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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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Sorbus posted:Carrying a sony 200-600mm around seems to gently caress up my neck even though I have a wide peak slide strap Do you have the strap on the camera body or the tripod shoe? Atlatl posted: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 Ah that's the Nest Box that they hang out in - no fences photoshopped out. Photoshop was only for highpass sharpening on the faces/heads of each guy
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Apr 19, 2022 13:39
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gently caress I want to get clear mobbing shots this year - it's so cool. Fresh from last night - Finally got a perched Turkey Vulture 
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vessbot posted:Posting the n'th praise for this, and well deserved! Can I ask the shutter speed? Whoa! Thanks for the praise! Here's the full details on the image Camera: Nikon D500 Lens: Tamron 150-600mm f/5-6.3 G1 1/4000 F/8.0 460mm ISO 2000 Edited with: Topaz Denoise, Lightroom, Photoshop
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Those Tree Swallow shots above are stupendously good. I went out this morning to get some more Tree Swallow photos and they were less than thrilled with how close I got so not the best Swallow shots but here's some other bonus stuff:  Tree Swallow  Baltimore Oriole  Swainson's Thrush  Eastern Kingbird And this Great Blue Heron from earlier this week  Also, fun reminder that tomorrow is the Global Big Day. https://ebird.org/news/global-big-day-2022 Get out there and fill out some checklists! Slotducks fucked around with this message at 19:15 on May 13, 2022 |
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Finally got around to editing these sets of photos of about 80+ Northern Rough-winged Swallows absolutely demolishing every midge in sight off the coast of Lake Ontario. The lighting was absolute dogshit, so in reality this is just a testament to what can be sort of salvaged from ISO 6400 using Topaz Denoise. The end result isn't anything really print worthy or anything - but it's still cool to kind of be able to salvage these a little bit.       
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May 28, 2022 14:38
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Philthy posted:I love that you can get a glimpse of the snacks. I've found the Topaz stuff to be pretty good. I do wish they had more options and controls, though. Ideally less harsh options. Yeah I started using the new Raw model and it's actually the best - the only downside is that after I use it, I seem to be losing camera profiles use - Oh well.
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Jun 8, 2022 02:10
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Holy poo poo if that isn't printed and up on your wall in a month i'll be very disappointed 
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Those Scrub-Jay shots are fantastic! I like the others, but Scrub-Jays are so cool to me! Here's some recent highlights from the last batch of edits I finished up today Red-bellied Woodpecker  Yellow Warbler  Baltimore Oriole  Red-wing Blackbird Male  RWBB Female  Barn Swallow  Great Blue Heron 
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Congrats BetterLekNextTime - that's rad as all hell Bumping this thread with some backyard bird action - I spent an embarrassing amount of money to get a feeder system set up over the past two weekends House Finches were the bravest to explore the newest offerings of food in the neighbourhood 
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This Red-throated Loon was a bit of celebrity for a little while. At least 10 days in late may/early june. It was hanging out uncharacteristically in a canal that's connected to Lake Ontario - wouldn't leave. It died. But it was super famous for a little while a lot of birders around the GTA got to see this guy real close and that's just special. 
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I loving love photographing swallows - those are some great tips. Pre Focus + Group/3D tracking and generally watching them for a few minutes to find their patterns. And yeah the keeper rate is about 1/100 or so lmao  E: Page sniped so here's more content:   
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Philthy posted:Had a great day walking my favorite field These are fantastic! Really nice photos. I especially love this Swallow shot!  Bald Eagle, Close  Bald Eagle, Far  Belted Kingfisher with fish, being chased by ornery Ring-billed Gull  Caspian Tern with fish
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Stevie Lee posted:drat, nice. my in-flight keeper rate in swallows is at about 0/2000. Clayton Bigsby posted:Swallows are adorable little chubsters. These are real good - I've been in a bit of slump with some of my outings this summer, things definitely slowed down, not too much action up here and I haven't been as fervent about getting out there and making things happen.  
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Great Hummingbird shot - I love it. I haven't been around hummingbirds with my camera handy - unlucky! Love watching a Tern gnab a fish   
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Getting so busy in the late summer, haven't been out since late august  I'm starting to feel like I haven't been out and about enough this year to really get a good group of action shots - going through my instagram and looking through my exports, it's a lot of bird-on-a-stick stuff. Such a shame. I gotta start hunting more high action stuff. Here's some from July 30th though. Great Blue Heron  Eastern Kingbird  Rose-breasted Grosbeak  Spotted Sandpiper  Northern Cardinals   Red-wing Blackbird 
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Spoiler for graphic image - Herring Gull pulling some entrails from a Bass.
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You inspired me with this photo so I went out and put a golden spin on it (Yours is still better, that background is unbelievable) 
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toggle posted:Nice! I love the colour. I wanted some sunset colours in mine but it was so bright and over exposed it kind of worked out.  Thank you! It's actually on both legs (had to go into the set and crank the shadows to see) so I got it pretty close to directly 90°.Interestingly enough - I often do see a lot of Great Blue Herons only on one leg though! This one is from November of last year 
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Oct 17, 2022 15:07
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That looks like a House Sparrow! Bald Eagle in flight
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Oct 23, 2022 20:12
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this is really really, really cool.
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Nov 9, 2022 14:49
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jarlywarly posted:Thanks! I have new respect for nature doc makers after trying video in the field. I've never taken video on my D500 - too scared lol Kudos for trying it out!
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toggle posted:With that Cardinal shot, do they moult or go through different seasonal plumage? Or is it just a youngin? Oh yes they go through quite a horrible molt lol 
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NTRabbit posted:Oh neat, I've never seen a starling in its unitary form before, only as an ominous dark cloud in the sky... flying against the wind If they weren't so gosh darn good at reproducing and sticking in numbers - they'd be really popular but because they're so common, no one really pays much mind to them. When they're in that one stage of plumage where there's a bunch of white in there as well has always stood out to me as super neat.
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Those are really really nice photos neckbeard - Really nice quality Here's some recent highlights from an October outing. I was really trying to focus more on lighting and composition rather than just getting something to post on Instagram (so they're not cropped/composed for vertical 4x5)  Red-breasted Merganser  Canada Goose  Mallard  Ring-billed Gull  Great Blue Heron
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I'm obsessed with gulls absolutely going apeshit over a small piece of food. Lots of emotion on display.  
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Hello have some winter birds The area I moved to is in this wild dryspell right now - bah!  Cedar Waxwing  Black-capped Chickadee   White-breasted Nuthatch I nearly broke my back shooting these ones - a D500 with the Tamron 150-600 shooting straight up is quite a taxing effort lmao  Dark-eyed Junco Slotducks fucked around with this message at 21:38 on Dec 19, 2022 |
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Get real close to your local Cedar Waxwings
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Not posting a photo because this is just a forwarning/reminder If you go on vacation to somewhere different, please for the love of god take a camera body and at least a decent zoom lens. I've been in Mexico since sunday and all I've brought is a 18-45mm kit lens for my little Fuji and I'm DYING. I've seen 31 new species of bird just in the resort alone and while they get close, if I had my 70-300 I'd be FEASTING on all the new shots of these birds. Don't make the mistake I did. Bring your camera and smaller zoom lens. Don't be like me.
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Slotducks posted:Not posting a photo because this is just a forwarning/reminder I really stepped out of my comfort zone for these - not used to this stuff at all.  Pair of Yucatan Jays  Party of Yucatan Jays  Great Kiskadee
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You can only see it when you really zoom out on the photo - preview and actual size you can't see it. You're good. Before I hit up Mexico, I hit up a spot where the birds are the least human scared I've ever seen them. Almost felt like cheating. lovely light though; so Topaz Denoise saved the hell out of the entire shoot   Tufted Titmouse - these guys loved the peanuts  Hairy Woodpecker  White-breasted Nuthatch   Northern Cardinal  Black-capped Chickadee - this one looked at this pile of seeds for what seemed forever, choice paralysis probably
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