We don't have gorgeous mountain vistas or rugged badlands in Talahassee, but we do have lots of trees. Taken from a morning walk yesterday.
X-E3 with the Fuji 15-45. Processed on ON1 2023.
I was walking through Kissena Park the other day and noticed the trees were full of kinglets. I decided to take on the challenge to photograph these energetic little birds that rarely stand still. As I was trying to get an image of the female, the male flies over and lands on a fence too close for me to focus. I backed up and got a photo of him and he continued to stand there. After this, I had some success with the female.
Comments and suggestions welcome,
Morris
1) Female
X-H2SNIKON AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens500mmf/5.61/3200s800 ISO-0.7 EV
2) Female liftoff
X-H2SNIKON AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens500mmf/5.61/4000s800 ISO+1.3 EV
3) Male
X-H2SNIKON AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens500mmf/5.61/210s800 ISO+0.7 EV
I was walking through Kissena Park the other day and noticed the trees were full of kinglets. I decided to take on the challenge to photograph these energetic little birds that rarely stand still. As I was trying to get an image of the female, the male flies over and lands on a fence too close for me to focus. I backed up and got a photo of him and he continued to stand there. After this, I had some success with the female.
Comments and suggestions welcome,
Morris
Thankyou Morris, beautiful photos as usual, of birds unfamiliar to me, in the UK!
Yes it is. The original is below. Also, the RAW capture was off that day and it was just a JPG with no post-processing except in MacOS Preview. I usually use RAW and DXO Photolab.
ElliotV wrote:
Yes it is. The original is below. Also, the RAW capture was off that day and it was just a JPG with no post-processing except in MacOS Preview. I usually use RAW and DXO Photolab.
At 1/60 and 850mm the keeper rate drops dramatically yet when you get your pan correct magic can happen. This image was taken at Oakland Lake here in New York City after the sun had dropped below the tree line.
Morris
X-H2SNIKON AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR + 1.7X lens850mmf/9.01/60s1600 ISO+0.3 EV
Michael Everet wrote:
Golf No More
This was part of a golf club.
X-Pro3 Tamron 17-70
(For golfers out there the club has been purchased and renovation has started).
i thought derelicte (pronounced with a French accent) was the new landscaping style.