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Might be a jungle crow then. https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/g01004/ for a couple pictures half way down. In NA that beak would have definitely pointed to a raven.
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Gosh that happened quickly. Once I started shooting the birds on my back porch I jumped from the cheapo kit lenses to the 70-300 to the 150-600 in a matter of weeks. I've been having a blast and some of my photos are starting to come out half-decent. I have some noob questions: - The Tamron 150-600 G2 sometimes fails to autofocus when it's at the opposite end of the focus range as my subject, and I have to grab the focus ring to help it out. Once it's in the ballpark the AF kicks back in, I've never had it stop focusing entirely. Is this normal behavior for a big zoom lens, especially with an older consumer body (D5200)? - How do you manage the files that come off the memory card? Do you discard bad shots right away on import? I'm just dumping everything onto my PC currently because I don't have an actual workflow yet but that doesn't seem sustainable. - Do you have any wildlife-specific post processing tutorials to recommend? I'm planning to start with Lightroom but I'm open to suggestions there as well.
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The autofocus is probably down to the body. That’s a pretty modern lens that shouldn’t have that issue, however I’m not intimately familiar with it
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I had focus issues like that on my pre-G2 150-600 lens but that is known to have subpar electronics. If it was sort of close to being in focus on a subject it'd latch on fine. But if it was a big swing it'd sweep back and forth twice before giving up. It very well could have been the body as I was using a midrange canon DSLR. I'm less knowledgeable about the G2 but maybe it has the same issues. My 70-200 G2 was insanely good at focus though. 
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xzzy posted:I had focus issues like that on my pre-G2 150-600 lens but that is known to have subpar electronics. If it was sort of close to being in focus on a subject it'd latch on fine. But if it was a big swing it'd sweep back and forth twice before giving up. It very well could have been the body as I was using a midrange canon DSLR. I had the same issue with a d750, g1 lens. These are budget lenses and they still punch way above their weight, but they won't focus like a big prime telephoto with the Good poo poo internals.
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FBS posted:Gosh that happened quickly. congrats! quote:I have some noob questions: At some level I think this is unavoidable in some cases? I get it occasionally with the G2 on an R6. I seem to recall somewhere there is something you can tweak to change how long the lens will hunt when it's woefully out of focus but I can't remember if that's an advanced AF setting in the camera or somewhere else. Don't forget you have a focus limiter too, so if you're camped at your feeder turn it to close birds and if you're out in open country you can set to the far range. quote:- How do you manage the files that come off the memory card? Do you discard bad shots right away on import? I'm just dumping everything onto my PC currently because I don't have an actual workflow yet but that doesn't seem sustainable. I transfer to the appropriate folder on my HD then import into Lightroom from that folder. I have a structure like: Raw files/My local park/Month I try to do at least a first pass to get rid of the terrible or clearly inferior ones from a sequence. I'll try to run through the new import and flag the bad ones ('x' on my system), then delete them all, making sure I delete from disk and not just from the catalog ('command-delete' for me). Getting rid of the oof ones, really bad composition or irrelevant based on something else I got in the sequence (like bird covered with branches then I moved a step to the left and the branch and got a better pic, overhead hawk that's already heading away when I have better photo showing its face, etc) isn't too hard but only gets me down around 1/2 to 1/3 of what I shot. What I'm terrible about is making choices among otherwise technically ok photos. Do I need a marginally OK photo of this towhee looking left, up down, straight ahead, looking left but head slightly cocked, etc etc etc. no I don't, but it's exhausting for me to try to choose which one to keep...
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Fruit beaks!
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drat, after dicking around with .JPEGs off the camera for three weeks, editing RAWs in Lightroom feels like cheating. First Batch I by Zach S, on Flickr First Batch III by Zach S, on Flickr First Batch II by Zach S, on Flickr First Batch IV by Zach S, on Flickr First Batch V by Zach S, on Flickr
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^^^ Holy crap that's awesome! DSC_1748 by Brian G, on Flickr DSC_1774 by Brian G, on FlickrThis is Rodney the (Cooper's?) hawk and it gets no respect, no respect at alls I tells ya: Shortly after these pictures it got chased off by a very, very angry hummingbird only to land in another tree where it was assailed by a group of pissed off Stellar's Jays. I could hear it's irritated screeching for hours after no doubt still being chased from tree to tree. Fabulousity fucked around with this message at 23:08 on Jul 6, 2023 |
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Cheers! Here's another Finch.
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I think this is a juvenile Red Shouldered Hawk. The tail looks wrong for a Coopers and he's a bit chunkier like a Buteo rather than an Accipiter. This is a juvenile Cooper's Hawk for comparison: Fabulousity posted:
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 Common Yellowthroat by Zach S, on Flickr Barn Swallow by Zach S, on Flickr Yellow Warbler by Zach S, on Flickrthis is surprisingly addictive
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 Puffin by Aves Lux, on Flickr  Black-tailed godwit by Aves Lux, on Flickr
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I also shot some sparrows: 
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All I have is urban birds, on my windowsill. 
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Zoo birds, but still: Ostrich by Elanna, on Flickr We lucked out, this ostrich was eating right up next to the edge of the enclosure and popped its head up to check us out.  Rhinoceros Hornbill by Elanna, on Flickr This hornbill was very involved with taking a bath in the mister.
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Jadeilyn posted:
Very jealous of this birb's mister with the weather we've been having. The little duckies are out though, so that's adorable. 
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Common tern juvenile demanding food Common tern by Eero Vuorinen, on Flickr
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toggle posted:a lot of people hate these birds, but i like them. and how ugly they are Definitely hideous but the colors and detail are very cool!   I just moved a few days ago and these three Sandhill Cranes were hanging out my new backyard. Can't believe how close I was able to creep up to them but the action out here definitely makes me want to get a lens with some zoom. Turns out my county has prepared a super detailed bird guide with all the best spots and seasons / times / conditions, so I might get into snapping some birds more often! Incredulous Dylan fucked around with this message at 01:57 on Jul 25, 2023 |
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Birudojin posted:And some others - there were some trumpeter swans there and the swallows would play while the sun broke with the shed feathers they left near the shore These are amazing. Nice work
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A hummingbird and a finch.   
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Late season for the birds, I'm putting out 6 cups of feeder a day right now.  Almost Flash Photography by B. B., on Flickr Identifying Photo by B. B., on Flickr
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Man I wish hummingbirds were a thing we had here And Birudojin I love those Loon shots and the osprey is great to see on a natural perch.  Musket by Aves Lux, on Flickr  Long-eared owl by Aves Lux, on Flickr
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jarlywarly posted:Man I wish hummingbirds were a thing we had here Nice! I'm pretty limited to pygmy owls I can successfully shoot here. As yard birds go, hummingbirds are my favorites, personality wise, too.
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Got my zoom!  
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Incredulous Dylan posted:Got my zoom! Birb is staring into my soul
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