Using the D500 with a number of lenses to photograph this nest.
The nest is located outside the kitchen window of our condo.
These are Red-Whiskered Bulbul nestlings - non-native to Hawaii.
Feeding is fast and furious.
Photos from about day 5 to day 9.
Aloha.
Everyone has such great images.
All I have is a baby bird.
A two-week old Red-Whiskered Bulbul chick in a strange world soon after leaving the nest for the very first time.
A two week-old Red-whiskered Bulbul fledging's first time away from nest.
I spent two amazing mornings in a prairie chicken blind between North Dakota and Minnesota. This is something that every wildlife photographer should experience, as it is crazy fun! I generally wait a few weeks before editing a major shoot to create a bit of distance from the memory... After beginning the process, this is one of many pics that stood out.
Bill Hollinger wrote:
I’ve been looking at another (mirrorless) forum, at images from a high speed camera touted to have superior AF tracking because I’m getting old and would love to get away from the weight of the D3-D5 cameras and large, heavy lenses. Not many images there were sharp….So I came here and see these exceptional images - and this quality at the ISOs listed is absolutely amazing.
I rented an E-M1 Mk II, the AF couldn't touch the D500, but the frame rate is so fast, it doesn't need the same hit rate to give you as many keepers. But the tracking just isn't close at all and I was often frustrated by it. I'll be interested to see performance of the a9, but I can't justify another system. With m4/3, it's at least what my wife shoots, so there are lenses in the house, and we could share. We don't need to add a third system, and I am not about to liquidate my Nikon equipment to jump ship. Still, sweet looking camera.
