Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
p.47 #1Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
Douglas L wrote:
A food fight yesterday. The white on adult bald eagle's head and tail is tough to meter properly when they fly in and out of different backgrounds. I used auto ISO -1 or -2 compensation already, still over exposed the white. sometimes
Need to dig out the 600 GM... It's been neglected since I bought the 300 GM and the 400-800.
Great sequence Douglas!
A food fight yesterday. The white on adult bald eagle's head and tail is tough to meter properly when they fly in and out of different backgrounds. I used auto ISO -1 or -2 compensation already, still over exposed the white. sometimes
Need to dig out the 600 GM... It's been neglected since I bought the 300 GM and the 400-800.
Great sequence Douglas!
Dec 10, 2025 at 05:46 PM
p.47 #2Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
robert614 wrote:
Need to dig out the 600 GM... It's been neglected since I bought the 300 GM and the 400-800.Great sequence Douglas!
Thank you Robert! Here is a sequence of an eagle diving for fish two days ago,
Douglas L wrote
A food fight yesterday. The white on adult bald eagle's head and tail is tough to meter properly when they fly in and out of different backgrounds. I used auto ISO -1 or -2 compensation already, still over exposed the white. sometimesNeed to dig out the 600 GM... It's been neglected since I bought the 300 GM and the 400-800.
Thank you Robert! Here is a sequence of an eagle diving for fish two days ago,
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ILCE-1M2 FE 400-800mm F6.3-8 G OSS lens 800mm f/8.0 1/3200s 500 ISO -1.3 EV
Dec 11, 2025 at 06:03 AM
p.47 #3Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
Otters from Yellowstone on Thanksgiving weekend with Sony A1 and 400-800.
Dec 11, 2025 at 08:53 AM
p.47 #4Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
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p.47 #5Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
Northern Shrike
diving on prey
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diving on prey
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Dec 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
p.47 #6Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
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Dec 12, 2025 at 01:13 AM
p.47 #7Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
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Dec 12, 2025 at 05:14 AM
p.47 #8Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
I'm always amazed on how good the A1 series cameras are at tracking fast moving subjects like this American Kestrel even when there are obstructions in it's path.
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p.47 #10Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
Late afternoon, 17 F with wind chills zero and below. Surprisingly, the river hasn't frozen yet, so the cranes seem to have decided it's warmer to just stand in the water for hours on end. It's been endlessly cloudy and dark recently, no good light to be found anywhere, but I gave this a high key look so the photo is a lie but no one wants to look at a uniformly dark gray low contrast reality...
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Dec 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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p.47 #11Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
Bald Eagle by lennycarl08, on Flickr
Dec 15, 2025 at 07:38 AM
p.47 #12Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
Eagles snacking on small fish.
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Dec 15, 2025 at 08:12 AM
p.47 #13Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
Finally!
The pileated woodpeckers around here are almost always *very* shy. They see me anywhere and off they go, so my images of them are generally pretty poor. Finally, one cold recent afternoon, I came across one that had clearly found a motherlode of ants, and was thus content to feast while I watched for a good ten minutes & I could actually get a proper image.
The pileated woodpeckers around here are almost always *very* shy. They see me anywhere and off they go, so my images of them are generally pretty poor. Finally, one cold recent afternoon, I came across one that had clearly found a motherlode of ants, and was thus content to feast while I watched for a good ten minutes & I could actually get a proper image.
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Dec 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
p.47 #14Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
This little Saw-whet owl was hiding his little mouse when he decided to cough up a fur ball.
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p.47 #15Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
A Spotted Towhee dining on last summer's crop of Himalayan blackberries.
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
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Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
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Dec 15, 2025 at 04:52 PM
p.47 #16Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
American Kestrel on a high speed pass.
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p.47 #17Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
Watched a Raven catch a vole today, first time observing this behaviour, pretty cool.
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p.47 #18Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
Dec 16, 2025 at 05:03 PM
p.47 #19Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
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p.47 #20Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
Finally some decent morning light
Dec 17, 2025 at 05:20 AM