wildlife photography photos

[proper sonnet]

does this theoretically count as "wildlife"?

[waxen moon]

Those are awesome

[waxen moon]

yes ofc

[still raven]

Skeptical on if this is "wildlife" or not

[vivid moon]

bird is the subject

it counts

[covert dust]

If it’s a wild animal, and not domesticated, then it counts as wildlife. So yes, this counts.

[waxen moon]

I mean it can be anything as long as it’s living

[hard osprey]

I didnt know my plants could be tagged with wildlife as well lol

[covert dust]

What you’re saying is that if it’s alive, it’s wildlife? That means your pets are wild?

Wildlife is classified as any animal that is wild and not domesticated by humans

[hard osprey]

yeah pets arent wild imo, dogs and cats arent really how theyd be in the wild, why idont let mine outside with actual wildcats, bears and stuff around

[scarlet edge]

I just found this place, so here's a Sandhill Crane I was able to snag a pic of 🖤

[waxen moon]

Oh yeah Ik, I might change this to animal photography at some point for now it’s just gonna be wild stuff then

Vote: change the name to animal photography instead of wildlife?

[pure flume]

meow

[vivid moon]

mrow

[shrewd garnet]

What do you all think ?

[waxen moon]

is that a golden eagle?

saw one of those quite recently

maybe im wrong though

[shrewd garnet]

It is

[willow thistle]

I would really like to this this photo in a high contrast black and white

[smoky zodiac]

Hi, i'm new here. Just wanna share some pics, getting feedback and meeting some new people to learn from. Happy to be here.

[waxen moon]

That is an amazing picture

[vivid moon]

the distant elephant makes the shot

[smoky zodiac]

Thx a lot

But this is my favorit shot so far

[hard osprey]

pollination birb

[smoky zodiac]

Looks really good to me. I wish a had these kind of birds in my area.

[hard osprey]

thanks, theyre not too uncommon here, usually get two a year

theyre about the size of a dragonfly

[waxen moon]

Nice pic

[smoky zodiac]

Some black an white zebras. But this one is a sad one. The little one lying was fataly injured, and the mom was alone on the side defending it from everything aproaching.

[waxen moon]

😦

[smoky zodiac]

Nice, really like the third one

[elder venture]

Thanks, that's my latest one. I've learned a lot since the moth (But I still like it).

[smoky zodiac]

Yeah it looks also cool. But me neither i'm not a pro 😅

[empty heron]

: D

[vivid moon]

just a little side eye

[smoky zodiac]

Time for some morning wash

[pure flume]

So I posted a few lion pictures here quite a while back. Here are some more pics from my recent trip to africa!

[waxen moon]

nice photo! maybe could have shot witha higher shutter speed thoug

[vivid moon]

Any reason why?

[raven nacelle]

To reduce a large amount of the motion blur you got going on

nevermind, took a closer look and it seems fine. Could look blurry because of the atmosphere

[vivid moon]

No motion blur here, the horizon is several miles away

That’s just a somewhat shallow depth of field

[raven nacelle]

obviously I do not mean the background...... the subject is what matters here

[waxen moon]

Looks a tiny bit blurry on the edges of the birb

[vivid moon]

If so it’s very marginal, this lens is not the absolute sharpest so that might be part of it

[covert dust]

The wings are perfectly fine in my eyes. You may just be pixel peeping too hard

[elder venture]

Yeah I think it is focused properly. Maybe some distortion? Maybe? But that's only if I really zoom and look for something. Over 99% of Earth's population wouldn't even consider that a problem.

[vivid moon]

The focus is correct, I’m sure of that

Lens is on an FTZ adapter, which hasn’t caused issues in the past

[elder venture]

Anyway, they're all nice captures. If you did want feedback though, I would kind of want a tighter crop on the bird. I know it's important to give a moving subject space, but dead center doesn't work, here, also it's too much space.

Really amazing shots, though. I'm jealous you got to see them beasties in the real.

[vivid moon]

i see what you mean, yeah

[smoky zodiac]

This is more a snapshot than an professional photo, the only way to take pictures in the water for me is my gopro. But still love it

[pure plank]

nice

[pure plank]

so cool man where is it

[pure flume]

In Serengeti national park

[smoky zodiac]

Serengeti is amazing, did you also visited the ngorongoro crater?

[pure flume]

yes we did!

actually

[smoky zodiac]

Was only 1 day there, also when it isn't that big i would have stayed at least another day there.

I want to return so bad 😭

[pure flume]

lol me to actually

[smoky zodiac]

Also want to discover namibia. I think that will be the next africa trip

[pure flume]

I did not have my camera with me sadly, but I took this on my phone.

[elder venture]

A Wren-Warbler and a Malay Myna

[shrewd garnet]

Red ruffed lemur

[waxen moon]

is that a chinese water deer

or smth like that

ive forgot the exact name

wait nvm im dumb

[harsh heath]

That is a female White Tailed Deer in the Tennessee mountians 🙂

[waxen moon]

oh ok

[shrewd garnet]

Favorite shot of this weekend

[odd walrus]

Night butterfly

[vivid moon]

A moth, but same general idea

[elder venture]

There are nocturnal butterflies, though I am not sure if this is one of them.

[elder venture]

Indian Silverbill

[odd walrus]

Sparrow

[pure plank]

all four parrots at a time

[elder venture]

This Parrot one is a really fun picture. Shame it isn't bigger.

[vivid moon]

welp

[gleaming cloud]

NSFW tag. amitrite.

[frank coral]

i love working in parks

lmk what yall think or if you want more

[odd walrus]

King Vulture

(i saw one in the wild while i was on the road)

really rare to see one lol

[waxen moon]

Antysus 😳

I think this is biggest post on forum 🙂

[willow thistle]

This is definitely one of the most unique birds I have ever seen.

[willow thistle]

Nice shot but it looks like your focus was a bit off. What was you aperture at?

[frank coral]

I don’t remember tbh, I had it set on creative auto.

[willow thistle]

What camera did you use? Is creative auto a focus mode?

[frank coral]

It’s a canon rebel t6 with a 75-300 mm zoom lens. Creative auto is the CA on the mode dial

[willow thistle]

Oh okay. Yeah I am not too familiar with canon's modes.

[frank coral]

Ah well it’s one of the basic ones that usually comes in a kit

[elder venture]

You could still see what aperture you're at by looking at the information in the metadata of the picture. You can right click properties and look at detail.

Even if you're shooting in some kind of auto mode

[elder venture]

Slender Skimmer

[elder venture]

I was out hunting dragonflies today and some macaques started getting interested in what I was doing. One mother even climbed a tree and started trying to catch the dragonflies.

Which is the best out of these three, do you reckon?

[waxen moon]

I like the third one

[elder venture]

He looks delicious. It looks like it lays starburst instead of eggs and regurgitates Hawaiian Punch.

[warped trench]

Got lucky at the local park on an overcast day

[waxen moon]

wildlife photography photos

[willow thistle]

Is anyone else not able to follow the thread?

[elder venture]

Oh weird, I was following it but now I'm not and it won't let me.

[waxen moon]

BIRB

WOW

[warped trench]

Based birb enjoyer

There's a decent gap in the rainy weather we've been having and I'm going to a spot recommended to me for birbs, wish me luck.

[warped trench]

had a little bit of luck but the light was shit

made a bunch of silly rookie errors too

man if I had set the shutter speed a lil faster for the last one it would of been dope

[elder venture]

Purdy

[proper sonnet]

the pics ain't nothing special, but the wood pecker is a rather rare guest at our garden :p

[raven nacelle]

lovely find

oops late reply

[elder venture]

No worries, the window for compliments on a person's work never closes! 😎😏

[warped trench]

Anyone here got pics of Acorn Woodpeckers?

[still zinc]

hh

[elder venture]

Dat bill

[pure plank]

hi

[pure plank]

the second one is eurasian coot?

[pure plank]

wow

[warped trench]

Hardhead duck

[upbeat kernel]

Flamingooo

[elder venture]

Had you posted this before? It's a great shot. I feel like I've seen it somewhere before.

[upbeat kernel]

I posted this on my instagram a couple months ago, you mightve also seen it in a different channel on this serv

[pure plank]

ohh

[scarlet edge]

I loooove this shot

[elder venture]

Poor quality brown shrike. But, I like the perch.

oops.. I watermarked it without meaning to.. didn't notice that till I posted it. Oh well

[hard osprey]

i found big small eagle

[covert dust]

That is an awesome shot

[hard osprey]

thanks, quite a few eagles in that area

will go there again some day, seen some air bubbles in the water, they might be fishing

[warped trench]

oooh silvereye

[waxen moon]

Nah bro

You just casually found one in the wild

That wild never happen in England

Would*

[elder venture]

Looks similar to a bird we have here called a white-eye

[slender lava]

does this adorable pic count?

hes not really wildlife...

[pure plank]

what lens

kinda need lenses

for ef or rf mount

telephoto

[sudden badger]

these are from todays trip

[warped trench]

Nice Wallabies m8

What state?

[sudden badger]

queensland

[warped trench]

First guess due to the kookaburra but didn't want to assume

I mean they're here too but technically invasive so nobody in the local groups posts pics of them

or rarely

[sudden badger]

which state is that?

[warped trench]

WA

[uneven musk]

Ezo brown bear blep

[warped trench]

Oh cool

[uneven musk]

Black kite trying to hang out with the "boys"

[warped trench]

But wait, wouldn't you of been yeeted by the mother bear being that close?

[uneven musk]

Good spot, that was a juvenile

[warped trench]

fair

[uneven musk]

An Intermediate Egret

So this is not a great photo, but I like it because I spotted these green doves and I took a ton of photos from different angles before realizing I was photographing two different birds.

Also got to watch some salmon get tricked into going into a processing plant instead of up the river. Which was cool, but kind of tragic.

[warped trench]

Hurse

[timber zodiac]

[elder venture]

They're not great pictures (under the canopy at a distance my lens couldn't reach). Even still, I like this little birb. He cute.

[warped trench]

birb

[torn vector]

Bird 🐦

[hard osprey]

birb

[waxen moon]

Birb

Underexposed birb

300mm

Lmao

[waxen moon]

Nothings been here for a while

[vivid moon]

Have a sanderling

[hard osprey]

birdy birb

[waxen moon]

@warped trench how

Did you

Find

A kingfisher

[raven nacelle]

Someone say kingfisher?!

[warped trench]

Sacred kingfishers are super common in West aus

Especially this time of year they become super active

[raven nacelle]

pretty cool that you found a barn owl tho

[warped trench]

I'd seen them in the area before but it'd been like 8 months since

decided to check it out

[waxen moon]

Nice

[proper sonnet]

that's technically no wildlife, but enjoy this sheep

[covert dust]

very fluffy

[waxen moon]

Try get down to eye level

Eye level makes for way more interesting shots because of the perspective

This is a shit example tbh but you get what I mean

[covert dust]

^^ Getting on eye level always makes an animal image better, but it's not always easy to do

Sometimes it can be very hard to get on eye level, especially if it's a water bird such as the coot that you photographed. Those coots are normally in marshes where it's not safe to get in the water or even down to the grassline due to gators, snakes, or other dangerous water animals

[uneven musk]

Yes, it's like the hardest thing to do with small birds at ground level

[covert dust]

Some of your images are also overexposed, I'm guessing this is because you were shooting at midday. There's nothing you can really do against the harsh midday sun, and that's why it's most beneficial to go shooting in early morning during golden hour (sunrise), or late evening during golden hour (sunset). At these times the light is always pleasing and easy to photograph in. Cloudy days also work since the sun is covered up like a "natural softbox"

[uneven musk]

We actually already worked on that in #🧐・gallery-comments.

[covert dust]

oh oops didn't see that

[uneven musk]

Nah, Bungins needs to be told many times.

Just like I needed to be told to get down on my belly multiple times until it sunk in

[warped trench]

I would of if I could, but this was on a broadwalk through the wetlands

it would of meant getting in the water

[waxen moon]

yes exactly

The thing that often limits me is my parents just want to walk quickly and leave

LOL

[covert dust]

haha I always have to be very cautious due to alligators being everywhere

[warped trench]

I have done some stuff where I've gotten on the ground for perspective

Just often the places I go to it's not really possible

But keep the constructive criticism coming, I am new to this so I need to learn

[waxen moon]

Alright sure

Tbh

Try balance the foreground and background

What equipment do you have?

[warped trench]

very little

[hard osprey]

thought this was funny enough to share, sometimes you just get this stuff when photographing birds

got this one too

[slender lava]

with the butterfly, i think you need to brighten up the picture a bit to really bring out the butterflies color. i feel its a bit too dark.

[slender lava]

nice contrast

[elder venture]

Bee eater!

[warped trench]

Ooooh

[covert dust]

Those are sick!

[elder venture]

Thanks! I've really been concentrating on macro recently.

[elder venture]

@warped trench Nice ones

[warped trench]

man your bug photography is fantastic

[elder venture]

@warped trench Thanks! I have more on my IG in my profile, if you're interested. I'm always trying to improve. I like your birds, especially the waterfowl.

[raven nacelle]

@warped trench what lens do ya shoot with

[warped trench]

Sigma 150-600 C

[raven nacelle]

[vivid moon]

falconry exhibit

[waxen moon]

Oh my god the first one

The light

Everything

Is amazing

[warped trench]

Its a Reed warbler

A lot of people seem to react strongly to that one

[elder venture]

The composition is strong and the pose is dynamic.

It's a nice photo for real

[waxen moon]

The mix of Color’s kinda disrupts the subject apart from that these are cool

[elder venture]

nom nom nom

[still raven]

hummingbird on film :)

[vivid moon]

What speed film for this?

[still raven]

400 I think. It was lomo metropolis

[vivid moon]

froze the action well, very hard with hummers

[elder venture]

Great! We just got some black faced spoonbills migrating here, too. So cool

[vivid moon]

kinglets have arrived in OH

red-tails never left

[warped trench]

Red Tail hawks seem pretty cool

[vivid moon]

While editing, I noticed he’s got the residue of his last meal on his beak

[warped trench]

Generally the most common Bird of prey we see where I am is these guys

Brown Goshawks are supposedly the most numerous but this is the one we see the most

[vivid moon]

Common kestrel?

[warped trench]

Nankeen kestrel

[waxen moon]

Where I am we get red kites kestrels and buzzards

Even the occasional golden eagle

[pure flume]

Nice we have some kestrels near our house and pygmy owls great grey owls in the forests and lots of white tailed eagles

and way too many moose

they're everywhere

[warped trench]

I'd love to both photograph a moose and hunt one

legally with the required tags and licences of course, managed hunting = big conservation funding

[vivid moon]

scope camera lets you do both

though the photos won't be great

[sonic juniper]

Monkey time ! I'll come back soon with more

[warped trench]

monke

[sonic juniper]

More monkeys !

[elder venture]

MOONKAY

[waxen moon]

What are those

[warped trench]

Rainbow Bee Eaters

[slender lava]

i like the third to last one

and the 5th to last one

[warped trench]

What bird?

[elder venture]

White-rumped Shama

[frank coral]

Probably my best and favorite picture I’ve taken

[elder venture]

Not bad! What is it?

[warped trench]

Hummingbird if some kind, man I wish we had them over here

Such cool birds

[elder venture]

Australia doesn't have hummingbirds? Didn't know that.

[frank coral]

Little female hummingbird, we have them all over where I live

[uneven musk]

Steller's sea eagle giving the business to a white tailed eagle.

[vivid moon]

And a raven in the back, minding his own business

[warped trench]

They fighting over something?

[uneven musk]

Yeah, fish

You can just see it behind them

[uneven musk]

These three about to drop a fire album

[elder venture]

I'd pick that one up

[vivid moon]

Straight Outta Hokkaido

[warped trench]

canadian honk

[hasty hound]

Close-up

[little cedar]

Taken by my 8 year old

[frank coral]

The bobcat that lives at the park I work at

[frank coral]

I caught a bobcat hunting at work

[covert dust]

that's a sick find

nice shots

[sage wing]

^^

[frank coral]

Thanks guys

[shrewd garnet]

Nicely done!!!

Over the weekend I photographed some animals at a Safari Park

[raven nacelle]

nice little snack

[hard osprey]

Fox I seen a few days back

[pure flume]

White-throated dipper catching a fish

[slate nest]

Imagine having the other shot when the birb comes out

[pure flume]

I do but it was kinda bad

[sonic juniper]

Malay lizard, these beasts roam free in a park in the middle of Bangkok. I wonder how "wild" they are and how many accidents already happened.

[robust viper]

Not really a great picture but I thought the animals were worth sharing.

[slate nest]

I really liked the texture of this whole photo

[willow thistle]

Idk why but I keep looking my follow on this channel.

[stray hill]

monke

[waxen moon]

??

[willow thistle]

Idk why I keep loosing my follow on this channel.

[cloud steppe]

Big buck

[waxen moon]

And you didn’t shoot them!

That’s new

[gentle turtle]

Anybody have experience with taking photos of a bobcat

[vivid moon]

Finding one is the trouble

[waxen moon]

That is nice

You should edit it and up the exposure though

Or maybe it’s just my screen

[pure flume]

it is edited

[slate nest]

How much was this cropped in btw...kinda losing res for some reason probably just because Dc compression idk

[pure flume]

I really don't have the best camera gear so that's why, I just wanted to share my photo + I'm a beginner

here's a better edited photo

[hasty hound]

There's heavy chromatic aberration
Try to fix it or maybe make it B&W

[pure flume]

as i said.

[hasty hound]

Neither do I. I completely understand your situation, just dropped a feedback
Removing the purple artefacts around the subject would definitely improve the photo

I'm talking about these purple artefacts

[pure flume]

Yeah might try doing that, it might make the photo better

[pure flume]

White-tailed eagle

[pure plank]

nice pic

[proper sonnet]

does this count? (female blackbird)

[waxen moon]

It’s wild

And it’s alive

[proper sonnet]

lol xD

[willow thistle]

Nice photo I kinda wish you could see more of the reflection in the water

[smoky orchid]

Thanks! I wish he was farther out from the shore so i could have done that. This was a blind luck visit from this Egret.

[pure flume]

Spring is here!

[warped trench]

Oooh, what bird?

[pure flume]

Northern Lapwing🙂

[neat pier]

Any tips on canon autofocus for birds and fast moving targets

[waxen moon]

Nice

[pure flume]

thx

[waxen moon]

I know it’s not always possible. But with small birds try to get down on their level

Because the background is quite uninteresting when you look at the photo

[pure flume]

yeah but i was in a car

i always try to get eye level but it wasn't really possible

it was just a quick photo driving to my friends house

i wasn't really going to take photos he just appeared out of nowhere

[waxen moon]

Ah I see

[pure flume]

Rough legged buzzard and a Canada goose

[normal turret]

so i want to get started in wildlife photography. ive got a sony a5000 laying around and was wondering if i should get a lens for it or just sell it and get a nikon d300 and a nikon 300mm lens will will be around $350. I dont want to spend very much as im just getting in to it. Idk if teh sony a5000 would be a good camera for wildlife so just curious

[sonic juniper]

Good question, I never use a Sony a5000 so I read about it and the only thing that can be weak for wildlife is that its reaction time is slow so your camera must be ready all the time. But to be honest, I think your canera should be ready all the time for wildlife even if its very fast.

As a general advice, if you already have a decent camera, I would say put your money on the lens. The thing is, if you start to buy a set of lenses for a specific camera, if you already planned to buy a new camera later, you may have to switch all the lenses too if you’re not careful of the compatibility.

That being said, and especially for wildlife, I’d still prefer putting the money on the lens than the body

[waxen moon]

What sort of wildlife do you want to photograph

[pure flume]

300mm is what I have and if u take a look at my shots it works pretty well

[normal turret]

Anything really

[normal turret]

Are there any budget lenses for Sony cameras?

[pure flume]

not sure, I myself use a canon

[waxen moon]

this is just so insane https://youtu.be/5qvVNzsJyB0

[normal turret]

Do you know if I put a Nikon lens to sony camera adapter on, will it affect the image quality? I found a Nikon lense that’s a descent price

[slate nest]

Sorry to bother but i really loved the compo of the second image well done!

[waxen moon]

Not bothering anyone, 😂 thank you, it’s one of my favourite images

[hasty hound]

Sony a6000 | Sony E 50mm f/1.8

[robust viper]

Cool armadillo I saw today

Not great photos but 🤷‍♂️

[keen wind]

Oh cool I didn't know this existed

[waxen moon]

Noice

[waxen moon]

Is that in the NFWP by any chance

[rugged prism]

Kruger National Park '23

[waxen moon]

It’s been a. While

Feel free to talk about wildlife photography and post your own here 🙂

[ember plover]

roar!

[waxen moon]

Nice!

Here’s some of mine: most of these are quite recent and I think I posted two of them on some channels but it’s just to start this post off

[ember plover]

I love the deer 🙂

[waxen moon]

Thanks!

[ember plover]

the foreground and background give it some nice three dimensionality

[waxen moon]

I have a few more of the deer which I’m considering editing further, what do you think of these ones in comparison to the other?

[waxen moon]

Idk why I just think the first one there looks cool cause it’s like looking out into the light

But I’m not sure so it would be awesome to get other peoples opinions

[slender zenith]

the most fun, yet most patience testing genre of photography imo

[waxen moon]

For sure

[mild glade]

Technically not wildlife as this was in a zoo

[waxen moon]

No wildlife photography doesn’t necessarily have to be taken out in the wild

Wildlife is just photos of animals that would normally live in the wild (that’s how I think of it)

[waxen moon]

Nice photos!

[slender zenith]

debatable on who you ask. some would say at a zoo is cheating, i dont, i think its a really good way to practice photography in a controlled environment.

[waxen moon]

That’s cool!

[waxen moon]

I mean I guess it’s personal preference

[slender zenith]

yeah

[waxen moon]

If you want to get an easy photo, go to a zoo.

[slender zenith]

i love shooting at zoos

[mild glade]

I did also get to feed and pet this tiger cub!

[slender zenith]

though i won’t advertise a shot from the zoo as wildlife photography without mentioning it was at a zoo

[waxen moon]

If you want the challenge and reward of finding an animal in the wild and photography it, but also the risk of being disappointing after finding nothing, go out in the wild

Personally I think photography in the wild is more rewarding I suppose

Cause there’s more elements to it than just taking the shot

[mild glade]

Now that I look at that

[waxen moon]

Niceee

[mild glade]

(This was from a year or so ago)

[waxen moon]

What focal length?

[mild glade]

I can see I’ve improved a ton

[slender zenith]

zoos definitely have ops for amazing photos

[mild glade]

If I remember correctly I think it was 300mm

[waxen moon]

Damn y’all must have low apeprture

[mild glade]

Nah I think it was 5.6

[slender zenith]

focal length causes compression which helps with that

i think that’s the term

[waxen moon]

Yes I was gonna say

[slender zenith]

on a 600mm f5-6.3

[mild glade]

I did get a photo tonight if a baby grebe

[mild glade]

Yeah

[mild glade]

Sport or contemporary?

[slender zenith]

contemporary

[mild glade]

Nice

[slender zenith]

i wish i had the sport

[waxen moon]

I’ve improved a lot since this photo

[slender zenith]

than id be fully water resistant

[waxen moon]

Taken with a camera from 2004 at 300mm handheld.

[mild glade]

I’m considering it now… £870 instead of my contemporary

[waxen moon]

The focus tho lmao

[waxen moon]

You talking about signas?

Sigma*

[mild glade]

Yeah

[waxen moon]

I’m saving up for contemporary 150-600

[slender zenith]

i have no money rn so im stuck with what i have. wanna try the nikkor 200-500 heard its super fast

[waxen moon]

What’s the difference between contemp and sport

[mild glade]

Fair, banging lens as it is

[slender zenith]

sport has slightly better bq, water resistant, i think it’s a bit faster and optically better

[mild glade]

Bit faster for AF, water sealed, better elements, but heavier cos of that

[slender zenith]

but the contemporary is a banging lens itself

best purchase ive made

[mild glade]

Yeah

[waxen moon]

What’s water sealed mean

And is it too heavy to be handheld?

[mild glade]

Water resistant

[mild glade]

Nope I do it fine

[waxen moon]

How much more does it cost

[slender zenith]

weather proof. weather sealing would be useless paired with a d3200

[waxen moon]

D3200 is not waterproof right

[slender zenith]

i have only ever handheld my sigma 150-600

[mild glade]

Couple hundred quid

[slender zenith]

no

[waxen moon]

If there’s a tiny drizzle it doesn’t have much effect tho right

[mild glade]

Also the contemp weighs about 4 pounds

[mild glade]

No

[waxen moon]

What would heavy rain do to a camera liek the d3200

[slender zenith]

i mean DEFINITELY DONT TAKE THIS AS OFFICIAL ADVICE but my sigma has been rained on a few times and is fine

[mild glade]

Might get into your lens or body

[slender zenith]

but def avoid

[mild glade]

Get a sleeve if you’re worried

[waxen moon]

I just put my cam in its bag if it starts raining

But yea Ima get a sleeve

[slender zenith]

yeah florida it pours rain when its bright sun clear skies put like wtf

[mild glade]

@slender zenith you use XQD’s?

[slender zenith]

hmm?

[mild glade]

XQD cards

[slender zenith]

oh. yeah CFExpress

[mild glade]

Yeah

[slender zenith]

yeah they sre expensive af and i hate it

[mild glade]

Yup

[slender zenith]

absurdly expensive my beloved

[mild glade]

Mmm

I’ve got a 128gb one

[slender zenith]

i need one

was gonna get one but gas money

[mild glade]

Yup yup

[slender zenith]

for christmas im just gonna have everyone buy me CFExpress cards ngl

[waxen moon]

But meh

Which ones best out of these?

[mild glade]

Lmaooo fair

[slender zenith]

at 10fps this baby fills up QUICK

lmao

[slender zenith]

first one

[mild glade]

Oh yes

[slender zenith]

nice head on

[mild glade]

HC I figure?

[slender zenith]

hmm?

[mild glade]

What do you take photos of most?

Sorry CH

[slender zenith]

wildlife, airplanes, birds

[mild glade]

Continuous high

[slender zenith]

basically things that move fast

[slender zenith]

yeah

[mild glade]

Pretty much same 😂😅

[slender zenith]

i was so pissed earlier

[mild glade]

Oh?

[slender zenith]

i missed a chance to get a shot of this

because my dumbass left the battery out of my camera for transport

and i clicked the shutter button and nothing happened

[mild glade]

Ooo nice I’ve been in a Hunter

[mild glade]

That… that is what we call a rip

[slender zenith]

i went to KJAX after and not much happening there

[slender zenith]

yep

[mild glade]

Oh also we have B-52’s and F-18’s over here at the moment

[waxen moon]

The airport?

[slender zenith]

but i saw a Breeze airlines most blue e190 ever

[slender zenith]

yeah

[waxen moon]

Nice

I have to sleep now

Got school tommorow

[mild glade]

Aight GN

I probably should head to bed now as I have an exam tomorrow

Good night

[waxen moon]

Hopefully we get some more photos on this it would be cool to see 👍

[waxen moon]

Good night! And good luck on the exam dude!

[mild glade]

Thanks

[slender zenith]

best of luck

[robust spear]

Pls anybody tell me which bird is this :D

[tight orchid]

some kinda heron

[quiet nexus]

looks like a cardinal to me

[uneven musk]

It's a black-crowned night heron

Google Lens is the best

[hard osprey]

birb and raccoon

[hoary yarrow]

My first decent macro photo withy my laowa 100mm 2.8

[slender zenith]

beautiful osprey

me too but im yet to find one

[pure flume]

Yeah I love photographing them I've found lots of short eared owls and hawk owls and one great gray owl

[hard osprey]

thanks, i was surprised ospreys make chirp noises

[slender zenith]

is there certain types of spots to look?

[pure flume]

well when I'm out looking for short eared owls I go to fields and more open spots where they will mostly be cause the it's easier for them to hunt lemmings and mice

and for other owls I go to the forests with some open spots

[uneven musk]

Owls are awesome

[hard osprey]

i could prob track all the owls around here since i hear them all the time but they only come out when its very dark, still trying to find one lol

i did find one at my bird feeder once

it seems to always be the barred owls

[slender zenith]

i see

thx

[hard osprey]

at least with barred owls you can hear them from a mile away, some owls are a bit more quiet

[quiet nexus]

quawk

[waxen moon]

Nice!

[hard osprey]

first subject of my new lens, not quite a bird lens though

hoping to get some of the smaller animals with it

[waxen moon]

Nice!

[quiet nexus]

ty

[slender zenith]

man today was one hell of an adventure lol

@mild glade i broke the rule i was preaching so hard about the sigma 150-600 C yesterday

today

[ember plover]

not to put it between your legs?

[slender zenith]

to get it wet. it got a bit wet but it be fine

[ember plover]

oh

[slender zenith]

today

[quiet nexus]

what font is your watermark

[slender zenith]

idk. just google digital signature png maker. thats what i used to make it

[quiet nexus]

alright thanks

[slender zenith]

same heron, same time of day just a different position from the other side. Excellent sample of how much your position genuinely effects the lighting you get on your subject

[slender zenith]

first semi successful osprey shot after six months of trying

this is not of my satisfaction though, i will not be satisfied til i have captured a tac sharp osprey coming out of the water with a fish

unfortunately he dived on the opposite side of the lake from where i was on my kayak

also according to the two photographers on a different kayak on the side of the lake where he dived, he came out empty handed. mustve not been very hungry or out of energy because he gave up and returned to the nest

[quiet nexus]

how’s it look

[slender zenith]

looks good. i prefer white for digital but that is down to personal taste

[quiet nexus]

this looks much better

sorry for the off topic

[slender zenith]

you good lol. looks nice

[slender zenith]

egrets beautiful wings on full display as it makes it's final approach for landing

[quiet nexus]

beautiful pics, only problem with watermarks is people can just crop the photo

but you can also prove it’s your picture with watermarks

[slender zenith]

it’s enough to deter it most of the time. two photos stolen on different servers made me care enough to at least have one somewhere in there

[quiet nexus]

to prove if someone cropped it or not

yep, that’s why i decided i wanted to include one

even a small one on the side

makes people second guess it

[slender zenith]

the fact that unlike them, I can tell them where how what settings what camera and lens and own the original raw unlike them is beyond enough

[quiet nexus]

yup also true

[slender zenith]

also my raw files are named “SMO_####”

smo short for smoky

[quiet nexus]

ah

mine aren’t anything special

[slender zenith]

it started as “oh cool my camera lets me do that” and turned into helping me prove my photo was stolen

be spittin out photos today. was def one of my best days overall

these lovely spoonbills really didnt want to work with me at all. closest i could get without bothering them

cropped

the other spoonbill

[quiet nexus]

to all wildlife photographers, what mode do you guys shoot in?

[proper sonnet]

Is this Wildlife already?

[uneven musk]

Generally full auto

[quiet nexus]

really?

[uneven musk]

Yeah, most of the time. I set my aperture on my lens at most and then let my camera handle ISO and shutter

[slender zenith]

depends. continuous servo always, but i often use either 3D tracking, single point af, or group af. For exposure manual or manual w/auto iso

[slender zenith]

i feel like auto shutter is a risky game unless you are shooting a slower subject

[rustic dock]

beginning with bird photography rn

[uneven musk]

If I'm shooting in bad light I'll set the shutter speed. But generally Fuji does what I want.

[waxen moon]

Manual or aperture priority

Aperture priority for stills of animals who aren’t really moving

Manual for most stuff tho

[quiet nexus]

wouldn’t it be

flip flopped

[hard osprey]

I use FV for auto iso

I could use manual similarly but its for another set up

[quiet nexus]

i think i’m going to use manual with auto iso

or aperture priority prioritizing the shutter speed over the iso

[hard osprey]

my r6 has some custom function buttons and i tend to use them all, like I have one for birds in flight, one for landscape and one for closeup/macro

and fv is my more general one, manual having settings i use for astro

[waxen moon]

No cause on my way to where I want to shoot photos I will test out different settings to see what’s perfect

And once I have my iso set

I just change aperture and shutter speed while shooting

Cause some shots I’ll want a higher aperture or a lower one

Although normally apertures the only thing I chance

Since I tend to just run 1/1000 shutter speed

[quiet nexus]

what is fv mode?

i don’t use canon

wish my camera had customs

[hard osprey]

its flexible priority mode

i guess the flexible priority comes from what the subject is, can change a lot of settings to auto

[glossy abyss]

Seagulls!

[slender zenith]

[glossy abyss]

What do you think about these photos?

[slender zenith]

what lens do you have

[glossy abyss]

18-55mm apparently

[slender zenith]

about as good as it gets for such a small tele. Kit lens?

[glossy abyss]

Sorry I don't really undersant (I'm French)

What do you mean?

[slender zenith]

the birds could be sharper but i’ve never seen any of my lenses not do that when it’s so zoomed out

[slender zenith]

hold on i shall google translate

[slender zenith]

à peu près aussi bon que possible pour une si petite télé. Lentille en kit?

[glossy abyss]

I have already translated the sentence with Google Translate but the translation is very bad

[slender zenith]

oh

figures

ima try again

[glossy abyss]

Oh yeah, here it is zoomed at the maximum if I remember well

[slender zenith]

The photo is the about the best it will get with a small telephoto like the 18-55.

is that better

[glossy abyss]

I took these pictures when the seagulls were flying very low

[glossy abyss]

Oh ok

So my photo has the best render I can have with this type of zoom, right?

[slender zenith]

Yes, probably. Getting the birds any sharper than that is luck of the draw on that lens. Unless it is a shutter speed thing, what shutter speed did you shoot at?

[glossy abyss]

I don't remember but I think it was at a quick shutter speed

[slender zenith]

Bird in flight photography across the board I’d personally recommend 1/2500-1/3200 if possible with lighting conditions, unless you are on a horizontal plane with the bird and doing a panning shot which is extremely difficult. But like I said, good shots for the lens you are working with.

[glossy abyss]

Ok, I don't think it was as quick as you recommand
Thank you I am trying to make some progress

[slender zenith]

anytime

[glossy abyss]

I made also some landscapes and photos of my dog but I don't know how good or bad they are

[slender zenith]

I am not a great landscape photographer myself. Definitely other people in the server able to offer much better insight on that

[glossy abyss]

Ok 👍

[slender zenith]

so satisfying to clean gear after it gets a bit dirty in the outdoors

[waxen moon]

Those were taken with a d3200!!?!?

[slender zenith]

trying to remember the name of that bird i tried taking a photo of one once but the sun was being mean to me

[quiet nexus]

yeah! it’s a good camera

[slender zenith]

does the 3200 have the 24MP sensor?

[hard osprey]

if you mean the one in that photo its a red winged blackbird

[hard osprey]

lots of blackbirds flew by, not enough range really though, only had my 100mm

In other news though I went there for beavers and I hear them

[quiet nexus]

yes

[shrewd garnet]

so what is this forum about exactly ? Just about wildlife photography ?

[slender zenith]

essentially, and sharing photos

out in the florida heat again at possibly the best rookery in the state

[shrewd garnet]

ouch, Florida is rough at times lol

[slender zenith]

yeah particularly summer

[shrewd garnet]

yeah, thankfully I was always down in Florida around the fall and spring lol

[slender zenith]

ive been all times of year but good stuff comin

[shrewd garnet]

WOAH THATS AMAZING

I tend to focus on Zoo wildlife rather than native wildlife

Your Instagram is really cool too @slender zenith

[slender zenith]

Thanks ❤️

[shrewd garnet]

Of course!!!

[shrewd garnet]

This is one of my most recent wildlife photo

[slender zenith]

i love that so much. what type of lizard?

[shrewd garnet]

It is a juvenile veiled chameleon, they can get way bigger, I've also taken a photo of an alligator snapping turtle if you want to see it too

[slender zenith]

dont have the right lens on me but west african gaboon viper

[shrewd garnet]

Wow!!! That's so cool!!!!

I got an image of a anaconda rainbow boa

[slender zenith]

awesome! i got to chill with that viper while it rained

i moved to a not so venomous viper populated shelter and now it’s torrential downpours

[shrewd garnet]

glad you got out safe and not near such a venomous viper lol

[slender zenith]

it’s behind glass but still no comforting 😂

anyways my camera is getting wet and i have nothing to cover it

love florida

[shrewd garnet]

ohh gotcha

you love to see Florida weather Lol

[slender zenith]

[shrewd garnet]

What has been the most challenging photo you have ever taken ?

[slender zenith]

oh hmm

osprey in a tree from a kayak in the wind

probably

[shrewd garnet]

holy crap, that sounds tough

Do you have the photo ?

[slender zenith]

trying to share rn

[shrewd garnet]

Hurray!!

[slender zenith]

my cell service is too crappy. It’s probably not my hardest ever but definitely most challenging in past few of months for sure

[shrewd garnet]

I gotcha, still amazing that you were able to do that though!!

[slender zenith]

@shrewd garnet its in #960066755034771506 first couple of photos from yesterday @ 4:44 PM

[shrewd garnet]

I'll check it out!!

How long have you been doing Photography for ?

[slender zenith]

since june of 2021

so basically a year

[shrewd garnet]

oh nice!! So pretty recent!!

[slender zenith]

yeah

i have more stuff to upload in my portfolio channel but i cant get to stuff til im back home

[shrewd garnet]

Well I look forward to all the amazing photos you get!!

[slender zenith]

thx! I’d love to see some pf your work as well if you have more wildlife stuff 🙂

[shrewd garnet]

I have a ton actually!!

[slender zenith]

[shrewd garnet]

Just don't have a portfolio on discord lol, I use instagram if you want to check out my posts

[slender zenith]

heck yeah. What’s your tag?

[shrewd garnet]

photos_with_jay_108

[slender zenith]

👍

[shrewd garnet]

thanks Smoky! I'll drop you a follow too!!

[slender zenith]

also im obligated to ask as a nikon nerd, what type of camera do you shoot with?

[shrewd garnet]

ah yes a man or woman of culture

I use the Nikon D3000

[slender zenith]

@shrewd garnet you also part of Virginia gang?

[shrewd garnet]

yup I am a Virginia native lol

[slender zenith]

cool! Im a representative of Lynchburg/Campbell county. been in VA 7 years now

[shrewd garnet]

ayyy thats awesome!!!!

how come you're in Florida ?

I'm the NOVA area

[slender zenith]

family stuff. comes with lots of freetime tho to enjoy the beautiful nature here

[shrewd garnet]

ah gotcha, that is good!! Hopefully you can visit some zoos down there, Florida has some pretty epic zoos

[slender zenith]

once im back in VA, Ill be in search of the blackbear, and timber rattle snake and i have a possible connection that can get me to both deep in a the appalachians

so hopefully works out lol

[shrewd garnet]

that sick!! I saw a dead black bear on the side of the road sadly, but thats really cool you can get photos of a wild black bear, be careful of course lol

[slender zenith]

ive seen one road killed by a semi, and three wild ones on different occasions before i was a photographer

[shrewd garnet]

it sucks to see that happen at times

[slender zenith]

yeah

the worst are deer

we have lost three cars to deer

[shrewd garnet]

ouch!! Deer are pretty dumb at times

[slender zenith]

i went into a guardrail dodging one

yeah lol

[shrewd garnet]

wow that's tough

[quiet nexus]

what’s wrong with the lens

[slender zenith]

the fact that its a 150-600 super telephoto and it’s about 12 inches away through clear plastic lol

[waxen moon]

Hi

[waxen moon]

Nice photo!

[willow thistle]

Thanks

[slender zenith]

ended the day with 1000+ frames and a very tired wrist lol

met a super kind lady that was shooting a z9 with an adapted 200-500, beautiful rig

super heavy camera for hours on end?

yeah

[shrewd garnet]

How many photos do you all normally take during a photography session

[quiet nexus]

me, 200

[shrewd garnet]

ah gotcha, I usually do 100+

Madagascar Giant Day Gecko

[slender zenith]

anywhere from 100-400ish depending on what’s willing to work with me lol

[slender zenith]

awww

[shrewd garnet]

I feel that lol

[shrewd garnet]

it was so tiny and adorable lol

[slender zenith]

its gonna be at least tomorrow before these are all processed so have a camera screen lol

[shrewd garnet]

They are going to look incredible!!

[covert dust]

That is an awesome shot! I can’t wait to see the finished product

[slender zenith]

❤️

[quiet nexus]

@slender zenith what camera is that? also great shot

you took these at the zoo right, i want to go so badly

[slender zenith]

they are wild birds that choose to nest above an alligator pit at a zoo for whatever reason

[quiet nexus]

thats weird lol

[slender zenith]

i sadly witnessed said gators eat 10-11 different baby birds that went to the ground trying to fly

[shrewd garnet]

holy crap...

[uneven musk]

You'd think the zoo would do something about that

[slender zenith]

the zoo didn’t tell hundreds if not thousands of wild birds to nest there either (all native so they know damn well what gators can do)

[uneven musk]

I guess that's one way to get free food and exhibits for your zoo

[slender zenith]

i guess lol, and it’s a free tourist attraction

only went there for the birds

[slender zenith]

even then its a local thing. i learned it through locals up in a state park, they don’t advertise the birds

[slender zenith]

just discovered a d500 design flaw

the sd card popped loose in the card bay while i was shooting

gonna hope target has a cfexpress reader

if not, ill havw to hit best buy tomorrow

[slender zenith]

asset acquired

[slender zenith]

jk. it claims it can take cfexpress and it doesn’t

[quiet nexus]

i would be pretty pissed

[slender zenith]

yeah im returning it. best buy it is lol

[quiet nexus]

good luck man

[hard osprey]

best i got in flight i think so far, common grackle

unfortunate sun though

[slender zenith]

gonna have to order online

[slender zenith]

the sun is your friend and your enemy

[lost kraken]

got this last week

while I was out taking photos of airplanes

[slender zenith]

is it trying to attack the hawk?

[covert dust]

Mockingbirds attack and annoy hawks and raptors all the time. It’s always funny to watch

Most of the time it’s a territorial issue

[slender zenith]

interesting

[lost kraken]

yeah it was just harrassment

the mockingbirds eventually gave up but there were 2 of them on it

[uneven musk]

Brave birb

[waxen moon]

That hawk could probably just go munch and no more birb

[lost kraken]

possibly lol

[slender zenith]

the thing is the hawk lacks the maneuverability to. the mocking birds can easily jump around and dodge strikes

[covert dust]

^^

[robust spear]

thank you very much, and also thanks to others who tried to help

[quiet nexus]

iits a great photo

[robust spear]

thanks bro

oo u use nikon d3200? nice

[quiet nexus]

yes

what do you shoot with?

[robust spear]

dont make fun of me but

sony hx400v

the bird in my pfp was also clicked by me.. its a verdict flycatcher

[quiet nexus]

why would i make fun of you

[robust spear]

idk.. cuz its kinda a beginner camera (not really but ye)

[quiet nexus]

definitely a beginner camera, but still wont make fun of you

[robust spear]

ok ty

[waxen moon]

Nice

[slender zenith]

my CFExpress reader comes today

than i can actually process photos

because stupid sd cards

hoping this shot comes out well

[robust burrow]

this was a fun day

[slender zenith]

discord insists i have unread messages in here :/

[quiet nexus]

same

[slender zenith]

Crow: lemme get some

lol

[slender zenith]

still waiting on the card reader

[quiet nexus]

i forgot my lens was coming today

[slender zenith]

what lens?

[quiet nexus]

nikon 35mm prime

[slender zenith]

awesome

[hard osprey]

fight for sugar water (even though there's room for 8 hummingbirds), not sure how to edit this one really, thought it was interesting to share though

colours are just dead

[slender zenith]

territory disputes

it’s like two neighbors arguing over 2 inches of property for a fence line

[hard osprey]

its my hummingbird feeder but im not going out there and flying into them

birds can be pretty protective over food ive noticed

[quiet nexus]

i got the lens

but it’s not like it takes better pics then my 55mm zoom

like i’m shooting flowers rn and it isn’t any better

[slender zenith]

i would presume that hummingbirds being constantly in high energy flight drains energy which requires more food, making it very valuable when something like a feeder is discovered

[hard osprey]

yeah, although other birds do this too

hummingbirds almost need constant food

[uneven musk]

I'd try and erase that stuff in the background and what I'm assuming is your roof.

Too bad you didn't get the entirety of the feeder in. Maybe crop it in half?

[slender zenith]

finally getting to process these photos

[vivid moon]

what's the first bird? looks like a baby

[slender zenith]

it is, still working on an ID

the second one is a fledging tri colored heron

[vivid moon]

what region?

[slender zenith]

east coast of florida, possibly baby cattle egret but there were so many different waterfowl birds there it is hard to tell

this might be one of my all time favs

[covert dust]

It’s a great egret fledgling

[covert dust]

Aww that’s an awesome shot!

[quiet nexus]

imagine editing at 12

[slender zenith]

me at 3:00 am

[covert dust]

I went to a rookery today but was attacked by horse flies and had to leave before I could really get anything

[quiet nexus]

me last night

i was editing at 3:30am

[slender zenith]

horse flies came out after a big rain storm but they went out once the florida sun came back to do its justice which did not take long

[covert dust]

Haha the Texas sun does the complete opposite. The bugs get even more active with the sun

[slender zenith]

mosquitoes do, the flies didnt take long to poof

it also just justice to my arms lol

[covert dust]

Lucky. I’ve been avoiding shooting lately because of the crazy bugs

[slender zenith]

when im in florida and the mosquitoes are thick i coat everthing, even my clothes with bug repellant. works well

[quiet nexus]

this is beautiful man

perfect shot

[slender zenith]

thx

❤️

@quiet nexus about the last one?

[quiet nexus]

yes

it makes me genuinely laugh/smile

what a cool animal

[slender zenith]

awesome! how are the shots last night coming along l?

[slender zenith]

❤️

[uneven musk]

Utter fail

[waxen moon]

Dude that’s soo cool

[uneven musk]

Thank you

[waxen moon]

Although is the grain on purpose?