Taken in Emmetten, Switzerland.
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this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2026
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That’s not a kite, it’s clearly some sort of bird.
/s
Oh, so that's what Tobias looked like
Wow, the lighting is really great! Incredible!
Beautiful! (But it's milvus milvus)
Red kite is my favourite predator bird
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
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 :)
Man the D500 is such a beast for wildlife photography. I wish they have an equivalent for the Z series.
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.