Two taken of the largest monastery in Zanskar - Karsha. Older lakhang date to the 11th century. Light conditions are favourable for this kind of work, so the two lenses produced a similar look and feel, despite being chalk and cheese different. See the different colour range of the red-orange roof lines though.
Looking at a Black-crowned Night Heron.
Cropped, tripod mounted 200-600mm G set to 600mm and A7rIII; silent shutter.
ISO 400, f6.3, 1/125 second.
Exposure corrected +0.49 Stops.
January 6, 2020
At Gatorland, Orlando or Kissimmee, FL.
Looking at a Black-crowned Night Heron.
Cropped, tripod mounted 200-600mm G set to 600mm and A7rIII; silent shutter.
ISO 400, f6.3, 1/125 second.
Exposure corrected +0.49 Stops.
January 6, 2020
At Gatorland, Orlando or Kissimmee, FL.
Rich
I think I may know that Black-crowned Night Heron! I also wonder if we have ever seen each other at the Gatorland rookery ?
LBJ2 wrote:
I think I may know that Black-crowned Night Heron! I also wonder if we have ever seen each other at the Gatorland rookery ?
Thank you. I have only been to Gatorland twice, May 11, 2019 and January 6,2020. I am still posting images from those 2 trips. I hope that I can get back there either later this year or next.
naturephoto1 wrote:
Thank you. I have only been to Gatorland twice, May 11, 2019 and January 6,2020. I am still posting images from those 2 trips. I hope that I can get back there either later this year or next.
Rich
That rookery brings in some big name photographers particularly during nesting season. I've had the opportunity to bump into and meet a few social media/photographers in that place. Maybe you know this already but they have special early morning photographer passes during nesting season so we can get very close to the nesting areas without all the crowds. Something worth planning for.
LBJ2 wrote:
That rookery brings in some big name photographers particularly during nesting season. I've had the opportunity to bump into and meet a few social media/photographers in that place. Maybe you know this already but they have special early morning photographer passes during nesting season so we can get very close to the nesting areas without all the crowds. Something worth planning for.
Thank you. Yes, I am aware of the early hours at certain times of the year. I took advantage of the early hours when I visited May 11, 2019. We visited my wife's mother and her daughter for Christmas 2019. We were still there when I went to Gatorland but those special hours were not available January 6, 2020. The January outing was too early in the season and was also my Birthday. My wife and I had rushed down to Florida in middle of October 2020 through early December of 2020 because her 98 year old mother was in hospice at home and finally passed in early December. I had contemplated going to Gatorland while there but due to the Pandemic I did not go there. I had also contemplated going to Merritt Island for that trip but we returned home. However, I did have the opportunity to go to Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Apopka, FL before returning home to Pennsylvania.
Test JJC 10MM+16MM Automatic Extension Tube on A9 +200-600 + tc 1.4x at closest focus distance
there is some play in these tubes also but not as much as the kenko tubes I tested before also much cheaper I am quite satisfied but not completely, I keep these and hopefully I will be able to test them more this weekend
