Best eBird Photos!

[Aidan B]

10 minutes ago, Connor Cochrane said:

The sharpness and details are great, but the image is pretty underexposed. I could see how it gets a 4. 

I can see it as a four as well, it's one of those hard to rank high four star-low five star images. What I was mostly saying was that it previously had four five star ratings, than someone rated it and it dropped to a four. So some must have dropped either a two or one star rating. 

[Kevin]

19 minutes ago, Aidan B said:

What I was mostly saying was that it previously had four five star ratings, than someone rated it and it dropped to a four. So some must have dropped either a two or one star rating. 

It could have had two fives and two fours.

[Kevin]

20 minutes ago, Aidan B said:

 it's one of those hard to rank high four star-low five star images. 

I have decided that if I have to think about it maybe being a five, it's a four.

[Aidan B]

4 minutes ago, Kevin said:

It could have had two fives and two fours.

When the photos haven't been rated much, you can kind of tell the number of ratings the photo has if you click on the view all for top photos of the world and do a little math. 

[IKLland]

19 hours ago, The Bird Nuts said:

4 for me due to the lack of crisp detail.  Very cool shot!

If you click the link to the image, it has way more detail than it does displayed here on whatbird. 

14 hours ago, Aidan B said:

I'm pretty sure this photo just got review bombed, it just went from five stars to four stars, and the first four ratings were all five stars.

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/366285181

What Connor said, it’s underexposed, and it’s cropped too close in. I see you shot is at 400 mm. If you shot it at 300 mm and it was a tad more loosely framed, it would be a 5. Nice shot though. 
edit: if you have a prime lens, you can’t avoid the problem of the framing. In that case, maybe crop in for a headshot. 

Edited September 4, 2021 by IKLland

[TKbird]

I'm surprised no one has posted this on here (unless I missed it).  That said you guys seem to be following these guidelines well even if you haven't seen them!

https://support.ebird.org/en/support/solutions/articles/48001064392-rating-media#RatingPhotos

[Quiscalus quiscula]

2 minutes ago, TKbird said:

I'm surprised no one has posted this on here (unless I missed it).  That said you guys seem to be following these guidelines well even if you haven't seen them!

https://support.ebird.org/en/support/solutions/articles/48001064392-rating-media#RatingPhotos

Nice! I actually never saw that.

[TKbird]

EBird has a support page for everything. ?

[IKLland]

15 hours ago, Aidan B said:

I'm pretty sure this photo just got review bombed, it just went from five stars to four stars, and the first four ratings were all five stars.

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/366285181

Do you mind if I edit it to show you what I mean?

 

Edited September 4, 2021 by IKLland

[Quiscalus quiscula]

Just now, IKLland said:

I hope you don’t mind. I did nothing to the photo except bring up the exposure a tad. How’s this? This edited version to me would be a five star.

It doesn't show up...not even when you click on the link...

[IKLland]

Just now, Quiscalus quiscula said:

It doesn't show up...not even when you click on the link...

What do you mean?

[Quiscalus quiscula]

1 minute ago, IKLland said:

What do you mean?

Well, the image didn't embed, and when I click on the link: 

It brings me to a page that says:

This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.

[IKLland]

Just now, Quiscalus quiscula said:

Well, the image didn't embed, and when I click on the link: 

It brings me to a page that says:

This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.

I’m not sure what image your talking about. My last post here was this: 

5 minutes ago, IKLland said:

Do you mind if I edit it to show you what I mean?

 

 

I didn’t post any image. 

[Quiscalus quiscula]

1 minute ago, IKLland said:

I’m not sure what image your talking about. My last post here was this: 

 

I didn’t post any image. 

But...You said " I hope you don’t mind. I did nothing to the photo except bring up the exposure a tad. How’s this? This edited version to me would be a five star." And then I think you edited your message afterward.

[IKLland]

Just now, Quiscalus quiscula said:

But...You said " I hope you don’t mind. I did nothing to the photo except bring up the exposure a tad. How’s this? This edited version to me would be a five star." And then I think you edited your message afterward.

Oh, yes, now I see. I edited that post because the photo wouldn’t load and didn’t realize you gave a like to it before I edited. Sorry.

[Quiscalus quiscula]

1 minute ago, IKLland said:

Oh, yes, now I see. I edited that post because the photo wouldn’t load and didn’t realize you gave a like to it before I edited. Sorry.

Yeah, that's okay.

[Aidan B]

26 minutes ago, IKLland said:

Do you mind if I edit it to show you what I mean?

 

Go ahead!

[IKLland]

3 minutes ago, Aidan B said:

Go ahead!

Ok.

Here’s an edited version with the exposure changed. It could be a four of five, the exposure is better, but the framing is still poor due to the focal length. Is your lens a zoom lens or a prime lens? 
 

if it’s a zoom lens, you could’ve backed off to 350mm instead of 400mm and got a better framed shot. Or if it’s a prime lens, you could crop it like this: I also used the exposure here as well. 

[The Bird Nuts]

1 hour ago, IKLland said:

If you click the link to the image, it has way more detail than it does displayed here on whatbird. 

Yep, I always do.

[Aidan B]

44 minutes ago, IKLland said:

Ok.

Here’s an edited version with the exposure changed. It could be a four of five, the exposure is better, but the framing is still poor due to the focal length. Is your lens a zoom lens or a prime lens?
 

if it’s a zoom lens, you could’ve backed off to 350mm instead of 400mm and got a better framed shot. Or if it’s a prime lens, you could crop it like this: I also used the exposure here as well. 
 

 

Nice! I really like the second edit! I probably need to find a better editing program, yours seems to do a much better job than mine. Here's the original photo before I had edited it any. Quite a tricky angle to edit! I should try cropping in more, like you did with the second edit.  I don't ever really do that.

 

Edited September 4, 2021 by Aidan B

[Birding Boy]

1 hour ago, Aidan B said:

 

Nice! I really like the second edit! I probably need to find a better editing program, yours seems to do a much better job than mine. Here's the original photo before I had edited it any. Quite a tricky angle to edit! I should try cropping in more, like you did with the second edit.  I don't ever really do that.

 

Whoah! A lot of room for your choice of cropping there! If you don't mind, I might suggest cropping leaving a bit more room to the right, or a 2:3 crop ratio (You're original looks like it's 1:1) I just took a quick screenshot to show what I mean.

Edited September 4, 2021 by Birding Boy

[Birding Boy]

Hope this is the appropriate topic to post in, can get a tad confusing at times haha.

Anyways, I got this YBFL shot today, and while the lighting was far from ideal, I managed to make it look ok in post processing. My question is, would you rate it a 4 or a 5? I'm not too wrapped up with this one, just happy to have finally gotten a somewhat decent shot of my favorite eastern Empid!

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/366571041

[Quiscalus quiscula]

1 minute ago, Birding Boy said:

Hope this is the appropriate topic to post in, can get a tad confusing at times haha.

Anyways, I got this YBFL shot today, and while the lighting was far from ideal, I managed to make it look ok in post processing. My question is, would you rate it a 4 or a 5? I'm not too wrapped up with this one, just happy to have finally gotten a somewhat decent shot of my favorite eastern Empid!

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/366571041

Sort of depends how I'm feeling that day, sort of borderline for me. I'd probably give it a five.

[Birding Boy]

1 minute ago, Quiscalus quiscula said:

Sort of depends how I'm feeling that day, sort of borderline for me. I'd probably give it a five.

Understandable! I was with someone, who unfortunately wasn't the type to wait around for better photo ops.

Edited September 4, 2021 by Birding Boy

[TKbird]

2 hours ago, Birding Boy said:

Hope this is the appropriate topic to post in, can get a tad confusing at times haha.

Anyways, I got this YBFL shot today, and while the lighting was far from ideal, I managed to make it look ok in post processing. My question is, would you rate it a 4 or a 5? I'm not too wrapped up with this one, just happy to have finally gotten a somewhat decent shot of my favorite eastern Empid!

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/366571041

 

Nice photo!  Personally, that is a comfortable 4 for me.  The lighting and crispness are just not there.  If you brought the exposure up a bit more (while still keeping the highlights in a comfortable range, of course), I think it would become a high 4 for me.

2 hours ago, Birding Boy said:

Understandable! I was with someone, who unfortunately wasn't the type to wait around for better photo ops.

That's the worst haha.  I'd be pretty happy with this one though!