Birds Birds not in Flight Thread - Post Your Shots Here

[Clix Pix]

I notice the word 'crop' is regularly used on this forum and don't actually know what it means in the context of predominantly photo shots.

My interpretation if correct is what I do: When filming in UHD I regularly select a best frame of let us say a pigeon and just select the area I want from that clip and save as an image. Is that what you mean by crop?

The process of dedicated, still photography right from the start is very different from videography. Isn't UHD a term used in videography and cinematography? Are you primarily shooting videos?? Sounds as though you are and then from there you select and segregate specific frames......

Cropping is something we do in still photography, yes, usually to eliminate unwanted elements and distractions from the image and/or to make the subject, the primary focus, larger and subsequently making the overall image more compelling, more interesting. Using specific software for post-processing images shot during an excursion with a camera set up to shoot only still images is not at all the same as dealing with video images.

Working with video footage is something entirely different and I really don't know how videographers manage either their newly-shot film footage prior to or during editing. Hopefully someone else here does!

 

[meridklt]

The process of dedicated, still photography right from the start is very different from videography. Isn't UHD a term used in videography and cinematography? Are you primarily shooting videos?? Sounds as though you are and then from there you select and segregate specific frames......

Cropping is something we do in still photography, yes, usually to eliminate unwanted elements and distractions from the image and/or to make the subject, the primary focus, larger and subsequently making the overall image more compelling, more interesting. Using specific software for post-processing images shot during an excursion with a camera set up to shoot only still images is not at all the same as dealing with video images.

Working with video footage is something entirely different and I really don't know how videographers manage either their newly-shot film footage prior to or during editing. Hopefully someone else here does!

Yes, up to now I have primarily shot racing pigeon videos and any stills are taken from the best UHD single frame and for film editing, I use Edius. But I'm now on a brand new course, hence I'm on this forum.

 

[iamdlewis]

What an interesting bird. That's one helluva beak. And the pink/green plumage is almost iridescent.

You should go find a Glossy Ibis

I notice the word 'crop' is regularly used on this forum and don't actually know what it means in the context of predominantly photo shots.

Cropping is
This is out of camera

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 1250

This is cropped so you can see the Yellow Warbler

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 1250

 

[meridklt]

You should go find a Glossy Ibis

Cropping is
This is out of camera
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This is cropped so you can see the Yellow Warbler
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Thank you for the explanation and I'm amazed you pulled the close up from such a large image. Did you then sharpen the close up?

 

[iamdlewis]

Thank you for the explanation and I'm amazed you pulled the close up from such a large image. Did you then sharpen the close up?

For this one I put the RAW file through Topaz Photo AI to denoise (with slight sharpening) then did my editing, which was some slight global edits and the crop.

 

[THXGEEK]

You should go find a Glossy Ibis

Wow!

 

[spudhead]

reed bunting

• ILCE-1
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 800

• ILCE-1
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 4000

 

[THXGEEK]

Taking the new 400-800mm out for a spin...

Work has been absolute hell (can't WAIT to retire!), so I didn't make it out to the lake. Here's what's going on in my backyard.

Feed Me.

• ILCE-1M2
• 795.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/320 sec
• ISO 16000

No, seriously... FEED ME !!!

• ILCE-1M2
• 659.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/320 sec
• ISO 10000

Yea! Dinner!!! (Thanks Dad!)

• ILCE-1M2
• 659.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/320 sec
• ISO 10000

I am loving the 400-800! It's a hefty lens, but quite luggable for short periods of time - not significantly worse than the 200-600mm. For me (and depending on how my RA is doing that day), I will most likely deploy a monopod for field trips and a full tripod if I'm going to be parked for a significant length of time.

It is not a fast lens. I was surprised at the auto ISO figures for the pics taken during a cloudy (but otherwise quite bright) afternoon. My viewfinder turned surprisingly 'grainy' during a few test shots at fast shutter speeds in lower light conditions. Nevertheless, it should do quite well during the golden hour.

Cheers!

 

[spudhead]

goldfinch

• ILCE-1
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 3200

 

[spudhead]

great crested grebe

• ILCE-1
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 640

 

[meridklt]

Taking the new 400-800mm out for a spin...

Work has been absolute hell (can't WAIT to retire!), so I didn't make it out to the lake. Here's what's going on in my backyard.

Feed Me.

View attachment 75087

No, seriously... FEED ME !!!

View attachment 75088


Yea! Dinner!!! (Thanks Dad!)

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I am loving the 400-800! It's a hefty lens, but quite luggable for short periods of time - not significantly worse than the 200-600mm. For me (and depending on how my RA is doing that day), I will most likely deploy a monopod for field trips and a full tripod if I'm going to be parked for a significant length of time.

It is not a fast lens. I was surprised at the auto ISO figures for the pics taken during a cloudy (but otherwise quite bright) afternoon. My viewfinder turned surprisingly 'grainy' during a few test shots at fast shutter speeds in lower light conditions. Nevertheless, it should do quite well during the golden hour.

Cheers!

Thank you for sharing such beautiful images obtained using your new 400-800.

Are you using a 'Hide' for cover on the ground shots?

 

[THXGEEK]

Thank you for sharing such beautiful images obtained using your new 400-800.

Are you using a 'Hide' for cover on the ground shots?

Thanks!

The deck on the back of my home has a substantial railing - so I can park myself at the picnic table or in a chair right behind it and remain 70% obscured. As long as I don't thrash around too much (damn gnats!) the birds usually chill out and do their thing.

 

[Clix Pix]

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 840.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 6400

 

[THXGEEK]

Alfred?

 

[iamdlewis]

This is an Ovenbird (no idea why it is called that), it is one of those birds that is much more likely to be heard and not seen. My first time photographing one.

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 12800

This is a Wood Thrush. This one you will hear but will have a better chance to see than the Ovenbird. Really suggest listening to this one's song, especially the 2020 Maryland recording.

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 12800

 

[iamdlewis]

Ruby Throated Hummingbird

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 400

 

[spudhead]

great tit

• ILCE-1
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/1250 sec
• ISO 2000

• ILCE-1
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/1250 sec
• ISO 1250

• ILCE-1
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/1250 sec
• ISO 5000

• ILCE-1
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/1250 sec
• ISO 6400

• ILCE-1
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/1250 sec
• ISO 2000

 

[RogerSmith]

These birds have such a grind raising their young, exposed nesting area, incessant chicks begging for food. Brave little souls (Brandt's cormorant)

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 800

 

[THXGEEK]

Showing the little one how to open that seed in a favorite notch....

• ILCE-1M2
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 4000

 

[Clide]

American Oystercatcher. Egg Rock in Pigeon Hill Bay, Maine

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 400-800mm F6.3-8 G OSS
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 1250

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 400-800mm F6.3-8 G OSS
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 1000

 

[EdHarrison]

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 840.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 6400

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 840.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 125

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 734.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/400 sec
• ISO 2500

 

[iamdlewis]

House Wren bring home the take out

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 1600

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 500

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 640

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 3200

 

[RogerSmith]

orange crowned warbler, Irvine CA

• ILCE-1
• FE 400mm F2.8 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/3.5
• 1/5000 sec
• ISO 800

 

[iamdlewis]

orange crowned warbler, Irvine CA

They were stretching when they named this one. The orange is kind of there, not like the kinglets that have the obvious stripes of color.

 

[THXGEEK]

LOVE the yellow and purple!

 

[Clide]

Yellow!

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 400-800mm F6.3-8 G OSS
• 678.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 640

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 400-800mm F6.3-8 G OSS
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 6400

 

[THXGEEK]

We need more yellow birds - just the thing to cheer up an otherwise awful Monday!

 

[Phil Vetra]

From the jungle of my back yard.

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 840.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 6400

 

[Clide]

Black throated green warbler and a chestnut-sided warbler taken in Acadia National Park. Streaks of yellow .

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 400-800mm F6.3-8 G OSS
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 12800

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 400-800mm F6.3-8 G OSS
• 720.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 2000

 

[Clide]

Robin letting a Red Shoulder Hawk it is not welcome in this area!

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 400-800mm F6.3-8 G OSS
• 780.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 1600

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 400-800mm F6.3-8 G OSS
• 705.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 1600