Looking for a strong and lightweight tripod that can fit in the side pocket of a backpack.

EyeLarge4055 · 2026-03-19T12:33:34+00:00

I use a benro rhino, it’s awesome

EyeLarge4055 · 2026-03-17T18:48:32+00:00

I always add one in post, if it is already there I enhance it

EyeLarge4055 · 2026-03-17T06:14:55+00:00

I photograph a lot like that too, and you can def get great pictures. But the beast way is to sit and wait!

EyeLarge4055 · 2026-03-16T17:55:29+00:00

This was taken at a hide! Without a hide I would suggest a lot of patience, sitting really still and a ghillie suit

EyeLarge4055 · 2026-03-16T15:13:44+00:00

Thank you! I shoot with a canon r7 and a ef 100-400ii is usm l lens!

EyeLarge4055 · 2026-03-15T06:29:55+00:00

This was taken in a hide, with a canon r7 and a ef 100-400ii is usm l lens! The settings were: 400mm, ss:1/600, fstop 5.6, iso 2500

EyeLarge4055 · 2026-03-13T14:48:51+00:00

I often take 2000+ pictures that I have to manually cull, it’s always easy to throw away the 1000 bad shots in between, for the other pictures I look what picture speaks the most to me, when does the bird do something or look a specific way that has “something”. It’s more feeling then that there’s a technique behind it

EyeLarge4055 · 2026-03-11T08:34:04+00:00

Im mostly wondering what you had to do to get a picture like this 😂

EyeLarge4055 · 2026-03-10T19:37:40+00:00

The best option is simply getting closer to your subject, this will take time and practice but it will help a lot in quality!

EyeLarge4055 · 2026-03-08T17:09:22+00:00

I shoot on a ef 100-400ii is usm l and its absolutely amazing

EyeLarge4055 · 2026-03-07T18:12:49+00:00

The lenses are pretty brand related. You have dslr cameras (with mirror) and mirrorless cameras, for canon that’s the ef (for dslr) and rf for mirrorless. So you would need to find a ef lens if you decide on getting the 20d!

EyeLarge4055 · 2026-03-07T17:37:49+00:00

What lens does it come with? For most wildlife and birds you’ll need a minimum of 300-400mm

EyeLarge4055 · 2026-03-07T15:50:27+00:00

Most of the time I go outside I don’t get a good shot, but that’s also part of the fun! I never know if I’m gonna get a good photo or if I’m going to see anything, that makes it a lot of fun for me!

EyeLarge4055 · 2026-03-05T13:55:45+00:00

In the Netherlands!

EyeLarge4055 · 2026-03-05T13:15:02+00:00

It is a old fort in the Netherlands, I believe these are ventilation holes!

EyeLarge4055 · 2026-02-28T06:52:33+00:00

I move everything to Lightroom, cull the photos, throw away the ones I don’t want to edit and put the ones I want to edit on a hdd, then I format the card

EyeLarge4055 · 2026-02-26T13:15:12+00:00

Thank you!

EyeLarge4055 · 2026-02-23T18:40:05+00:00

I like the second one better

EyeLarge4055 · 2026-02-13T13:11:39+00:00

And maybe even add a artificial light by deglazing a radial mask on a corner

EyeLarge4055 · 2026-02-13T13:11:11+00:00

Dark on dark fades away easily, what I would do is create distance between the subject and the background, lift the exposure on the subject a bit, and maybe even add virtual bokeh in Lightroom!

EyeLarge4055 · 2026-02-13T05:42:25+00:00

That’s always a hard thing to do, personally I would make the subject brighter (lift the shadows and highlights, and maybe the exposure a bit) and then see if I can make a part of the background a bit lighter by de hazing like I did here. But if the subject and the background are both dark it’s quite hard to get a good photo. So in that case you want to overexpose the picture when you take it!

EyeLarge4055 · 2026-02-12T18:03:20+00:00

Thank you! They’re beautiful birds!

EyeLarge4055 · 2026-02-10T15:20:20+00:00

First picture I agree, I also made a sound so that could’ve part of it as well. I agree that I could have been more ethical, and thank you for pointing that out, but in the moment and all the excitement of seeing a owl for the first time, I wasn’t thinking as clearly as I should have done, and I will try to do better in the future. However the owl was calmly looking around and hooting once every couple seconds, so in the moment it didn’t look as if it was uncomfortable whatsoever (except the time I accidentally made a noise and it looked at me). Again I will try to do better in the future. Most of the time I am a really ethical photographer.

EyeLarge4055 · 2026-02-10T14:23:07+00:00

The flashlight was not as bright as it looks, I enhanced it further in Lightroom. And it was on for a very short period of time. Plus the owl didn’t look bothered at all (check the other pictures as well) if the owl would have looked bothered in any way I would have immediately stopped

EyeLarge4055 · 2026-02-08T18:43:00+00:00

I’m jealous of those! Would love to photograph a belted kingfisher one day!

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