LucaPero

Thanks :) Nice, but I want a full lit round moon at least one time! Will closely monitor the next phases and the sky.

Camera: Canon EOS R6 Mark II

Lens: Canon RF 200-800 F6.3-9

Shot on a tripod: 800mm 1/200s F10 ISO100

Sharpest RAW image of a few RAW processed in Nitro (curves, sharpen, crop)

White balance set to Daylight: do you have opinions on how to set it for the moon? I like it a bit warm, as it’s sunlit, but we perceive it more neutral white with our eyes maybe?

Oh thanks!

Well, busted!! The autofocus mode reads AI servo. It is all just a big lie.

Glad you like it!

Thanks! Yes they are fascinating. This one gulped a pretty sizable frog or fish moments before I got out the camera, unfortunately for me and for its prey.

Thanks :)

It was really close, to take that profile full-figure shot I had to back up to the side several meters and hold the camera as low as possible in the ditch. That is taken at 400mm.

At 800mm I got very personal with it:

It must know a good featherdresser ;) I also find that detail the most interesting in this photo

Thanks for the eyebrows-rising comment, let’s try to get some useful infos going: this picture was taken in Bayern, Germany, where herons migrate for winter (blue areas in the picture)

I assume “DC metro area” means North America? No native grey herons there I think, but local? Almost all American citizens descend from people who self-imported themselves in NA, but I would surely call them local ;)

That’s sweet! But yes I was really captured by that bright azure bird I spotted during a jog, it stand out like a gem in the grey, brown and cloudy winter surroundings. Every couple of days I check that spot with the camera in hand, didn’t meet it again. Wish me luck! :)

Thanks :) I was hoping to see a Kingfisher near that spot. I’m seeing many more birds than I expected with low temperatures and a bit of snow. I’m an absolute beginner and don’t really know behavior patterns of any animal I’m trying to photograph though

Sooo unfortunately - as already found out by another Pixelfed user some weeks ago - cross posting directly from Pixelfed has big caveats: one of them is the loss of multi-picture posts where only the first is seen on Lemmy.

Here my original post, with all 4 sides: https://pixelfed.social/p/LucaPero/914475114515075522

I also tried to reply to you with my Pixelfed account (where I see your comment) but to no avail.