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[PIC_THREAD] Wildlife, Animals, Birds, Zoo
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Only had my camera a couple of days and using the 18-55mm Kit Lens, but a neighbour came visiting so thought it was a good excuse for a pic.
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After 10 miles of hiking through one of the regions supposedly best bird watching areas and not seeing anything but the odd sea gull I had long since given up hope and put the camera away as the sun began to set. Near the car next to a busy road where a load of people were returning from enjoying the mid-winter sun I spotted this guy on a tree overlooking the footpath, what luck.
D800 with Nikon 300mm f/4.0 and 1.4xTC, minimal crop for compositional purposely only. After 30seconds or he would fly to the next tree along where I managed to get the second photo. 30s later he flew off again and I would have liked to follow him further into the woods but my baby was hungry to tears.
D800 with Nikon 300mm f/4.0 and 1.4xTC, minimal crop for compositional purposely only. After 30seconds or he would fly to the next tree along where I managed to get the second photo. 30s later he flew off again and I would have liked to follow him further into the woods but my baby was hungry to tears.
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Arundel Wetlands & Wildfoul.
Loads of Duck photos but a very friendly Robin was my favourite
IMG6D_0853 by peige10101, on Flickr
IMG6D_0841 by peige10101, on Flickr
Loads of Duck photos but a very friendly Robin was my favourite
IMG6D_0853 by peige10101, on FlickrIMG6D_0841 by peige10101, on Flickr
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Not sure if this qualifies as people or animals, but as it involves an animal, I will put it here
Cowgirls Don't Cry by SevenFive Photo, on Flickr
Cowgirls Don't Cry by SevenFive Photo, on Flickr
Got a nice trip to the local park with the sun out and snow on the ground.
This is probably the pick of the bunch
The cold slows down the smaller birds.
This is a crop a little tighter than DX, I definitely need 600mm for FF
Robins abound and I tend to ignore them but since there was snow on the ground it looked a bit more festive
I warmed up with a squirrel, mostly just as practice for Costa Rica next week. I haven't had much practice with wildlife in the last year.
Similar with the Bison. i have plenty of great photos of wild bison from yellowstone but wanted some practice. The trick here is to try to get an angle where the fence is not visible.
Apart from the 3rd photo these are basically un-cropped except for tweaking the composition. All photos were shot with the usual D800 300mm F/4.0 and 1.4xTC. This shot is bitingly sharp but I am so temtped to buy the new PF VR version that is half the size and weight. However, I also need more reach. So I'm thinking the Sigma 150-600 + new Nikon 300mm PF will make an outstanding combo but the price start to push in to super tele land.
This is probably the pick of the bunch
The cold slows down the smaller birds.
This is a crop a little tighter than DX, I definitely need 600mm for FF
Robins abound and I tend to ignore them but since there was snow on the ground it looked a bit more festive
I warmed up with a squirrel, mostly just as practice for Costa Rica next week. I haven't had much practice with wildlife in the last year.
Similar with the Bison. i have plenty of great photos of wild bison from yellowstone but wanted some practice. The trick here is to try to get an angle where the fence is not visible.
Apart from the 3rd photo these are basically un-cropped except for tweaking the composition. All photos were shot with the usual D800 300mm F/4.0 and 1.4xTC. This shot is bitingly sharp but I am so temtped to buy the new PF VR version that is half the size and weight. However, I also need more reach. So I'm thinking the Sigma 150-600 + new Nikon 300mm PF will make an outstanding combo but the price start to push in to super tele land.
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Haven't looked in here for a while, nice shots both
I just had a walk lunchtime, had to get out of the house. I had to go out and use my new (to me) 1D4 so some snaps of the local wildlife down by the canal. I was playing around with AF modes so had some inconsistent results with the Tamron 150-600, quite easily user error as well!
First of all the obligatory duck photos with new gear
(missed focus on the first, or something, not sure)
Duck by jj_glos, on Flickr
Duck by jj_glos, on Flickr
The Swan family were out and about.
Swan by jj_glos, on Flickr
Swan by jj_glos, on Flickr
I did then try for a few BiF but nothing was around in range. Then walking back home I spied this little fella in the trees by our house:
Squirrel by jj_glos, on Flickr
Aaaargh, I was still in TV mode for Bif, so I quickly changed before he moved off as ISO 10000 as above is a bit high! I was too slow though!
Squirrel by jj_glos, on Flickr
He did settle a little way up a tree afterwards
Squirrel by jj_glos, on Flickr
Cropped shot:
Squirrel by jj_glos, on Flickr
I just had a walk lunchtime, had to get out of the house. I had to go out and use my new (to me) 1D4 so some snaps of the local wildlife down by the canal. I was playing around with AF modes so had some inconsistent results with the Tamron 150-600, quite easily user error as well!
First of all the obligatory duck photos with new gear
(missed focus on the first, or something, not sure)Duck by jj_glos, on Flickr
Duck by jj_glos, on Flickr
The Swan family were out and about.
Swan by jj_glos, on Flickr
Swan by jj_glos, on Flickr
I did then try for a few BiF but nothing was around in range. Then walking back home I spied this little fella in the trees by our house:
Squirrel by jj_glos, on Flickr
Aaaargh, I was still in TV mode for Bif, so I quickly changed before he moved off as ISO 10000 as above is a bit high! I was too slow though!
Squirrel by jj_glos, on Flickr
He did settle a little way up a tree afterwards
Squirrel by jj_glos, on Flickr
Cropped shot:
Squirrel by jj_glos, on Flickr
Here are some highlights from Costa Rica. Just starting to process these, loads more to come and when i'm finished I will make a dedicated thread
Every morning outside out first hotel pelicans would be diving for fish
Iguanas were also abundant, often seen y the poolside even
Tropical birds were everywhere and formed a staple target
Some of the birds were not at all afraid of humans
Not all the birds are so magnificent. Vultures often get a bad press but they do a useful service and I still find them interesting
The humming birds wee near the top of my list however
The Mammals are are a little harder to find.
This is an Agouti that crossed the path ahead and froze just long enough to get a photo
The highlight is likely the monkeys
In the last hotel there was a group of howler monkey in the forest behind. After a few days of looking for them I found them at a flowering tree
Earlier when hiking through a nature reserve a troop of Capuchin monkeys passed through
Incredible getting so close to such amazing wild animals. No bars, cages or glass involved!
It is not often I enjoy processing photos but when i get this many fun photos to go through the time flies!
Every morning outside out first hotel pelicans would be diving for fish
Iguanas were also abundant, often seen y the poolside even
Tropical birds were everywhere and formed a staple target
Some of the birds were not at all afraid of humans
Not all the birds are so magnificent. Vultures often get a bad press but they do a useful service and I still find them interesting
The humming birds wee near the top of my list however
The Mammals are are a little harder to find.
This is an Agouti that crossed the path ahead and froze just long enough to get a photo
The highlight is likely the monkeys
In the last hotel there was a group of howler monkey in the forest behind. After a few days of looking for them I found them at a flowering tree
Earlier when hiking through a nature reserve a troop of Capuchin monkeys passed through
Incredible getting so close to such amazing wild animals. No bars, cages or glass involved!
It is not often I enjoy processing photos but when i get this many fun photos to go through the time flies!
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love the birds
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All the shots are quite nice but my faves are the Pelican action shots Hard to imagine something that large diving into the water lol
Hard to imagine something that large diving into the water lolYeah, the Pelicans are very impressive. When they take off it is like watching a 747, it just doesn't seem to make any sense that an object that size, weight and speed can become airborne.
I have a few hundred pelican shots to go through. It was very rewarding shooting them. At the start it was very tricky to get any fthe dives captured because they are so fast but you start to learn their body language and anticipate what they are about to do, where they will go, and how fast they will be hitting the water. It is all about timing, at their impact sped there is very little time when they are contacting the water in a dive position, a split second late and they are emerging, a spit second early and they are still 30ft in the air.
Luckily there was a dozens of them and they were doing it repeatedly for hours at a time so plenty to practice with.
The Humming bird in flight was far harder to get though and is probably my favouite shot. These things are insanely fast, small and erratic.
The second favoute is the close up of the blue-green bird. We were having lunch and this bird was in the tree. We spent 90 minutes there enjoying coffee and cakes and slowly befriend the bird. I look in LR and the early shots would require a half DX sized crop t be of any value, and have awkward lighting. The shots slowly get better and better until wham, I was at MFD, good background and OK lighting.
I have a few hundred pelican shots to go through. It was very rewarding shooting them. At the start it was very tricky to get any fthe dives captured because they are so fast but you start to learn their body language and anticipate what they are about to do, where they will go, and how fast they will be hitting the water. It is all about timing, at their impact sped there is very little time when they are contacting the water in a dive position, a split second late and they are emerging, a spit second early and they are still 30ft in the air.
Luckily there was a dozens of them and they were doing it repeatedly for hours at a time so plenty to practice with.
The Humming bird in flight was far harder to get though and is probably my favouite shot. These things are insanely fast, small and erratic.
The second favoute is the close up of the blue-green bird. We were having lunch and this bird was in the tree. We spent 90 minutes there enjoying coffee and cakes and slowly befriend the bird. I look in LR and the early shots would require a half DX sized crop t be of any value, and have awkward lighting. The shots slowly get better and better until wham, I was at MFD, good background and OK lighting.
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Panasonic Lumix G3 | Pentacon Auto 50mm:
Max by Steve Millward, on Flickr
Max by Steve Millward, on Flickr
Max by Steve Millward, on FlickrMax by Steve Millward, on Flickr
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