Thread 4467818

Dipper edition
Last thread >>4452845

European bee-eater
Wish I could've gotten closer

holy fuck a dipper?

im quite jealous
lesser yellowlegs not soli sp , too lazy to name it right

Fly by

Small and far away

Glow up

daily crow patrol

I tried pulling some color out of this blackbird, did I overdo it?

>>4467818 (OP)
cute
>>4467931
>>4467932
I'm still not getting tired of these.

>>4468000
oh i sure am, so much mud. still hoping some dunlins, black bellies, and maybe a purple later will come through. getting to be woods migrant weeks though

>>4468020
dont think posted this lil song thatd fly down to hang with the pipers yet

some more non-peeps ive accumulated over peep season

waxwing at some gross iso

marsh wren

how does that one dude get so close to these fuckers

>>4468028
You need to find a branch right above the water on which they like to stay, observe where they stop. These branches often have birb poop on them.
Then get under the cover of a nearby patch of trees/bushes, or in a special tent if you've got the gear. Stay quiet and hidden for a while and you'll get your shot, that's how I took this one. If they spot you they might stop for a split second and fly away directly, in which case you'll need a better concealment.

Crabby luncheon

>>4468041
neat i gotta check branches on the peninsula ive been hanging out at. They belted ones around here seem to perch about 20-30 feet up but maybe there are some spots i can find lower

beefy boy pectoral finally made an appearance

>>4468406
If it weren't for that dumb twig mid-frame, this would be a noice shot.

>>4468424
An unfortunate trajectory

Gannet

Kestrel

he's scaring the huzz

>>4468513
Nice

duck

>only one imageless post so far
I'm proud of you birdbros

*sip*

>>4468634
DEEPER

>>4461910
Also: >>4468643
Could have been better desu but the bird was swaying so much in the wind

I don't do any bird photography, but how do you guys combat these things?

>>4468737
you get bit enough and eventually you stop having a histamine reaction. Other than that I have no idea, wetlands in the spring are hell. My partner wants to get head nets but i think theyd fuck with my view too much.

I was out at a beach 5 minutes from where I live doing some tests, and suddenly a woman appeared next to me sneaking around in the reeds. She was packing some big lens and started talking to me about some bird that had been spotted there. I said I did not know anything about that, and then she left soon after.

>>4468779
>She was packing some big lens
>talking about some bird
Trying to get a picture of your pecker

>>4468792
Got caught by surprise maybe, I'm often there trying to take pictures of the girls at the beach, but I've never seen anyone else there. I probably acted very nonchalant.
Apparently there is a community of birdwatchers here, wonder how they organise, facebook maybe.

>>4468794
please tell me you dont actually do this

>>4468737
Cool

>>4468336
Just spent a couple of hours applying my own advice, the kingfishers kept zooming left and right but stayed away. Of course the moment I removed my camera from the tripod, turned it off and folded my lens, that fucker came on a branch 7 metres away from me, and fucked off as soon as I could get all my stuff ready again. Fucking kingfishers, why do birds ALWAYS come at the worst times and have to show us how much of a bunch of losers we are?

>>4467931
holy shit, what is the aperture you used?

do you guys use aperture priority or full manual?

>>4469037
wide open cuz the light was going, 6.3 at 600mm

>>4469038
full manual auto iso. You're gonna push it to what it needs to be later anyways. You wind up fighting for light a lot doing this, birds be up at dawn and dusk. So mentally i just try to think what can i reasonable drop my shutter to safely, is it bright enough to tighten up here to get a better chance of getting deadeye focus. shooting at 500mm on a target the size of a tennis ball your dof is pretty thin even at f8

>>4469038
i always use full manual

>>4469044
>6.3
based
isnt sigmas widest on their 150-600 6.3?

>>4469045
when at 600 i mean

>>4469045
>isnt sigmas widest on their 150-600 6.3?
Yes, nta but I also use this lens and the method of >>4469044

Ducky-wucks

can't find any fucking birds

>>4469339
Not surprising, breeding season is over here

>>4469339
Go inna woods

>>4469389
Love these little fellas, but why do they always look like they just came out of bed

>>4469389
I need light for my f/9 zoom

I was just casually browsing mpb and sniped an R5 for 1590 eurobux
I could not resist.

>>4469389
But it's dark and they hide

>>4469436
dont fear the high iso this was at 11400

>>4469671
I don't, but still.

>>4469672
hard to focus

flock

i got that ai butthole focus

i love birds. they are so beautiful.

>>4469705
They work hard on their appearance

>>4467818 (OP)
I'm going to this area soon. Any of you bird freaks got any spots?

>>4469919
check for mudflats

I don't normally take bird pics.

>>4469919
https://ebird.org/hotspots

No idea why it didn't kill the pigeon behind instead of endlessly trying and failing at the sparrows for 10 minutes

I have to get used to slinging around a 5 pound lens and taking shots at 600mm.
The AF doesn't work as good anymore.

>>4470127
Yeah my arm doesn't enjoy the experience. I've seen some folks use some kind of harness to attach the camera on their chest, lens pointing downwards. It helps relieving the arms for long days of birding.

>>4467818 (OP)
Can anyone ID thiw birb? Saw it in the front yard and ive never seen anything like it before, certainly not a native (south australia). It was very friendly, it sat and chilled with me for a while. This is it from the front. The blue face was so striking to me

>>4470214
And this is the back/side profile pic

Is it worth investing in something like a gimbal for steadier handheld shots?

>>4470231
I've never tried one but this is missed focus, not motion blur.

>>4470231
I suspect that the total weight would make it hardly practical

Any of you capture great blue herons?

>>4470276
Look at those feathers

>>4470275
Have a grey one

>>4470275
nothing good recently

>>4470127
>>4470160
I monopod

>>4468515
so goofy lol

I love these guys so much

>>4470547
How's your experience with a monopod? My tripod can dismount into a monopod but I'm skeptical

>>4467818 (OP)
RARITY: Common
TYPE: Rock Pigeon
>Fairly large pigeon with wild and feral populations throughout the world.

>>4470678
>these eyes
What kind of drugs do pigeons consume?

>>4470681
>Rock Pigeon
I think I know...

have a ringed turtle dove

>>4470127
i sometimes twist the tripod collar around to the left side, then lock the palm of my left hand between it and the barrel of the lens.lets you swing it around comfortable for a long time.

left side tripod collar also good for mounting strap cuz it wont block your viewfinder when you need to bring camera to eye fast

>>4470879
Good tip but your wrist must hurt like a bitch after a while

I'm gonna need to start doing setups.

>>4470127
>I have to get used to slinging around a 5 pound lens and taking shots at 600mm.
5 pounds is light

There is always that one twig, isn't there?
>>4470643
Nice, what is it?

>>4470920
I would guess it's a Long-tailed tit

>>4470912
i do this because it lets you hold your wrist more straight, so hurts slightly less. i do it with a 180-600 idk if it would work with a big old heavy ass 600 f4 or something

>>4470927
I'll definitely try it on my next outing desu

>>4470932
I think this could use some processing and become a great pic.

>>4470934
Very nice light desu, looks like it was shot under a full moon

dont normally take pictures of dead birds

>>4470941
Beautifully morbid... also appropriate filename.

If Canon did another 1.3 crop camera, would you get one?

>>4470957
No since all my lenses are for Nikon

>>4470941
nice

>>4471040
goose meetings in the distance

sleepy little least

>>4470933
Anything particular you have in mind? I lighten the shadows a good bit to deal with the bird being backlit,m but I guess selective lightening it (and maybe the post too) to further undo the backlight would be an idea. Darken the background, or perhaps a bit of an added vignetting?

>mfw I, a rare Pigeon of superb coloration and magnificent stature (that of a majestic African lion), am being photographed by some paparazzi wannabe with dark zoom mounted on his plebeian apsc crop.
Harrumph!
The insolence!

>>4471153
nta but indeed, lightening the shadows further and maybe slightly reducing the exposure and contrast of the background. Here's a quick example, but it could be a bit too much

>>4470932
>>4471172
this, and straighten it. I would attempt to edit out the thing coming out of its head desu.

When you fumble an unexpected opportunity because it happened too suddenly

>>4471172
>>4471201
Off to Lightroom with me then...

a very handsome american golden finally showed up

pretty decent weekend at new yorks nastiest beach

dunlin also put in an appearance

>>4471302
would've been nice to have the shutter a bit faster for this ohne

>>4471315
butifel

>>4471305
Noice
Is that the full shot? Because I think a larger crop could maybe be nicer.
>>4471315
It's got murder on its mind

Where do you guys post your stuff outside of 4chan?

>>4471380
I show them to my mom

>>4471380
I show them to my cat

>>4471380
personal insta, no one really cares about this shit on social media though.

You have to be very, very good or be good at playing the algorithm for anyone to notice you

>>4471380
On the wall of the village hall at the monthly birders meet up

>>4470548
>so goofy lol

>>4471347
its the full shot

I keep getting odd pigeons in my yard

>>4471436
thats a thing?

>>4471431
Really like the attitude here

With this thread being so slow, why not just a /wildlife/ general?

>>4471851
It's one of the fastest thread on the board after /rpt/ and /gear/

>>4471852
grim

>>4471854
Goes to show that gearfags are somewhat succesfully contained

>>4471851
I'd actually appreciate if it became a more generic wildlife thread, since lots of the gear and techniques overlap so it's mostly the same thing.
It's fine having a niche thread on a slow board, I just think there'd be more to post. I guess /rpt/ gets the leftover wildlife stuff.

>>4471860
Yes but birds, anon. BIRDS.

>>4471861
okay then
These wild lorikeets were trying to break the budgie I was pet sitting out of its cage, with a couple of semi-successful attempts. I had half a mind to just let it happen because I personally don't like caging birds.

>>4471864
Jokes aside I would also like having a more general fauna thread, but I'm pretty sure it'd still be dominated by birds

these guys always bully me when I try to find birds

>>4471876
Here they're fearful as fuck, they run away the second they spot someone. The hunting season doesn't help either, these fuckers with their rifles make watching wildlife difficult and dangerous

I always struggle with these little fellas

>>4471738
One of the only safety spaces as a white man. Bird hides(slowly being invaded by women with OM1s though) and the village hall birding meet ups where we show photos, discuss local counts and drink yorkshire tea

>>4471879
one jumped in front of my car today out of nowhere, like 5 meters away. at least it was on a tiny road going 30km/h so he didn't need to die yet.
moose are very active also, and I saw four in total last week while driving, one relatively close call.

>>4471901
>moose
I'm glad we don't have them in western Europe, they look dangerous as fuck. We still have quite a lot of boars and deers which can be lethal for cars.
I'm lucky since the worst I've encoutered so far was coming close to hitting a deer and a badger. But then again I haven't been living in the countryside for a very long time. Still hit a young robin this summer, that made me sad.

>>4471903
What kind of a monster doesn't want to enjoy the presence of moose in his country?

>>4471903
yeah, you can badly injure yourself or even die when crashing with one. they're so tall and heavy that they can come through the windshield to your lap. absolutely gorgeous animals though.
deers very rarely cause injuries, so I'm not too worried about them.

>>4471916
I'd enjoy the sight but Québécois have made me very wary of them

>>4471860
>>4471851
>>4471868
this gets discussed every year or so, we've never made it happen. I would be in favor, i shoot whatevers around, theres just mostly birds.

>>4471963
newfag
https://archive.palanq.win/p/search/subject/wildlife/

>>4471733
Figured it out, there was a wedding nearby a week or two ago and they were probably released at that

>>4472057
>our wedding will feature some light ecoterrorism

>>4472060
I think I found the service they used too, which is spouting this bullshit. I know it's probably useless but I think I'll report it to the local council.

>>4471918
It's really easy to forget how fucking big moose are when you don't have them in your country

>>4471901
>5 meters
>30 km/h
How much is that in civilized units?

>>4472075
Stop making it obvious that you have no scientific knowledge.

>>4472075
Lol fuck off. Could have googled that in less time it took to do the captcha

>>4472075
5 metres
30 km/h

Grumpy

Red kites

>>4472062
they do have a point though, racing/carrier pigeons do have an uncanny ability to find their way home no matter where you release them
that's really the entire reason humans raise them

>>4472451
I wish that homing instinct would kick in as this is him chilling on my roof circa 10 mins ago

>>4472473
lol why are you bothered by some pretty pigeons on your roof?
>>4472159
nice eye contact and nice background colors too

>>4472501
not him but they shit everywhere

>>4472473
look man not all of them head home
some small percentage decide to settle down & start a family okay?

Beaky boy
>>4472501
Merlin are a rarity where I am, the old boys in the hide were well and truly hyped!

>>4472060
Wait until you hear what people do with chickens.

>>4472603
I'm not sure I get your point

>>4472501
>>4472534
I mainly don't like them because I usually get a lot of really cool native birds in my yard but now I'm seeing more and more feral pigeons and less of the native birds I like.

eastern yellow robin

very happy with this shot, might print it

sacred kingfisher

azure kingfisher

>>4472667
looks like a painting almost

Damn you, lighting-bolt-shaped leaf.

Curse you, little twig.
Why does this keep happening.

>>4472679
Tiny birds sends EMP signals that make your camera not shoot unless they are behind something, fact

>>4472699
At last, I truly see.

>>4472678
it makes the shot even better

nother dun shot

whole gang

Is this much bokeh desired in birding? It doesn’t appeal to me. I understand bokeh helps isolate the subject but in nature photography do you not want the surrounding environment as well?

I feel like when I’ve looked at NatGeo and BBC photography, it’s typically lacking bokeh. Everything around the subject is in clear focus.

>>4472878
lord no, its an unfortunate side effect of shooting crazy focal lengths on tiny subjects like 3 meters away. I honestly miss my apsc setup cuz of this, but there will never be another camera like the d500. Being able to get at least an entire eye in focus is nice

theres an entirely separate group of people obsessed with the terns here at the sandpiper marina. I can't really tell terns apart.

>>4472878
I take a cheap telephoto zoom on my crop sensor when I go hiking... the equivalent aperture is extreme, but when I can actually get close to the subject and the bg isn't too busy I do like the results and the context it provides, for example the burn markings on this shot (sorry not a birb). That said sandpiperfriend's shots are tasteful compared to a lot of shit I see, you can absolutely buy your way out of taking shots that require forethought about what's in the bg.

Met this cool bird the other day

>>4472949
They're sauropsidae after all

Magpie with a mole cricket

This fella's my hero, I fucking hate mole crickets. Noisy little faggots ruin summer evenings with their non-stop shrill screeching.

*randomly explodes*

>>4472978
Man I love tits

>>4472956
Neat. In a roundabout way I wasn't wrong.

>>4472982
Thinking that birds are some of the closest forms of dinosaurs alive today always makes my brain melt

Bully

>>4472985
Why? Have you seen the huge birds like an ostrich or elephant bird?

>>4473507
Yeah sure but comparing a tit with a T-rex is a different story

>>4473508
Evolution is a very broad and complicated subject... like how reptiles and birds are close cousin, that's the mind blowing part.

>>4472985
Go look at some pictures of cassowaries, paying close attention to their legs and feet. It'll blow your mind.

I cannot get enough of these happy little guys.

They look so vibrant and cheerful.

Without them, our wetlands would be so drab in the autumn.

It's early morning, dark and foggy.
They are already on-duty brightening up the place.

love em

also fartin' coot

Tricolored Heron

"Fat fuck, stop hogging all the nuts!"

>>4473976
Not a 1D?

>>4474023
Mourning Doves are barely aware of what's going on around them

red-shouldered hawk and mourning dove prey

>>4474132
>heavily cropped and ai upscaled
>back lit
>chromabs
Skill issue

why he so ugly tho

>>4472985
>>4473508
ever since they figured it out (popularly after I was a kid) I can't help but think about it whenever I see birds, and it's so obvious now I wonder how we never saw it before
>comparing a tit with a T-rex is a different story
why, just because they're different sizes?
>>4473976
nice shot, don't get many photos of birds from this angle

>>4474289
Yes but also teeth, diet, one flies and the other doesn't, one was the king of the land, the other is a fragile sky dweller. And I'd bet that T. Rexes didn't sing either. They're very different yet, as you put it, it's so obvious now I wonder how we never saw it before.

>>4474297
a cat and a mouse are both mammals
not really any different

>>4474301
The comparison actually stands except for the diet but I get what you mean

Best one I get, I'm not very good.

>>4474337
Is that a CCTV camera?

>>4474137
That's terrific.

>>4474403
that bird looks like it needs help

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