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Finally got a better shot of one of the flock's toms!

I've never tried birdwatching before but I had to turn around when I saw them so close to to the road. I came back a moment later and they'd started crossing, so I pulled in my neighbor's driveway, got as close as I could, and took the pictures you see. I'm starting to consider getting a decent camera for this, any suggestions? I regularly spot the flock across at my neighbor's farm (like my last post), which I'd say is probably... 200m or so? I might try and get a better range this weekend.

Side note, you can totally hear them fluff up from a good distance. It's exactly what you'd think it sounds like, just louder.

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Mmmmm, dinner.

Re: camera, unless you're a professional photographer and are comfortable in Photoshop you're probably not going to do much better than a mobile phone. In the Android world, Google's AI post processing automates a lot of the work, and can do excellent things with lighting and color levels. I'm a fan of Pixel phones, but I've also seen some impressive photos from Samsung Galaxy phones.

Don't know much about photography with iOS though.

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I'm on Android and trying to degoogle. I've already slapped Linux on my PC and I'd love to get a Pixel and put GrapheneOS on it, but one thing at a time. Thanks for the advice!

I'm on a Galaxy now, just never really photographed anything other than my wargame models before.

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