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FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

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.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2023 18:38

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 13:08

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

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

# ¿ Jul 5, 2023 00:09

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

Common Yellowthroat by Zach S, on Flickr

Barn Swallow by Zach S, on Flickr

Yellow Warbler by Zach S, on Flickr

this is surprisingly addictive

# ¿ Jul 7, 2023 05:43

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

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

# ¿ Jul 31, 2023 02:39

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

I'm pretty sure this was an osprey;

Only one I've seen so far.

# ¿ Oct 27, 2023 19:58

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

Red-bellied woodpecker by Zach S, on Flickr

King of the Hill by Zach S, on Flickr

What's the easiest way to make the sky tone match between two edits in Lightroom?

# ¿ Mar 16, 2024 02:44

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

Wren in a log by Zach S, on Flickr

# ¿ Apr 22, 2024 00:40

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 13:08

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

Tree swallows by Zach S, on Flickr

# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 04:12

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