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I love birds in snow. Can blow out the gross blue snow and make it look like you've been chilling in a studio all day. Dark-eyed Junco  Northern Cardinal  House Sparrow
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tk posted:Snow birds Please tell me that snowflake is actually on the tip of its beak! 
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Slotducks posted:I'm always in awe when someone takes *very* good photos of very common birds like Mallards and Swans. Thanks guys! "Swans" is really not common for me at all, but I happened on this really lucky find. I went to a spot someone gave me a tip on last summer, where a river was flowing into another one and keeping a small un-frozen spot where it might concentrate the eagles' fishing area. I didn't find eagles fishing, but instead I found what had to have been 200+ swans, with a smaller number of Canada geese and mallards. That head-on mallard landing a nice lucky touch. My exposure was set pretty low for the white swans on white snow (but not enough, as about a third to a half of them were irrecoverably blown out anyway) so the mallard's head/neck were so dark that I was surprised to be able to pull them up and be (almost) usable. And I went hog wild with the crop to turn it into a mean, staring-you-down mallard.
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vessbot posted:Please tell me that snowflake is actually on the tip of its beak! Yep! (Although does it really count if you can’t be sure from the original?) 
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I have three very similar photos. I think I like 3 and 2 more than 1, at least at higher resolutions. This is one of the crows I feed day to day at my son's middle school.  Crow3 by B. B., on Flickr Crow2 by B. B., on Flickr Crow1 by B. B., on Flickr
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Just a couple of backyard birds who showed up at golden hour. Took these shots right off of our porch.   Too bad about the branches in the way, but it's cool to just look out the window and see some good birds in interesting light. You can see bits of squirrel on the beak. BRAKE FOR MOOSE fucked around with this message at 04:46 on Mar 12, 2022 |
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Not a photo because my 200-500mm zoom mechanism is jammed and need ms to be repaired, but I saw this American Woodcock today. https://twitter.com/thomascarlile/status/1503175569504100355?s=21
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I've been using a Panasonic S5 with a Sigma 150-600 Sports for bird'n which surprisingly hasn't been that bad. Auto focus takes some getting used to but generally I've been getting some really great results with it. It's my main work camera for video so I'd prefer to not get salt water or rain on it, so might look at something more outdoor friendly like the OM-1.. not sure though. But anyways, here a couple of shots with this setup: Male superb fairy wren:  Not sure on the ID.. maybe a Red-Necked Stint? Don't think it's a Sanderling. It was super tiny and sprinted along the sand like a little toy.  White ibis. I watched this guy for about 10 minutes trying to climb up this branch. Being a wading bird with wading feet doesn't help that much for perch work. 
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Shot this three-toed woodpecker yesterday - cannot see the beautiful orange spot on its head but I like the "beard" under the dude's beak Eurasian three-toed woodpecker by Eero Vuorinen, on Flickr
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toggle posted:I've been using a Panasonic S5 with a Sigma 150-600 Sports for bird'n which surprisingly hasn't been that bad. Auto focus takes some getting used to but generally I've been getting some really great results with it. It's my main work camera for video so I'd prefer to not get salt water or rain on it, so might look at something more outdoor friendly like the OM-1.. not sure though. But anyways, here a couple of shots with this setup: those are great pictures!! I've been considering the 150-600 Contemporary for birding as the Sport is out of my budget, will aim to get the Nikon mount so i can slap a TC III on it for added reach and mount it on my D750. My current birding setup is a Pentax K-30 with their weathersealed 55-300 and that works pretty well with the caveat that 450mm effective focal length is not enough for birding. I thought 450mm would be sufficient. I was so wrong 
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I use the Sigma 150-600 Contemporary as my main birding lens. I read reviews online before I purchased and many people couldn't see a major difference between the Sports and Contemporary versions in terms of image quality. The C version is also lighter which helps in the field. Anyway went to the San Diego Zoo recently and theres no skill or luck involved in these pics but still a chance to see some of these magnificent birds without traveling all over the world: Harpy Eagle:  Secretary Bird:  Flamingo:  Steller's Sea Eagle:  Crowned Eagle:  Green Heron that was visiting but didn't live at the zoo: 
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Took my Tamron 500mm mirror lens to the local bird sanctuary yesterday and got a greater white fronted goose and a red winged blackbird   
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rockear posted:Took my Tamron 500mm mirror lens to the local bird sanctuary yesterday and got a greater white fronted goose and a red winged blackbird The DOF on that goose confuses my brain hard.
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Yeah it does look like the in-focus area is not parallel to the sensor plane huh? I suspect the M42-NEX adapter has some play in it to cause that.
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Got my first Juvenile Bald Eagle the other day - not the greatest lighting though.
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Slotducks posted:Got my first Juvenile Bald Eagle the other day - not the greatest lighting though. You take the shots when you get the shots. I like the juveniles more than the adults, really. And sure, you got a bald eagle, but did you get a crow eating a pork rind?  Eating Pork Rinds in Private by B. B., on Flickr
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Real paparazzi-catching-celebrity-with-food-in-their-mouth energy in that right there haha I love it
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Got an uncommon visitor at my feeder the last few days, a Rufous Hummingbird. I'm on their migratory path here in Northern California but the their breeding range is Oregon up north thru British Columbia. Thought it was an Allen's at first nesting in the area, but there's not a lot of green on this guy so I every guide I've seen says Rufous.    
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Jerm324 posted:Got an uncommon visitor at my feeder the last few days, a Rufous Hummingbird. I'm on their migratory path here in Northern California but the their breeding range is Oregon up north thru British Columbia. Thought it was an Allen's at first nesting in the area, but there's not a lot of green on this guy so I every guide I've seen says Rufous. Nice. Best way to tell is if you can manage to get a shot with the tail feathers spread and look at the shape.
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I feel unclean posting dirty cheating zoo photos among rare encounters and dangerously experimental pond birbs, but a chance for a controlled portrait session was pretty awesome and I recommend similarly cheating if the opportunity arises.  "Pumpkin" the Eurasian Eagle Owl 
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Finally gnabbed a good D500 used over the weekend - Went out for a little bit yesterday to gnab a rarity around these parts (Willet) but I was pretty happy with how these surfing shots of this Blue-winged Teal came out 
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Alpenglow posted:I feel unclean posting dirty cheating zoo photos among rare encounters and dangerously experimental pond birbs, but a chance for a controlled portrait session was pretty awesome and I recommend similarly cheating if the opportunity arises. Yeah these are stunning! You can really see the intelligence in those eyes. And the owl! Just amazing! Pretty non-standard for this thread, but very nice to see. i love that teal, look at how the water cuts around his body
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Slotducks posted:Finally gnabbed a good D500 used over the weekend - Went out for a little bit yesterday to gnab a rarity around these parts (Willet) but I was pretty happy with how these surfing shots of this Blue-winged Teal came out Really lovely work!
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Awesome harrier shots I found 3 hummingbird nests this spring and none of them made it, but the titmice got at least as far as the nestling stage.  Wildcat Oak Titmouse w food-6106 on Flickr
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BetterLekNextTime posted:Awesome harrier shots I haven't found any nests this year thus far. With the amount of Anna's hummingbirds coming to my feeders I'd expect my neighbors might be the lucky ones. I checked my pictures on that Rufous for one with the tail feathers like you suggested. I did have one that showed the distinctive notch on the 2nd tail feather so I'm definitely sure it's a rufous. Haven't seen him in a few days so I suspect he fueled up and continued his journey north.
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The Duality of the Tree Swallow Kind, demure, fashionable Turned Gladiator    Crummy light this morning so the ISO is pumped pretty high, I should head back there during sunnier weather
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Slotducks posted:The Duality of the Tree Swallow These are awesome.
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Very nice Swallows. Anyone know how to deal with the iridescence of swallows especially in sunlight? The feathers just never quite look right unless it's overcast out or the sunlight is filtered in some way. Below example:
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I don't think there's much you can do about the iridescence in strong sunlight. It's what they're supposed to look like, so fwiw it looks fine to me! One fun trick for TRES near their nesting area is to give them feathers. They line their nests in the nest box with feathers (probably to help with thermoregulation but maybe for other reasons too). If there's a bit of breeze you can toss a feather up and there's a good chance one of them will catch it in mid air and race back to their nest box with it.
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rootdown posted:These are awesome. Thank you! I put more time into one of the shots I got and turned this out:  Used the holy trinity for this, Lightroom, Denoise, AND Photoshop
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Carrying a sony 200-600mm around seems to gently caress up my neck even though I have a wide peak slide strap 
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If your strap's long enough, you could try keeping it slung over one shoulder and under one arm, that way you can brace against it if it's short enough to help with shooting while kneeling or standing. It's also going to feel better in general not having weight on your neck it's a great shot though so who cares, though I would probably give you poo poo if you like photoshopped out the fence or whatever because it's manmade
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Sorbus posted:Carrying a sony 200-600mm around seems to gently caress up my neck even though I have a wide peak slide strap I use a blackrapid strap with my 150-600+body on it and it's completely fine, I think I have the 'metro' model which isn't around on their site anymore. It was for tiny cameras or something but I looked at the materials used and did some strength testing and was satisfied enough to use it for all my photography including the heavy lens stuff. I hugely recommend it.
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