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>>4474457
>>4474457

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>>4474762
no thanks

deal with it bitch

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berd

>>4476750
That's a great shot. Set up?

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>>4476832
Cheers, has some artistic post processing on the light.
I set up a tray of mulch, soil, seeds, mealworms and crumbled fat balls. Just outside the back door by a large hedge in early summer to attract the fledglings. It let's me sit less than 1m from them and snap away from a level position.
Will try with extension tubes on the 600m lens next spring to try and get some macro detail on the feathers

this thread needs tits

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>>4476966
Here's a pair

>>4477025
nice tits bro

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I usually have a female sparrowhawk cause mayhem in the garden, today it was the male that I've not seen for months

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an gull

>>4477040
Strange looking bird

>>4478334
Oops wrong thread

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Cheeky little Autumnal Tit

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got a K-70 and a 55-300PLM and fuck me what an improvement to my K200 and older 55-300

>>4479469
Bummer you did miss the eye, but I like the composition and the pose of your birdie. And I really dig the sharpness of the feathers. I am a huge faggot for this high IQ zooms where you can see every detail.

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>>4479471
I took a couple of others but not that many, I was mainly fucking around with my also new macro lens so wasn't looking out for birds too much, going to go out again sometime to look specifically for bards

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>>4479472
and if other animals are allowed I saw a lizard trying to eat a smaller one,

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>>4479474
he tried to fight back and managed to escape, and they went out of sight but I assume the little one got killed

>>4479472
Noice. Birds are cool, but their feet give me the creeps.

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I would like to get a camera to take animal pictures

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>>4479763
pelicans disposable

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>>4479765
sorry, cannibal

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>>4479767
Magpie harbinger

>>4479768
Last one

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>>4479769
phoneposting is

>>4479768
Great Halloween shot

>>4476673
This bird is so cute

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2 Red Kites, 2 Westland Wildcats

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Big ducks

>>4480293
this is cool

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I should've posted it here
Where are my fellow birders at? The thread use to be more lively lately

>>4480962
Summertime most birders don't go out as often because they're usually old retired or out of shape or afraid of mosquitoes and ticks, plus it's harder to bird. The shoulder seasons are best, AK migration seasons, both of which have passed pretty much.

>>4480997
Migration is still happening in my area desu

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First telephoto lens!
How did I do?
Also the 5mb limit is compressing this to shit

>>4481070
>the 5mb limit is compressing this to shit
JPEG 80 and 4:4:4 subsampling will literally get you under 5MB with ease. Notch it up to 85 or 90 and hunt for the sweet spot if you care.

>>4481070
I mean your photo looks quite noisy, not sure if compression is your biggest problem here. Start by reducing your image size a bit

>>4481070
Grain, white tail dread stare.

How big is your bazooka?

>>4481128
> 1/40th, 16,000 ISO, f6.3 on 100-400 SnoyMaster +1.4TC after sunset
It’s better without the compression, but it’s also really noisy lol. I’d love some faster glass, but fast telephoto lenses are used car prices.

>>4481103
>>4481079
I was too lazy to re-export lol. It was a resampled 30mb-ish jpg

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>>4481070
my dog (not a bird)

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>>4480962
nice
>>4479770
pretty cool composition desu
>>4479595
excellent, maybe brighten the background a smidge?

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wisest lookin little bird I've ever seen, with his lil beard and eyebrows

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I know it's blurry but I liked the pose and background, a shame

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>>4481802
*judges you for missing focus*

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Would anyone crop differently? Can’t really decide how I want it

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I’m colorblind so idk what the fuck I’m doing when I edit

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>>4481898
I’m totally new to this and I have a handicap.
Any tips?

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>>4481899
How tf do I make low contrast overcast photos look more interesting?

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>>4481901
I'd suggest adding contrast to the subject (and maybe a little bit to the background too), along with some colour (yellows and reds in that case), but idk if the result is better

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A birb thread? Are sparrows welcome?

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what lens should someone get for bird photos

>>4482092
Of course they are

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>>4481812
when in doubt crop vertical

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>>4482135
>>4481812
alternately something like this, if the photo had enough resolution for it
(actual resolution, not number of pixels)

>>4482135
The tilted post feels weird tbqh

>>4482140
yes but i basically cropped these in paint so wasn't going to fix that

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I think someone's feeding them

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>>4482281

>>4482281
That's just a piece of the last photographer they caught spying on them

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>>4482282
It's jover for skinkcels

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>>4482286

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I will never get tired of watching tits

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>>4482297
Sad when the birds I'm shooting are getting more action than I am.

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>>4482333
We should all be so lucky...

>>4482335
creep

>>4482343
Procreation is the most beautiful part of life, and the only animals embarrassed about it are humans, for the most part.

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I’m starting to get into bird photography

>>4482373
Which museum?

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Thoughts?

>>4474697
Taken in Kodiak Alaska a couple of weeks ago.
Nikon Zf 28-400mm @400mm, Iso 100, 1/1000

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>>4482380
Balls forgot the picture...

>>4482375
What do you mean?

>>4482382
Asking in which museum this photo was shot

>>4482384
I'm confused?

>>4482388
Because that background is fake... literally a painting or print.

>>4482389
It's not fake though?

>>4482392
Not as much as those "rocks" and this "natural" lighting

>>4482379
Save a little bit longer and get something newer imo.

>>4482392
Don't try to pass off taxidermied birds and a fake background to photographers. We aren't stupid. Most of us have been doing this for quite some time...

>>4482399
>save until you have 5 times as much money.

>>4482401
Yes, if you're aiming for a big ass lens make it count. That thing looks beat to shit probably been to hell and back with some wildlife photographer.

>>4482393
>>4482400
I genuinely have no idea what you guys are talking about!

>>4482404
Easy way to solve this. Add another picture of them in different positions. Raptors dont stay perfectly still for long, and im positive you'd have gotten more pictures if you were able to find such a scene.

You aren't fooling anyone here.

>>4482407
My camera died right after I took the photo!

>>4482409
OK, so you're lying. Got it. Please go back to /b now where you belong, as you aren't even a good troll. When you're a bit older, you'll see just how futile it is to try and troll people who know what they're talking about.

>>4482410
Clearly you have no idea what you’re talking about.

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>>4482415
L O FUCKING L Kid. You can see the floor tiles in this one. Again, if your going to troll, don't do it on here, you aren't as smart as you think.

>>4482415
You still haven't told us where this museum is located

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>>4482425
Looks like the Denver Museum of Nature and Science based on this other picture of a similar scene. Same kind of cheesy background and fake rocks. Kid is some hipster from Denver trying to pass off a museum piece as his own composed photo of real birds.

>>4482429
Nohting wrong with some silliness but missing a trolling attempt and doubling down by playing it edgy when that trolling was too obvious is just sad

>>4482449
I mean, it is 4chan, but some people gotta learn when to take the L and move on haha. We were all young once, of course when I was young putting some shit in a bag and lighting it on fire on someone's doorstep, then ringing the bell and running was trolling for us...

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A woodpecker visited my balcony. Too bad weather is shit and main camera was out of reach.

>>4482544
cute pecker, do you leave them stuff to eat?

>>4482555
In the upper right is a tit taking a nut from a birdfeeder. Below is a birdbath with coconut fiber for nests. I guess the big traffic from the tits peaked the peckers interest, first time I've seen it.

chirp chasers

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RARITY: Common
TYPE: Spotted Dove
REPORT: Sighted on the neighbour's roof in the late morning making its characteristic call: "coo-coo croor... coo-coo croor..."

>>4482379
>What's not included
- Lens Hood
- Lens Cap
Almost certainly a sign of carelessness. Don't settle for less, IMO.

>>4482883
Yeah just looking at how much of the paint is missing from protruding elements it looks like this lens wasn't treated well

Convince me to upgrade from my iphone 13 pro

>>4482544
>main camera was out of reach.
kys cANON

>>4482424
Go clean the sand out of your vagina/skull, goodness…

>>4483565
Love these guys but I never get to see them

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Niggers.

>>4482381
my panning technique must be dogshit or something.
I usually have to go to 1/1600 or something to get something that looks this sharp

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>>4483601
bit rude

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>>4483775
Nig nig nig niggers

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getting cold here

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I have one too

>>4484513
Not very aerodynamic

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Went in search of a fishing spot today

Forgot my reel at home, but found a trapped bird. Seems to have had its heel caught in some braided fishing line. Got my clippers and freed it

>>4484643
Good job anon!

>>4484660
Thanks!

Apparently it’s a white-breasted water hen

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is fuji AF really that bad for birds? thinking of getting a xh-2s or do I just sell all my shit and get a Z8?

currently use xt-4, which is pretty bad for birds in foliage and getting action shots but still attainable with luck and patience.

>>4484667
I've never heard of it, do you live in SEA?

>>4484746
>is fuji AF really that bad for birds?
Yes
>sell all my shit and get a Z8?
Yes

I used to have the X-T4, then X-T5 which was much better but still quite unreliable, then moved to the R7 where I discovered what reliable continuous AF was.

>>4482379
Ken Rockwell says the most beat up looking lenses were actually babied the most. It's the pristine ones to look out for. Because the pristine ones were used as workhorses.

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Technically a bird

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>>4474697

>>4484863
Sounds like ken rockwell is retarded

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id on this burd?

>>4485337
paracat

>>4485131
Get some proper portraits of that guy, it'll look good.

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I just started taking bird pictures and I envy some of these

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Had to get clever with this belted kingfisher. It was miles away, taken at 1280mm equivalent. Heavy background and poor lighting.

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Is this a Say's Pheobe or a Vermilion Flycatcher?

>>4485871
>>4485874
Bring up your exposure and try to work on focus. A tip I’d give is to take multiple pictures with your hand adjusting the focus on your lens until you find the sweet spot. Keep your aperture low so you’ll have a shallow depth of field focused solely on the subject.

>>4486222
Amazing, the rest are great too

>>4486263
Thank you kindly anon

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tryna star going out again, been a while winter is always hard and my fuckin mom and cat died.

anyways whats better than sweating ur balls off in waders n bird shit and mud howabout freezin them fuckers back inside

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Probably one of my most favorite bird shots I ever took

>>4486450
Great shot indeed anon, thanks for the pics

New batch of birdkino
What lens do you use for these anon?

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>>4487275
RF 200-800. Here's more, but not as high quality. Really taken just to fill out my life list on eBird. I like to try and get a photo of every species I observe to add to my list.

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>>4486450
A grid of some other ones I shot in the same session.

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>>4487489
shooting captive birds never really seemed sportsmanlike but i do this as a hobby

>>4487558
I don't have the money to just fly to africa real quick to shoot those kinds of birds in their natural habitat

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I've been practicing with the aperture and iso but I feel the background is weird

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>>4487696
>>4487697
Better than your previous; exposure is better but still needs to be brought up a little (see example). Regarding your background, bokeh can be fixed in post if it's not smooth enough. The fronds from that palm tree are creating an off grid pattern. If the subject were more isolated—as in, there was more distance between the background and the subject—it would have smoothed out a lot more without needing to do any post work.

>>4487707
I'll have to look into post work. I only recently got the camera and lenses a month ago and have spent more time trying to get good pictures without needing auto mode

>>4487719
Yeah these shots are way better, the subject is in focus and the exposure is closer to what it should be. And regarding the background, some lenses have poor rendition of out-of-focus areas(nervous bokeh). Increasing the aperture even more might work but the dof looks quite tight already. Good job in any case.
What software do you use for postprocessing?

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Heron

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The same heron.

>>4487746
>What software do you use for postprocessing
Nothing at all, I haven't changed the settings on my d3400 and import the photos direct into my computer. I'll keep an eye out for bokeh since I also have an issue with pictures being blurry from hand shakes

>>4483500
Seethe, faggot.