p.7 #2 · Z-Cameras Wildlife Images and Tips Thread
jcw1982 wrote:
Nice photos Bruce! I really like the deer in the foggy woods and the pie-bald buck is really unique.
Thank you very much... the foggy morning got me excited about shooting last Saturday. I normally see deer in one of a few meadows where I can produce a cleaner image, but all of the bucks were exhibiting a lot of pre-rut behaviors, and became tough to track.
I feel fortunate to have had the piebald stop right between the trees where the background was clean... Things fall in place everyone once in a while
p.7 #5 · Z-Cameras Wildlife Images and Tips Thread
Well my refurbished Z7II arrived on Saturday, and I took it out for a spin Sunday morning.
We received our first snow of the season, so I thought I'd go looking for some bucks.
So far I'm liking how the 500PF works with the Z7II...
p.7 #6 · Z-Cameras Wildlife Images and Tips Thread
Echidna on the march.
Echidnas and Platypus are the only two egg laying mammals in the world. Their group is called monotremes which include 3 types of Echidna and the Platypus.
This Echidna was on the march looking for a termite mound to get his next meal. Interestingly, he swam across a small lagoon to get to the other side, maybe swimming about 100mts. I was absolutely surprised they could swim so well and it was behaviour I never knew they did. Anyway, he got to the sand between the ocean and the lagoon and then still had to swim again across the small channel of water that connected the lagoon to the sea.
An amazing experience for me to see this behaviour.
He became a little used to me and so I go down on the sand and took this shot, which I am VERY pleased with.
p.7 #7 · Z-Cameras Wildlife Images and Tips Thread
Lance,
This must have been quite the experience and photograph. I know that finding and photographing most native Australian mammals can be quite a challenge. With the exception of red kangaroos and others in the family, your collection of mammals are small in stature and few in numbers. To find an echidna is pretty to amazing... to photograph a well composed one with so much detail must have been a thrill... at least it would have been one for me
regards,
bruce
p.7 #8 · Z-Cameras Wildlife Images and Tips Thread
Lance B wrote:
Echidna on the march.
Echidnas and Platypus are the only two egg laying mammals in the world. Their group is called monotremes which include 3 types of Echidna and the Platypus.
This Echidna was on the march looking for a termite mound to get his next meal. Interestingly, he swam across a small lagoon to get to the other side, maybe swimming about 100mts. I was absolutely surprised they could swim so well and it was behaviour I never knew they did. Anyway, he got to the sand between the ocean and the lagoon and then still had to swim again across the small channel of water that connected the lagoon to the sea.
An amazing experience for me to see this behaviour.
He became a little used to me and so I go down on the sand and took this shot, which I am VERY pleased with.
p.7 #9 · Z-Cameras Wildlife Images and Tips Thread
OwlsEyes wrote:
Lance,
This must have been quite the experience and photograph. I know that finding and photographing most native Australian mammals can be quite a challenge. With the exception of red kangaroos and others in the family, your collection of mammals are small in stature and few in numbers. To find an echidna is pretty to amazing... to photograph a well composed one with so much detail must have been a thrill... at least it would have been one for me
regards,
bruce
Thank you very much for your very kind comments and thoughts, Bruce. Much appreciated!
It is a little unfortunate that we don't have the abundance of large mammals like elsewhere in the world, but the Australian mammals are definitely unique. This encounter and the shots I took, including some video are a real highlight for me.
p.7 #11 · Z-Cameras Wildlife Images and Tips Thread
Lance B wrote:
Echidna on the march.
Echidnas and Platypus are the only two egg laying mammals in the world. Their group is called monotremes which include 3 types of Echidna and the Platypus.
This Echidna was on the march looking for a termite mound to get his next meal. Interestingly, he swam across a small lagoon to get to the other side, maybe swimming about 100mts. I was absolutely surprised they could swim so well and it was behaviour I never knew they did. Anyway, he got to the sand between the ocean and the lagoon and then still had to swim again across the small channel of water that connected the lagoon to the sea.
An amazing experience for me to see this behaviour.
He became a little used to me and so I go down on the sand and took this shot, which I am VERY pleased with.
p.7 #13 · Z-Cameras Wildlife Images and Tips Thread
EyeSpyEagle wrote:
That really sounds like a grand experience Lance. I could visualize it while reading.
You have so many beautiful images, but this may be one of my favorites. It's simply outstanding!
Regards,
Phil
Thank you very much for your lovely comments, Phil. Much appreciated!
I am glad my story came across well. This is also one of my favourites as well and I am really happy about getting this image. It is a little out of the ordinary for me and a little out of the ordinary for any photo I have ever seen of an Echidna, which makes it special for me also. Thank you also for taking the time to comment.
p.7 #17 · Z-Cameras Wildlife Images and Tips Thread
Another image from my outing with the rutting deer.
This is of the piebald... it came through the same meadow, but was following a different doe. It came so close to me that I had to put down my Z7II w/ 500mm lens and pick up the Z6II w/ 70-200S.
I continue to be amazed by how well these cameras focus... maybe it takes a little longer to lock on, but once locked, they hold focus better than my DSLRs!
p.7 #20 · Z-Cameras Wildlife Images and Tips Thread
OwlsEyes wrote:
Another image from my outing with the rutting deer.
This is of the piebald... it came through the same meadow, but was following a different doe. It came so close to me that I had to put down my Z7II w/ 500mm lens and pick up the Z6II w/ 70-200S.
I continue to be amazed by how well these cameras focus... maybe it takes a little longer to lock on, but once locked, they hold focus better than my DSLRs!
cheers,
bruce
Wow! Even the nose is white, and the look on this deer's face!
