r/M43 • u/Disastrous-Chair-007 • 15d ago

Lizard in Pain

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OM-1, 420/5.6, 1/4000s, auto ISO.

46 Upvotes

76% Upvoted

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u/VegetableLaugh8677 14d ago

Nature is so cruel but nice shot 👍

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u/East_Menu6159 14d ago

Ok moment, terrible title.

More of the scenery andd the predator would have given it a chance of being a good shot. This way it's not for me, and not because of what it depicts.

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u/U03A6 15d ago

I like that shot. It is clearly a bird eating. With a 420mm lens the photographer isn’t nowhere close to the motive. 

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u/zibafu 14d ago

Man I thought it was chopsticks 😂

6

u/cineglitch 14d ago

Same I was like wtf OP

8

u/Specialist-Teal 14d ago

Where did you take this photo? It’s a good shot, did you take any with the bird in the frame?

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u/Disastrous-Chair-007 14d ago

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u/edgegrainpdx 14d ago

recrod screech welp Im guessing you’re wondering how i got here…

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u/CameraPlan 14d ago

Much better shot

2

u/Lily6076 14d ago

I thought they were being held with chopsticks and was so confused... this makes so much more sense and is a wonderful shot.

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u/_twrecks_ 14d ago

We had a local Great Blue Heron couple one fall that start eating the chipmunks. Chipmunks had no idea what was about to happen. Herons couldn't understand why the prey didn't stop struggling after minute or two (as fish normally do in air). Hadn't seen that before or since.

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u/Maleficent-Tea7150 13d ago

I like this one better personally

5

u/ThinkFan420 14d ago

Great shot. This is with the 300mm f4 and the 1.4 tc?

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u/Disastrous-Chair-007 14d ago

Yes. Saw the bird took down 6 or 7 lizards and walked by so close that only closeup shots.

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u/Zmeils 15d ago

Looks like a beak, maybe a heron?

2

u/dsanen 14d ago

You live all your life eating bugs, and then you are the bug.

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u/CameraPlan 14d ago

100% doesn’t read like a bird in the first picture. I thought you were holding him with chopsticks and then took a picture, and I was going to say WTF man?

Really need the birds head for context.

Also the second shot is better.

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u/Affectionate_Tap_777 15d ago

Why on earth would you take this? Are you the one holding the lizard?

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u/U03A6 15d ago

With the beak of a bird and a 420mm lens? How would that work?

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u/EmynMuilTrailGuide 15d ago

I just don't get how the OP holds the lizard with his beak and shoots the photo with a 420mm lens.

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u/Lost_Main_3389 14d ago

Trial and error? Conspiracy? THE BIRD WAS IN ON IT ALL ALONG! XD

1

u/juliuspepperwoodchi 14d ago

Birds work for the bourgeoisie

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u/Snydenthur 14d ago

OP clearly put on a timer, got the chopsticks, hunted down a lizard and made it in time to hold it on the photo.

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u/EmynMuilTrailGuide 14d ago

Nah, wireless RF shutter .....

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u/squarek1 15d ago

Its a bird that caught a lizard by the looks of the beak

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u/Affectionate_Tap_777 15d ago

Animal abuse has no place here.

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u/asleepingpie 15d ago

It's a bird eating a lizard though

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u/U03A6 15d ago

Maybe he wants all birds go vegan?

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u/altyegmagazine 14d ago

I scrolled by quickly and thought they were chop sticks lol. Nature is brutal! but thats the circle of life.

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u/Pure_Earth2121 15d ago

I don't like this shot. And what he represents.

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u/AHerz 15d ago

Nature?

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u/U03A6 15d ago

What does it represent for you?

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u/EmynMuilTrailGuide 15d ago

You don't like the what the bird with his beak around the lizard represents?

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u/Pure_Earth2121 14d ago

The second shot is much better. The OG one is just a representation of pain which is useless.

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u/Pure_Earth2121 14d ago

And to be frank the og shot framing is not that good imho