Bird Photography

[fast knoll]

i think f8 is wide open lol

rf 100-400 is 5.6-8

[fresh epoch]

I dont know if my R50 is worse at handling noise or if im using the wrong editimg software

[fast knoll]

def both

i have an r5ii

but i think it's mostly the editing software

do u have the raw?

[fresh epoch]

Im looking to upgrade both body and lens but not sure which to start with. Ive been eyeing both the sigma 150-600 5.6-6.3 and the ef 400 f5.6L

[fresh epoch]

Somewhere 😂

[fast knoll]

honestly the lens u have is great for the price

[fresh epoch]

Taken a few thousand pictures last year

[fast knoll]

if u should buy something it's prob better editing software

[fresh epoch]

Just wish it was brighter at 400

[fast knoll]

darktable def fucked u up there

[fast knoll]

i feel u im wide open at f7.1

[fresh epoch]

Af and Is is super

[fast knoll]

u have a good combo tbh

i would get better denoise

[fresh epoch]

Been thinking of checking out DxO

[fast knoll]

lightroom classic has decent denoise and most ppl use it to edit

two in one

dxo is amazing for denoise

i bought it recently

[daring imp]

i only have ver 3 but still amazing

[fresh epoch]

Ive heard great thing about it too

[fast knoll]

dude yea version 6 is crazy

u def need a good base image tho

it can't turn shit into gold

if u find the raw for this send it to me

i'll run it through dxo

the subject looks quite sharp

i bet it'll look great

[naive fiber]

Oh I didn't know that actually, thought it was 6.3

[daring imp]

how do u guys crop images like this when birds are in single trees in fields etc? or are these usually not good images when its just a blue background?

this is unedited

[fresh epoch]

this is my edited version

oh nwm this was a different picture

[daring imp]

sadly blurry 🙁

[fresh epoch]

yes, sadly

[daring imp]

My favorite shot of mr jay

[fresh epoch]

This one I got quite happy with even though it was shot at F8

[fresh epoch]

this lovely

[daring imp]

nice, still havent gotten one of them acctualy flying...

[fresh epoch]

I got a series of it flying, was really satisfying

Sadly the R50 is bad at continiuos shooting

[daring imp]

they are so unpredictable... xD @fresh epoch

[fresh epoch]

Ooof, yeah they are

[daring imp]

It was dark so had to use 1/800 :c

[fresh epoch]

one second here, the other out of frame

The R50 sadly only have a continuous shooting speed of 12 pictures/s but a buffer of only 9 pictures in raw. So it bogs down in 3/4th's of a second

This one was also 400mm at F8

grosbeaks have such character, always fun to observe

[fresh epoch]

Also, they are plenty pretty sitting/standing too

[grizzled nebula]

Really want to see one

[daring imp]

You see them mostly at night here or before summer. Forgot what that is in English

[steady pasture]

Going from a point and shoot to a top-of-the-line mirrorless is a wild jump

[fresh epoch]

Snow grouse. I usually see them in the morning to early lunch time

[astral lodge]

Thought on these photos? I am considering cropping the lamp post on the first photo because I wanted to capture a sense of taking off but the position doesn't necessarily suggest that

[odd fern]

Remove the lamp in the first photo

[astral lodge]

Any comments on exposure, colors, etc?

[tender galleon]

aw man just came here and its raining

[tender galleon]

saw some great crested grebes and a common ringed plover

[undone slate]

i mean noise not photo n oise

they make noise when u click the button

man

what's this

Is this serious

[naive fiber]

Meh I didn't see that I just replied to noise

[undone slate]

oh ok

[undone slate]

WHAT'S BAD ABOUT THIS PHOTO

funny photo

[naive fiber]

Shit ton of haze from the sun

Should have used your hood

[undone slate]

haze u mean the temperature

[undone slate]

How?

[naive fiber]

Glare not haze

[undone slate]

i mean how can i use my hood for that

[naive fiber]

You uhh

[undone slate]

IT's difficult

[naive fiber]

Put it on

And happy days

[undone slate]

put it on on camera?

[naive fiber]

Yes

[undone slate]

And if it falls down and hits the lens.

kinda difficult

DO u do that?

[naive fiber]

???

[undone slate]

ohhh right

i don't have that

.

i thought u were referring to this

[naive fiber]

I forget you have a shit camera

[undone slate]

yea

One question

why do i have heat haze if there is only 16º

[naive fiber]

It's not heat haze

It's the sun shining at an angle onto your lens

[undone slate]

No no, i'm seeing with my eyes

could this be good

[tough hull]

It’s better than my pheasant shots

#1041487027255914566 message

[undone slate]

@naive fiber

[undone slate]

do u think so?

still a bad photo 🙁

[tough hull]

Auto iso crashout

Blown out highlights 😢

Can’t fucking find common redstart

This can’t be real

A bee just flew close to my ear so in a reflex I went to slap it away and while pull ing my hand up or whatever I hit this knob

[grizzled nebula]

holy mosquito bites

get gloves

[tough hull]

I counted them yesterday

42 just on the hands

[tough hull]

Thick ones I need

But then I will sweat

This is all from when I photographed that deer

[grizzled nebula]

better than getting bitten imo

[tough hull]

I always slapped the mosquitoes away but when that deer was behind me i didn’t dare to move so it doesn’t notice me but welp too late already

Just counted again now it’s 44 bites

The time I’m close enough to a swan in Sweden finally, it’s just a mute swan 😭

Like bro pls just turn into a whopper swan

MERLIN????

[tender galleon]

OH NOO

little guy has a tick in his eye

[tough hull]

Poor guy

[undone slate]

what stuff

[undone slate]

😭

Can u save him?

[undone slate]

?

[tender galleon]

i think when the tick grows a bit more its gonna fall off

btw do you guys know is it normal for a squirrel to come 5m from the living room window every day to find something to eat, i was thinking maybe the squirrel is just a baby and his mom isnt able to feed him

[undone slate]

is that a baby?

[tender galleon]

it seems a bit small

[undone slate]

u can adopt him

[tough hull]

I think it’s normal

There is thus squirrel that also always comes up to the house we’re at rn

[undone slate]

where can i search for squirrels?

[sharp ether]

I saw birds with ticks as well

[tough hull]

Trees

You just gotta wait

I just saw a red backed shrike (80%sure) and my camera wouldn’t focus 😭

[undone slate]

How can i make this photo even better

[tender galleon]

foreground too bright

[undone slate]

yeah that's not bad

I mean i like the photo but i think it could be better maybe?

[grizzled nebula]

Only raised exposure on my phone and cropped

[undone slate]

is that at a public place?

[gilded yarrow]

send better pic

[grizzled nebula]

Yes

[gilded yarrow]

zoom in when taking the photo through the viewfinder so it adjusts brightness properly

[undone slate]

Omg google autocorrect is shit

[undone slate]

I ask that because if I lie down in a public place to take pictures, people look at me strangely.

[grizzled nebula]

I just put my camera on the ground

[tough hull]

Closest I got 💔

[gilded yarrow]

Nah I mean send a better pic of the photo you have

[undone slate]

and how do u photograph it

what's a merlin

@tough hull

[undone slate]

what's that

idk what's a merlin

[sharp ether]

Merlin

[gilded yarrow]

I think thats a kestrel

ye

[undone slate]

what's that

merlin id?

[gilded yarrow]

a bird

[undone slate]

can u show me a merlin

[tough hull]

Merlin said it’s Merlin to all pics lmao

[undone slate]

oh ok

[gilded yarrow]

Lol

Nah definitely a kestrel

too light for a merlin and they also dont have the Black band on the tail feathers

[tough hull]

I keep on missing focus

[undone slate]

omg what's that

[tough hull]

Great tit

At its best

It’s at the tree but if I’m close they won’t go in

So I wait here and when one goes in I go towards there fast and get ready

[grizzled nebula]

Kestrel

[tough hull]

Yeah

[grizzled nebula]

Think merlins have thicker tail patterns

[tough hull]

Merlin also says it now

[undone slate]

i mean where

where was that

that phoot

[undone slate]

aarvs

[tough hull]

Wish I would have been closer

[grizzled nebula]

My man blud

[undone slate]

wat

[grizzled nebula]

I pressed the shutter button...

[undone slate]

oh ok

[grizzled nebula]

Think he said about 50 times in the last 2 days where he was

[undone slate]

i mean the photo

[sharp ether]

That would've been a great shot

[undone slate]

in a tree...

[tough hull]

No crop

There’s an icterine warblers somewhere here

I also saw it fly away

Just heard it

[sharp ether]

Warblers are a nightmare to photograph

They're always moving

[wide flint]

@undone slate when are u upgrading to the a9iii?

You would be a profesional with that gear in no time

[tough hull]

Flycatchers are easy though

[sharp ether]

Yeah

They're a bit more bold too

[tough hull]

They levitate

Found another nest

Idk what that is though

Nuthatch

[naive fiber]

Lmao

[undone slate]

I know

[undone slate]

I'm looking to get the r10 now

[naive fiber]

Because you didn't have the budget or what

[undone slate]

So i can spend more on lens

[naive fiber]

Are you going to get a used body

[naive fiber]

What get the 100-500?

[undone slate]

probably

[undone slate]

Yeah

a bit expensive but i could get it

is this one for the r10? @naive fiber

[naive fiber]

Yeah that'd be 800mm ffeq

[undone slate]

what's bad about my goldfinch photo 😭

[undone slate]

Not bad

ffeq?

what's that

[naive fiber]

Full frame equivalent

[undone slate]

like the r6 ii

but i think that is impossible to get better quality photos than the r6 ii

[naive fiber]

The r6 is full frame yeah

[naive fiber]

What

R5ii?

That exists

[undone slate]

?

i'm saying r6 ii

[naive fiber]

The r5ii is better than the r6ii

[undone slate]

if i can get better quality photos compraed to the r6 ii

[undone slate]

yes but i'm asking this

because i'm going to buy the r6 ii or the r10 so i wanna know

[naive fiber]

Why are you comparing yourself to the body

The body isn't doing it for you

You are using the camera

[undone slate]

i mean same lens

but different body

[naive fiber]

It does not matter this much

[undone slate]

why

But if u have same lens

but different body ( r6 ii vs r10

[naive fiber]

The r6 isn't magically going to take better photos for you

Yes the r6 will have better iso performance and low light ect

But the difference isn't that great in daytime

Bird photography doesn't really require the biggest dynamic range in the world tbh

[undone slate]

Yeah right

and for astro?

i mean the r6 ii manages better ISO

[gilded yarrow]

ye

[tough hull]

I got the whole process of him catching the fish

[naive fiber]

I don't do astro

[undone slate]

why not

u should try

notversly but how do u have photos with a lot of quality

with ur camera

@wide flint

[naive fiber]

Because sensor sizeeeeessss

My camera is a 24.3mp full frame

It will have good quality

[undone slate]

and r10 has 24,2 i think

[naive fiber]

Doesn't mean I will always take a good photo

[naive fiber]

Sick bro

[undone slate]

same mp as r6 ii

[naive fiber]

Yes

[undone slate]

well i'm gonna buy the r6 ii then

and in the future the r5 iii

[naive fiber]

There is no point in doing that

[tough hull]

That’s why I wanted CFesxpress lol

[naive fiber]

I really gotta get better SD cards

My buffer is 10 photos lol

[undone slate]

why?

[naive fiber]

Do you understand that body doesn't really matter that much now

[undone slate]

so why people buy the r5 ii

aarvs is gonna buy the r5 ii

[naive fiber]

Is he?

[undone slate]

yes?

[naive fiber]

I read the messages

[undone slate]

ok

[naive fiber]

That's because he has the money for it

[undone slate]

Yeah

but body doesn't matters that much

[naive fiber]

It matters less than you think

[undone slate]

so why is he doing it

Ok he has money but why?

[naive fiber]

The R5 has better cropping than the r6

[undone slate]

Will there be that much of a difference?

[undone slate]

yeah

[naive fiber]

Only really in focus and cropping

R5ii will be sharper but the r6ii is still sharp with a good lens

[tough hull]

Another nuthatch nest

[naive fiber]

I need to look for these

[naive fiber]

Never heard one

[undone slate]

is that on a tree?

[tough hull]

I’m not gonna answer that

[naive fiber]

No it's flying in the sky

[undone slate]

u just answer me

pls i'm joking not get angry

[undone slate]

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

[tough hull]

Where is this idiot

[tough hull]

Yeah that’s true

[undone slate]

...

[naive fiber]

Just cleaned the sensor

Why does dust have to exist

Now there's dust on my mirror

I can't win

[undone slate]

this?

Dust is a collection of fine, dry particles of solid matter. Indoors, it is a heterogeneous mixture of roughly 30–50% dead skin cells, mixed with hair, fabric fibers, food crumbs, pollen, dust mites, and microscopic dirt. Outdoors, it consists of soil, volcanic ash, pollution, and even cosmic dust.

[naive fiber]

I know what dust is

Yes that dust

What other dust is there

[undone slate]

i didn't knew that

[undone slate]

Nice sparrow!

[undone slate]

is that a baby or juvenile?

[grizzled nebula]

denoised it with DXO cause lightroom results were mid

[grizzled nebula]

juvenile

[undone slate]

is dxo expensive?

[grizzled nebula]

140 euros

[undone slate]

Omg

pretty expensive

for only a software.

[grizzled nebula]

it's a 1 time payment for arguably the best denoising software u can get so not really

[cobalt zenith]

Soooo prettyyyyyy🤩 🤩

[undone slate]

only for RAW right?

[grizzled nebula]

yes

[undone slate]

ok

[charred holly]

It looks so happy!

quack :D

[naive fiber]

quack

mallards are so cool

[charred holly]

(went canoing yesterday, only saw ducks)

[naive fiber]

I have some mandarin ducks in the deer place I found out

2 in one

[charred holly]

Yeah, also they are very chill birds

Nothing bother them

[grizzled nebula]

if they're used to humans

the ones around here just fly away if u get withing 50m of them

[charred holly]

Yeah, the place I go is a hotspot for canoing

I heard there are very chill foxes there too, but I have yet to see one

[undone slate]

teeth

[tough hull]

Who cares

It’s not on the image

Why is slow shutter photography so hard ????? Hahahaha

[naive fiber]

true its only noticable if I press the preview button when its stopped down to f13

[charred holly]

This one looks great, sparrows are so tiny it is hard to fill the frame with them. Was that a crop?

[grizzled nebula]

yeah

[tough hull]

@grizzled nebula Challenge: get slow shutter tern shot with blurred wings

[grizzled nebula]

you'll have to way for the 12th for me to be able to do that

[tough hull]

K

Slow shutter is annoying

[tough hull]

Either blurred bird or sharp bird

[grizzled nebula]

quality of the shot isn't great tho unfortunately

[charred holly]

Not a heavy crop, nice

[tough hull]

@naive fiber guess the shutterspeed

[charred holly]

I guess it hit minimal focus distance?

[tough hull]

Idk why it’s flipped

[daring imp]

I will try this challenge today aswell 👀

[tough hull]

It’s so hard

Either body blurred or everything sharp

[naive fiber]

1/1600?

Oh slow shutter

1/600

[undone slate]

?

[tough hull]

@daring imp I want you to guess

[tough hull]

No

[tough hull]

And no

[undone slate]

1/30

[naive fiber]

Can you give me an indicator here

[tough hull]

More

[tough hull]

Lower

[naive fiber]

1/200?

[undone slate]

1/60

[tough hull]

Lower

[tough hull]

More

[undone slate]

1/100

[naive fiber]

1/120

[tough hull]

Lower

[tough hull]

1/80

[undone slate]

1/90

oh ok

[naive fiber]

Fucking hell

[tough hull]

Yeah

[undone slate]

Yeah

[naive fiber]

Do you like torturing yourself

[grizzled nebula]

1/80 (def didn't cheat)

[tough hull]

I can’t fucking get blurry wings but for some reason whole bird?

[tough hull]

I didn’t

Handheld

[grizzled nebula]

talking about myself

joking cause i saw the answer before answering

[undone slate]

that's not blurred

[tough hull]

Bruh dumbass me

[tough hull]

Unfortunately

[daring imp]

Got one at 1/8 last winter @naive fiber

[naive fiber]

That's sick

[tough hull]

Amazing shot

[undone slate]

idk how with 1/80 is not blurred

[undone slate]

i've never seen snow 😭

only little

it was more ice than snow

😭

[grizzled nebula]

this was at 1/250

[undone slate]

why so little

NO

@grizzled nebula what's ur max iso for birds

with good quality

because for r10 is only 3200 the max iso

[grizzled nebula]

6400

[undone slate]

with good quality

[undone slate]

i thought it was 42.000

[grizzled nebula]

with dxo u can go higher

[grizzled nebula]

depends on the subject..

[undone slate]

are u planning to get a mw landscape lens

[grizzled nebula]

if it's a bear for example i could probs go to 42000 iso and get usable results if it fills the frame but a small bird no

[undone slate]

Yeah

[grizzled nebula]

i just use my 24-105

[undone slate]

and how many aperture?

f/1.2?

[grizzled nebula]

F/4

[undone slate]

not bad

and why u don't have any landscape photo

of the mw

[tough hull]

All the other shots

[undone slate]

https://tenor.com/view/galassia-galassie-scontro-galaxy-clash-gif-23230283

[undone slate]

this is gonna happen

just wait a little bit

[undone slate]

i don't like that phot

[naive fiber]

Hmm

What is my most upvoted photo

[tough hull]

I know mine

[naive fiber]

Please show

[tough hull]

#🏭・human-made message

[grizzled nebula]

Because i don't

[undone slate]

but why? that's cool

[tough hull]

HE DOESNT WANT TO APPARENTLY DONT YOU GET IT

[undone slate]

but why he doesn't want

all people like that

[tough hull]

Don’t ask

[undone slate]

most of people

[grizzled nebula]

#🌳・nature message i believe this is my most upvoted picture

[undone slate]

😭

Do u know something

[naive fiber]

Oh I upvoted it

[undone slate]

I am in space right now.

[naive fiber]

Before

[tough hull]

Yeah

[naive fiber]

Mine didn't get so many

16?

#🎭・people message

[tough hull]

W shot

[naive fiber]

It's always the genres I don't do

I don't think I would ever do people that's my only person shot ever

[undone slate]

how can i find my most upvoted photo

[naive fiber]

Hours of searching

[charred holly]

My most upvoted photo is a zoo shot

#🦀・creatures message

[naive fiber]

Thanks

[undone slate]

little upvote

[naive fiber]

Cheetahs are cute lol

[charred holly]

Yeah, they are the centerpiece of the whole place. There are like 6 different places where you can see them.

[grizzled nebula]

#🦀・creatures message second most liked pic i have i believe

[undone slate]

i have very little upvotes 😭

[charred holly]

Funny thing is that I didn't even want to take it at 1/2000, I was taking birds and forgot to swap for the cheetahs lol

[tough hull]

lol relatable

[charred holly]

So I ended up with a 4000 iso shot

[daring imp]

I think this is my most upvoted. Not sure tho

[charred holly]

Thank god for modern denoise

[naive fiber]

that water looks cold asf

[undone slate]

dipper

[grizzled nebula]

hmm forwarding is actually pretty easy

will probs do this now

[tough hull]

Ye

[undone slate]

u got very lucky there

but how did u got that photo

i mean

[naive fiber]

no not this again

[undone slate]

they're VERY difficult

[naive fiber]

no luck

[undone slate]

VERY VERY VERY VERY

[grizzled nebula]

he wasn't shy

[naive fiber]

ye they arent

[grizzled nebula]

he saw me walk towards him but didn't move

[naive fiber]

just fast

and hard to see

[grizzled nebula]

if only the sand bank wasn't gone that day

i could've gotten even closer

[undone slate]

And how long were you there?

[naive fiber]

common is one of the slowest ones as well

[grizzled nebula]

5 minutes

[undone slate]

to take th ephoto

Ok, pretty lucky then

[tough hull]

Hmm looks cool

[undone slate]

what's that

only 64 iso but it looks bright

clouds?

[tough hull]

Premium Clouds (29,99€ / month)

[undone slate]

wat

where can you find those clouds on Earth

yellow and orange clouds 😭

[grizzled nebula]

i prefer ISO 67

[naive fiber]

☹️

[undone slate]

🙁

how can i win 3k in 10 months

[grizzled nebula]

W O R K

[undone slate]

H O W

i want something online idk

[undone slate]

do u work?

at what?

[grizzled nebula]

goodluck with that

[grizzled nebula]

bro

u want me to give u my IP adress while ur at it

asking too many questions

[daring imp]

Have you guys ever done a action sequence shot? Gonna try and edit one from yesterday!

[grizzled nebula]

nope

[fresh epoch]

Just get a job my man, i started work at like 13. I worked extra before and after school. Could buy my own computers and phones as a teenager. And then a car at 16

[tacit gazelle]

You're gonna realize that the people with all these photography gear had a job before doing photography to afford all their stuff so don't sit around and whine about not having a job, if you want something you need to find your own encouragement and determination

[daring imp]

A job and a bad spending habit

Cameras was the worst thing that ever happened to me. Money wise

[fresh epoch]

For me its a combination of old cars and photography

[undone slate]

yes

[astral saffron]

I’m gonna buy a 600 f4

[daring imp]

Are they expensive used in Africa?

[grizzled nebula]

great idea

[astral saffron]

Idk I’ll probably buy it in Austria, the UK, or the US

Wherever I can get it cheapest

[grizzled nebula]

US will most likely be the cheapest

[daring imp]

@astral saffron try Germany. We finns buy cheap shit from there

[astral saffron]

Do you know what websites? I found a used one of Facebook Marketplace in the UK and then of course there is EBay

[daring imp]

Any website honestly there is good! Can Google for you when im home!

Gonna drive on random forest roads now and see what I can find

[daring imp]

How much you gonna spend?

[astral saffron]

I have a Sony so only 1 option if I want a 600 f4

[grizzled nebula]

i think u can adapt canon teleprimes

but idk how good the adapters are on sony

[daring imp]

I think af don't work then if i remember correctly

[astral saffron]

It’s going to be Sony

[grizzled nebula]

it does appartently

[astral saffron]

I need good AF and full 30 FPS

[grizzled nebula]

adapting EF teleprimes to nikon is apparently basically flawless

crazy

[grizzled nebula]

that's why i didn't go with sony

their limitations on 3rd party are dumb

[daring imp]

You gonna spend the 15k on the sony f4?

[astral saffron]

No Ive only ever bought used lenses

[grizzled nebula]

damn crazy price

@astral saffron

by far the cheapest one i've found

[astral saffron]

Link?

[grizzled nebula]

https://www.leboncoin.fr/ad/photo_audio_video/3201202719

idk why i didn't just send the link lol

[daring imp]

Unc moment

[grizzled nebula]

warranty until the 18/11/2026 too

[astral saffron]

Well shit I fly into Paris end of June actually

[grizzled nebula]

if u can't find any better prices i'd suggest asking the seller to reserve it for you

usually they say yes

[grizzled nebula]

just saw he doesn't want to delivery so the buyer can try it out (and probably doesn't want to risk shipping damage) which means u either need to push him to change his mind or go to toulouse lol

[daring imp]

Tried mpb? @astral saffron

[tender galleon]

gonna go to the same lake in june

really bad luck today

rained like crazy

[naive fiber]

guys

kenya flights booked

[grizzled nebula]

Nice

maybe later this year for me

or the year after

or never

[naive fiber]

august is cold tho

18c

something around that

[grizzled nebula]

that's good

fuck the 40°c heat

[tender galleon]

thats perfect if no wind

[naive fiber]

yeah it feels warmer tbh

[tender galleon]

i heard a cuckoo today

[naive fiber]

no heating but idm

[daring imp]

Fu 😭 going to africa soon with dad aswell on his 60 bday hopefully! Dream place

[daring imp]

I hear them every day here in osterbottnia 👀 never see them

[tender galleon]

i hear curlews everyday

[grizzled nebula]

would take me about 24h to get to anywhere in africa lol

except if it's morroco or algeria

[daring imp]

Cuckoo = finnish summer moment @tender galleon

[tender galleon]

and blackbird

[naive fiber]

I may take a hike to lake alice

they have a shit ton of birds

[grizzled nebula]

i hear cuckoos everyday but can't see them

[naive fiber]

just need to buy lence now

hard decisions

apparently these are common

[grizzled nebula]

i want my 600 to taste the african sand

[daring imp]

I was close asf to photographing one last summer in a bear hide... But my 600mm f4 too big so couldnt turn it where he was 😂😭 got pissed. My only chance so far...

[naive fiber]

istg everyone has a 600 f4 there

[grizzled nebula]

probably more 400 2.8's ngl

[daring imp]

People use shorter lenses/even wide on safari. Animals are close there

[grizzled nebula]

100-500 + 600 F/4 + TC + 24-105 is the perfect kit

[naive fiber]

A lepoard walked up to us once

they do get stupidly close

[grizzled nebula]

i really like that the 100-500 goes to 100mm

[naive fiber]

why not the 24-70 instead of the 24-105

[grizzled nebula]

because i already have a 24-105 lol

[naive fiber]

oh lol

[daring imp]

My widest super tele goes to 28mm 👀

[grizzled nebula]

28-300 white lens 🔥

[naive fiber]

Im pretty keen on the 500 pf now

its pretty damn small

[grizzled nebula]

i'm surprised that the white paint is actually really useful on very hot days

[naive fiber]

does it make that big of a difference?

[daring imp]

Yup my lenses never felt hot

[daring imp]

Yup. They market them as heat resistant. Some special coat if i remember correctly

[naive fiber]

hmm cool

white phone got nothing on yall on merlin bird id in 28c

whys it so damn consuming

[daring imp]

Sauna phone

[naive fiber]

I can take the back of my phone off its in tatters

[grizzled nebula]

i can even when cold

[naive fiber]

yeah so can I

water damage#

I'm gluing it back up on that note

Any ideas as to what this is, merlin has no clue

[astral saffron]

Live from Kenya you’ll love it

[naive fiber]

8th time Im going back lol

only been to masai mara once and sadly cant go again this time, just dont have the time

[astral saffron]

I’m here for 3 weeks this time

Just can’t beat the photography here

[daring imp]

Anyone else photograph wildlife from the car here? Works extremely well most of the time. Pretty good hide

[tacit gazelle]

You should go from an African safari

[daring imp]

Hopefully when dad turn 60

On a Finnish safari atm

[tender galleon]

most finnish road ever

[grizzled nebula]

[astral saffron]

Bean bag + car is a pretty common setup

I’ve also done scooter

But it’s less of a hide and more of a run and gun

[naive fiber]

Have to see the grandparents yknow

[sharp ether]

Yes, birds aren't too scared of humans when they're in a car

[naive fiber]

no birding until saturday

:(

[grizzled nebula]

not even 1 bird in my garden rn

gotta wait for the rain

if it happens

[gilded gale]

look at all them birds 😄

[grizzled nebula]

damn

very nice

[gilded gale]

All my ram T.T

[tough hull]

At the sun

[tough hull]

Weak

[gilded gale]

I tried to merge exposures to keep shadows a bit cleaner as well, but LR keeps crashing 🙁

I have another one that i need to merge that is just as wide, but also has a layer above and below

[daring imp]

Damn the boomers really love my pics on fb lol

[tough hull]

Make higher res

[gilded gale]

im not gonna ai upscale lol

[tough hull]

Do it with more panels

[gilded gale]

k lol

in this case there was no reason to go wider

[tough hull]

I missed some panels here unfortunately

[tough hull]

Zoom in more then

[gilded gale]

i was pretty symmetrical on the sides and didnt need the height

[tough hull]

For each panel

1GP is crazy res though

[gilded gale]

ye

[tough hull]

The only editing software I know of that accepts this kind of res is affinity

[naive fiber]

Almost a GB wow

[tough hull]

Ye

[steady pasture]

Anyway, bouta camp out to watch 3 belted kingfishers that have moved onto my property

[tough hull]

Nice

[tacit gazelle]

I suck

[tough hull]

Oof

I was at 12k just a couple of weeks ago

[astral saffron]

Camaers are rated for like 500k

You’re fine

[tough hull]

Yeah

[grizzled nebula]

that's so low

[tough hull]

Still though

[astral saffron]

Basically new

[gilded gale]

It's low yeah but also, 9k pictures in 2 weeks is a decent rate lol

[tough hull]

First half of my current shuttercount happened within 8 months, second half within like 2

[grizzled nebula]

was at 15k 7 months ago

[astral saffron]

I took 8000 today

[tough hull]

Used or new

[gilded gale]

that's basically going out every day and having actual things to take pics of

[grizzled nebula]

used but when i got it it was at 12k SC

[tough hull]

Ight

[naive fiber]

Do you transfer them over mid shoot or just have massive SD/cfs

[tough hull]

Today was crazy for me though

[grizzled nebula]

8000 50mp files

[tough hull]

I took like 300-400 shots and I will keep like 4

Of seagulls

[gilded gale]

I feel like i very rarely come home with over 2000 anymore, but im also more choosey than i was before

[spring vault]

dual 1.6tb cfe only $900

[grizzled nebula]

oof

[astral saffron]

I transfer every time I come back from safari so after every morning and evening game drive

[grizzled nebula]

i think i'll just abandon what i had in my formatted hard drive

and get an extra 2gb for free

[naive fiber]

yeah that seems sensible enough

[astral saffron]

I have 1 pair of 320 GB and 1 pair of 160 GB and write to both at the same time to ensure backups

[tough hull]

@naive fiber what’s your shuttercount

[naive fiber]

8k?

[tough hull]

Damn

Nothing lol

[naive fiber]

I am pretty conservative with my shots

probably 9k now

[daring imp]

F

[naive fiber]

Ill check in a bit if I can find a recent raw

[tough hull]

Oh fuck just forgot I wanna photograph some covks

[astral saffron]

Pretty normal. I take plenty of shots and keep the best poses

[tough hull]

*woodcocks

[grizzled nebula]

give me 1 drive

[tough hull]

It’s of one bird

[naive fiber]

????

wtf

20tb is that a nas or does your computer just have a crap ton of massive drives

[grizzled nebula]

when i go to camargue i can easily take over 10K pics in 2 days

[grizzled nebula]

the fuck

[gilded gale]

NAS yeah

[daring imp]

ironwolf hdd? i have a 10tb one that has failed sadly :c

[tough hull]

I feel like this is my only good shot

[grizzled nebula]

could put all 3 of my hard drives in there

[steady pasture]

I got my first mirrorless cam in December and I’ve already racked up about 15k😭

[grizzled nebula]

and still have more than half the storage left

[gilded gale]

I need to do something with the video files, thats whats taking up so much space

[naive fiber]

need to sort mine out

[daring imp]

how much was the nas? planning to get one instead of gear

[naive fiber]

its so fucked rn

[grizzled nebula]

130 euros TAX ahahahhah

[gilded gale]

over half of the used space is unused video

[steady pasture]

These kingfishers conviently think it’s time to go the second I get out here

[grizzled nebula]

what's the max TB u can get without a server?

[naive fiber]

depends on mobo

[daring imp]

cheap, here they are 811€ lol

[grizzled nebula]

that's only 30 euros more

[astral saffron]

You buy these hard drives to run in RAID not a single one

[daring imp]

oh thought it was 650e, red text fkd me

[naive fiber]

yeah nas drives fail after several years, maybe less, so you need multiple for redundancy

[gilded gale]

I bought a used Synology DS920+ for $200 and put in new drives 4x 8tb drives at like $160 each

[astral saffron]

I wish my Samsung T7 weren’t so expensive now

[naive fiber]

mines an old pc lmao

I get around 10mb/s upload before the cpu bottlenecks

maybe 10mbps

I think the latter is more likely

[steady pasture]

Yo, I’m getting scared rn

I’m sitting on the ground in camo on the treeline waiting for kingfishers and I lowk think there’s a wild boar somewhere behind me

[gilded gale]

Be safe, fr

Boars will fuck you up

[grizzled nebula]

might get myself a 8TB drive

boars here are scared as shit

saw one come out of nowhere last time and it just ran away

[steady pasture]

The ones here must’ve found Pablo escobar’s stash

They’re wild

[grizzled nebula]

also saw a cute little familly a while ago that's didn't seem scared at all even with the baby

[daring imp]

It brokey

[tough hull]

Sunset in 1h, gonna see if I get some early flying woodcocks

[steady pasture]

Okay

So it was a boar

Good news: I scared it off

[tough hull]

?

[steady pasture]

I kept hearing shit and grunting behind me while I’m birding

[grizzled nebula]

well i've only seen birds this morning

[steady pasture]

I’ve seen a few Cukoos

[tough cipher]

went to my favourite island today and chilled a bit, never seen wildlife like today on it even though the neighbor island is a bird colony island with hundreds of nests and birds

now because its spring, there were at least 200 cormorant nests full of half-grown fluffy babies and some other marine birds around too

i didnt want to step onto land on the bird colony island because they have tons of chicks everywhere but it looked pretty cool from the kayak

[steady pasture]

Never seen a single take of my Merlin this stacked yet

[steady pasture]

So many of my favorites

[tough hull]

Any telephoto shots?

Hello Mrs deer

I JUST HEARD AN OWL

LIKE I DID

deep in the forest though

Oohh

Deer warning calls

Can’t be for me

There’s something in the forest scaring them

[grizzled nebula]

sad it's so far away

[tough hull]

I now have the option:
wait for woodcocks
Or
Go to the forest and find out what’s scaring the deer

[tough hull]

I got better shots yesterday dw

[tough hull]

Something’s there rn

Meh

A fucking cat

Strange, I didn’t see a single woodcock so far

Next time I’m close to a heron, imma try getting it with slow shutter

They seem to be easier than seagulls

This was 1/30

[naive fiber]

Earlier rock asked how I get high quality shots with my camera

And that made me feel poor

[tough hull]

Less gooooo

[tough hull]

You’re not

[naive fiber]

Meh it was pretty funny though

[tough hull]

You have more money and skill than the person who shall not be named

Can we rescue this?

[grizzled nebula]

eh

too much motion blur and too small in the frame

cropping that much will kill the IQ

[tough hull]

Meh

Can’t really get closer

[tough cipher]

just me looking around at whats going on like this, nothing that looks good or is presentable in a photography context

took a couple closer up on that intense tree but dont think ill edit anything

had a 100-400 with me because i was there for landscape purposes rather and it wasnt quite enough to get up close

that 200-800 is looking at me with flirty eyes

[tough hull]

Still nice

[tough hull]

Would you still be kind enough to apply some dxo magic to the three latest shots in here? 🥹 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WtvGGUGQ1cspOvAgiQ88C2k8U_cejJER

[daring imp]

thoughts on this? wanted to show off the colors on the kolibris back, took in grand canyon a few years ago, its a different frame from a picture i already uploaded here, trying to do a unique edit

[gilded yarrow]

Guys wanna see something crazy

[tough hull]

Yes!

You also got pics of cocks?

[gilded yarrow]

almost

found a lil guy

Waiting with him at the vet now, they'll take him and give him meds etc

[naive fiber]

"Lil"

[tough hull]

Nice

[tough hull]

Thank you so much ❤️

[gilded yarrow]

Lmao

[tough hull]

Hmm

Should I wait for some more woodcocks

Or head home?

Cuz it’s iso 51k time almost

[gilded yarrow]

eh

doubt thats worth it

[grizzled nebula]

bird is too dark imo

[daring imp]

Im trying to show the colors on the birds back. Feeling creative lol

[daring imp]

Re edit

[naive fiber]

maybe push colours a bit

this seems really hard but itll probably look really good if done well

[naive fiber]

I think this is better, just on the warm side tbh

[gilded yarrow]

That is even darker

[naive fiber]

You need to be a bit more extreme on the masking

it is a very extreme edit after all

[daring imp]

Yeah since it was morning sun! Wish i used higher shutter speed lol

[naive fiber]

yeah I do see the blur

what was it 1/2000 ish?

[daring imp]

Yeah! I was still new when i went to usa. Like 2021/22. Wish i did 1/4000

[naive fiber]

thats the lowest I can go to but looking at references it seems that you need that or lower

see some people using 1/10000

[daring imp]

Still got a sharp picture. Here is the best frame i got. That a friend edited @naive fiber im just looking at old pictures atm if i forgot something nice lol

[naive fiber]

yeah that is blurry

even at 1/4000 theres still some

[daring imp]

The body isnt blurry tho right? I dont mind that the wings are. Shows motion which is cool to me @naive fiber

[naive fiber]

doesnt seem to be

[daring imp]

I wanna reshoot hummingbirds again if i go to merica

Properly

[tough hull]

Already home by the point you sent that lol

[tacit gazelle]

How tf y'all find hummingbirds in here

[daring imp]

got lucky on my trip lol

anyone know what this is? another picture i missed lol, grand canyon, america

[wet anvil]

a chipmunk!!!!

i love it

[wet anvil]

to be fair it’s a big lil guy, looking at its beak it can’t really be an adult

but yeah LMAO

look at him

big boy

[tough hull]

Hmm

I think I’m cooking with this image

Thanks to Aarvs btw

[wet anvil]

y’all are goats

[tough hull]

?

Thanks ig

[wet anvil]

i admire the photos y’all take

[tough hull]

Oh cool, thank you

subject selection wont work, imma save the project and try again another day

[wet anvil]

oooo

[naive fiber]

Use object and brush over

For a different day

[tough hull]

Affinity

[naive fiber]

Ah

[tough hull]

That’s the thing I’m trying to do

But this didn’t work

[naive fiber]

Does affinity have object brush?

Never used it

[tough hull]

Kinda

[naive fiber]

Thought you were on lr

[naive fiber]

Is subject just not recognising it at all

[tough hull]

Idk not working today

[naive fiber]

Funny thing

[tough hull]

Sometimes works, sometimes it doesn’t

[daring imp]

thoughts? puffin headshot, tried copying the crop from images on google.

[tough hull]

I think it needs a little bit more edits

[daring imp]

what do u mean? darker background or lighter bird?

[tough hull]

To be honest, I feel like it needs edits like for more contrast, the way you wanna do it

I just saw what I think is my first ever sandpiper

With a flashlight

lol

[daring imp]

like this?

[tough hull]

This is the same image again

[left brook]

what lens is that

[tough hull]

Ye

[left brook]

its a 70-200 isnt it

[left brook]

10 months you could work for like 2 dollars an hour and make that

just get a job at some fast food place or construction or whatever low barrier to entry place you can find for minimum wage

[tough hull]

He could be below 18 though

[left brook]

you can start at like 14 in the US lol

[tough hull]

In Germany for like bringing out newspapers so like really mini jobs you get paid below minimum wage

[daring imp]

Was it? I gave it higher contrast lol

I suck xD

[daring imp]

What did you do? I want to learn !

[tough hull]

You sent the wrong one I’m sure

Let me try something

[daring imp]

might be right, here is the other one!

[daring imp]

its 3am so xd

[tough hull]

Almost 2 for me

[tough hull]

I like Aarvs’ version more, but having the puffin darker looks interesting too and the overall shot is still amazing, so idk if you wanna try working on this image until perfection or just call it a day and go to bed and stay with this image.

[daring imp]

I wanna work! I wanna learn to be a perfectionist haha. Been sloppy before

[daring imp]

I wanna know what he did so i can do the same to the raw file!

How i edited my past images was press auto and try to remove overexposed parts and thats it. Did it quickly af haha @tough hull

[grizzled nebula]

i'll have to tell u tomorrow cause my photoshop won't open

i'm also gonna go to sleep

goodnight!

(ping me tomorrow if i forget)

[daring imp]

Talk tomorrow!

[daring imp]

Gn!

[glossy sage]

My next bird lens
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1489282429720989826/1510824868852011028/image.png?ex=6a1e38ce&is=6a1ce74e&hm=6644fd9f9e572578f8ce35d025165f516cb079df48c9fb5c903d45f22a432dc9&

[eternal igloo]

@grizzled nebula it's coming.... the 100-500..........

[gilded yarrow]

maybe leave a bit more space above, looks good tho

[turbid flint]

holy shit thats sweet 😭

[naive fiber]

Yes

[gilded yarrow]

For what

Tits etc?

[grizzled nebula]

Tits, goldfinches, greenfinches, sardinian warblers etc

[tender galleon]

did you just put that up and hope that someone comes or do you have something to attract them

i might make a little drinking pool for the swallows and put some sticks on the pool

[grizzled nebula]

put some food there that will hopefully attract them

[grizzled nebula]

11 more days until camargue

[steady pasture]

I’m watching kingfishers and there’s Indian peafowl behind me😭

I’m in south Mississippi so ig they’re loose pets💔🥀

[grizzled nebula]

how the fuck

[spring vault]

prolly banding

[grizzled nebula]

nah apparently he was injured and the guy was waiting for someone to come take care of it

[tough hull]

Squirrel

[gilded yarrow]

lmao just like the crow I rescued yesterday

You saw that?

[grizzled nebula]

yh

[grizzled nebula]

nice quality

[tough hull]

Phone

I got like 400pics of this exact squirrel already

And lightning shit today

*lighting

[gilded yarrow]

LMAO

Almost looks like a painting

[tough hull]

Through window

I’m taking the back door to not scare it now

I’m going somewhere for some birding now

Welp

Train in background

These bikes are shit

[tough hull]

Official hiking path (unmarked for some reason)

[tough hull]

Found a nest

Yoooo

[celest panther]

dumb question but i have a presentation next week over photography but im sadly not a birder, is someone here willing to help out and provide an image with an in flight frozen movement shot of a bird or eagle with about 1/4000 shutterspeed? credits would go into the presentation ofc

[tough hull]

I found Canada x graylag hybrid goose

[gilded yarrow]

Got a shot of a black kite at 1/3200th

[celest panther]

i take any shot where i can show well the frozen motion

[gilded yarrow]

See if quality is good enough when you just download this

got this too

[celest panther]

perfect images, thank you so much

[grizzled nebula]

black kite

should re edit this tbh

[gilded yarrow]

np

[tough hull]

Crazy bokeh @grizzled nebula

And that at f6.3

I totally didn’t put macro extensions on, no no