Slim Pickens at the nearby lake today. Well, there were many geese, but they were all gathered around a picnic table where people were apparently feeding them. Continued to play around with the R5, got a couple of dragonfly shots, but they are way to quick-moving for me to keep up with them while in flight. So only a couple of stills. Nothing fantastic there.
There were also some domestic Muscovy ducks hanging around. They've been at this lake for years, probably released or escaped from a farm operation some time ago. They're interestingly unique, that's for certain.
Here is a range of recent images. I shot the first group of city/nature with the 28-70mm and 100mm 2.8. Starting with the food images the first set is with the 35mm 1.8 and the second with the 28-70mm. The final baby photos were all from the 28-70mm:
ketang wrote:
Here is a range of recent images. I shot the first group of city/nature with the 28-70mm and 100mm 2.8. Starting with the food images the first set is with the 35mm 1.8 and the second with the 28-70mm. The final baby photos were all from the 28-70mm:
The dynamic range on a few of those shots looks pretty impressive. The sunset and roof has good shadow detail and the highlights don’t look blown. You can almost see a bit of detail under the eaves. The shot of the food with the chair and the detail of the floor under the chair looks good as well. Those both look like pretty high contrast images. Looks like the additional DR might be real. Will enjoy that aspect for my landscape images once I receive mine. Cute baby.
Hathaway wrote:
The dynamic range on a few of those shots looks pretty impressive. The sunset and roof has good shadow detail and the highlights don’t look blown. You can almost see a bit of detail under the eaves. The shot of the food with the chair and the detail of the floor under the chair looks good as well. Those both look like pretty high contrast images. Looks like the additional DR might be real. Will enjoy that aspect for my landscape images once I receive mine. Cute baby.
Bob
If I may ask
what lens and settings you used for the first two images?
Never seen anything far and yet as sharp like the first two images.(To be fair maybe the Nickon z 24-70 )
Few more from the weekend. Though with the monsoon season here in New Delhi, its quite gloomy and rainy out so have been using ISO 3200 for all shots. Also find that the eye detect hunts a lot when the light is low so have to shift to point AF a few times. Seems to work way better when the birds are in sunlight which sadly I havent had the opportunity to shoot much.
Hathaway wrote:
The dynamic range on a few of those shots looks pretty impressive. The sunset and roof has good shadow detail and the highlights don’t look blown. You can almost see a bit of detail under the eaves. The shot of the food with the chair and the detail of the floor under the chair looks good as well. Those both look like pretty high contrast images. Looks like the additional DR might be real. Will enjoy that aspect for my landscape images once I receive mine. Cute baby.
Bob
Thank you! The sunset and roof was obviously just the natural lighting. I think I've figured out how to ETTR and with that exposure there was only some noise in the darkest shadows that I removed (there wasn't detail there anyway). For the first set of food shots I was actually using two Godox AD200s in softboxes so that's why the the exposure and contrast look the way they do. Regardless, the camera definitely has wider DR than the 5DIV and it's close to my A7RIII, enough that I won't regret choosing either one.
NissanPatrol wrote:
If I may ask
what lens and settings you used for the first two images?
Never seen anything far and yet as sharp like the first two images.(To be fair maybe the Nickon z 24-70 )
I took the first two with the RF 28-70. This is a downsized image for web use. The full resolution image is pretty sharp, if not at prime levels, but good for a zoom.
Glad to see that your seals and scoters are as shy as mine. I can see them all in at the water’s edge from the bluff before I go down to the beach and then they all back off or move down the beach as soon as I try to get near. Rare to get a good closeup of those guys.
Vikasmal wrote:
Thank You. Been using the 100-400 F4-5.6 II for all these photos.
Next item to buy is the 1.4 extender. Soon I think.
I LOVE that lens. Nice to see it doing such beautiful work. How close were you to the subjects? I bought a hunting blind to use in the field so I can get closer. Now I'm just waiting for the heat to let up lol!
aae991 wrote:
I LOVE that lens. Nice to see it doing such beautiful work. How close were you to the subjects? I bought a hunting blind to use in the field so I can get closer. Now I'm just waiting for the heat to let up lol!
Have to confess it’s my favourite lens.
For the Kingfisher shot I’d say I was about 15 feet away
For the Indian SilverBill photos about 5 feet away
For the Oriental WhiteEye, approximately 10 feet away
I should get me a hunting blind too for the winter. 👍🏼
Vikasmal wrote:
Have to confess it’s my favourite lens.
For the Kingfisher shot I’d say I was about 15 feet away
For the Indian SilverBill photos about 5 feet away
For the Oriental WhiteEye, approximately 10 feet away
I should get me a hunting blind too for the winter. 👍🏼
That's amazing that you can get that close! Birds here in the midwest U.S. are too skittish to tolerate such close distance - at least where I live. Plus we are in a moderate drought right now, so many of the birds have moved elsewhere looking for reliable water supplies. I'll have to expand my search for more dependable sites. Thanks again for sharing those beautiful photos.
