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Anonymous Sun 22 May 2016 14:22:31 No.2845033 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>2845035 >>2845069 >>2846569

Didn't see a bird thread
Any other nature and animals related are welcome (although keep your pets photos for the /gear/ and /rpt/ threads)
Here's a recent one for starters.

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Anonymous Sun 22 May 2016 14:26:17 No.2845035 Report

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>>2845033
Also I saw this around the house lately can someone knowledgeable than me identify it?

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Anonymous Sun 22 May 2016 15:20:49 No.2845069 Report

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>>2845033
1/?

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Anonymous Sun 22 May 2016 15:21:59 No.2845070 Report

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>>2845069
2/?

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Anonymous Sun 22 May 2016 15:23:43 No.2845071 Report

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>>2845070
3/?

This one is my favorite.

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Anonymous Sun 22 May 2016 15:24:45 No.2845073 Report

Quoted By: >>2845074 >>2845078

>>2845071
4/?

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Anonymous Sun 22 May 2016 15:26:25 No.2845074 Report

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>>2845073
Too bokeh for my tastes, with such steep angles I like to stop down the aperture for more depth of field and more context.

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Anonymous Sun 22 May 2016 15:32:19 No.2845078 Report

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>>2845073
5/?
>>2845074
thanks, I agree.

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Anonymous Sun 22 May 2016 15:43:56 No.2845085 Report

Quoted By: >>2845086

gaaaaaaaarbage

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Anonymous Sun 22 May 2016 15:44:21 No.2845086 Report

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>>2845085
thanks for the cc

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Anonymous Sun 22 May 2016 16:52:52 No.2845109 Report

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Some recent edits.

1/4 Falcon and storm cloud

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Anonymous Sun 22 May 2016 16:56:05 No.2845114 Report

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2/4 Stork

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Anonymous Sun 22 May 2016 16:57:13 No.2845116 Report

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3/4 Same stork

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Anonymous Sun 22 May 2016 16:58:26 No.2845118 Report

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4/4 Successful hunt

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Anonymous Sun 22 May 2016 17:05:21 No.2845125 Report

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>>2845114
nice!

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Anonymous Sun 22 May 2016 17:17:24 No.2845130 Report

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>>2845125
thx mate

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Anonymous Sun 22 May 2016 17:18:46 No.2845133 Report

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>>2845116
what lens senpai

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Anonymous Sun 22 May 2016 17:22:11 No.2845135 Report

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>>2845133
Tamron 70-200/2.8 Macro

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Anonymous Sun 22 May 2016 18:00:06 No.2845158 Report

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>>2845133
Same lens with a 1.4x TC
Without the TC it would've been sharper, but the 1080p wallpaper size export is still fine.

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/\M8U5H !!zJbpV0948+w Sun 22 May 2016 22:01:05 No.2845337 Report

Quoted By: >>2845341

Camped near a nest the past 2 nights... too tired to go through any other shots right now.

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Anonymous Sun 22 May 2016 22:04:30 No.2845341 Report

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>>2845337
Beautiful. What lens and how much did you crop?

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/\M8U5H !!zJbpV0948+w Sun 22 May 2016 22:29:11 No.2845355 Report

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>>2845341

Thanks. Used 600 f/4 and 1.4X TC, cropped but scaled down a lot too, because I don't post more than 1200 wide here. I'll attach a 100% crop.

Usually I don't use the TC, but the tide was in at this particular time and I couldn't get very close.

Exhausting hike out, will post more later.

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Anonymous Sun 22 May 2016 22:34:59 No.2845357 Report

Quoted By: >>2845363

>>2845355
That is IQ. I only have >>2845135
with 1.4X TC but the image degradation is very noticeable.
I'm thinking of getting a Sigma 150-500 or 50-500 since those are just in my budget. Used. If lucky with a good deal.
I am jelly of that 600/4.

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/\M8U5H !!zJbpV0948+w Sun 22 May 2016 22:40:18 No.2845363 Report

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>>2845357

It is a bitch to carry along slippery shorelines and deadfall with a fully loaded rucksack as well... don't be too jelly. GF used her little 80-400 and got some excellent shots. I was jelly the whole time.

I know someone with the Sigma 150-500 and I was pretty impressed with it.

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 07:49:07 No.2845659 Report

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Saving up for a Nikkor 300mm f4 right now, but as much as people shittalk kit lenses the 55-200 VR really isn't too bad.

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 07:51:16 No.2845660 Report

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>>2845659
I was considering selling it or trading it in but I think I would regret it.

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 07:52:24 No.2845661 Report

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>>2845660

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 07:54:04 No.2845662 Report

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>>2845661
The color rendition is really nice and just stopping down to 6.3 gets nice sharpness out of it.

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 07:56:29 No.2845663 Report

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>>2845662
Now I'm mainly using an old Tokina AT-X 100-300mm f4, it gets nice results sometimes but manual focusing is incredibly limiting for birds and other wildlife. Hard to beat for dirt cheap, though.

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 07:57:37 No.2845664 Report

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>>2845663

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 07:58:48 No.2845665 Report

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>>2845664

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 07:59:59 No.2845666 Report

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 08:01:49 No.2845668 Report

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>>2845666
Love these Steller's Jays, they're a real hoot to watch. This one was eating potato chips in a parking lot.

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 08:04:02 No.2845669 Report

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>>2845035
It's a bird.

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 08:06:28 No.2845671 Report

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>>2845668
This owl just might be my favorite photo. It was a difficult shot to get in a dim forest on a cloudy day but after a little PP I was quite happy with it.

I've got more but I'll save them for later; I imagine most people are sleeping right now so I'll bump here and there.

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 09:01:36 No.2845699 Report

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>>2845671
That's a very cool shot! Would definitely like to see more.

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 09:02:26 No.2845701 Report

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>>2845671
Nice one. Here's my two owls.

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 09:29:07 No.2845713 Report

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Bird

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 09:36:21 No.2845715 Report

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>>2845713
Looks like it's dinner time.

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 09:39:37 No.2845716 Report

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>>2845715
Sure is! If you like raw fish. Sushi, really.

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 09:45:15 No.2845718 Report

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Captain Fat Sparrow

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 09:46:31 No.2845719 Report

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>>2845718
Another Fat Sparrow

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 12:09:58 No.2845785 Report

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>>2845671
Don't forget to put some of these in print, on matte photopaper. The photo isn't really finished until it is printed, even if it is for your wall only.

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 12:16:09 No.2845788 Report

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I don't have a very good birding camera, but I do like this shot

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 14:06:06 No.2845816 Report

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>>2845671
>>2845699

>>2845785
True story, they all look much better printed, especially the D2Hs shots. It's kind of a voodoo camera, very unpredictable with guts packed full of technological dead ends.

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 14:07:17 No.2845817 Report

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>>2845816
Wish I went for f11 instead of f8 here but can't win em all

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 14:08:56 No.2845819 Report

Quoted By: >>2845822

>>2845817
Pair of Whooping Cranes in the wild in Wisconsin

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 14:11:12 No.2845822 Report

Quoted By: >>2845830

>>2845819

>tagged
>cultivated field

Doesn't exactly reek of wilderness like the owl shots.

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 14:19:54 No.2845830 Report

Quoted By: >>2845833

>>2845822
Nah, not quite, but those fields attract whoopers and sandhills like nothing else.

As for the tags, can't really complain when it's one of the rarest birds in the world. Less than 500 of them in the wild so they go to great expense and effort to tag each one.

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 14:21:25 No.2845833 Report

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>>2845830

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 14:23:28 No.2845834 Report

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>>2845833
There's a nice spot in Minnesota where thousands of swans gather in the winter. Highly recommendable.

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 14:24:34 No.2845835 Report

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>>2845834
Such pure white plumage on the outside, such fowl black hearts on the inside

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 14:26:45 No.2845838 Report

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>>2845835
And here's a guillemot colony off the California coast. I'm off to bed, might be back tomorrow to post some non-feathered wildlife

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 22:19:36 No.2846207 Report

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swallow's nest bump

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Anonymous Tue 24 May 2016 06:27:16 No.2846521 Report

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Total amateur. Borrowed a friends camera to see if photography was for me.

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Anonymous Tue 24 May 2016 08:36:35 No.2846561 Report

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Reposting to keep the thread going
Heavily cropped, 200mm is just not long enough for birds.

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Anonymous Tue 24 May 2016 08:39:41 No.2846563 Report

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If you want a real exercise in frustration shoot hummingbirds

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Anonymous Tue 24 May 2016 08:48:51 No.2846566 Report

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>>2846563
more owls

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Anonymous Tue 24 May 2016 08:58:18 No.2846569 Report

Quoted By: >>2846574

>>2845033
No blown highlights, yay.
Reckon lifting the shadows would be great though.

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Anonymous Tue 24 May 2016 09:01:06 No.2846573 Report

Quoted By: >>2848917

>>2845078
Fuck that's actually nice use of B/W for once

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Anonymous Tue 24 May 2016 09:02:13 No.2846574 Report

Quoted By: >>2846583

>>2846569
The shadows are lifted. I was fucking around with the settings because that young tit was hyper as fuck tweeting and jumping around. I was lucky to get this one of him.

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Anonymous Tue 24 May 2016 09:14:32 No.2846583 Report

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>>2846574
Not to mention this one was in strong backlight angle.

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Anonymous Tue 24 May 2016 20:51:49 No.2846913 Report

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Taken with a minolta dynax 7000i and ilford XP 400

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Anonymous Tue 24 May 2016 22:17:44 No.2847004 Report

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>>2845718
mine's fatter

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Anonymous Tue 24 May 2016 22:24:50 No.2847016 Report

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>>2847004
mine is drinking

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Anonymous Wed 25 May 2016 09:30:00 No.2847468 Report

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>>2847004
let's consider it a tie, both fat fucks.
here's an owl which just didn't want to fucking look my way, this is the only worthwhile shot from that thing.

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Anonymous Wed 25 May 2016 11:11:05 No.2847511 Report

Quoted By: >>2847569

can filmfags even bird?

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Anonymous Wed 25 May 2016 13:25:52 No.2847569 Report

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>>2847511
Yeah, national Geographic didn't exist before digital SLRs, of course you can't bird on film you need the superior power of the digital sensor, it doesn't matter the film era shutters could do 1/2000s, fuck that! Digital only you pleb!

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Anonymous Wed 25 May 2016 14:33:53 No.2847598 Report

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>>2847569

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Anonymous Thu 26 May 2016 17:43:11 No.2848606 Report

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Anonymous Thu 26 May 2016 17:45:58 No.2848610 Report

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I've got blackbirds in my garden who keep nesting here. I'd get better pictures of them but I dont want my neighbours seeing me hiding in the bushes with a tele lens in my own garden

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Anonymous Thu 26 May 2016 18:09:42 No.2848638 Report

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>>2848610
I do this all the time, nobody gives a shit.

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Anonymous Thu 26 May 2016 20:15:32 No.2848760 Report

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Anonymous Thu 26 May 2016 20:18:06 No.2848762 Report

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Went on a hike over the weekend but didn't see anything. I have some older shots though

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Anonymous Thu 26 May 2016 20:19:13 No.2848763 Report

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>>2848762

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Anonymous Thu 26 May 2016 20:20:14 No.2848765 Report

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>>2848763
can you tell i like B&W?

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Anonymous Thu 26 May 2016 20:21:16 No.2848766 Report

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>>2848765

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Anonymous Thu 26 May 2016 20:22:18 No.2848768 Report

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>>2848766

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Anonymous Thu 26 May 2016 20:24:18 No.2848769 Report

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>>2848768

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Anonymous Thu 26 May 2016 20:25:19 No.2848771 Report

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>>2848769
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Anonymous Thu 26 May 2016 20:27:55 No.2848777 Report

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Tair-3

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Anonymous Thu 26 May 2016 20:28:07 No.2848779 Report

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>>2848771

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Anonymous Thu 26 May 2016 20:29:06 No.2848781 Report

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Anonymous Thu 26 May 2016 20:34:35 No.2848788 Report

Quoted By: >>2848792

>>2848769
I like this one a lot, but for some reason, I think I like it better as a square crop tied to the right side. Or a portrait orientation, that crops out the left half. For me the "subject" is the third bird from the top right corner, and the others are just context and support.

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Anonymous Thu 26 May 2016 20:39:13 No.2848792 Report

Quoted By: >>2848793

>>2848788
yeah that's the one I was trying to focus on.
i'm just not a huge fan of square crops

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Anonymous Thu 26 May 2016 20:43:58 No.2848793 Report

Quoted By: >>2848795 >>2857818

>>2848792
Yeah, I usually use square as sort of a last ditch effort for a composition that just isn't working for me. I actually tried saving the file and doing crop myself, but nothing really seems balanced right. If it had been a bit wider, maybe something would fit nicely I guess. Either way, it's a nice photo, I just get distracted by the birds on the left, and wanted to find a way to get them out.

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Anonymous Thu 26 May 2016 20:45:51 No.2848795 Report

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>>2848793
see i like the ones on the left, they add some balance so it's not too bare over there, especially the one that's essentially in the exact same flight position as the one on the right

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Anonymous Thu 26 May 2016 23:07:19 No.2848883 Report

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>>2846563
Hummingbirds?

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Anonymous Thu 26 May 2016 23:10:40 No.2848884 Report

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>>2848883

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Anonymous Thu 26 May 2016 23:11:53 No.2848885 Report

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Anonymous Thu 26 May 2016 23:14:57 No.2848887 Report

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Anonymous Fri 27 May 2016 00:16:19 No.2848917 Report

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>>2846573
thanks, it made sense to use it since the water was quite merky/brown

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Anonymous Fri 27 May 2016 00:50:25 No.2848922 Report

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1/2

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Anonymous Fri 27 May 2016 00:51:44 No.2848923 Report

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2/2

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Anonymous Fri 27 May 2016 02:48:17 No.2848975 Report

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>>2848922
>>2848923
beautiful.

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Anonymous Fri 27 May 2016 03:52:42 No.2848992 Report

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Anonymous Fri 27 May 2016 22:35:24 No.2849583 Report

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>>2848923
Highlights are blown, white balance is fucked.
Did you actually use a flash for birding?

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Anonymous Fri 27 May 2016 22:43:16 No.2849585 Report

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>>2849583
I dont think the highlights are blown, and no, I just used flash white balance cause I like the way it brings out the greens

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Anonymous Fri 27 May 2016 22:45:16 No.2849588 Report

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>>2849585
It doesn't really and just fucks up all the colors.

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Anonymous Sat 28 May 2016 16:20:25 No.2849994 Report

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Anonymous Sat 28 May 2016 17:25:41 No.2850029 Report

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>>284656
Do they move a lot or because of their size?

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Anonymous Tue 31 May 2016 21:42:17 No.2852785 Report

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>>2852782
Reposting here because not everyone is all over the /gear/ thread (thankfully)

>Any Pentax birders awake? Is it okay if I buy a DA* 300/4 for less than 600 britbongs?
>I already have the HD DA 1.4x TC.

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Anonymous Thu 02 Jun 2016 00:16:05 No.2853602 Report

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Anonymous Thu 02 Jun 2016 00:17:25 No.2853604 Report

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Anonymous Thu 02 Jun 2016 01:04:52 No.2853623 Report

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Anonymous Thu 02 Jun 2016 03:17:24 No.2853670 Report

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>>2848922
>>2848923
These are really fucking nice. This can't seriously be the kit zoom...

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Anonymous Thu 02 Jun 2016 04:04:51 No.2853696 Report

Quoted By: >>2853784 >>2853854

>>2853670
Thanks anon! and idk what you mean by the kit zoom,but I used a 55-200mm vr lens I picked up on kijiji for 150$

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Anonymous Thu 02 Jun 2016 06:55:44 No.2853753 Report

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Bird kid

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Anonymous Thu 02 Jun 2016 07:35:38 No.2853772 Report

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Took this the other day while at the San Diego Zoo.

I just started getting into photography, specifically animal photography.

I was shooting on a Canon t3i with a 250 zoom lense .

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Anonymous Thu 02 Jun 2016 07:37:27 No.2853773 Report

Quoted By: >>2853775

Took this one awhile ago as well

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 Jun 2016 07:43:50 No.2853774 Report

Quoted By: >>2853777

Anyone lives in the UK and wants to show me to ropes birding? Normally do sports but wildlife is dope and would love to give it a go!

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 Jun 2016 07:44:39 No.2853775 Report

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>>2853773
Highlights are blown. Go back and take it again but this time do it right!

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 Jun 2016 07:47:09 No.2853777 Report

Quoted By: >>2853778

>>2853774
-see bird
-take out long lens
-take photo
done
also watch the invisible wildlife photographer

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 Jun 2016 07:48:18 No.2853778 Report

Quoted By: >>2853780

>>2853777
I get how to photograph senpai, I'm out shooting sports most weekends but would love to spend a weekend in the wilderness with a camera, but don't really know where to start...

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 Jun 2016 07:52:47 No.2853780 Report

Quoted By: >>2853787

>>2853778
Near the forest?

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Anonymous Thu 02 Jun 2016 07:59:49 No.2853784 Report

Quoted By: >>2853785 >>2853794

>>2853670
>>2853696

55-200 vr is totally awesome for such a cheap little lens. I already posted my favorite bird shots with it earlier in the thread but I guess a dragonfly is sorta like an insectoid bird thing

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 02 Jun 2016 08:01:21 No.2853785 Report

Quoted By: >>2853789 >>2853794

>>2853784
And here's another insectabird with the 55-200

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 Jun 2016 08:05:20 No.2853787 Report

Quoted By: >>2853793

>>2853780
I live in a city you fucking spade so I'm slightly wary of walking through a public park with a 1000mm lens.

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Anonymous Thu 02 Jun 2016 08:07:50 No.2853789 Report

Quoted By: >>2853794

>>2853785
And one last 55-200 example lest I derail such a lovely thread.

I.....uhh.......it's a frog. HERONS AND EGRETS EAT THEM SO IT'S SORTA RELATED KAY

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 Jun 2016 08:17:49 No.2853793 Report

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>>2853787
Stop being a pussy

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 Jun 2016 08:19:01 No.2853794 Report

Quoted By: >>2853799

>>2853784
>>2853785
>>2853789
You might want to clean your lens or maybe something is wrong with your camera
The photos all look yellowish, like the white balance was fucked.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 Jun 2016 08:26:26 No.2853799 Report

Quoted By: >>2853805

>>2853794
Could be your monitor, they look fine across all my computers. They were all shot in the afternoon in very warm light and in funky technicolor D60-vision.

And the monarch's in a field of goldenrod, if that one wasn't yellowish I think there'd be a bigger problem on hand.

Regardless it doesn't matter because those shots were from 8 years ago

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 Jun 2016 08:47:56 No.2853805 Report

Quoted By: >>2853806

>>2853799
Both my crappy laptop screen and my calibrated monitor shows yellowing.
Could be the background and a slight overexposure, I can't really find a sweet spot with editing the jpeg.
There is something off there, the more I look at it the more I am sure about it.
Are you using any UV filters?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 Jun 2016 09:03:34 No.2853806 Report

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>>2853805
Don't remember, they're just old shots I dug up. Don't even have raws, they're from when I was just getting started.

I made a print of the monarch several years ago and it turned out just fine. Colors on the other seem consistent with the harsh afternoon sun for my latitude and the background colors match what was typical in that nature preserve. On the frog picture the duckweed was really that yellow-green. For giggles I tried monkeying with the color temperature to the limited extent allowed by jpeg and cooling them down looks too blue-green and unnatural. Granted I don't have a hardware calibrator but I did invest a fair amount of time using software-based calibration tools for this monitor. I guess it's all moot anyway since they're ancient history.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 Jun 2016 11:35:28 No.2853854 Report

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>>2853696
The 55-200 I thought Nikon included on a lot of their "bundle" deals, but maybe I'm mistaken...

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Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 01:12:09 No.2854362 Report

Quoted By: >>2854365

I went to a Nikon event a few weeks ago. I'm not much of a birder.

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Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 01:13:10 No.2854365 Report

Quoted By: >>2854366

>>2854362
Strangely enough group AF was failing me here. Probably too many branches in the way.

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Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 01:14:11 No.2854366 Report

Quoted By: >>2854368

>>2854365
Whatchu looking at faggot

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Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 01:18:02 No.2854368 Report

Quoted By: >>2854374 >>2854380

>>2854366

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Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 01:21:44 No.2854374 Report

Quoted By: >>2854378 >>2854381

>>2854368
This photo's not really worth posting anywhere but the gear thread but since I'm here...

I'm completely impressed I managed to get this shot at all. 105VR Micro, D9 focus mode. Total fluke, but still.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 01:24:19 No.2854378 Report

Quoted By: >>2854391

>>2854374

You're easily impressed.

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Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 01:25:07 No.2854379 Report

Quoted By: >>2854404

You've gotta be fucking kidding me with the new captcha.

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Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 01:27:13 No.2854380 Report

Quoted By: >>2854386

>>2854368

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Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 01:27:57 No.2854381 Report

Quoted By: >>2854391

>>2854374
iktf
managed to catch this guy with pentaxs 55-300mm with a cheap tamron tc which doesnt do very much good for the focus speed
i dont even think i got my face up to look into the viewfinder, just lucky point and shoot

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Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 01:29:00 No.2854382 Report

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>>2848779

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Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 01:30:01 No.2854383 Report

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>>2854382

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Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 01:30:50 No.2854386 Report

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>>2854380
And Mrs. Redwing

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Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 01:31:03 No.2854387 Report

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>>2854383

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Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 01:32:18 No.2854388 Report

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>>2854387

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Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 01:33:20 No.2854389 Report

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>>2854388

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Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 01:34:22 No.2854390 Report

Quoted By: >>2854392 >>2854433

>>2854389

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 01:34:36 No.2854391 Report

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>>2854378
Right, forgot to mention I just brought the camera up to somewhere around head level, and hammered the shutter.
>>2854381
Damn son.

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Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 01:36:12 No.2854392 Report

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>>2854390

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Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 01:37:48 No.2854395 Report

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>>2854392

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Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 01:38:50 No.2854397 Report

Quoted By: >>2854400

>>2854395

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 01:47:19 No.2854400 Report

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>>2854397
>Be advised

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/\M8U5H !!zJbpV0948+w Fri 03 Jun 2016 01:57:49 No.2854404 Report

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>>2854379

These guys are always fun.

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Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 02:56:52 No.2854433 Report

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>>2854390

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 15:52:04 No.2854770 Report

Quoted By:

OP here, I'll just save the long list of quoted replies.

I didn't think this thread will be so mature and provide so many excellent shots.
I really like how some people manage to get so much out of kit lens and kit telezooms, very well done lads!

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 16:23:37 No.2854788 Report

Quoted By: >>2854826 >>2854959

Some of these are incredible.

I'm going to be heading out soon to do some wildlife shooting for the first time - is there any advice anyone can offer? I shoot on film so no AF which is going to make things harder, but I like a challenge.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 17:02:58 No.2854826 Report

Quoted By: >>2854830

>>2854788
>film
I assume you will be shooting on standard or short tele (135mm maximum), so concentrate on the environment, smaller crevices, insects etc...
Things that don't get spooked easily, things you can walk around and find the best angles.
For birds you will need AF and at least 300-400mm lens and lots of patience.
Just take the hike lightly, don't expect to return with spectacular results right away and if you see something you like just take a photo of, including landscape, be it a vast view of a valley or field or a closer view in the forest. Memorize places for later hikes and exploration in different light and time of day.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 17:15:54 No.2854830 Report

Quoted By: >>2854833 >>2854850

>>2854826
>For birds you will need AF and at least 300-400mm lens and lots of patience.
What about no AF and a 200mm prime? Also would you recommend taking a monopod or will it just get in the way?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 17:21:49 No.2854833 Report

Quoted By: >>2854850

>>2854830
Without AF, and with less reach, you will be able to do much less. Seems pretty obvious...
You'll want something to support the camera. it's a LOT of waiting and watching through the camera, so if you're supporting it all with your arms, you're going to get annoyed quickly.

Trying to do birding at all at 200mm is going to be... unproductive, in my opinion.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 17:46:49 No.2854850 Report

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>>2854830
There are situations where you can use it, but most birds like to move around a lot even when it is sitting/floating so most of the time it will be more frustration than yield. You will definitely need a monopod for that.

>>2854833
I agree, using 200mm on APS-C, even with an added 1.4x TC is not enough most of the time, 200mm alone on FF just won't cut it. Go for larger scenes, flock of birds, larger group of larger birds etc...
So carefully choosing your subject might work.

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Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 19:17:54 No.2854896 Report

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Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 19:19:46 No.2854897 Report

Quoted By: >>2854898

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 19:21:15 No.2854898 Report

Quoted By: >>2854899

>>2854896
>>2854897
Sigma? 150-500 or 50-500?

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Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 19:23:29 No.2854899 Report

Quoted By: >>2854906

>>2854898
50-500 f4-6.3 the older one

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Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 19:38:13 No.2854905 Report

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Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 19:38:37 No.2854906 Report

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>>2854899
pretty good IQ, but I would go easy on the saturation/vibrance.

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Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 19:42:06 No.2854907 Report

Quoted By: >>2855089

Thanks for the tip, I'm still learning, only got my camera in Dec

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Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 20:02:10 No.2854921 Report

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Female Mallard

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Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 20:39:13 No.2854958 Report

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Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 20:39:36 No.2854959 Report

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>>2854788
Trying to burd with a film camera and long lens is pretty damn hard. There's not IS, old lenses aren't generally the best, no AF, no focus confirmation, etc.
Pic related, handheld 200mm at f/4.5, and by no means a usable shot.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 03 Jun 2016 23:16:31 No.2855089 Report

Quoted By:

>>2854958
>>2854907
Some more tips, don't be afraid to show some of the environment, even if the background is bland, cropping in to such extent only magnifies noise and other defects. It is fine if your subject doesn't fill the crop frame as long as the photo in whole is pleasing to the eye.
A bit of downsampling can help a lot in the characteristic Sigma defects and CA.

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Anonymous Sat 04 Jun 2016 00:10:11 No.2855122 Report

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Anonymous Sat 04 Jun 2016 02:04:41 No.2855178 Report

Quoted By: >>2855186

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/\M8U5H !!zJbpV0948+w Sat 04 Jun 2016 02:38:00 No.2855186 Report

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>>2855178

>320mm
>1/250

Too slow, son. Look at all that motion blur in the head. Wings are okay, but head... nope.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Jun 2016 02:55:59 No.2855191 Report

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>>2855122
Nice slater m80

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Jun 2016 03:01:16 No.2855194 Report

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>>2855122

What the fuck are you doing? This is refined shit.

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Anonymous Sat 04 Jun 2016 16:02:04 No.2855514 Report

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This little guy is nesting in the wall of my garage.

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Anonymous Sat 04 Jun 2016 16:47:43 No.2855544 Report

Quoted By: >>2855546

got a few recently...

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Anonymous Sat 04 Jun 2016 16:51:13 No.2855546 Report

Quoted By: >>2855553

>>2855544

sorry forgot to resize.

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Anonymous Sat 04 Jun 2016 16:56:56 No.2855553 Report

Quoted By: >>2855556

>>2855546

more coming

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Anonymous Sat 04 Jun 2016 16:58:00 No.2855556 Report

Quoted By: >>2855560

>>2855553

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Anonymous Sat 04 Jun 2016 16:59:09 No.2855560 Report

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>>2855556

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Anonymous Sat 04 Jun 2016 17:00:13 No.2855562 Report

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>>2855560

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Anonymous Sat 04 Jun 2016 17:01:22 No.2855564 Report

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>>2855562

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Anonymous Sat 04 Jun 2016 17:02:41 No.2855567 Report

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>>2855564

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Anonymous Sat 04 Jun 2016 17:03:52 No.2855569 Report

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>>2855567

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Anonymous Sat 04 Jun 2016 17:04:55 No.2855570 Report

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>>2855569

last one

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Anonymous Sat 04 Jun 2016 19:57:21 No.2855718 Report

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is this okay

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Anonymous Mon 06 Jun 2016 08:33:14 No.2857127 Report

Quoted By: >>2857217

Found a family of swallows today

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Anonymous Mon 06 Jun 2016 11:29:55 No.2857217 Report

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>>2857127

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Anonymous Mon 06 Jun 2016 11:31:05 No.2857218 Report

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>>2857217
Don't know what this thing is, foreign country bird ID is hard

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Anonymous Mon 06 Jun 2016 11:33:28 No.2857219 Report

Quoted By: >>2857223

>>2857218
And a majestic trash falcon
Quite pleased with this screwdriver 300mm f4 Nikkor, it's a bitch to handhold but it's got a nice quality to it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 06 Jun 2016 11:43:03 No.2857223 Report

Quoted By: >>2857227

>>2857219
Try a 1.4X TC on it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 06 Jun 2016 12:04:01 No.2857227 Report

Quoted By: >>2857231

>>2857223
Next on my shopping list :D

Is there a huge difference in quality between all the different Kenkos? Is the Pro 300 worth the premium, or are there other options out there?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 06 Jun 2016 12:13:57 No.2857231 Report

Quoted By: >>2857239

>>2857227
I wouldn't use a third party TC, usually they do more bad than good. With a TC you will get image degradation, no matter what, but with third party you will most likely get much more flaring and worse degradation.
I would go first party, maybe Tamron or Sigma as a last resort. I wouldn't buy anything from Kenko.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 06 Jun 2016 12:36:15 No.2857239 Report

Quoted By: >>2857244

>>2857231
Sadly Nikon charges such an exorbitant amount for their TCs that I could buy a third party plus a new wideangle for the price of one, which I'll probably do instead.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 06 Jun 2016 12:47:08 No.2857244 Report

Quoted By: >>2857639

>>2857239
Then see if you can get a Tamron one, but beware of the 2x TCs, they are absolutely shit.
There should be a screwdrive AF variant from Tamron, 1.4x MC4 if I remember correctly.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 06 Jun 2016 22:23:14 No.2857639 Report

Quoted By:

>>2857244
Thanks, I'll check it out.

Nikon TC-14E is 53,500 moon monies on amazon.jp. That's like 500 fucking dollars, which is more than the lens itself cost and twice what the body cost. The newest Kenko is 15,000. Japazon doesn't carry the Tamron TCs at all, but they're $225 on B&H.....

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jun 2016 03:00:41 No.2857763 Report

Quoted By: >>2857768

I see a lot of people in this thread shoot Aperture Priority or Manual. I'm pretty new to this, but how can you manage to focus and get shots this good when birds can just do whatever the fuck they want and fly away? I would think it would be better to shoot shutter priority.

Pic related is probably my best picture and my only real bird photo.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Jun 2016 03:03:50 No.2857768 Report

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>>2857763
i shoot pentax's TAv mode which is basically manual with auto iso.
f8, 1/2000 shutter speed, which i lower depending on whether im expecting action shots or not

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jun 2016 03:59:16 No.2857815 Report

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jun 2016 04:15:00 No.2857818 Report

Quoted By: >>2857834

>>2848793
>>2848769
hardly perfect but how bout this

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Jun 2016 04:44:11 No.2857834 Report

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>>2857818
Not that guy, but I liked the original. All the slightly blurry birds give it a sense of movement and action. Reminds me of some John Woo shit.

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jun 2016 06:01:41 No.2857885 Report

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here's my attempt

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jun 2016 06:19:59 No.2857894 Report

Quoted By: >>2857901 >>2857962

Is this any good? I know the shot itself is kind of fucked, but still though

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jun 2016 06:26:23 No.2857901 Report

Quoted By: >>2857947

>>2857894
or how about this one

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Jun 2016 08:24:10 No.2857947 Report

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>>2857901
That one looks good to me. Don't care for the first one though.

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jun 2016 09:24:10 No.2857962 Report

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>>2857894
I like how you caught the moment where the two birds shape a circle, if only it was sharper...

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jun 2016 11:00:54 No.2857984 Report

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jun 2016 11:06:24 No.2857987 Report

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jun 2016 11:07:46 No.2857989 Report

Quoted By: >>2858185

>>2857984
Not bad, but this is why I hate to shoot in direct sunlight. No cloudcover = harsh shadows/highlights, too contrasty. More clouds, even a tree canopy can help in a more diffuse lighting.
See my OP shot, same lighting conditions (not a single cloud to be seen) but shot under tree canopy, much better even lighting.

Anonagon

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Anonagon Tue 07 Jun 2016 11:51:01 No.2858007 Report

Quoted By: >>2858198

Some very nice shots here -- with only a dash of troll; so for your pains good anons, have a Small Green Heron on me.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Jun 2016 18:03:36 No.2858185 Report

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>>2857989
Yeah, wasn't ideal but he was sitting around twenty yards away and didn't move even when I walked closer. Sometimes you have to take it when it's there.

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jun 2016 18:20:36 No.2858198 Report

Quoted By: >>2858199

>>2858007
I see your Heron and raise you another one

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jun 2016 18:23:01 No.2858199 Report

Quoted By: >>2858200

>>2858198

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jun 2016 18:25:14 No.2858200 Report

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>>2858199

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jun 2016 18:34:38 No.2858203 Report

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>>2858200
turns out sparrows would have pretty good camouflage on metal scrap.

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jun 2016 19:36:19 No.2858224 Report

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>>2858200

Baby Herons to add to the collection

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Forest of Chapultepec in Cdmx

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Anonymous Wed 08 Jun 2016 18:04:42 No.2858953 Report

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hay a bird thread

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Anonymous Wed 08 Jun 2016 23:30:17 No.2859299 Report

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>>2858953
dis good. what lens?

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Anonymous Thu 09 Jun 2016 01:44:16 No.2859374 Report

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Two rare birds, condors I believe, exclusive to California. I'm just glad I got this shot of them fleeing to Ga'hoole.

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Grey Catbird

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Anonymous Thu 09 Jun 2016 04:31:35 No.2859447 Report

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>>2859413
Steller's Jay, not a Blue Jay.

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>>2859374
Take this shit to /rodent/ and /pests/! Fucking winged assholes

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Anonymous Mon 13 Jun 2016 00:09:36 No.2862130 Report

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Reviving thread with some fresh content

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Anonymous Mon 13 Jun 2016 00:13:27 No.2862138 Report

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>>2862134
And an overhead snap
200mm is just not enough anymore.

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Anonymous Mon 13 Jun 2016 00:16:12 No.2862140 Report

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>>2859413
awesome looking bird

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Anonymous Tue 14 Jun 2016 01:14:47 No.2862735 Report

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is 300mm (equiv) enough for birding?

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Anonymous Tue 14 Jun 2016 01:18:36 No.2862736 Report

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>>2862735
You can make it work, but it's not ideal.

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Anonymous Wed 15 Jun 2016 10:11:24 No.2863658 Report

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>>2845671
Cool shot, but the PP could be a lot better. You applied the sharpen tool unselectively, and therefore sharpened your background noise.
Play around with the masking tool in LR (or whatever you use), and you will be able to get a sharper owl and a more pleasing background.

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Anonymous Wed 15 Jun 2016 10:15:58 No.2863659 Report

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>>2847569
Digital shooting makes stuff possible that was impossible before. High ISO, advanced image stabilization, modern AF and generally lighter lenses enable you to take handheld pictures in low light. Back in the day you would need a tripod and/or a flash in these situations, and the results simply wouldn't be the same. Wildlife photography is one of the few types of photography where gearfagging makes sense.

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Anonymous Wed 15 Jun 2016 10:44:43 No.2863669 Report

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>>2863659
It was a sarcastic post, you millenial.

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Anonymous Wed 15 Jun 2016 12:59:18 No.2863714 Report

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>>2863658
You're right, I orignally did it with Rawtherapee but I just spent a couple minutes playing with it in Capture NX-D and I think it turned out a bit better.

It's tough, between the feather details making noise reduction impossible and the graininess of the D2Hs sensor it's a bit of a rock and a hard place.

Thanks for the advice! I'll post the result in the new thread.
>>2863658

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Anonymous Wed 15 Jun 2016 13:00:20 No.2863717 Report

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>>2863714
Sorry fucked up the cross-link

>>2863712

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/\M8U5H !!zJbpV0948+w Thu 16 Jun 2016 23:14:11 No.2864806 Report

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>>2862130

>the pecking, it does nothing

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Anonymous Thu 16 Jun 2016 23:28:32 No.2864813 Report

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>>2864806
Actually he was just sitting there, calling a few times, then he looked at the idiot making strange clicking and chirping noises slowly creeping closer with a strange thick glittering beak.
Then he flew off to his nest (I guess) deeper into the woods.
He came around at the same spot around the same time every day. Looked kind of cool and calm, but like I said the 200mm lens is just not long enough for shooting birds without making them alarmed.
Next week I'm going back there with my new 50-500 HSM Bigma.

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