Taken in Emmetten, Switzerland.

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[–] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

That’s not a kite, it’s clearly some sort of bird.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago

    Wow, the lighting is really great! Incredible!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    Beautiful! (But it's milvus milvus)
    Red kite is my favourite predator bird

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    Oh, so that's what Tobias looked like

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    If you feel like crossposting, !birding@lemmy.world would like your picture!

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    This looks so good. Did you have to crop in on the original or is this raw from the camera? I feel like tracking something moving quickly would be hard

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Thank you, glad you like it!

    I cropped in a bit, and it helps a lot that my lens has shake reduction (i used Nikon D500 body plus 200-500 f2.8 nikkor lens). And yes, it's hard to shoot fast objects, honestly it was more luck than anything, i normally shoot more stationary stuff :)

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    Lucky for you, lucky for us :)

    I also have no idea what any of those lens details mean but thank you for the detailed response. I didn't know a lens could have anti shake, does that work similarly to a smartphone sensor's optical image stabilization? I guess you could compensate for movement with the final destination of the light or the path it travels through. I had never thought about it on a bigger camera, but when the sensor is scaled up that large, it would have to be easier to adjust through the lens than to move that entire sensor quickly.

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