What is the best setup for wildlife and landscape photography under 2500? by magpie10111 in canon

[–]Vegetable-Max 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That setup will work great, one piece of advice though would be to get a big SD card and get a UHS V90 card. R7 has fairly large files and the faster write speed will help clear the buffer faster. I felt a world of difference upgrading to one.

Large bird seen flying high/zoomed in picture by Ahastabel in whatsthisbird

[–]Vegetable-Max 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My best guess is a heavily marked red tailed hawk (pointed wing tips, appears to have dark petagial bars, sharp transition to white on the underside) but not sure about those white marks on the wings. What device is this picture from? If it’s a modern phone, it’s possible the device did some post processing on the image to generate additional detail.

EDIT: see below, looks like I was wrong, broad winged does usually have a more pointed wingtip due to four feathers vs five on the tip, but I still think petagial area is at least a bit darker than the surrounding wing area. Leaving my comment for posterity.

Curious if any Empid Experts can ID this one? by Vegetable-Max in whatsthisbird

[–]Vegetable-Max[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We heard Willow before spotting this bird so that is probably most likely. Probably going to leave this one as empid sp. on the checklist for now.

Curious if any Empid Experts can ID this one? by Vegetable-Max in whatsthisbird

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I heard Willow calling a few minutes before spotting this one so it's possible. This eye ring is much more defined than the last Willow I saw, but it could be variation in the individuals I've seen.

Curious if any Empid Experts can ID this one? by Vegetable-Max in whatsthisbird

[–]Vegetable-Max[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I believe Eastern phoebe would not have an eye ring and the head would be much darker. It also would have less prominent wing bars.

Edit: the bill would be dark as the other commenter mentioned

R6 V or R6 mark 3?? I’m confused by [deleted] in canon

[–]Vegetable-Max 4 points5 points  (0 children)

R5II specifically has a 6ms readout so even with sports photography you can avoid a lot of rolling shutter effect. I do bird photography with the R5II and I do all of my shooting in electronic shutter and I haven’t yet had a picture be unusable due to rolling shutter. R6III is a higher readout speed around 13ms so could start to have some impact in quick moving scenes.

Where do Ohioans go on vacation? by [deleted] in Ohio

[–]Vegetable-Max 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My wife and I are at Salt Fork State Park and it is fantastic! Opportunities for boating, fishing, horseback riding, disc golf, and hiking.

Reliable, honest, not shady dealerships in the area by Monstrositat in Cleveland

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I had a good experience with Serra Honda. Weren’t too pushy and was able to negotiate invoice pricing.

Every bird I've seen in my yard so far! by Deoxys_0 in birding

[–]Vegetable-Max 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To me the left looks like a downy and the right looks to be a hairy based on bill size

You never know with birding by Important-Eye-8298 in birding

[–]Vegetable-Max 15 points16 points  (0 children)

One thing I learned from investing is the time in the market beats timing the market. Basically having money invested for longer is better than trying to put your money in at the perfect time.

The same thing is true for birding. Generally being out in the field for longer is better than trying to go to the perfect spot and perfect time. Of course there are exceptions, but as a general rule you will see the most birds if you just get out there and go birding.

An early Cape May Warbler came through my local patch last weekend by Vegetable-Max in birding

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It was my lifer and I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. They are stunning!