New camera technology never ceases to amaze me. I was walking along when I spotted this nest. The chicks were laying down and they were really small in my frame - I cropped a bit over 70% for this photo. I set exposure for the sky and the birds were essentially black in the viewfinder. The chicks popped-up for just a few seconds. I got a momentary Eye Focus box on the front chick (a small miracle considering how tiny they were in the frame) and snapped the picture, assuming it was going to be a throw-away. With little shadow-recovery and cropping, I had a reasonably good photo.
A1, GM 100-400mm @400mm, ISO 200, f5.6, 1/2000, cropped a bit over 70%
Photo cross posted in the Sony Fe Image Thread and taken at 9:52 AM.
Cropped, looking at a Great Blue Heron inverting its wings to sun itself.
Tripod mounted 100-400mm GM set to 324mm and A7rIII; silent shutter.
ISO 100, f5.6, 1/250 second.
Exposure corrected +0.61 Stops.
May 11, 2019
At Gatorland, Orlando or Kissimmee, FL.
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken at 11:47 AM.
Looking at an Anhinga with its wings open basking in the sun.
Cropped, tripod mounted 200-600mm G set to 600mm and A7rIII; silent shutter.
ISO 400, f6.3, 1/2000 second.
December 6, 2020
Along Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Apopka, FL.
Mitesh — These bird frames are so cool and as exciting as your polar bear frames! Not to mention how your composition has added a lot here… TFS… what is this bird called BTW?
cambyses wrote:
Mitesh — These bird frames are so cool and as exciting as your polar bear frames! Not to mention how your composition has added a lot here… TFS… what is this bird called BTW?
Thanks, Kam! This is a Rock Ptarmigan. Here's one more that I processed. Not quite as cool as all the frames of diving eagles and osprey you've been posting lately... you must have found a great location
