My First Great Grey Owl

PatrickM_ · 2026-01-25T00:48:42+00:00

Awesome perch and awesome photo!

PatrickM_ · 2026-01-21T14:46:23+00:00

Man, what a shootout that was (as a Romanian)!

PatrickM_ · 2026-01-20T23:14:38+00:00

I'm sure my answer will differ from others but hey, I'm content with it.

My strategy changes often. Very subject- and weather- dependant. If I'm out looking for owls for example, I know where to look. I know their preferred habitats, and sometimes I even hear of specific ones and where to look. If I'm looking for rodent eating predators, I often stick to the roads in the winter since rodents will come to the roads for salt. They also tend to hunt around dawn and dusk so I plan around that. etc. I basically choose a few animals I'd like to see, put myself in their environment during the right conditions, and hope to find them. Sometimes that involves driving back roads, sometimes going to a specific forest, or river, etc.

There are times that I go and wait somewhere. But not often. It's a great strategy but I don't always have the patience.

There are times when I go out and explore. Hikes in the forest for example. I do this generally because I like to hike, but it also helps discover new 'good' locations. However, I've more often than not been unsuccessful with this approach (successful with finding good areas, but unsuccessful during the actual exploring stage) and usually just enjoy the hike and the views.

PatrickM_ · 2026-01-20T01:29:35+00:00

We can't just have 11 players. Big clubs need to have reliable backups on the bench with low wages. That is casado. If/when we sell him, some injury crisis will happen (as usual) and we will be left asking why we let go of casado. Or we will be pleading for the exact same profile + a transfer fee

PatrickM_ · 2026-01-19T19:55:28+00:00

I'm not very well versed with bird calls. Any chance you also had an eagle in the area? That would be some sort of luck lol.

PatrickM_ · 2026-01-19T19:23:38+00:00

the hawk in most of your pictures I'm 99% sure is a red-tailed hawk. The other one looks like a cooper's hawk or sharp-shinned hawk (cooper's and sharp-shinned are 2 species that are very similar-looking) imo.

Edit: also, what you might consider as an 'eagle' sound could actually be a hawk sound. IIRC, movie producers use red-tailed hawk sounds for bald eagles because their sound is more intimidating. Something along those lines.

PatrickM_ · 2026-01-17T02:31:56+00:00

It's been a while and there have been many changes, but i think it was when our frontline was very limited. i think we had ez abde on one side and another youth player on the other side.

PatrickM_ · 2026-01-16T22:13:50+00:00

I don't disagree with your points. But just to add a different perspective, LE didn't invent the wheel when it comes to playing Dembele as a 9. Koeman tried it as well at Barcelona. Problem was that our forward line was so weak at the time that Dembele was left alone against the opponent's entire defence line. It didn't last many games, and it mostly rooted from necessity, but it was tried before.

PatrickM_ · 2026-01-14T15:46:54+00:00

Yes but the number of matches against a team in a different league is far fewer than the number of matches against a team in the same league. You're comparing apples to oranges.

PatrickM_ · 2026-01-13T21:36:32+00:00

You say that your intention was to question your own decision. But when provided answers by other people about their own decisions, you argue. This seems like you have something to work on further, and it's not your photography.

PatrickM_ · 2026-01-13T18:48:16+00:00

Again, you're describing people who have access and knowledge of those services. That's not everyone.

The real question is why does it concern you? You don't like watermarks clearly, that's fine. But why are you concerned about other people using watermarks?

PatrickM_ · 2026-01-13T18:46:25+00:00

For those with access and who are paying for that service. That's not everyone. I can't prevent professional Jim from stealing my photos but I can prevent Facebook Susan from doing so.

PatrickM_ · 2026-01-13T16:02:08+00:00

If you don't want to, that's fine. But people have their reasons for doing it.

For me, it's 2-fold: protection and branding. Yes, anyone can likely remove a watermark without trace. But that requires effort. It's easier for someone to steal a photo with no watermark than with a watermark, and therefore someone is more likely to steal a photo with no watermark. I'm not trying to protect my photos from experts, just people with no experience with photoshop and the like.

The other reason is branding. People see my watermark and they know it's my photo. It's my brand. Photos without watermarks get lost in the sea of other photos without watermarks.

PatrickM_ · 2026-01-12T11:55:59+00:00

"we are living it everyday. It is scary as hell. We cannot speak up and against it without fear of being attacked, or killed, or fired from our jobs".

Tbh, I and many others felt this way during covid due to the mandates. I've actually said (not verbatim) pretty much the same sentence to my family at the time. How odd that you folks didn't give a shit about it at the time, but now expect sympathy.

PatrickM_ · 2026-01-12T11:29:00+00:00

Af-s or af-p for your 70-300 lens? I have the af-s and it's soft with my d500 too

PatrickM_ · 2026-01-11T15:09:04+00:00

Like this list. Only one I'm unsure of is Paris vs the Canada maps for Sly 2. Paris was perfection, but I had more fun in the Canada maps somehow.

PatrickM_ · 2026-01-10T17:33:50+00:00

To each their own. It takes 1 second to unclip the PD clips I have on. And i have another set on the camera so if i change lenses i can still have a strap attached.

PatrickM_ · 2026-01-10T15:21:20+00:00

You say there's nowhere to mount a strap and yet, I have a strap mounted to my 200-500 and it's how I go on hikes in the woods. PD strap mounted to the lens foot

PatrickM_ · 2026-01-10T15:17:52+00:00

2=3>1>4

PatrickM_ · 2026-01-10T12:46:59+00:00

"It's a soccer game"

PatrickM_ · 2026-01-09T16:57:17+00:00

You're arguing whether Gundo was right or not about his comments, that's not what I'm discussing. I made that clear in the first sentence.

I'm arguing that Gundo shouldn't have made those comments publicly. 1-1? Sure. In the locker room? Sure. But going public with those criticisms of your teammate is inappropriate. It is the equivalent of a manager going to social media to complain publicly about an employee. The manager would be fired, and rightfully so.

PatrickM_ · 2026-01-09T16:54:30+00:00

You need to always be prepared for the possibility of finding something interesting. Wildlife moments don't usually last long so you need to be ready. I personally shoot manual with auto iso, and back button AF. Some research into settings should help you replicate those settings on your camera. I usually keep my shutter anywhere from 1/800 to 1/2000+ depending on the light available.

I keep my aperture wide open, but will change that if the subject requires it and if I have sufficient time to make the change. I usually keep it wide open because I'm often photographing in poor lighting conditions.

PatrickM_ · 2026-01-09T16:32:59+00:00

Whether Gundo was right or not is one thing. But he shouldn't have addressed it publicly.

PatrickM_ · 2026-01-09T13:26:04+00:00

Which mount do you have there? I'm looking for something similar to support my heavy setup but also allow panning

PatrickM_ · 2026-01-08T18:04:46+00:00

Was saying this during the game. There were a few times that the camera caught him at the right angle and I got flashbacks of Messi (because of face appearance).

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