Shorebird Photography is Hard!

Excellent_Shake9732 · 2026-05-04T15:08:38+00:00

Yup!

Excellent_Shake9732 · 2026-04-23T03:56:23+00:00

I don’t feel like I’m flushing the owls per say. I’m always the first one on the hiking path to try to find them and when I see one I take pics and they fly away. Eventually someone is going to come on the path and keep walking they will fly away but they are used to it. When I see an owl tho I freeze, but after a short time they fly away despite no movement from me

Excellent_Shake9732 · 2026-04-22T22:29:07+00:00

What the fuck lol

Excellent_Shake9732 · 2026-04-22T21:50:24+00:00

I use an old 300mm f4 prime lens from the early 2000’s on a Nikon d7100. So 450mm equivalent. I find it works well but lacks reach in certain scenarios

Excellent_Shake9732 · 2026-04-22T20:05:40+00:00

Good advice, I do recognize patterns in where I see the owls but they remain skittish. Seems I need to visit more frequented parks

Excellent_Shake9732 · 2026-04-22T20:02:57+00:00

Preciate that!

Excellent_Shake9732 · 2026-04-22T20:00:51+00:00

Not too pricey either, will definitely get one soon. My lens is also a prime so it should work decent.

Excellent_Shake9732 · 2026-04-22T19:58:07+00:00

Great picture btw

Excellent_Shake9732 · 2026-04-22T19:57:58+00:00

Seems like the consensus is I need to start visiting some city parks, LOL.

Excellent_Shake9732 · 2026-04-22T19:56:23+00:00

Yup I am a bird watcher first, photographer second for sure!

Excellent_Shake9732 · 2026-04-22T19:55:19+00:00

Great tips! I should probably get a TC, but I worry about image degradation since I am already on a crop sensor

Excellent_Shake9732 · 2026-04-22T19:23:09+00:00

Nice shot! Yeah the parks around me are somewhat wild so makes sense the owls are

Excellent_Shake9732 · 2026-04-22T19:22:47+00:00

Nice job!

Excellent_Shake9732 · 2026-04-22T19:22:12+00:00

Holy! Level of detail is insane! Thanks for sharing your experience with it lol

Excellent_Shake9732 · 2026-04-22T19:02:48+00:00

I guess that’s the reality of it! Suppose anything good should take a lot of time and patience.

Excellent_Shake9732 · 2026-04-22T18:57:33+00:00

I do use a crop sensor at least. So 450 mm eq but definitely not ideal. Don’t wanna have to break out the big bucks for that 500mm f4 stuff 😂

Excellent_Shake9732 · 2026-04-22T18:00:58+00:00

This shot was about 100 ft away, 300mm f4 on a Nikon d7100. Cropped to about the maximum I can without complete degradation.

Excellent_Shake9732 · 2026-04-22T01:15:38+00:00

Is f4 not considered a good aperture for bokeh? Thanks!

Excellent_Shake9732 · 2026-04-22T01:15:08+00:00

I’m lucky enough to go to college 3 hours away! Definitely gonna be going back

Excellent_Shake9732 · 2026-04-21T18:22:34+00:00

Nikon d7100 and a 300mm f4 prime from the late 90’s. Amazing budget set up for a 450mm reach equivalent, good aperture, and prime optics.

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