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Some Blue Jays from yesterday Blue Jay by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Blue Jay by Tyler Huestis, on FlickrAnd some from today:  Blue Jay by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Blue Jay by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Blue Jay by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr
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Merganser and babies from a canoe trip in July/August, northwestern Ontario. Mom and Baby Mergansers-0006 by Martin Brummell, on Flickr Mom and Baby Mergansers-0010 by Martin Brummell, on Flickr Mom and Baby Mergansers-0014 by Martin Brummell, on Flickr
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Couple of birds kaka by Marc, on Flickr  Popokatea, the whitehead by Marc, on Flickr
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Oct 20, 2018 10:48
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Some wonderful birds recently!Raikyn posted:
I love how doofy parrots sometimes look.  A Mountain Chickadee. This little bird was pretty fearless. It hopped rapidly between branches and flew to a branch within arm's reach of me. I guess when you're looking for food, you get a little more brave.  A fledgling Lesser Goldfinch (?). This little bird was so tiny that I was a little worried about it. It could only flutter a foot or two into the air, and it chirped rather pathetically. I think one of the parents was hanging around nearby, keeping an eye on it, though, so I didn't stick around.  I suspected this that was one of the parents to the fledgling above.
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Oct 26, 2018 05:52
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I went out to the local eco-sanctuary and took some photos of some beautiful birds! I've only just gotten into photography as a hobby, mostly so I can get more good bird pictures. Lunchtime by Dave Ross, on Flickr A Handsome Boy by Dave Ross, on Flickr "What do you want?" by Dave Ross, on Flickr C R O N C H by Dave Ross, on Flickr
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Oct 27, 2018 05:57
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That's a good grumpy bird. I want to take bird pics but 1) there are only pidgeons and tree sparrows here unless I go way into the jungle 2) I've been looking at too many isheep and smersh mouth photos 
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Oct 27, 2018 06:37
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Atlatl posted:That's a good grumpy bird. don't knock the pretty sparrows  HOSP by ms, on Flickr
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Oct 28, 2018 03:35
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Passes to Zealandia are valid for two days, so I went back again this morning. But why is it all gone? by Dave Ross, on FlickrThis dude is throwing a tantrum because his feeder bottle is empty, while ignoring the full one right next to him.  Cormorant by Dave Ross, on Flickr Rest by Dave Ross, on FlickrKākā are one of my favourite birds. Such big ol goofy parrots.
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Oct 28, 2018 04:22
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cptn_dr posted:I went out to the local eco-sanctuary and took some photos of some beautiful birds! I've only just gotten into photography as a hobby, mostly so I can get more good bird pictures. Tui and takahe are such rad birbs. I live in Auckland, and there are a fair few tui flying around the neighbourhood, making an adorable birb racket. There aren't any takahe nearby, but there are some on Tiritiri Matangi Island, which is about a couple hours away by ferry. If you want to see kaka in the wild, Great Barrier Island is rad. They're just all over the place there.
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Oct 30, 2018 05:59
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cptn_dr posted:Passes to Zealandia are valid for two days, so I went back again this morning. NZ bird thread? Can you take any gear into Zealandia? Haven't been there yet, but hopefully will over the christmas break
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Oct 30, 2018 09:17
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I like my bluebirds. This is daddy feeding a really big juvenile.
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Oct 31, 2018 21:28
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Raikyn posted:NZ bird thread? Yep, don't think there's any restrictions on taking gear in. Saw a few people rocking some gently caress-off telephoto lenses, at least. meatpimp posted:I like my bluebirds. This is daddy feeding a really big juvenile. I like your bluebirds too!
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Cool! I haven’t seen any robins around where i live in Kalamazoo for a few months now it seems. Where were these that?
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I'm in Edmonton, it's migration season up here now, was hoping for pine grosbeaks or waxwings, but may still be a bit too early for them
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A tui decided to visit our backyard Tui by Marc, on Flickr  Tui by Marc, on Flickr
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Raikyn posted:A tui decided to visit our backyard these are awesome neckbeard posted:
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The bird looks great in this one, but I'm wondering if you can crop it to remove some of the space on the right or add more space to the left? Haven't had time to take many new photos, but here's a couple of old ones I re-edited...  Toolik Ptarmigan snow oct18 Reprocessed logo-1805 by Alan Krakauer, on Flickr Toolik White-crowns in snow Reprocessed logo-1860 by Alan Krakauer, on Flickr Toolik Ptarmigan fall colors Reprocess logo-914 by Alan Krakauer, on Flickr
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Visited the Bolsa Chica Ecological Conservatory this past Saturday. We went before sunrise and saw some pretty awesome birds first waking up. I haven't had a chance to edit these yet, but I wanted to share either way. All shot on my Nikon D3400 using my 70-300mm lens. I was in Aperture Priority mode, mostly as open as possible so that I could get enough light. It was pretty dark there first thing.          Not a bird, but they're exceedingly rare to see in the wetlands, so here is a Sea Turtle:  Edit: - My buddy touched a couple of them up for me. Here are my favorites:  
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Thanks yeah that's good feedback, I had tried with more space on the left, but there were branches that I couldn't edit out all that well without the background looking pretty obviously edited, will try to give it another shot later
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Nov 6, 2018 01:57
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Raikyn posted:A tui decided to visit our backyard What a cute birb. Whereabouts in NZ are you?
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neckbeard posted:Thanks yeah that's good feedback, I had tried with more space on the left, but there were branches that I couldn't edit out all that well without the background looking pretty obviously edited, will try to give it another shot later That's what I figured. After I wrote that I kind of regretted saying that. It's not something I think about enough, but it's super useful to have photos with more background than you think you need if you do anything with text overlay. I'm thinking about powerpoint backgrounds but could also apply to cover photos where you know where the profile photo sits, etc.
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I really like that sea turtle. How salty is the water there?
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ExecuDork posted:I really like that sea turtle. How salty is the water there? You know, i'm not sure. It's definitely brackish because it gets some of it's water from the Pacific (there's a channel that directly connects to the wetlands) and some of the water comes from a flood control channel that's inland. I'm assuming it's more salty than not since it rarely ever rains here. But that's just a guess.
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From this morning, light was a bit crap House Finch by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Blue Jay by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Snow Bunting by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Snow Bunting by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr
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meatpimp posted:I like my bluebirds. This is daddy feeding a really big juvenile. How sweet! I went down to the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix yesterday. Good birds there, and some let you get a little closer than normal, probably because they like the plants so much.  Here's a lifer for me: a Verdin.  A Cactus Wren.  A Curve-billed Thrasher. He was putting on a wonderful concert, and a group of five or so of us watched him sing from about ten feet away.
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Good grief, I am always so jealous of your short eared owl shots. Beautiful.
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Kenshin posted:Good grief, I am always so jealous of your short eared owl shots. Beautiful. Thanks, but I think you're mistaken, I'm the guy in Edmonton that usually posts falcons, Internet Junky is the guy in Edmonton that usually posts owls
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neckbeard posted:Thanks, but I think you're mistaken, I'm the guy in Edmonton that usually posts falcons, Internet Junky is the guy in Edmonton that usually posts owls These are rad as hell. The colors are out of sight.
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Yeah, those are some great pics. What time of day?
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neckbeard posted:Thanks, but I think you're mistaken, I'm the guy in Edmonton that usually posts falcons, Internet Junky is the guy in Edmonton that usually posts owls Still, those are excellent.
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President Beep posted:Yeah, those are some great pics. What time of day? Between 3 and 4pm
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Neckbeard that last shot is so drat pretty.
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Moved back home to live with my family for the summer, was greeted by this fluffy kotare (and his proud parents, who I hope to take many more pictures of). Fluffy Boy by Dave Ross, on Flickr
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I’m soliciting advice again, since I didn’t pull the trigger on a lens last summer. I have a Nikon D500, and am trying to decide between the Sigma (C or Sport) and Tamron 150-600mm lenses, and the Nikon 200-500mm. I’ve been reading reviews and there doesn’t seem to be a consensus as far as I can tell.
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I have both the gen1 Tamron and the Nikon 200-500 and there is no reason for me to ever use the Tamron except as a backup or if a friend is going birding with me. (my primary camera body is a D500 with a D7200 as a backup/loaner) I have heard good things about the Sigma Sport but AFAIK the Nikon will still be sharper wide open.
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Kenshin posted:I have both the gen1 Tamron and the Nikon 200-500 and there is no reason for me to ever use the Tamron except as a backup or if a friend is going birding with me. (my primary camera body is a D500 with a D7200 as a backup/loaner) Thanks, do you know if the Nikon has the same copy to copy variations that I’ve heard about for the Tamron?
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EPICAC posted:Thanks, do you know if the Nikon has the same copy to copy variations that I’ve heard about for the Tamron? The individual lens I have works great, very sharp wide-open at f/5.6 @ 500mm, guaranteed-super-sharp-every-time at f/6.3. The Tamron G1 really needs to be shot at f/8 to be reliably sharp at 600mm (at least the individual lens I have) though it can occasionally get by at f/7.1. I've heard the Sigma and Tamron G2 models are better than that, but still they can't get as wide open as the Nikon, regardless. The Nikon also supposedly pairs very well with the 1.4x extender (specifically the newer TC-14 III model) on the D500, which I plan on picking up at some point. EDIT: As for 500mm vs 600mm, I thought I'd miss the extra reach and I never have. I will take the better image quality and fast autofocus over that little bit of extra reach. Kenshin fucked around with this message at 01:11 on Nov 20, 2018 |
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I started out with the first gen Tamron. Sent it back because it seemed oddly soft. Purchased a Sigma C 150-600 after that. I’ve been pretty happy with that lens.
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