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I really like the pose of this one, but find the out of focus branches a bit distracting. Anyone else use Topaz Denoise AI or any other similar tool? Just started playing around with it. This photo was at 1600 ISO  Pine Siskin by Tyler Huestis, on FlickrAlso, I really miss Central America
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neckbeard posted:I really like the pose of this one, but find the out of focus branches a bit distracting. I use topaz sharpen on my macro.
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I've been getting a lot of ads for Topaz. Worth it? I definitely get a lot of photos that are nice but not quite there because of noise or sharpness.
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Quite the opposite for me. I cannot get a picture of the little blue bastards, but Red Tails? Jesus, they're all over the place, and could not give a poo poo about me. A couple from my "Spring Sucks, It's Worse in Lockdown" Series, coming out soon as an inspirational Netflix docudrama.  Spring Sucks by B. B., on Flickr Spring Sucks3 by B. B., on Flickr
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Any way this works? I've been thinking of putting together a series of photos from my local park owls that starts with "normal" photos and moves into some of the more surreal looking photos that I got while dealing with slow shutter speeds. This one would kind of bridge the normal and more abstract/weird, but I want to make sure it isn't just "bad". Wildcat Owl in Flight2 logo on Flickr
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BetterLekNextTime posted:Any way this works? I've been thinking of putting together a series of photos from my local park owls that starts with "normal" photos and moves into some of the more surreal looking photos that I got while dealing with slow shutter speeds. This one would kind of bridge the normal and more abstract/weird, but I want to make sure it isn't just "bad". I'd like to see some part actually frozen/in focus for the transitional shot. Even if just the feet.
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To me, the eye is "good enough" for that shot to work. If I really stare at it I can tell the eye is blurred but a quick look allows me to assume the effect is entirely due to the (nicely) blurred wing feathers. As long as shots like this aren't going to be blown up huge and positioned such that the viewer can't avoid pixel-peeping (giant-rear end print on wall with no minimum viewing distance imposed by fences or whatever) you should be fine.
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Went for a drive out to the country yesterday, flooded fields are filled with migratory birds right now American Coot by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Snow Bunting by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Northern Pintail by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Great Blue Herons by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Snow Geese by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr
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BetterLekNextTime posted:Any way this works? I've been thinking of putting together a series of photos from my local park owls that starts with "normal" photos and moves into some of the more surreal looking photos that I got while dealing with slow shutter speeds. This one would kind of bridge the normal and more abstract/weird, but I want to make sure it isn't just "bad". Looks good dude but reconsider the typeface you use for your watermark
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neckbeard posted:Went for a drive out to the country yesterday, flooded fields are filled with migratory birds right now absolutely adorable - love these little guys Here's a Chipping Sparrow from this morning - these are surprisingly hard to find in the Portland area. 
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Thanks everyone for the owl photo comments! Hopefully I'll get something better. Heck if I can find a predictable owl in a good spot again maybe I'll rent a better lens.ansel autisms posted:Looks good dude but reconsider the typeface you use for your watermark Yeah, you're not the first to point that out... I somehow I accidentally set the font size to larger on the lower-right-corner watermark. It's slightly less obnoxious when it's smaller. I use that font elsewhere on a few things so I figured I'd start out with consistency. I've been meaning to get a custom watermark and haven't gotten around to it yet. I don't think I shared this trio of sparrows from a week or two ago.  Wildcat Song Sparrow logo-8737 on Flickr Wildcat Savannah Sparrow logo-8831 on Flickr Wildcat Lincolns Sparrow logo-8907 on Flickr
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torgeaux posted:
Really like that one
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torgeaux posted:
They're both really nice, but I think this is fantastic. The other one is really pretty but this one has an unusual, almost abstract, almost humorous composition. I've just started messing around with DIY scanning some old slides. These were taken with a mf Tamron 75-300 Macro (I don't know exactly how it worked but this lens had a feature where you'd zoom out to 75mm, over-rotate the focus and it would somehow engage "macro mode" and then it would be a macro lens. Also, this was before the era when Tamron was "really good value for your money" and just "cheap") So it's been fun but a little weird to go back to dubious scans of these photos.  Tufted Puffin first try sm on Flickr Horned and Tufted Puffins first try on Flickre: a couple recent neighborhood birds  Backyard Golden-crowned2 Logo on Flickr Guyto Lego logo on Flickr
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The hummingbirds are back!! The Hummingbirds Are Back by B. B., on Flickr
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cant believe you didnt clone out the power lines smh
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Atlatl posted:cant believe you didnt clone out the power lines smh SOOC for life!!
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A few from today Common Grackle by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr American Pelican by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Common Tern by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr
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neckbeard posted:A few from today Nice. They look so much like Disney villains to me.
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Some horned grebes:  And a saucy chickadee: 
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I might go Cooper's on that with the light nape. Don't ask me to put money on that though...
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BetterLekNextTime posted:I might go Cooper's on that with the light nape. Don't ask me to put money on that though... Yeah, got feedback elsewhere that it's a Cooper's. I'm at the edge of the Cooper's range and never photographed either before. Thought the head was small and rounded enough to be Sharp-Shinned. Couldnt get around to have a full frontal view of it
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Tree Swallows from the park today. Tree Swallow 2 by cha_reckoning, on Flickr  Tree Swallow by cha_reckoning, on Flickr  Tree Swallow 3 by cha_reckoning, on Flickr
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-CHA posted:Tree Swallows from the park today. Cool shots. Any tips for keeping flying birds in frame/focus? Whenever I've tried getting shots of swifts or swallows, they're just so fast that I have a hard time getting anything worthwhile.
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DorianGravy posted:Cool shots. Any tips for keeping flying birds in frame/focus? Whenever I've tried getting shots of swifts or swallows, they're just so fast that I have a hard time getting anything worthwhile. Thanks. I think most of it was just luck as swallows really have a fast and sporadic flight pattern. My tactic was to set the auto-focus to AF-C and Continuous high speed shutter, track the bird while holding down the AF-ON button and then holding down the shutter once I felt I had the bird in frame and in focus. There were a lot of missed shots, about 1 in 30 were in focus. Keeping the swallows in frame took some practice, but I found that zooming out, finding a bird to track and then zooming in while following the bird worked best. I was out today trying to get some more shots of the swallows in flight but had zero luck getting anything remotely good, so I had to settle for just focusing on the birdbox and shooting the birds flying around it.  Swallow box by cha_reckoning, on Flickr
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I've got tons of Tree Swallows back in my area now, I've given up on in-flight shots of them though Tree Swallow by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Tree Swallow by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Tree Swallow by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr Tree Swallow by Tyler Huestis, on Flickr
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Lots of great stuff on this page. Keep up the nice work everyone!-CHA posted:Thanks. I think most of it was just luck as swallows really have a fast and sporadic flight pattern. My tactic was to set the auto-focus to AF-C and Continuous high speed shutter, track the bird while holding down the AF-ON button and then holding down the shutter once I felt I had the bird in frame and in focus. There were a lot of missed shots, about 1 in 30 were in focus. Keeping the swallows in frame took some practice, but I found that zooming out, finding a bird to track and then zooming in while following the bird worked best. Thanks, I'll have to try this out. I typically keep my camera on AF-A, but it sounds like AF-C is better for birds in flight. Is that right? I often have a hard time getting the camera to not focus on the background. I went birding on Sunday, and I finally got a good luck at a little yellow bird I've seen glimpses of before. Apparently it was a Common Yellowthroat. I think yellow birds are my favorite, so this was a joy to see. Still, the name was a bit of a surprise: if it's so common, why have I so rarely seen them?    I also took a little video: https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature-and-Wildlife/Kachina-Wetlands-and-balcony-May-17-2020/i-nrR3GcZ/0/7cb8ad1c/1280/DSC_5829-1280.mp4 I think I'd enjoy putting together a little coffee table book for myself, organized by bird color. I may need to find more colorful birds first, but it would be fun to pull together bird with prominent colors. DorianGravy fucked around with this message at 06:03 on May 19, 2020 |
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DorianGravy posted:Cool shots. Any tips for keeping flying birds in frame/focus? Whenever I've tried getting shots of swifts or swallows, they're just so fast that I have a hard time getting anything worthwhile. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69jcmNbqGrU
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Thanks, I need to work on my bif too. I shoot my 7d2 like I’m still shooting with my 6d.
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There is an advantage to using AF-C over AF-A. From what I understand, AF-A lets the camera decide whether the subject is stationary or moving. Since we already know the subject is moving, setting the camera to AF-C eliminates the possibility of the camera selecting the wrong auto-focus mode.
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Pablo Bluth posted:This popped up on my Youtube feed. I haven't watched it yet so I can't comment on it's quality/usefulness. -CHA posted:There is an advantage to using AF-C over AF-A. From what I understand, AF-A lets the camera decide whether the subject is stationary or moving. Since we already know the subject is moving, setting the camera to AF-C eliminates the possibility of the camera selecting the wrong auto-focus mode. Thanks! I might get back out next weekend, and I'll give flying birds another try. Unrelated: I keep a bird feeder on my balcony, and the House Finches which stop by have been extremely chirpy recently. I think some are juveniles, and they sit right next to the adult, fluttering wings and chirping loudly. I feel annoyed on the parents behalf. Also, one time a juvenile House Finch got startled by a Dark-eyed Junco at the feeder and flew into my apartment. After flying repeatedly into the ceiling, it roosted on the ceiling fan until I encouraged it out. Anyway, here are some House Finches.  
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Barred owl fledgling took an adventure out of the nest. 
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Oh no, I'm worried on its behalf! Did it fall out of the tree, or just awkwardly cling to branches? (Awesome photos, by the way.)
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DorianGravy posted:Oh no, I'm worried on its behalf! Did it fall out of the tree, or just awkwardly cling to branches? When I first go there it was hopping around on a tree where its nest was but it took a tumble and landed in an adjacent tree which is what you see. It eventually made it to a much larger branch but by the time I had left it was still not back in its nest. The parent was watching the whole time so I am hoping it made it back fine. I have not been back since to check in on it.
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