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benjojo posted 25 Jun 2025 12:55 +0000

Took a photo of a pigeon at peak yawn and it turns out that looks terrifying

Two photos side by side of a pigeon sitting on a power line, one of them the pigeon has it's beak wide open and seemingly no eyes

wolf480pl@mstdn.io replied 25 Jun 2025 13:05 +0000
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@benjojo makes me wonder if the length of pidgeons in a particular area is correlated with the distance between wires of power lines

benjojo replied 25 Jun 2025 13:07 +0000
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@wolf480pl Yeah I think this photo is overstating how close the tail is to the 2nd phase, this was taken at quite some distance on a telephoto, so lens compression is happening here

f4grx@chaos.social replied 25 Jun 2025 13:31 +0000
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@wolf480pl @benjojo that or it is survivor bias.

f4grx@chaos.social replied 25 Jun 2025 13:30 +0000
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@benjojo I didnt even know that pigeons could yawn.

benjojo replied 25 Jun 2025 14:39 +0000
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@f4grx I didn't until I saw it happen in front of me and my finger automatically went into "yes just keep pressing the shutter"

f4grx@chaos.social replied 25 Jun 2025 14:50 +0000
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@benjojo thats a nice bit of luck that you had time to grab the phone and shoot these pics!

benjojo replied 25 Jun 2025 14:54 +0000
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@f4grx I already had a X-E3 + 300mm in my hand :P, this photo was taken quite far away!

flacs@mastodon.socia.. replied 25 Jun 2025 13:30 +0000
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@benjojo thought this was a cross-eyed 3d photo