KevinFRK

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Tillamook Forest, OR. in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Perhaps try setting the camera to manual focus and a plausible distance - I almost feel sorry for auto-focus trying to make sense of what it's seeing in those circumstances!

But a good experiment to try.

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Young Song Thrush (lemmy.world)
 

Or at least, it's clearly thrush family, and there was a more mature song thrush about 2' along the branch!

Reading, UK, Canon R5 MkII + RF200-800mm

South Hillsboro, OR. in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

In passing, since you are learning about RAW format processing, you can do some quite extreme things to the luminance/histogram/gamma/whatever to bring out a little more detail in these sorts of shots, because the range of tones is rather narrow. Some also have fun boosting one of the colour components - "Mineral moon processing".

If you get addicted to trying for the best possible moon shot, you may find https://clearoutside.com/forecast/ Useful for knowing when the nights will be clear

Also, don't discount early morning/evening moon photos - there can still be enough details to make the effort worthwhile even in daylight (if you play with the RAW).

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Skittish Jackdaw (lemmy.world)
 

This Jackdaw was taking little flights of a couple of yards each while it hunting food close to where I was sitting. No single photo is outstanding, but the best of the set presented this way amused me.

Reading, UK, Canon R5 MkII RF200-800

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Crick in the Neck (lemmy.world)
 

Young Herring Gull, Prospect Park, Reading, UK. Curiously, Herring Gulls seem to stick to built up areas of the town rather than the park, and the Black-headed gull are vice versa. But this one was hanging around with the Black-heads.

Canon R5 MkII + RF200-800mm

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Splashdown (lemmy.world)
 

Female Mandarin Duck (less flashy but far cuter than the male) leaping off the bank into the water, and I got really lucky with the timing (if not quite the focus).

Reading, UK, Canon R5 MkII + RF200-800mm lens

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Jackdaw in Flight (lemmy.world)
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Prospect Park, Reading, UK, Canon R5 MkII + RF200-800mm lens.

Alas, tracking a moderately fast bird with an overly heavy leans still leads to mistakes, such as clipping the wing tip!