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There was some really strong afternoon light and I feel like it matched the scene pretty well but I think y’all are right that the saturation/vibrancy is a touch much. I will try and dial it back some and try and balance it a little better. Tsavo East where it was shot was tough because it had deep red dirt (and red elephants) contrasting with golden fields and the haze and change in grass and vegetation in the hills always came out blueish tinged balancing that has been a real struggle for me. Edit: looked back at my adjustments on Lightroom and I didn’t touch the vibrancy/saturation but I did use dehaze which definitely brought up those golds and blues especially in the fields/mountains. Swarmin Swedes fucked around with this message at 20:12 on Aug 6, 2021 |
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We were around RMNP last month and I would have loved to hang out around the burn scar because it was fascinating, but the rangers are pretty dedicated at booting people from the side of the road. As such I couldn't wait for a more flattering elk shot, but I still kinda dig the return of life to a ruined landscape. If anyone's in the region I recommend going, it's fascinating right now (in the national park you can't really explore the burn, but the nearby national forest has open roads, we spent a day in the Stillwater Pass area and loved it). Then I saw a cute little pika.  And finally an elk with a pretty nice rack.   I'm kinda unsure about this one, there's no eye, probably too many out of focus branches, and I could only get an angle from this single spot. But I kinda like the less common angle so it kinda works? And apparently I like squares.
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xzzy posted:We were around RMNP last month and I would have loved to hang out around the burn scar because it was fascinating, but the rangers are pretty dedicated at booting people from the side of the road. As such I couldn't wait for a more flattering elk shot, but I still kinda dig the return of life to a ruined landscape. If anyone's in the region I recommend going, it's fascinating right now (in the national park you can't really explore the burn, but the nearby national forest has open roads, we spent a day in the Stillwater Pass area and loved it). That environment would make for some really stark but beautiful photos! (that reminds me, I need to check the photos I took in kananaskis a few weeks back.) I'm a big fan of cropping to whatever shape suits the composition best, rather than feeling locked to 3:2. Square often looks good for animals, I guess it's the portrait kind of aspect to them.
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 DSCF2661 by King Dugga, on FlickrI got a slightly better composed shot of these guys, but unfortunately they're just slightly out of focus. They were eating grit in the road and this was a slow drive-by shooting of them so I couldn't get picky.
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Back in July, I went birding at a state park in Arizona. While I didn't see many birds, I saw tons of lizards: Did something happen to its tail?     Is there a good book or website for identifying lizards (or herpetofauna in general)? I think the first one might be a Plateau Fence Lizard. The fourth one looks a bit like an Arizona Striped Whiptail, but didn't have a blue tail. Identifying lizards seems more difficult than identifying birds.
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The Stebbins guide for western herps is the classic. There's very likely something more detailed for just Arizona or SW desert herps if that's what you were asking about. I think some lizards can regrow their tails but they don't get the same scales on them so it's obvious where the regrow happened.
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Drive home from school drop-off was nice today. Not great light, the dark one was hell to keep in focus.  Wide Foxes by B. B., on Flickr Family by B. B., on Flickr
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What a pretty fox. Hope you run into those two again!
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I love shooting animals but it's the only time I really feel like I'm running up against the limitations of my gear. A cheap old crop sensor body and a 200mm lens requires a lot of compromises that I can usually get around when practicing portraits / landscapes, etc., but there's a ton of potential shots that I just straight up can't make happen.   
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Grizzled Patriarch posted:I love shooting animals but it's the only time I really feel like I'm running up against the limitations of my gear. A cheap old crop sensor body and a 200mm lens requires a lot of compromises that I can usually get around when practicing portraits / landscapes, etc., but there's a ton of potential shots that I just straight up can't make happen. I assume these are zoo shots?
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jarlywarly posted:I assume these are zoo shots? Yep! Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City. Wasn't sure if zoo shots are kosher or not in this thread since I guess it's not technically "wild" life, so apologies if those are not in the spirit of the thread.
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Grizzled Patriarch posted:Yep! Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City. Wasn't sure if zoo shots are kosher or not in this thread since I guess it's not technically "wild" life, so apologies if those are not in the spirit of the thread. I mean it does make critique different, a zoo shot means you have a lot of time to get angle/light/pose etc right and you can get much closer. So if you don't like the shots you have more opportunity to work on them. Like if any of those shots was wild it would be a lifetime great photo, it being in a zoo does change the equation a bit.
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This little rear end in a top hat is about 30 feet from the end of my driveway. I'm not losing any more chickens, no matter how handsome he is.  Keeping an Eye on Me by B. B., on Flickr
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Double post, but this thread has been a bit dead. Wildlife refuge in Denver. Cold as hell, wind at 50 mph (same day as the Boulder County fires). Would be a great place to just shoot the bald eagles. They have counted as many as 55 at one time on the property. I saw probably 20, and lots of opportunity for flight shots as they come right over the walkway. Unfortunately, low temp and not a particularly fast focusing lens combined to make in flight shots almost impossible.  Tiger I by B. B., on Flickr Serious by B. B., on Flickr
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There is a Tule Elk Reserve with a hiking trail going through it near me and these guys are pretty used to people.
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Does anyone shoot from a kayak or packraft? I see so many birds when I'm paddling, the views are usually much better than I'd get on land. I ordered an R5 and I think the 800mm f/11 lens is next on my list so I'd have a relatively compact bird setup. What would a good drybag look like? Something that's big enough to fit the equipment but still easy to open quickly...something like this maybe? https://www.drybags.com/product/aleutian-deck-bag/
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Bubbacub posted:Does anyone shoot from a kayak or packraft? I see so many birds when I'm paddling, the views are usually much better than I'd get on land. I ordered an R5 and I think the 800mm f/11 lens is next on my list so I'd have a relatively compact bird setup. What would a good drybag look like? Something that's big enough to fit the equipment but still easy to open quickly...something like this maybe? https://www.drybags.com/product/aleutian-deck-bag/ I haven't shot with a telephoto but I've taken my Fuji X100V and XF10 on my kayak quite a bit. I have a NuCanoe Frontier 12 which is very stable. I have been hesitant to take my DSLR and big lens out on it but if I did I think I would keep it in a dry bag (I have a few options, normal roll top dry bags, Patagonia waterproof backpack, etc) or pelican until I set up and probably shoot off a tripod that is secured to the rails on the deck so it doesn't get knocked off. I probably will end up taking it out in the spring since I have noticed the same WRT birds and other wildlife.
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Bubbacub posted:Does anyone shoot from a kayak or packraft? I see so many birds when I'm paddling, the views are usually much better than I'd get on land. I ordered an R5 and I think the 800mm f/11 lens is next on my list so I'd have a relatively compact bird setup. What would a good drybag look like? Something that's big enough to fit the equipment but still easy to open quickly...something like this maybe? https://www.drybags.com/product/aleutian-deck-bag/ I would expect shooting moving birds while you're moving in a kayak with an f/11 lens is going to be... challenging. You'd normally want to be shooting at such a fast shutter speed I can't imagine anything less than 1/600, combine that with f/11 and your ISO is looking like 3200 or something in normal daytime light right?
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Yeah, I won't risk a big white telephoto on a boat, but I've gotten decent results with a 70-300 and want a bit more reach. The combination of reach and portability of the RF lenses is just too irresistible if I happen to come across a kingfisher or something in broad daylight.
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Bubbacub posted:Yeah, I won't risk a big white telephoto on a boat, but I've gotten decent results with a 70-300 and want a bit more reach. The combination of reach and portability of the RF lenses is just too irresistible if I happen to come across a kingfisher or something in broad daylight. I do a lot of open water sea kayaking as well as a bit of mangrove estuary paddling, and have used the Nikon Z50 + Nikon 24-200 to decent success. Not the best birding setup, but its light and takes a reasonably decent image. Are there any teleconverters that would fit that 70-300? Size and weight are my big concerns when it comes to gear on a kayak.
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Guacamayo posted:I have an a7Riii with a sigma 150-600 mm lens. I'm looking for a ball he's striped to take pics of wildlife and birds. Any suggestions? I do not understand the question.  Tiger Paws and Tail by B. B., on Flickr Non-threatening by B. B., on Flickr
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I assume autocorrect completely mangled an attempt to type "ball head tripod." In other news I got to see a couple sea turtles last week, turns out they aren't the best photographic subjects because when they're chilling out on land they look like corpses. But it was still neat to see.  
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VelociBacon posted:I think OP is asking for a ballhead recommendation for wildlife photography. Well, now it's obvious. Kirk BH-1. I could kill a man, stop a charging rhino and still use it.
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Yes, sorry about that lol. I meant to type "ball head tripod", but autocorrect mangled it and I didn't catch it.
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I was walking the woods at work looking for spring scenes and spooked a barred owl a couple times. Once I kinda knew where it was hanging out I slapped the long lens on and walked around until I saw it flying again. Did not like me getting close, 600mm wasn't enough. I need MORE ZOOM. I've never seen an owl before so it was fun regardless.
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This is not a great picture, but this little girl comes to my yard every day or so, and her ear-to-head ratio is so off, it's remarkable.  That's Some Big Ears by B. B., on Flickr Heading to the Hills by B. B., on Flickr Hard not to derp with just one antler by B. B., on Flickr
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Going through my photo backlog. These are from the Chaffee Zoo in Fresno, CA: Sumatran Orangutan by Elanna, on FlickrI did not expect to get a couple shots of a young orangutan peeing, but I lucked out.  Harbor Seal by Elanna, on Flickr Lions by Elanna, on FlickrThis is a wild ibex in Israel:  Male Ibex by Elanna, on Flickr
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Playing with my new to me 7D mk II. She also has a little baby (not in frame, I think she was looking for it here) and it's the most adorable thing I've ever seen. Unfortunately, it's so small that even in the cut grass you can't even get a glimpse of it unless it pokes it's little baby head up.  I gave her an unsalted peanut.  What? Philthy fucked around with this message at 00:55 on Jun 3, 2022 |
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Went out to the marsh today. Didn't see much as last time. Walked 5 miles while listening to some chill electronic downtempo. Bliss. Took a pile of meh photos. Got a keeper I liked, though! I'm kinda smitten with this 7DmkII.
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Went looking for muskox in Dovrefjell today. They are big, fast and as aggressive as only repeated traumatic brain injury can make you, and the national park advises you to stay at least 200m away. Plus we had a dog along so wanted to be especially sure to keep a safe distance. At that range I wasn't exactly expecting any magazine cover photos from the day, but I've looked for them before without luck so I was just keen to catch a glimpse at all. We saw a group of three from the very first little peak we climbed, a dude with a telescope had spotted them already and helped us out. We were on the other side of the valley about 2km away so they are basically just blobs of pixels, but it was cool to see them through telescope and binos.  Then we tried a different trail and again lucked out pretty fast spotting another. We were able to cautiously approach with a ravine between it and us, probably around 400m distance.   Walking back through the woods pretty happy with the day, when there was some snorting from directly below the trail and we came essentially face to face with our final ox of the day, around 5m away and already angrily stomping. Seems that a shot got fired off during the ensuing panicked retreat.  If you look carefully between the V of the tree branches you will see a perfectly composed muskox shoulder. I guess not standing my ground, calmly changing to a wide lens and framing that perfect shot in the seconds before impact is what separates me from the pros. big scary monsters fucked around with this message at 01:21 on Jun 8, 2022 |
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