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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world to c/birding@lemmy.world

stopped by my favorite birding spot after work and had these fellas fly in over my head. guest appearance by a great blue heron.

shot on sony a7siii with a tamron 150-500. all handheld and after the sun was behind the mountains, so you'll have to excuse some shakiness and focus issues.

music: creep - original song by Radiohead - performed by scott bradlee's post modern jukebox.

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[-] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Oh, very well done - and if that level of camera shake is all you have to worry about, you're a far better photographer than I! Just a bit of a shame the file downloaded so slowly I didn't get to the end before other things called, but that's not on you.

[-] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

damn, slow buffering? it's not actually making you like download download it right? it was doing that at first on my phone when I used a .mov container. seemed better with i switched it to an mp4. still looking for a better platform with embeddable video that isn't YouTube and supports larger/higher quality files, but also allows users to convert it down as needed. some people can't/don't want to load a 4k version.

the focus was worse than the shake. if you full screen it it gets a little rough a few times. the shake is more just a bit of motion blur from time to time because of post stabilization. it wouldn't even be there if i was at a higher shutter speed, but I needed all the light i could get.

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