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BetterLekNextTime posted:Crazy day. I was out in my local park to look for birds and came up a few minutes after a hiker had interrupted an arson attempt. Luckily this was on a main trail and other people around and a guy was able to use our several water bottles plus some stomping to put out the fire before it had a chance to grow. The first witness saw the direction that the arsonist had gone so I went that direction and saw someone in a ski mask up the hill acting sketchy and ditching some clothes. I was able to get photos with my bird lens that were good enough for the cops to figure out who it was. They slurped my photos onto the laptop in one of their vehicles but couldn't open the .cr3 files, so they got a cell phone snap of the back of my camera and then I emailed them some exports when I got home. Nice work! Cool stuff! These two are my favorites. I love the colors. We've had a wet summer, so loads of flowers bloomed here a month or so ago. Here's a few shots from last month.   
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torgeaux posted:
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Went and got after it this morning - It's apparently Egret season up here. That and I got to see a bunch of new birds too - Winter Wren, White Capped Sparrow, White-Throated Sparrow. I'll have more photos to post soon enough!
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Oct 9, 2021 01:46
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This young lady (Sharp-shinned Hawk) almost hit me zipping around the corner of my house then nabbed a sparrow in the neighbor's yard. Shot through a dirty window. One of those crap pics that will probably be my favorite photo this month. Backyard imm sharpie-8099 on Flickr
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BetterLekNextTime posted:This young lady (Sharp-shinned Hawk) almost hit me zipping around the corner of my house then nabbed a sparrow in the neighbor's yard. Shot through a dirty window. One of those crap pics that will probably be my favorite photo this month. Very ominous looking I like it.
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A lovely and obliging wheatear couple I came across at the weekend basking in the sun on a hilltop:   I really need to figure out how to use my cameras focus settings.
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Back Button focus is the first step imo - it allows you to lock a focus in on one thing and then recompose the frame accordingly.
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Owlkill posted:A lovely and obliging wheatear couple I came across at the weekend basking in the sun on a hilltop: For birds the most important things are Back button focus and AFC/AI Servo, i.e. decouple the focussing from the shot taking. Then exposure compensation when shooting aperture/shutter priority.
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jarlywarly posted:For birds the most important things are I don't know why, but I could never get used to back button focus and switched back to shutter button focus. But AI servo is the way to go. On my R5 I use one of the back buttons to switch focus zones between center area zone and full frame animal eye detection. Anyway, there is a Northern Harrier that has reliably taken up residence at a local park every fall and winter for the last few years and she's back again for this fall. She put on quite a show and decided to land 30 feet away from me for a nice portrait.     
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Jerm324 posted:I don't know why, but I could never get used to back button focus and switched back to shutter button focus. But AI servo is the way to go. On my R5 I use one of the back buttons to switch focus zones between center area zone and full frame animal eye detection. I give up, those are astonishing, a harrier would never come this close here.
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Jerm324 posted:I don't know why, but I could never get used to back button focus and switched back to shutter button focus. But AI servo is the way to go. On my R5 I use one of the back buttons to switch focus zones between center area zone and full frame animal eye detection. gently caress. These are good. God drat this thread is dangerous for envy and comparison.
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Slotducks posted:gently caress. These are good. Take it as inspiration/motivation to continue improving!  Beautiful harrier.
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Slotducks posted:gently caress. These are good. for real. I'm still trying with my poor person equipment though saw some treegrets on monday.    I spotted this heron from the road and had to stop  also had this tufted titmouse come at me because i was unknowingly standing next to a pile of seeds that someone had left  all of these were taken with a Pentax SMC-M 150mm f/3.5 adapted to a Panasonic GX8; it's a fun and very portable combo. the treegret and heron shots were also taken with a k-mount Kenko MC7 2x teleconverter. I was thinking my dream lens was the Panasonic-Leica 100-400mm, but after using this I'm thinking I just want a Pentax 300mm "green star" for a third of the price.
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Thanks for the praise haha. I didn't mean to discourage anyone though... A lot of times it's just a combo of luck, knowledge and perseverance. I knew the bird was in residence at this location, I got lucky that it landed so close to me and I've taken 1000+ pictures of this same bird and it's friends over the last few years, so eventually I was bound to get something really good. Yeah the equipment I had helps but it's never 100% of the equation. Here's a link to my album of harriers, as you go back in time my equipment isn't as good as my newer stuff, but I was still able to get some good shots even with my old T7i and a 20 year old 1st generation 300mm f/4 lens with 1.4x teleconverter. https://photos.app.goo.gl/nuy6WKjxb8TXdmsR7
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Jerm324 posted:I didn't mean to discourage anyone though... Oh the envy and discouragement (if it even is that) is all 100% self driven and not a byproduct of your amazing work. It's inspirational and I (and I assume others) use it to aspire to be better! For content: Here's a ruby-crowned kinglet 
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I found a patch of Madrone in my local park that's got lots of berries. Wildcat Madrone Robin-8528 on Flickr Wildcat Madrone Robin-8631 on Flickr Wildcat Madrone Townsends Warbler-8877 on Flickr Wildcat Madrone Varied Thrush-9124 on Flickr Wildcat Madrone Waxwing-9008 on Flickr Wildcat Madrone Waxwing-9063 on Flickr Wildcat White-throated Sparrow-8321 on Flickr Wildcat Hermit Thrush-8645-2 on Flickr
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Stevie Lee posted:also had this tufted titmouse come at me because i was unknowingly standing next to a pile of seeds that someone had left Slotducks posted:Here's a ruby-crowned kinglet These are cool! I saw some lifers today! A Roseate Spoonbill and a Green Heron. Here's the spoonbill with a fish. No idea why it was in Phoenix; it was the only one, and apparently it's been hanging out there this year. Range maps suggest that these don't go into Arizona at all. 
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My neighbours ostriches still crack me up, they manage to look so deeply affronted at being watched.  _DSC0426 by Kaleem Rorke, on FlickrNo actual wild birds, the poor A7R doesn't cut it for birds in motion at all.
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sildargod posted:My neighbours ostriches still crack me up, they manage to look so deeply affronted at being watched. Wow! What do they do with ostriches, and how many do they have? Megabound posted:Next in my series of birding with impractical gear Nice. What impractical gear are you using? Here are some Rosy-faced Lovebirds down in Phoenix. I love these goofy birds. They mostly stay high up in the palm trees, but they're noisy and colorful. Apparently, the colony started as escaped pets, but they seem to be doing well in the wild.     
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Megabound posted:Next in my series of birding with impractical gear 😳 great shot.
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DorianGravy posted:Wow! What do they do with ostriches, and how many do they have? I honestly have no idea what they do with them - I'm assuming they're selling the eggs, but I'm not sure how many they can possibly be harvesting - they have 3 females and a male along with around the same number of chickens and a few pigs. Very low-scale, low effort "farming".
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sildargod posted:I honestly have no idea what they do with them - I'm assuming they're selling the eggs, but I'm not sure how many they can possibly be harvesting - they have 3 females and a male along with around the same number of chickens and a few pigs. Very low-scale, low effort "farming". Ostrich meat is pretty popular for whatever reason.
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DorianGravy posted:Nice. What impractical gear are you using?  Next I wanna get a bird with my bellows setup. These guys are all very friendly so I don't think it'll be too difficult. https://i.imgur.com/8FnD0de.gifv
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These guys are super cute. Their native range is southwest Africa so Phoenix area is pretty similar so it fits them really well.DorianGravy posted:
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Visited my resident Norther Harrier again, watched her hunt for awhile and finally got her pouncing on a unsuspecting rodent which she spend a few minutes smashing to death with her feets.   
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That's great, Jerm! Does the Harrier have a consistent hunting ground? I watched these Pelicans for a little while, hoping they would eventually make more majestic or dignified poses, but they seemed quite content to scratch themselves and stand in awkward positions. Still, Pelicans might be my favorite birds. 
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Here’s a couple shots of a Rufous hummingbird that locked down one of our feeders for a couple weeks.   That one left and now it’s back to the Anna’s  
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Last 3 posts on this page are sick - inspiring! Here's a really poofed up White-Throated Sparrow hahaha. 
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DorianGravy posted:That's great, Jerm! Does the Harrier have a consistent hunting ground? Very consistent. Been to this particular park 4 times over the last month and a half and she's always been there.
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Went shooting downtown yesterday instead of my usual spots in the forest or cemetery. Crow by Eero Vuorinen, on Flickr House sparrow by Eero Vuorinen, on Flickr
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I'm still learning how to use my gear, and don't know how to do any post beyond cropping, but I took these today      Juvenile Australian Magpies playing  Noisy Miner   European Domestic Pigeons  Crested Pigeon
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Lol those fuckers always nest right outside our apartment and their favorite thing in the world is screaming at 1am
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