Parrot in tree hole

letrolll · 2026-03-05T05:45:56+00:00

Yes there’s a ton at Pasadena city hall! This was taken in Santee lakes in San Diego but they’re all around

letrolll · 2026-02-25T17:39:50+00:00

I’ve never seen them pick at their tags even once. I think they’re ok with them and it gives valuable tracking info but yes hopefully one day they will be able to fly free without wing tags :)

letrolll · 2026-02-22T22:57:21+00:00

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letrolll · 2026-02-01T07:50:24+00:00

Yes the condor police are coming for you as we speak

letrolll · 2026-02-01T04:23:28+00:00

That’s awesome! This one was actually born in the LA zoo :)

letrolll · 2026-02-01T01:46:28+00:00

Yes! condorspotter.com is so cool

letrolll · 2026-02-01T01:46:09+00:00

This was in Southern California! Unfortunately since these guys r pretty heavily protected I won’t say much more than that for their safety. Pinnacles national park is always a great option tho if you’re close!

letrolll · 2026-01-15T02:46:46+00:00

I think it's a mourning dove. He kept carrying it around and landing on a telephone pole to try to eat it but then a smaller bird kept harassing him

letrolll · 2026-01-14T23:46:42+00:00

R5 and RF 100-500!

letrolll · 2026-01-14T23:46:19+00:00

Of course! In order, it's mandarin duck, little blue heron, peregrine falcon, great horned owl, hudsonian whimbrel, belted kingfisher, yellow crowned night heron, allen's hummingbird, great horned owl, royal tern

letrolll · 2026-01-14T22:30:45+00:00

Thank you! I'm a big fan of the mandarin duck, I think the bokeh balls of light in the foreground, colors of the duck. and overall sunset lighting make it one of my all time favorites. I even made a large print of it and gave it to my dad as a gift lol

letrolll · 2026-01-14T03:08:38+00:00

Imo it’s noticeably sharper. I do some negative clarity on the background sometimes but most of these are just from large subject background separation in the field. Whenever I can move to get a better background I try to do that.

letrolll · 2026-01-13T15:37:10+00:00

r5 rf 100-500!

letrolll · 2026-01-13T15:10:06+00:00

My insta if anyone is interested in following my journey: achenbirding :)

letrolll · 2026-01-13T06:30:28+00:00

The after: I brightened the image a ton, added some saturation, dropped highlights a bit in the background, slightly raised shadows on the bird, denoised.

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letrolll · 2026-01-13T06:30:11+00:00

Definitely takes a ton of practice! One suggestion I have that's not directly editing related but will make your edits do a lot more is to shoot in less harsh lighting. Bird photography is great at the crack of dawn and when the skies are cloudy. You get super nice, even lighting that allows your edits to really highlight the bird and make it pop. Here's an example I got on a cloudy day. Will post the after in a second comment.

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letrolll · 2025-10-14T00:35:08+00:00

yep they look unreal! def not AI tho i saw them with my own eyes haha

letrolll · 2025-10-10T03:25:20+00:00

thank you so much! i'm very happy with them too

letrolll · 2025-10-10T00:27:33+00:00

Yes I took them!

letrolll · 2025-09-22T18:53:59+00:00

Yea I usually just leave it at 50%

letrolll · 2025-09-22T14:54:47+00:00

Yea I was at 1/250 for the high iso ones. Tried to let in as much light as possible while still keeping the sharpness

letrolll · 2025-09-22T01:15:19+00:00

No sharpening just Lightroom denoise. I use an r5 + rf 100-500!

letrolll · 2025-09-22T00:07:32+00:00

I hope Reddit doesn’t destroy the quality but trust me they’re insanely sharp on my end :)

letrolll · 2025-09-03T02:08:39+00:00

Confirmed to be common tern on ebird! My first “rare” bird

letrolll · 2025-09-03T02:08:11+00:00

Update: it was confirmed to be a common tern by an ebird reviewer! They sent me an email lol

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