]

i could be a great photographer but not with my camera

[wet anvil]

the fastest shutter speed i can reach (on an EXTREMELY lucky day) is 1/1250

[undone slate]

someone

[glossy sage]

Cris just showed a few great shots on a worse (barely) quality camera

[naive fiber]

What's the widest it goes

[wet anvil]

focal length?

[naive fiber]

Aperture

[tough hull]

Oh yeah that’s bad

[wet anvil]

oh

lolol

[naive fiber]

It's variable so whatever you use the most

[wet anvil]

i don’t know, i will go check

[naive fiber]

So like at your preferred focal length

[wet anvil]

let me see if i can just google it, i can’t take my camera atm

[undone slate]

....

[wet anvil]

you mean like f/3.5?

[naive fiber]

It is

[naive fiber]

Yeah

Makes sense

[wet anvil]

canon website says f/3.5 - f/6.8

[naive fiber]

oof

[wet anvil]

why would you want to buy a better camera if you don’t know if it’s worth it for you to actually use it?

[naive fiber]

So f6.8 at whatever your max focal length is

[wet anvil]

yeah

45x max optical zoom, it’s 193.5mm

[undone slate]

Because if i'm going to somewhere i need to know if is worth photographing with my camera or not

[naive fiber]

Oh that's pretty long

[undone slate]

because sometimes people tell me that even with my camera i can't to anything

[wet anvil]

yeah, i really like this feature

even when my new camera arrives i will keep using this one for spotting etc

because its zoom is honestly great

[naive fiber]

I have a lumix one lying around

[wet anvil]

when you reach maximum optical zoom it just goes by digital zoom to reach 90x and 180x

pixelated as shit, but it does it anyway LMAO

[naive fiber]

Yeah looks good on the camera screen lmfao

[wet anvil]

i will show you one photo i took at max digital zoom

for reference

[naive fiber]

I'm also max 1600 iso on this

[wet anvil]

i see

[naive fiber]

I think I took an ok photo on it but never bothered with birding

My current lens is too short but I try whether or not

[tender galleon]

HOLY SHIT THE AF IS QUIET

[naive fiber]

The evf gave me a headache to use

[naive fiber]

Welcome to the club

[tender galleon]

this is crazy

[wet anvil]

you have an evf??

luxury

[naive fiber]

Yeah lol

[wet anvil]

my camera got no evf LMAO

[tender galleon]

do i set focus range to full

[naive fiber]

Not the most expensive camera in the world

[undone slate]

Today I saw a very strange bird that looks like a magpie in shape, but it was brown and I thought I saw a white tip on its tail or something.

[wet anvil]

unfortunately bad bokeh (big issue with this camera) but man, i really like the details on this one

[wet anvil]

ooo damnnn

very cheap

[wet anvil]

are you sure it wasn’t a jay?

[undone slate]

is that a bad camera?

I saw it from a car and it seemed a bit big to me, but I don't know, it's possible, but I didn't see anything blue in it.

[wet anvil]

probably was not a corvid to begin with tbh

maybe a crow, but you say it was brown

what about a cuckoo?

no idea

[tough hull]

which edit

[wet anvil]

imo you saw a jay

i like the third one

[tough hull]

ye me too lol

[daring imp]

Bird has a quest marker on him 😂 nice

[tough hull]

lmao yeah thx

it still looks so ungoidly photoshopped on my phone

[daring imp]

Remove the dot from the birds back with remove tool if u can. Dosnt fit

Looks like the bird has a big pimple 😂

[tough hull]

Which remove tool bruh

I’m broke

I don’t have photoshop

[daring imp]

Ah thought u had lightroom

[undone slate]

probably it wasn't i'm not sure

[undone slate]

what's that stuff

kinda strange i think

[undone slate]

wait

it was similar to this

no impossible

that's from america

America

so idk then.

[tough hull]

Bokeh balls

[naive fiber]

I have it

it's ok

[naive fiber]

3 tbh

[undone slate]

yeah but what's that

it seems a little bad for me idk

[naive fiber]

They are amazing wdym

[undone slate]

What was the camera doing bokeh on? What was in the background?

The bokeh is fine, but I'm saying that in his photo there's only one and it looks weird.

Idk

[naive fiber]

https://www.nikon.co.uk/en_GB/learn-and-explore/magazine/tips-and-tricks/what-is-bokeh-and-how-should-i-use-it?srsltid=AfmBOoqK8T0PhC1Wt5bQW5bsO2PqNVuKk7H-loOvbLBQrQO_7g2RH88c

[naive fiber]

Star

What causes this one again

[undone slate]

?

[undone slate]

yeah i already know that

[tough hull]

Aperture blades

You can recreate it on any other lens too though

Just put a filter infront

With that shape

[naive fiber]

Yeah I remember now

[wet anvil]

yeah lol imo you saw a cuckoo

[undone slate]

i'm from spain

maybe this?

i'm not sure

[wet anvil]

yes

[wet anvil]

look up their tails specifically

[undone slate]

idk where i could try to search them again

with more time

[wet anvil]

but you say it was brown, so i literally have no idea

what about a kestrel? their tails are also decently long but they aren’t that big

[daring imp]

Could be a Turkish dove too. They're brown

[wet anvil]

eurasian collared dove?

could be, but he said the tail had a white tip

[daring imp]

Turkduva = turkish dove literal swedish translation 😂

[wet anvil]

already ruled out the only brown corvid in this area (eurasian jay)

so now we’re just going for other birds with long tails LMAO

[daring imp]

Yup 😂

[wet anvil]

ohh lolol it sounds similar to what we call it (tortora)

brb my internet is gonna die

my internet is back

@undone slate could you specify what the bird was doing when you saw it?

[gilded yarrow]

prolly cuckoo

female

[undone slate]

Judging by the way It flown, I'd say no

[undone slate]

I was in the car and I saw it still, like the position they usually have before flying, and then I saw it fly, similar to the behavior of a magpie, but I don't know.

[daring imp]

Lesgo

[undone slate]

i have a lot of teasels for attracting birds at my house

if someone want a pic i can show it

[deep vigil]

i dont know what a teasel is

[grizzled nebula]

In my garden until i go back to camargue 😭

I want my licence so i can more easier bruh

Still waiting for the call saying they have a spot for me

[undone slate]

this

goldfinches and others eat them

and i also put some seeds on them

[deep vigil]

i see

[undone slate]

i hope goldfinches come...

i saw a linnet yesterday

but only yesterday, today no

[deep vigil]

i saw that

i dont think there were any birds in that picture 👀

[undone slate]

👀

[grizzled nebula]

Imma add teasel and sunflower to my garden

Need to attract the greenfinches and goldfinches

[undone slate]

very smart

@grizzled nebula but do u know where u have those plants?

I recommend you buy niger seeds so you have plants that never run out of seeds; you just add more when they run out and keep doing that all the time.

[grizzled nebula]

Imma build a river for bee eaters

[undone slate]

no

Is that possible?

ur lying right

?

[grizzled nebula]

Ofc i am

Imma try to get r5ii before the end of the year and ill sell r6ii after i go on a safari

[daring imp]

Im also going on safari soon hopefully. With dad on his 60 birthday to Africa

[undone slate]

sell it?

give it for free

[undone slate]

but you're not lying about getting teasels right?

[undone slate]

so i can get it free this year

[grizzled nebula]

no

i want to add teasel and sunflower to attract more birds

i've seen a few goldfinches and greenfinches in my garden before but i want to see them more often

[tender galleon]

well didnt get to really try out new lens cause went on a sidequest with friends

[undone slate]

have u ever seen a teasel before?

u can go there

[grizzled nebula]

on google

jk yes i have

[undone slate]

in person?

[grizzled nebula]

yes..

[undone slate]

How many minutes from your house is it?

[grizzled nebula]

1

there's some in my neighbours garden

too much stuff in the way to actually see anything tho

[wet anvil]

yeah that’s what i was thinking

[wet anvil]

i spotted a couple not too long ago

[tender galleon]

i love this lens

the af is so quiet and the focusing is internal

i thought it was my cameras fault that the focusing was so loud

[naive fiber]

What were you using before

[tender galleon]

55-250 kit lens

canon

[naive fiber]

What an upgrade

[tender galleon]

fr

gonna go out again in a bit because sun is setting

the curlews are really active here rn

[daring imp]

@tender galleon torille? :DD

[tender galleon]

mitä tarkotat 🤔

[daring imp]

Just asking if you're Finnish haha

[steady pasture]

I get so jealous of European wildlife😔

Little badgers and roe deer are so cute

I wouldn’t be as jealous if I lived in a cool area of America with some big-game. But the biggest I have is alligators, black bear, and whitetail deer.

Black bears would be epic, but they’re rare here

[steady pasture]

How much did this run you bro😭

[sterile jewel]

They’re not spiders, they’re mites.

[tender galleon]

yep i am :D

[steady pasture]

Yo, I kinda take it back that I said I’m jealous of European wildlife.

Cypress bayous are super cool and they cover a pretty large area around me, def some cool opportunities for birds

[tender galleon]

sundays plan: get up at 6am and go look for treecreepers

[naive fiber]

Gl

Not easy

[tender galleon]

i saw 2 on monday

and btw theres a common kestrel nesting 100m from my house

[naive fiber]

W lmao

Went to the peligrine spot and didn't see any ☹️

[tender galleon]

i thought the jackdaws scared them away but i saw them today

[tough hull]

Badgers are hella rare

This was my first time seeing a living one

[steady pasture]

Ooh, I’ve never seen a black bear here either unless it was on a camera at night

[tough hull]

I just scared a female and a male roe deer

[steady pasture]

Seen plenty of gators though!

[steady pasture]

What focal length do you shoot st?

At*

[tough hull]

600

Mm

Mosquitoes killing me

[steady pasture]

Oh wow, what lens?

[naive fiber]

I've seen some really good shots out of my local deer park

And I really need to try

[steady pasture]

Same, southern United States is hell rn

[naive fiber]

With a longer lens I don't want to get fucking impaled

[steady pasture]

It’s 90 Fahrenheit and so humid

[naive fiber]

Damn ok this is what's coming out of my local park

[steady pasture]

My 100-400 on my crop sensor gets me through most situations

[naive fiber]

Its always covered in deer shit lmao

[steady pasture]

I’d love to see some red deer

[naive fiber]

I should go this autumn and try

[naive fiber]

It's the main one there

[steady pasture]

Yo, here in the states we have a few species of elk. Might go try to get some photos of them at the end of this year. The bulls in this one field we found are huge

[naive fiber]

They introduced some fallow deer as well

[steady pasture]

This was before I got my camera when we discovered the area

[naive fiber]

Went extinct here I think

[naive fiber]

Hey at least you can go back

[gilded yarrow]

I'll do that too

[steady pasture]

It’s like a 5-6 our drive from my home to the state park where the elk live, but it’s always worth it since there’s tons of stuff to do there

[naive fiber]

I should get a bike to cycle to mine

I think it's a 45m ride

[steady pasture]

Large country problems (driving 8 hours and only moving between two states)

[steady pasture]

That’s not horrible! I have a swampy area near me that’s about that distance

[naive fiber]

Yeah it's pretty good!

They allow drones as well

It's so damn big

[steady pasture]

Oh cool!

[naive fiber]

2500 acres

[steady pasture]

The swampy area I mentioned is a partial campground and used to have red deer herds that were bred there

[naive fiber]

So 9.5 square kilometres

[steady pasture]

But after a tornado hit there’s not many of them left

[naive fiber]

Big

[steady pasture]

Dang

That sounds cool!

[tough hull]

Nooo

[naive fiber]

Just need to go in the morning when nobody is there!

[steady pasture]

I watched a hawk build a nest here the other morning. I sat here for a whillleee

[tough hull]

I just missed a woodcock

[steady pasture]

Shame on you

[naive fiber]

I live outside a forest which is cool but I don't really see too many interesting birds

[steady pasture]

How dare you miss the magnificent woodcock

[naive fiber]

I should go find nuthatches

[tough hull]

Even worse

[steady pasture]

We have a decent chunk of land here in our town, but the most exotic thing I’ve seen was a little group of coyotes laying on the fence line

[tough hull]

It came again

But

[naive fiber]

Oh lmao

[tough hull]

Wrong ss

[naive fiber]

I hear a bit but don't see it

Really loud wrens

[steady pasture]

Coyotes are one of my favorite things to look for in the mornings

[naive fiber]

I guess my equivalent are foxes

[steady pasture]

Bro, you got the woodcock signal on camera

https://tenor.com/view/wongwingchun58-gif-15613675

[steady pasture]

We have foxes too, just more rare

I’ve yet to find a fox den or even a fox on its own

[naive fiber]

Stupidly common especially because I live in london

[steady pasture]

Ahhh, I think the most common mammal j have here is bunnies or white tailed deer

Both good subjects

[naive fiber]

They loved stealing my RC cars and chasing them

[steady pasture]

Love buck white tails, they always look good on camera

[steady pasture]

😭

[naive fiber]

Literally in the car park as well

[steady pasture]

That’s kinda crazy

[tough hull]

Still blurry but best shot yet

[naive fiber]

They also get scarily close

[steady pasture]

He’s so cute

[naive fiber]

Never got this close to one but I have seen them do this

[grizzled nebula]

The lens i got for 3.9k in mint condition but they are normally 7-8k in mint condition, the tripod + gimbal head are worth 1k but i got them for 240 euros 😭

[steady pasture]

I’ve had an interaction like that with a bear my first time in Yellowstone

He walked straight up to the car window and sat there

[naive fiber]

Scary no?

[steady pasture]

Nah

[grizzled nebula]

The US seems like a cheatcode for wildlife

[naive fiber]

A lepoard did this to us once

[steady pasture]

If I were to drive to Yellowstone it’d take 32 hours

It’s a cheat code with a long process

[naive fiber]

I once saw a few hyenas chase the lepoard living in our campsite up a tree because it got a killed a gazelle and they wanted it

It was sick

[steady pasture]

It kinda shocks me how large the us is when you think about it😭

[daring imp]

Ive had a few interactions with bears

[tender galleon]

my best woodcock

[steady pasture]

I wish I did camera shit whenever I visited Yellowstone

[naive fiber]

I really need to go back to Masai mara I just don't have the time

Coolest animals

[steady pasture]

Yellowstone is the equivalent of heaven for me, I’d do some freak things to go back

I saw wolves when I went, mountain goats, black and grizzly bears, elk, bison, eagles, etc

[queen junco]

I had one at the door

[naive fiber]

They chill in the gardens a bit too much

[queen junco]

don't give them food tho

[naive fiber]

Never really wanted to tbh

[steady pasture]

I guess my equivalent would be coyotes, they eat the rabbits in my yard and started eating my dogs food off of our patio

[queen junco]

there are coyotes too

[steady pasture]

I never see foxes in my area sadly

Why the skull?

They’re skittish here, like if they see even a slight human-looking object they run in the opposite direction

[grizzled nebula]

I have seen 2 foxes in my life

[steady pasture]

I’ve seen 0😭

[tough hull]

How do you all get them sitting😭

[tough hull]

WHAT

EXCUSR

ME

[grizzled nebula]

Never got a pic

Saw my second one about a week ago

[tough hull]

I see foxes so often

Especially in winter

Well

Mostly in winter

@tender galleon @daring imp how do you guys find the woodcocks

Like what do you look out for

I seem to have found a good spot

Like I know how to get them for their riding flight but I wanna get them sitting too

[daring imp]

I literally just drive around with my car. Untill i see something in an open field or next to the road 😂

I dont walk in the woods etc atm untill i get a lighter lens. Gets tiring quickly with a heavy lens. Im super lucky from the car. I just drive slow on wood roads untill i see something

[tough hull]

Damn

Oohhh

Deer coming

[undone slate]

Thanks!

[undone slate]

WOW

where was that?

and were u searching for them or it just appear?

[tough hull]

Well

[tough hull]

I wanted to go to a place (the place where I filmed this vid) because the deer were there yesterday but then only 5 mins after starting my trip I saw the deer there

Like I wasn’t searching, I was just waiting because I knew they were gonna come

A few more better but still not good shots of woodcocks and unfortunately even though I have one more week here in Sweden, this was one of my last days where I have no clouds in the evening

[daring imp]

honestly not too bad quality after using 25600 iso on r6 mark2

only used lightroom denoise

[tough hull]

Uncropped I assume?

[daring imp]

nope cropped

[tough hull]

How much

Hm

Not much

Still 14MP.

[daring imp]

@tough hull

[tough hull]

This makes me wanna go back to my grebe spot

[tough hull]

Nice

[daring imp]

im not happy with the crop tho just testing, idk what i wanna do with it

is it bad quality for 25600 iso? @tough hull

[gilded gale]

id chop part of the back of the bird if you have a lil better denoise

[tough hull]

No

Very good

[gilded gale]

and crop tighter, 16:9

you have no background separation because of angle, but its all one color, so go for the portrait

I can run it through DXO6 if you want

[daring imp]

i wanted to try to go lower but its a semi high ledge, but this spot is so close to me, like 500 meters lol can just walk there

[daring imp]

all good bro got topaz ai, dxo3 myself!

2 nests next to my apartment

waiting for chicks to hatch

then bangers coming

[gilded gale]

for sure, get some good shots of them on the backs of the parents 😄

[tough hull]

Bro I’m dying rn

[daring imp]

i have them from last summer, while feeding the young but abit far away

[tough hull]

I was able to keep the mosquitoes away until I saw that deer and literally I froze, I didn’t move, I just wanted the shot and got destroyed by mosquitoes just for the deer to run away anyway

[fast knoll]

@gilded gale what dxo settings do u use

i usually go 50 luminance 0 force details and 50 sharpness intensity

[tough hull]

All I got is this 💔

[daring imp]

what do u guys think of this? the bird is flying towards overexposed light but where he is have ok exposure

bw might be better

[tough hull]

For me (currently on a phone) the bird is way too small in the image and due to the lighting kinda vanishing in the image

[tough hull]

If you lower the exposure on the right here it may be better

[daring imp]

i thought of it as more of a artsy pick you know @tough hull

[tough hull]

Yeah though the bird should be visible

Like the outlines

And here they are kinda vanishing for me

[daring imp]

increased contrast on the bird looked better already

[tough hull]

Nice

[daring imp]

more like this? @tough hull

[magic crown]

What a good first day i sell 18 pics
Tomorrow will be even better it's the peak of visitors

[tough hull]

Huh

What did I miss

[tough hull]

Mhm I actually like the first one more

[magic crown]

I exhibit

[tough hull]

Interesting

Looks cool

[magic crown]

The kingfisher was almost already out of stock it's selling too fast lmao

[tough hull]

Yeah, I get why

It’s beautiful

[magic crown]

Yeah and so colorful

[tough hull]

Yeah

And I’m dying of mosquito bites already

[magic crown]

Now time to sleep this journey destroyed me lol

[tough hull]

Wait you’re from Spain right? Or France?

You got many mosquitoes there?

[daring imp]

duck pretended to be a boat today

[magic crown]

France

South France to be exact

[tough hull]

@gilded yarrow just wondering this image is from an Alex with German last name so is this your image? I know there are many Alex but who knows

[gilded yarrow]

Sadly not, wouldve posted that here 100x already

I barely post photos to ebird

[tough hull]

Welp

Alex Sauerbrunn

[gilded gale]

Im usually around 20-35 luminance, 20-30 force details, and between 100-120 sharpness depending on how much i had to crop

[dark ermine]

mosquitoville over here in the states

having to like, douse myself in bug spray

[grizzled nebula]

i neeeeeeeeeeed the mimosa back

sad it's only between jan and start of march

well it depends

sometimes it can end later

ended early this year

looks so damn nice

[dark ermine]

we have mimosa trees but they look like this

[daring imp]

idk which one i like more

[grizzled nebula]

that's really nice too

[grizzled nebula]

the first one imo

re edited this image too

[dark ermine]

they're invasive transplants from asia but theyre pretty at least

[grizzled nebula]

if only they were in focus

[daring imp]

could work like this @grizzled nebula

[grizzled nebula]

that's pretty nice

i want to stop my aircon rn but if i do the mosquitoes will be back

[dark ermine]

this is lovely, can you get rid of the pale pink on the right?

[grizzled nebula]

don't have gen remove unfortunately

because i have a special version of lightroom

i tried something with this pic but it's pretty unsuable innit

[daring imp]

Sharp lens + 24mp pretty good crop still

[grizzled nebula]

my body is telling me to go to sleep but my brain is telling me not to

[dark ermine]

what time is it for you?

[grizzled nebula]

1am

[dark ermine]

oh dang, 6pm here

[wet anvil]

same

actually i should go i got school tomorrow

[wet anvil]

the sharpness is insane dude

my god

[fast knoll]

Ok I might go up a bit with my settings then

[grizzled nebula]

you give me Rebel T7 i give u R6II

deal?

[fast knoll]

Done

[grizzled nebula]

by rebel T7 i meant R5II ofc

i'll send u shipping details later

[fast knoll]

Where was ur focus here both eyes are a bit out of focus

Cropped a lot?

[grizzled nebula]

i know but you don't need to

[grizzled nebula]

nah just out of focus

[fast knoll]

It’s ok it’s still good

[grizzled nebula]

goodnight

[daring imp]

some old puffin shots i havent done anything with. thoughts on the crop?

[fast knoll]

a bit tight imo

[steady pasture]

I thought those were called Persian silk trees?

[steady pasture]

Also, those offer some insane perch shot opportunities

[fast knoll]

got some photos with acceptable sharpness today

[astral saffron]

Try 4:5 for vertical portraits and leave a little more space near the beak. Use a rule of thirds guide to help you move the eye closer to the top guide and consider whatever you place in the center is where the eye is going to go first

[daring imp]

Will fix! Tried to do a portrait style

[daring imp]

Thanks bro will keep mind! My friend helped me edit my images before but now i wanna do it myself when im more active! My dad is sponsoring ps/lr which is nice