I spend a lot of time each spring/summer with (common) kingfishers and I've never seen one bring in a lamprey before so imagine my surprise this morning when Mrs Kingy brought them in back to back!
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken at 4:55 PM.
Looking at a field of Muscari "Bluebells". You can see some of the paths as they separate the different patches of plants and flowers to try to keep viewers from stepping on them.
Tripod mounted A1 and Voigtlander 50mm f2 Apo-Lanthar Asph, FE mount; silent shutter.
ISO 100, f8, 1/40 second.
Exposure Corrected -0.18 Stops.
April 11, 2022
At Lock Ridge Park (the site of an old Iron Furnace works), Alburtis, PA.
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken last evening at 7:51 PM.
Looking at flowers from our front garden.
Tripod mounted A1 and Voigtlander 110mm f2.5 Macro Apo-Lanthar lens, FE mount; silent shutter. 2 Macro Focusing rails were used to position the camera and lens on the tripod head and tripod. The lower focusing rail for the X-axis (left and right postioning) was the Leofoto MP-180S and the upper focusing rail for the Y-axis (front and back positioning) was the Swebo LS001.
ISO 800, f8, 1/50 Second (in a little wind).
June 29, 2022
In my garden bed in front of my home; Breinigsville, PA.
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken at 9:41 AM.
Looking through the window of our Airbnb at the assembled Protestors of the Russian Invasian of Ukraine on Piazza Garibaldi and before our departue at the Napoli Centrale Train Station (right down the street) going to Firenze (Florence).
Hand Held, relying on Camera IBIS, A1 and Voigtlander 50mm f2 Apo-Lanthar Asph, FE mount; silent shutter.
ISO 100, f2, 1/640 second.
Exposure Corrected +0.18 Stops.
March 21, 2022
Through the window of our Airbnb, Napoli (Naples), Italy.
