KevinFRK

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Chiffchaff in the Shade (lemmy.world)
 

I think it was just too hot for it to fly off the sort of distance they normally do, so I was able to get an OK shot, even if with blurred leaves.

Prospect Park, Reading, UK

Canon R5 Mk II + RF200-800mm

Just another Red Kite in c/birding@lemmy.world
[–] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

It's been a little while since I've seen kestrels - here, the Kites get chased off by Jackdaws and Crows, though I'm pretty sure sometimes the Kites deliberately provoke them first to have a bit of fun.

Just another Red Kite in c/birding@lemmy.world
[–] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Because I've watched them so much, I'm familiar with their flight patterns (loosely, a lazy horizontal corkscrew, a lazy half straight glide, and then a determined "I want to get there" flight - oh, and a circling up on thermals which is a "no hoper" for photos) - with those I find it much easier now to predict and track their flight. Though a good lens and auto-focus obviously helps a lot!

Just another Red Kite in c/birding@lemmy.world
[–] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Well, there are Scottish release & feeding stations (I've been to the Galloway one), and they are happy in urban environments, it shouldn't be more than a few years before you're seeing them in Glasgow!

https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/red-kite

Just another Red Kite in c/birding@lemmy.world
[–] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Oops - the one time I forgot to add it!

Canon R5 MkII + RF200-800mm lens (at full extension) - ISO800, F/9, 1/1250s So, umm, not the cheapest of setups :)

Blackbird! in c/birding@lemmy.world
[–] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

It did make my walk, the day is yet young, but maybe to day as well!

Chalkie from 2022, the last time I've a photo of them (I've also some 2021 photos):

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Just another Red Kite (lemmy.world)
 

Nothing very special for Reading, but they were pretty much flying directly towards the sun, so giving a decent photo. And I adore photos of Red Kites, so you have to suffer another one too!

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Blackbird! (lemmy.world)
 

This is Chalkie (or perhaps son of Chalkie, as I last saw Chalkie a couple of years ago), a popular resident of this corner of Prospect Park, Reading, UK and a leucistic blackbird. I was out early to avoid the full sun, and so was he.

Canon R5 Mk II +RF 200-800mm lens

Beaverton, OR. in c/photography@lemmy.world
[–] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

A nice combo of crimes against the sky.

Though what it really needs is a few jet vapour trails, preferably with a jet in shot!

Tillamook Forest, OR. in c/photography@lemmy.world
[–] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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/photography@lemmy.world
[–] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 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

MilkTea in c/photography@lemmy.world
[–] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

OK, I'll bite, why "MilkTea" as a title?

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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

The Mystery and The Drama of Ferdinando Scianna’s Staircases in c/photography@lemmy.world
[–] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Interesting article and photos within it, but what made you want to post this one here out of all possible interesting articles on photography? Can we look forward to your own work with stairs?

Female Eurasian Blackcap in c/birding@lemmy.world
[–] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, I only recently learned that Blackcaps's sing really well through the Merlin Bird ID app. No more Blackbirds getting undeserved credit :)

Splashdown in c/birding@lemmy.world
[–] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Of course!

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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)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by KevinFRK@lemmy.world to c/birding@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!

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The Best Camera+Lens is the one in your hand (lemmy.world)
 

Now this ought to have been taken with my 100mm Macro Lens, but all I had was Canon R5 Mk II + RF200mm-800mm lens, with a minimum focal distance of 0.8m at 200mm.

But I get the terrible feeling it was better done with the telephoto lens !?!

Anyway, what might be a female "Beautiful Demoiselle" (but could be some other sort of Damselfly), nowhere near water.

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Been at least 5 minutes since my last Red Kite Photo... (lemmy.world)
 

Coming in to land, Prospect Park, Reading, UK

I just find them so satisfying to photo on the days my camera is in sync with my idea of what to focus on.

Canon R5 Mk II + RF200-800mm

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Chiffchaff (?) (lemmy.world)
 

A warbler, anyway.

Reading, UK. Canon R5 MkII + RF200-800mm lens - foolishly at 1/500s (far too slow for birding with that lens, but got away with it).

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Yet Another Spider (lemmy.world)
 

Because we all need more spider, and I was taking my Canon RF100mm macro lens for its first spin of the year.

And no, I haven't got into on-the-fly (hah!) aperture correction, or focus stacking, but I quite liked having the plane of the web being the level of best focus.

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