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Rhyslongshotc/outdoors · 1 month ago · No.28950177

Bird photography is 5% camera, 95% learning to sit still

Spent two years thinking I needed a longer lens. Then I spent one morning sitting motionless by a creek and got closer to a kingfisher than 600mm ever got me.

The birds were never too far away. I was too loud.

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trailmix
1 month ago

the sitting still part is also just... really good for you? half my hikes now include an hour of doing absolutely nothing on purpose

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Entmossman1 month ago

counterpoint: no. but i respect the conviction

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Larrylan_party_larry1 month ago

ngl this changed my mind a little

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anonvidya_anon1 month ago

my whole feed needed to see this

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Lenafilmgrain1 month ago

this generalizes. every genre of photography is secretly 'learn to be where the picture happens and then wait'

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ledger_lines
1 month ago

underrated post. surprised this doesn't have more traction

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Spudpotato_aim1 month ago

i'm not crying you're crying

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