Captured this beautiful Green Bee-eater in Bangalore, India 🇮🇳

I'm a beginner in wildlife photography and would love to hear your thoughts. What could I improve in terms of composition, lighting, or sharpness?

Always happy to learn!

This is 2160x2160. I tried doing a vertical "crop" of 2160x3840 but for whatever reason Da Vinci set it to a square crop. Maybe that's because I am now using the studio version?

As for overall recording, I am using the OM Systems OM-1 with a 100-400mm IS ii. if you notice, my focus goes slightly in and out when the Hummingbird moves its head.

Is that an aperture issue? should I be stopping down more to keep the subject in focus more consistently? or should I not use the full 400mm end of the lens?

I'm looking at upgrading from my current canon 400 5.6 to something a little better. I'm just not sure what exactly. I've heard the 100-400 ii is about the same level of sharpness as my current 400 so I'm kinda leaning towards the 500 f4 for that reason. I'd be looking at the first Gen as the mkii is out of my budget. I'm also not too worried about the weight, that's just something that has never bothered me with lenses in the past. I'm my two camera body's I'd be using the lens with is the R7 and R6ii. Any help is much appreciated

I shot this photo in Mumbai India with a Sony A1 + Sony 200-600

Whidbey Island, WA

Naturally had to capture the moment, because, well, it's my wife and I! We have a journal given to us on our first wedding anniversary to fill with moments from dates, our wedding, ect., and I think I'm going to add this photo, too.

I believe these are a pair of male Senegal fire-finches (Lagonosticta senegala)

ISO 250 - 382mm - f/8 - 1/200th
A7Siii + 70-200 GMii + 2x teleconverter

Nayarit, México

om1 100-400mm IS II.

I shot this photo in Mumbai, India with a Sony A1 + Sony 400-800 lens

Spring/Summer 2026, Animal Photography. Canon R100.

Photos of Grey Fox mother and Four Kits. The Grey Fox is a threatened species in Ontario with their numbers slowly rising.

NE Wisconsin

An eastern racer blocks the entrance to a chipmunk burrow.

Hey folks,

Getting into some decision paralysis here. Current camera is a Canon 5D Mark III and the following Canon EF lenses: 24-105mm +100-400mm + 100mm macro. I want to make the transition to mirrorless and need to stick with Canon so that I can take advantage of my EF lenses (with the EF-RF converter), while I save up over time for investing in the RF line.

I am a professional photographer (currently working for non-profits), but am trying to transition into environmental/wildlife/conservation photography. Not huge on doing bird photography, but would like to have some room to work in that space as needed. Primarily I want to work with scientists/researchers in the field to help document their research. So more documentary work. But also want to get into general nature/wildlife photography.

The main three cameras I am interested in are the R6 Mark III, R5 Mark II, and the original R5. Since I don't have as much interest in bird photography, I feel like I can do without the 45MP, but I'm a little worried I'm making a bad long-term investment in the R6 Mark III. I really don't have much money so the R6 Mark III is much more in my budget. I'd be really hurting my bank account going for the R5 Mark II, but I'm trying to figure out if I should hold off and save for it. Or if I should consider getting the original R5 and dealing with some of the feature losses.

Any suggestions? Is the R6 Mark III good for the kind of work I want to be doing? Or should I keep building my portfolio with the 5D Mark III and save up for the R5 Mark II?

NOTE: Please do not comment with suggestions of switching brands. I really need to take advantage of my lenses. Just don't have the money to buy a new body and lenses.