quote]philber wrote:
After a long spell with Otus 28, I was beginning to think this lens is so good that I can make do with "only" the 28 and my 85. That would save me 1kg and a few bucks...
With this in mind, I put my Otus 55 back on my camera, to see if I really "needed" it.
The sign of a truly superior lens is that you just can't do without it...
rji2goleez wrote:
I would say you can't do without . . .
Absolutely correct! Philippe, you have to have all 3 at the minimum .
More from CR and these are the last snake images. This snake is tiny but really, really long and its eyes are huge relative to the head. Towards the end of my capturing images, the expert/guide sprayed the snake with water and apparently in an effort to cool/calm it down. I didn't feel quite comfortable after that and moved on to the next "target".
The body of the snake is thin and the semi backlit situation renders the body reddish as it is semi-translucent under that condition as can be seen in the first 2 images.
Shot from the 'Balcone D'Italia' on the top of Sighinola mountain (1320 m).
The Milan (not Eagle, nice name for the bird that close to Milan...) flies 1000m over Melide and our house in the right corner at the lakefront...
From our terrace we can see the mountain top some 4 km away but it's a long way to go. It was a very hazy day with not the best sight and shooting conditions. My wife pointed me to the Milan,s sailing their circles using the upwinds.
This was shot with the LAEA3 adapter using AFC and wide area, worked pretty good because of the background and the birds not to fast....Show more →
That's a stunning perspective, Werner. Lovely and breathtaking.
Thanks^^ This was one of those mornings where my sleeping bag exerted a particularly strong pull to keep me back in the parking lot but I'm glad I broke free anyway...
I saw 2 long tailed hummingbirds throughout the entire Costa Rica trip. The first one was yellow, not iridescent and the images were not quite in perfect focus . This one is iridescent green and I got lucky that it was in focus, showing good wing position. Again, the background is the opposite slope of the valley several miles away, and is therefore rendered smoothly. The hummingbird graced us with its presence for seconds, it disappeared and not to be seen again.
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. This one is iridescent green and I got lucky that it was in focus, showing good wing position. Again, the background is the opposite slope of the valley several miles away, and is therefore rendered smoothly. The hummingbird graced us with its presence for seconds, it disappeared and not to be seen again. 
