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not really in the spirit of leaving tech behind but otoh photography is a great motivation to get out in nature
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chemical photography is allowable woods tech imo
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EIDE Van Hagar posted:yeah, my xmas present to myself, the fuji 150-600. 
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spankmeister posted:not really in the spirit of leaving tech behind but otoh photography is a great motivation to get out in nature i take the camera bag with me on walks around the lake, it gets me outside doing stuff. if you dont bring *some* kinda camera then this thread would have no pics and be kinda boring imo. i dont have any cool landscape photos at the moment so bird photos it is.
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EIDE Van Hagar posted:i take the camera bag with me on walks around the lake, it gets me outside doing stuff. if you dont bring *some* kinda camera then this thread would have no pics and be kinda boring imo. i dont have any cool landscape photos at the moment so bird photos it is. oh, sorry i wasn't being entirely clear. i meant that my lusting after gear isn't really in the spirit of this thread. taking pictures of cool birds and nature is cool and please keep doing so and posting them
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saw a golden eagle eating some carrion by the road the other day birds big
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I figured out a new mobile photo workflow so have a picture I took while doing a guided hike at smith rock on new years day
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fuckin sweet
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saw a hawk on my daily dog hike. i think its a coopers hawk but im bad at identifying birds. might be a red shouldered hawk
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Jan 18, 2024 01:34
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looks like a good bird to me
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Jan 18, 2024 01:36
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post hole digger posted:saw a hawk on my daily dog hike. i think its a coopers hawk but im bad at identifying birds. might be a red shouldered hawk good dog
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Jan 18, 2024 02:48
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HAIL eSATA-n posted:looks like a good bird to me clearly a dog 
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Jan 18, 2024 02:49
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i want to go back to slinging cans of beer and fixing pinball machines gently caress ai, gently caress hpc, double gently caress kubernetes
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Jan 18, 2024 02:55
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yeah, today was bigly one of those days i was ready to leave tech behind and wander off into the woods
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Jan 18, 2024 02:59
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outhole surfer posted:i want to go back to slinging cans of beer and fixing pinball machines my friend's mom used to make pinball field art back in the 90s in Chicago
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Jan 18, 2024 03:54
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Very cool mom imo
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Mr. Crow posted:clearly a dog well now I'm confused
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Jan 18, 2024 05:41
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PokeJoe posted:Actually the lens is long so you can finally see the dick of the bird HAIL eSATA-n posted:someday we will achieve true bird dick clarity i hate to be the one to tell you this, but birds don't have dicks 
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Jan 18, 2024 07:04
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Tell that to a duck
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DELETE CASCADE posted:i hate to be the one to tell you this, but birds don't have dicks do you know why they call him big bird? hint: it's not cause he's tall, and it's not cause he's a bird
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Roosevelt posted:do you know why they call him big bird? hint: it's not cause he's tall, and it's not cause he's a bird lol
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post hole digger posted:saw a hawk on my daily dog hike. i think its a coopers hawk but im bad at identifying birds. might be a red shouldered hawk how far away you think you were and what kind of lense for this shot? i keep meaning to invest in a good lense and try and get back into photography as there are a few hawks and bald eagles that fight and chill in my backyard and id like to be able to capture it adequately
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i took that picture with my iphone 15 pro from about 8-9 feet (ish) away. he was either eating or hunting down in some brush below the trail and flew up onto that branch when i walked past. i posted it mostly because it blew my mind how good it turned out (it was zoomed in to about 8x zoom using the normal camera app, no halide or external lenses or whatever). post hole digger fucked around with this message at 19:39 on Jan 18, 2024 |
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Jan 18, 2024 19:37
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post hole digger posted:i took that picture with my iphone 15 pro from about 8-9 feet (ish) away. he was either eating or hunting down in some brush below the trail and flew up onto that branch when i walked past. some camera nerd is gonna talk a whole lotta poo poo on this image for things that no one can actually see
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post hole digger posted:i took that picture with my iphone 15 pro from about 8-9 feet (ish) away. he was either eating or hunting down in some brush below the trail and flew up onto that branch when i walked past. oh wow ya. this is my problem with photography, modern ohones are so good and convenient, hauling a big rear end dslr around or whatever the new hotness is, is comparatively annoying
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yeah i upgraded from an iphone 11 pro recently, and didnt realize that the zoom functionality had gotten so much better in the last few versions. even like 3x or 4x zoom on the 11 would result in a grainy pic. i've been thinking about getting a dslr lately too, but for day-to-day stuff its tough to beat 'oh hey look a bird' and whipping out the device you are already carrying in your pocket.
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a lot of ai'ish filtering/upscaling at play there though, unfortunately it tends to look worse the longer one looks. like, amazing picture, but the improvement from just being grainy is a bit mixed.
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Jan 18, 2024 20:01
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you are not going to get cool bird pics in good quality with a phone camera "digital zoom" is just cropping! it looks like poo poo! excellent bird thoguh here's another one 
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yeah for sure. the whole ai upscaling thing is the reason why i've been thinking about getting an actual camera. but my two main use cases for a nice camera are backpacking and hiking, and neither one makes hauling around another bulky, heavy, somewhat fragile thing all that enticing of a proposition. i've wondered whats the absolute smallest thing i could get away with carrying and still get 'better than phone' quality pics but have never spent much time researching it, partly because i shouldnt be going down a 'new expensive hobby' rabbit hole right now, but also because its just too much to look at. i know leicas are _very_ expensive, but as a form factor example, ive wondered about something like this size: i dont even know if that lens is removable, but for my specific priorities (sturdiness, size, weight) it might be better if it wasn't. other problem is the main things i want pics of are close ups (birds) and big rear end mountain landscape pics, which might not be conducive to a single lens, either.
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realistic depth of field also comes from optical compression and always looks weird when applied to a photo digitally. idk if it would ever be possible to get that on a phone because physics just doesn’t allow it
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i got a little camera sling bag that holds my camera and two lenses. it is very comfortable for hikes and you can easily slide it around to the front of your torso for easy access and lens swapping this one https://www.thinktankphoto.ca/product/turnstyle-5-v2-0-charcoal/ polyester concept fucked around with this message at 20:44 on Jan 18, 2024 |
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leica cameras like that are pretty much all capable of removing the lens but you are paying for the leica tag, just get a nice fuji if you want that form factor
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our ciso just quit and im 95% sure it was to go into the woods
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post hole digger posted:yeah for sure. the whole ai upscaling thing is the reason why i've been thinking about getting an actual camera. but my two main use cases for a nice camera are backpacking and hiking, and neither one makes hauling around another bulky, heavy, somewhat fragile thing all that enticing of a proposition. i've wondered whats the absolute smallest thing i could get away with carrying and still get 'better than phone' quality pics but have never spent much time researching it, partly because i shouldnt be going down a 'new expensive hobby' rabbit hole right now, but also because its just too much to look at. i know leicas are _very_ expensive, but as a form factor example, ive wondered about something like this size: might be worth looking into fuji X100V, or XE4 if you want interchangeable lenses
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post hole digger posted:yeah for sure. the whole ai upscaling thing is the reason why i've been thinking about getting an actual camera. but my two main use cases for a nice camera are backpacking and hiking, and neither one makes hauling around another bulky, heavy, somewhat fragile thing all that enticing of a proposition. i've wondered whats the absolute smallest thing i could get away with carrying and still get 'better than phone' quality pics but have never spent much time researching it, partly because i shouldnt be going down a 'new expensive hobby' rabbit hole right now, but also because its just too much to look at. i know leicas are _very_ expensive, but as a form factor example, ive wondered about something like this size: check out the YCIAPOS thread and micro four-thirds cameras. you can get a very small very good camera for not that much $$, but if you want cool bird pics you'll need a long lens. i'm in the same boat with really only wanting a camera for hiking/backpacking. short lens will be great for landscapes, but yeah you do run into the issue of needing multiple lenses and carrying all that/changing out gear sucks. this is my tinycam  i got a big lens for birds though  here's a little Yardbird at ~30ft? with the 300mm lens  100% crop  so for birds you'd probably want longer than that and a tripod. yuck HAIL eSATA-n fucked around with this message at 21:16 on Jan 18, 2024 |
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polyester concept posted:i got a little camera sling bag that holds my camera and two lenses. it is very comfortable for hikes and you can easily slide it around to the front of your torso for easy access and lens swapping check this out  https://www.matadorequipment.com/collections/photography-remote-work/products/camera-base-layer-2
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HAIL eSATA-n posted:check out the YCIAPOS thread and micro four-thirds cameras. you can get a very small very good camera for not that much $$, but if you want cool bird pics you'll need a long lens. i'm in the same boat with really only wanting a camera for hiking/backpacking. short lens will be great for landscapes, but yeah you do run into the issue of needing multiple lenses and carrying all that/changing out gear sucks. hmm ok for big bald eagles in a 100 ft tree 50-75 yards away id need a telescope got it, pass
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if it helps, you can usually rent the telescope for  x2 a day
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here's a lens I rented last year and a couple of the photos I took with it  
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that body is a nearly 2 decade old canon rebel t2
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