p.4 #2 · Official Nikon DSLR images, videos and discussion thread
Got this Petzval 85mm a while back and finally took it out for a spin. Used the Star blade, which was a 4.2 aperture, 4.5 was the closest setting in the CPU slots.
p.4 #3 · Official Nikon DSLR images, videos and discussion thread
Street Art with the D780 and 35/1.4G in the brightest, hottest spot possible.
The body of the bear is living moss salvaged from a dank concrete slab at a derelict old mill south of town.
p.4 #7 · Official Nikon DSLR images, videos and discussion thread
bs kite wrote:
Eastern Kingbird
That's a great capture!
Did you say turkey? Here's one of so many I got during mating season this year. I used the AFS 300/4D for this one.
I had some whack settings when I first started shooting hence the high ISO.
p.4 #8 · Official Nikon DSLR images, videos and discussion thread
stevenvh wrote:
That's a great capture!
Did you say turkey? Here's one of so many I got during mating season this year. I used the AFS 300/4D for this one.
I had some whack settings when I first started shooting hence the high ISO.
Thank you for the Kingbird compliment. That happened on one special day and not yet again. I want to post one or two of the best from that day now.
As far as the turkeys go, the lighting sure has been difficult. Thanks for the image and you did a good job with the difficult lighting.
p.4 #9 · Official Nikon DSLR images, videos and discussion thread
D6 for figure skating...
AFS 200 f/2 is my favorite for this sport as well as gymnastics but will use occasionally for basketball and volleyball due to the lightning-fast AF on the D6 but will be my main portrait lens.
p.4 #10 · Official Nikon DSLR images, videos and discussion thread
My fascination with the American Bullfrog goes back to my teen years on the deadwaters of a Maine river. It's the eye, the vibrant yellow and the fact that it just sits in the water and stares motionlessly.
For many years, the Bullfrog has been one of my favorite subjects to photograph in nature... approaching Common Loons.
When I locate one, I spend a *lot* of time slowly positioning my canoe into the perfect spot at MFD.
Funny thing, after a long time, they sometimes become entranced by the close presence of the canoe and they turn to get a better view.
Yesterday, the bottom Bullfrog in this 3 shot series was entirely back-to when I encountered it. I did not expect to get a frontal of it. But, eventually it turned completely around, to face the canoe, staring at me as I kept re-setting the camera and raising it up and over the gunwale and back down to water-level for the next shot. Seems like a lot of work but not if you love it.
The other thing that is interesting is the question "what are they doing, as they sit in the water for hours not moving?" Initially (and for years) I thought it was sun-basking. I am sure that sun-basking it one reason.
But I am beginning to wonder if it is a feeding mechanism too, whereby they waste no energy. Damselflies (as they convert from nymph to adult) do find the Bullfrog’s stationary body convenient to climb up onto, as they shed their ectoskeleton. That is what is happening in image #’s 2 and 3. Does the frog eventually gobble up the Damselfly? I do not yet know the answer.
I feel that this is a virtually perfect shot, captured toward the end of a 45+ minute shoot. When I finally reach the final position for the shots, the bottom of the lens hood is at water-level. I have to be careful not to go too low.
image #2 - Damsel fly on the Bullfrog's head has just emerged from the pond and is now transforming into an adult.
image #3 - I had a difficult time getting the white balance right on this image. This is the best I could do.
p.4 #12 · Official Nikon DSLR images, videos and discussion thread
bs kite wrote:
My fascination with the American Bullfrog goes back to my teen years on the deadwaters of a Maine river. It's the eye, the vibrant yellow and the fact that it just sits in the water and stares motionlessly.
That's quite interesting. And great photos too - the world's so beautiful, isn't it?
p.4 #17 · Official Nikon DSLR images, videos and discussion thread
Good idea! I plan on getting the Z9 when it starts tto ship but in the meantime this stuff still works. Want to try something new and like the idea of mirrorless with a quieter shutter too!
