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TheMirage posted:
gorgeous photos! The mourning doves look staged, lol! I really like the shouting barn swallows, especially with the bit of motion blur on the one's wing, lends some dynamism to the photo. Nice work! My partner has been planning on getting that 400mm 5.6 in a few weeks when we move back to Ontario, but of course the prices have all gone up quite a lot all of a sudden! Must be the exchange rate with the Yen or something.
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Decided to pull my gear out and start taking pictures again. I blame all of you.   Greenfinch (straight out of the camera)
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New camera arrived a couple of weeks ago but I haven't had much time to play.  GHO-July2014 1719 on Flickr HouseFinch_July2014 1720 on Flickr
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Not the greatest shot, but this is my first daytime Long-eared Owl so I'll take what I can get:
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Jul 17, 2014 22:36
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Some courtship and parenting behavior from yesterday's White-tailed Kite filming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5GwdACKi0E Heat distortion and shakiness from the wind were a bit of an issue for the closeup on the nest, but you can still make out the hatchling's head and wing. I'll have to go back on a colder day to get a clearer view of the little one.
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InternetJunky posted:Not the greatest shot, but this is my first daytime Long-eared Owl so I'll take what I can get: Its amazing how well he can blend into the tree even when you know hes there. I stumbled on him the other day when I was at this pond with a lady friend; since I knew he would come back the next time I was there alone I waited. I waited for this guy for about an hour...  Heron of 5 Rivers by t.humeston, on Flickr Shrieking Muppet fucked around with this message at 15:51 on Jul 20, 2014 |
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Taken about an hour ago. I seem to have a pair of red tails that enjoy my backyard. Straight out of the camera  An "Art" 
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The drop of water was completely unexpected and a stroke of luck. 20140720 Flamingos 1_ by MedievalMedic, on Flickr
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Medieval Medic posted:The drop of water was completely unexpected and a stroke of luck. Awesome. I never knew flamingos had such murderous eyes.
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Sarah P. Duke Gardens in Durham, NC Blue heron by mattphilpott, on Flickr Came swooping in as I was leaving the spot. Not enough speed to catch him moving sharply, which breaks my heart. But he posed plenty well.  Black-necked swan by mattphilpott, on Flickr Juvenile (adolescent?), I believe. There was a similar bird wading nearby with the same face but a long black neck that fit the description.  Mallard by mattphilpott, on Flickr Not what I think of as a mallard, but the blue wing matches photos.
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VendaGoat posted:Taken about an hour ago. I seem to have a pair of red tails that enjoy my backyard. Dial back the art. You added a pretty heavy magenta cast to the image.
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Moon Potato posted:Some courtship and parenting behavior from yesterday's White-tailed Kite filming: Super cool, these vids just keep getting better Went to the Washington coast a couple of days ago to see if the shorebirds were moving through yet. There were some there but the weather turned lovely so the pics are kinda bleh  Black-bellied Plover by No Small Wave, on Flickr Semipalmated Sandpiper by No Small Wave, on Flickr Semipalmated Plover by No Small Wave, on Flickr Dunlin by No Small Wave, on FlickrBonus Hammond's Flycatcher from southern Oregon  Hammond's Flycatcher by No Small Wave, on Flickr
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800peepee51doodoo posted:Super cool, these vids just keep getting better I like the shorebird shots, too. Overcast weather ads an ambience that works well for foraging shorebirds IMO, so it doesn't bother me as much as it does you. I especially like the layers of different species of shorebirds out of focus in the Black-bellied Plover shot. I just finished going through a couple weeks of photos, so here's more from Humboldt Bay/Arcata Marsh  egret-gawk by Redwood Planet, on Flickr  annas-on-bush by Redwood Planet, on Flickr  cormorant-fish by Redwood Planet, on Flickr  avocets-landing by Redwood Planet, on Flickr  egret-grooming by Redwood Planet, on Flickr There was a peregrine going nuts diving at the shorebirds, but it was a jerk and caught a meal before I could get to a closer location where it wouldn't be harshly backlit.  peregrine-swoop by Redwood Planet, on Flickr
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had a leucistic Black-billed Magpie in my building's parking lot today, ran inside to grab my camera and came back out, but it was gone 
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Jul 21, 2014 23:46
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Finally had an opportunity to shoot some hummingbirds but there was no sun to work with so I had to salvage some high ISO shots. Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird by justincook5376, on Flickr  Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird by justincook5376, on Flickr  Mallard Non-Breeding by justincook5376, on Flickr There was a massive group of shorebirds northeast MA this past weekend, thousands of them. but the weather was also bad and I couldn't really get close to them. So when going through my shots I don't think I found a single usable photo. In another note: Moon Potato, I ended up getting the Sachtler Ace L head with the single carbon fiber legs to get maximum height range. It's OK, the head is nice and smooth but there is kickback when panning left to right, and the whole thing vibrates every time I put my hand on, or take my hand off the handle. Makes shooting video with the 400mm annoying. Not sure if it's the legs that can't resist the torsion or what. TheMirage fucked around with this message at 13:04 on Jul 29, 2014 |
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Jul 22, 2014 13:51
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TheMirage posted:Finally had an opportunity to shoot some hummingbirds but there was no sun to work with so I had to salvage some high ISO shots. Yeah my good hummingbird shot last page was ISO3200 which is about the usable limits of what my Nikon D3200 can handle (I can go higher but the noise starts getting pretty distracting). That one is great!
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Moon Potato posted:Thanks. That's a shot I've been trying to get for a long time - last year during breeding and nesting season, it was always either windy as hell or overcast all the time, so I didn't get a hand-off filmed until the parents were doing it for their fledglings. Well I'm glad you were able to get it. Its a fantastic shot. Moon Potato posted:I like the shorebird shots, too. Overcast weather ads an ambience that works well for foraging shorebirds IMO, so it doesn't bother me as much as it does you. I especially like the layers of different species of shorebirds out of focus in the Black-bellied Plover shot. Thanks, I liked that one a lot too. I was shooting the Plover using some Short Billed Dowitchers as a background, which I thought looked pretty cool and then a huge flock of westerns and leasts flew in and started running around in my shot. I was bummed at first but when I reviewed them later I liked the layering of the species. I've gotten so used to trying to isolate individuals that I forget there are other ways to take interesting pictures. I like that Cormarant portrait a lot btw TheMirage posted:Finally had an opportunity to shoot some hummingbirds but there was no sun to work with so I had to salvage some high ISO shots. I don't think the noise is too bad in these pics. Maybe mask off the bird and run some aggressive denoise on the background. The bird is sharp and well exposed, which is the most important part.
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800peepee51doodoo posted:I don't think the noise is too bad in these pics. Maybe mask off the bird and run some aggressive denoise on the background. The bird is sharp and well exposed, which is the most important part. Good idea! I've been meaning to practice more heavy edits in PS. Mostly I just use LR to adjust overall sharpness/noise/saturation and occasionally use a gradient filter, but I want to try out some masking in PS. I have a decent image of the male in this set of pics but he's on the bird feeder. I'm going to try and mask him and cut the feeder out and maybe put a fake background in.
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I use masks a ton to control filter effects, specifically sharpening, denoise, saturation and curves. A super simple way to do targeted denoise and sharpening in PS is to create a new layer with mask, paint out the bird with the paintbrush or use the quick select tool, and then run a denoise filter. The mask doesn't need to be super accurate and in fact a little feathering can be good to fade the filter in so there isn't a harsh noise halo. You can see the mask overlaid on the picture by hitting backspace. Then you can create a sharpening layer, copy the mask on to that, invert it and run an unsharp mask so that you are only sharpening the bird. e: Here's a nuthatch I shot after the sun went down. ISO3200.  White-Breasted Nuthatch by No Small Wave, on FlickrStill a bit of noise but perfectly usable. I used a light denoise layer on the bird so that the sharpening wouldn't get too gross but the background was very aggressive. 800peepee51doodoo fucked around with this message at 20:25 on Jul 22, 2014 |
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I usually take a fairly light-handed approach to post work, but I think I'm going to have to join you guys in some masking for this shot I took yesterday evening. A quickie job in Aperture just isn't doing it for me. egret-gulp by Redwood Planet, on Flickr Grading/degraining the egret and background separately and smoothing out the wonky bokeh on the sparkles could make something special out of it. That egret is teaching me a lot about the fish in Humboldt Bay, too. I've IDed a few species of smelt from watching it, and I think it caught a tubesnout yesterday. (Edit: it appears to be a bay pipefish instead of a tubesnout)  egret-tubesnout by Redwood Planet, on Flickr Heat distortion has been a big issue while trying to get a clear image of the kites' nest - only a few of about 100 shots I took yesterday came out clear. Luckily, one of them had the hatchling standing up and the father calling out.  kite-father-child by Redwood Planet, on Flickr Moon Potato fucked around with this message at 07:51 on Jul 23, 2014 |
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On the off chance anyone has been, I'm in Whistler until Thursday and would love to know good bird photo areas?
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Squamish Estuary is probably your best bet. About 30-45 mins away from Whistler.
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One Swell Foop posted:Squamish Estuary is probably your best bet. About 30-45 mins away from Whistler. Awesome, thanks. That's about halfway back to Vancouver so we'll probably just stop there in the way back.
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Wow, awesome work everyone! Last few pages have some stellar shots. Been a while since I've been able to go bird photographing...too busy with work and the weather has been poo poo. So these are all backyard shots. Bathtime is not a laughing matter by zacharytong, on Flickr These little jerks are hard to photograph! I go out every morning and take dozens of photos...yet out of the few hundred I've taken, only these two are reasonable. STOP MOVING SO FAST!  Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird by zacharytong, on Flickr  Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird by zacharytong, on Flickr
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polyfractal posted:These little jerks are hard to photograph! I go out every morning and take dozens of photos...yet out of the few hundred I've taken, only these two are reasonable. STOP MOVING SO FAST! I took a crack at some more extensive post work on that egret shot. The selective degraining and sharpening I did on the egret still looks a bit off to me in a few places, but I think the darker, smoother background is an improvement.  egret-gulp-post by Redwood Planet, on Flickr Moon Potato fucked around with this message at 08:38 on Jul 23, 2014 |
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Can you mask out the egret and just degrain the background? He's looking awfully "lovely newborn photographer with the skin smoothing slider +12".
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Whirlwind Jones posted:Can you mask out the egret and just degrain the background?
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Woke up early to the sound of a hawk cry. Well, it seems the little lady from before decided to bring along her beau and perch in my favorite tree, in my backyard. Establishing shot.  Her Screaming at me.  Him giving me the wink.  Gratuitous bird pics. Pick your favorite.       Edit: oh and question. The larger one is the female correct?
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Bird photography is totally new for me. I sort of fell into it when I bought a 70-300 for tight-crop landscapes when I went on vacation, and ended up having a really good time pointing it at birds. I basically ended up learning the advice in the OP by trial and error, a lot of my shots were blurry and crappy. I definitely felt the limitations of a 300mm lens, I had to crop the poo poo out of these: 5B4A9055 by Jason the Hutt, on Flickr 5B4A9144 by Jason the Hutt, on Flickr 5B4A9184 by Jason the Hutt, on Flickr 5B4A9255 by Jason the Hutt, on Flickr 5B4A9913 by Jason the Hutt, on FlickrThe stuff people have been posting in this thread has been amazing. The owls and stuff are awesome, but I really like the really well-executed shots of common birds, especially waxwings. Now I want to buy a Tamron 150-600 and spend lots of time outdoors.
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I found the trick with a 300mmish lens is to become really good friends with the birds in your backyard. DSC04991.jpg by elliotw2, on Flickr
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Bubbacub posted:Bird photography is totally new for me. I sort of fell into it when I bought a 70-300 for tight-crop landscapes when I went on vacation, and ended up having a really good time pointing it at birds. I basically ended up learning the advice in the OP by trial and error, a lot of my shots were blurry and crappy. I definitely felt the limitations of a 300mm lens, I had to crop the poo poo out of these: loving the hover puffin, and that tern with the iceberg background is a fantastic shot and really pretty. They're pretty quick fliers, so getting a sharp shot of one in flight isn't easy!
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A few from this morning at Golden Gardens Park in Seattle: Black-capped Chickadee  Great Blue Heron fishing in Puget Sound  Young crow more interested in begging its parents for food than learning how to find food itself
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Linedance posted:loving the hover puffin, and that tern with the iceberg background is a fantastic shot and really pretty. They're pretty quick fliers, so getting a sharp shot of one in flight isn't easy! Yeah, the puffins and terns were super fun to watch. Has anyone had experience shooting puffins in Maine? It looks like all the boat trips to Machias Seal Island are booked this year, but it sounds like a place I'd want to visit.
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Bubbacub posted:a lot of my shots were blurry and crappy... I had to crop the poo poo out of these Welcome to bird photography! Bubbacub posted:Now I want to buy a Tamron 150-600 and spend lots of time outdoors. Do iiiiiiitttt! Jooooiiiin uuusss! Btw, love the guillemot and puffin pics. Where were those taken?
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I bought a Nikon 300mm f/4 recently to take bird photos (the 55-200mm I had was a piece of junk). One from the garden:  Wood pigeon One from the sea shore  Black headed gull?
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spookygonk posted:One from the sea shore Hahahaha this is the best thing.
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spookygonk posted:One from the sea shore Love it.
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800peepee51doodoo posted:Super cool, these vids just keep getting better
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