This looks so good. Did you have to crop in on the original or is this raw from the camera? I feel like tracking something moving quickly would be hard
I cropped in a bit, and it helps a lot that my lens has shake reduction (i used Nikon D500 body plus 200-500 f2.8 nikkor lens). And yes, it's hard to shoot fast objects, honestly it was more luck than anything, i normally shoot more stationary stuff :)
I also have no idea what any of those lens details mean but thank you for the detailed response. I didn't know a lens could have anti shake, does that work similarly to a smartphone sensor's optical image stabilization? I guess you could compensate for movement with the final destination of the light or the path it travels through. I had never thought about it on a bigger camera, but when the sensor is scaled up that large, it would have to be easier to adjust through the lens than to move that entire sensor quickly.
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dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 50d
That’s not a kite, it’s clearly some sort of bird.
/s
dave@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 50d
They just edited out the wires. See !birdsarentreal@lemmy.world
llii@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 50d
Wow, the lighting is really great! Incredible!
Creativity@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 49d
If you feel like crossposting, !birding@lemmy.world would like your picture!
Geobloke@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d
Oh, so that's what Tobias looked like
wieson@feddit.org · 2 pts · 50d
Beautiful! (But it's milvus milvus)
Red kite is my favourite predator bird
Celestial6370@programming.dev · 1 pts · 50d
This looks so good. Did you have to crop in on the original or is this raw from the camera? I feel like tracking something moving quickly would be hard
Grothorious@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 50d
Thank you, glad you like it!
I cropped in a bit, and it helps a lot that my lens has shake reduction (i used Nikon D500 body plus 200-500 f2.8 nikkor lens). And yes, it's hard to shoot fast objects, honestly it was more luck than anything, i normally shoot more stationary stuff :)
randombullet@programming.dev · 2 pts · 50d
Man the D500 is such a beast for wildlife photography. I wish they have an equivalent for the Z series.
Celestial6370@programming.dev · 2 pts · 50d
Lucky for you, lucky for us :)
I also have no idea what any of those lens details mean but thank you for the detailed response. I didn't know a lens could have anti shake, does that work similarly to a smartphone sensor's optical image stabilization? I guess you could compensate for movement with the final destination of the light or the path it travels through. I had never thought about it on a bigger camera, but when the sensor is scaled up that large, it would have to be easier to adjust through the lens than to move that entire sensor quickly.