zackiedawg
Veteran Member
Been having a brutally busy week, and have been almost completely absent from the site and most of the web for the past week or so - other than popping in. I realized it's been about a week since I posted any wildlife stuff, so I wanted to take the opportunity while I had it to post up some more selections with the A6300 & Fe70-300mm combo, around the South Florida wetlands areas. Things should be returning to normal by this weekend, and then next weekend I'm on vacation for 5 days...well needed after covering for a co-worker while she's been on vacation all this week.
All shots posted at 1400 pixels on the long side if you click the original size - some good detail in there and worth looking at the originals.
Sorry for the gap in posts, after confirming that more wildlife posts were OK and then disappearing for a week and not posting any!
A lovely green heron, wading through the shallow waters on the hunt for an unwary fish (20 feet)
A roseate spoonbill, doing the ol' one-legged stand on a tree limb. When you're standing around for long periods of time, it's nice to stand on alternating legs so the other can rest up a bit! (40 feet)
Not the world's greatest shot, but it's a rarity so well worth the effort. I've only spotted this type of bird twice, and only photographed (very badly) once before - so it was a treat to get a clean ID of him - a black-whiskered vireo (50-60 feet)
This pretty and inquisitive duck is a black-bellied whistling duck...walking through the tall grasses and stopping to see what I was up to (15-20 feet)
A partner came along, and I was no longer interesting. I liked their browns and orange colors standing out against all the green foliage
Nothing like a showoff...this brown anole was flexing his dewlap on his neck, flashing that colorful patch of red - either to attract a mate, or to intimidate me as a competitor for his ladies (3-4 feet)
Yep - I think it was for me. He looked my way, started doing push-ups, and flexing that dewlap even more
A baby green heron, growing a bit larger and learning to flex those wings to prepare for flight. The peach-fuzz white feathers were not all gone yet - still a few sticking up around the head and back. (20 feet)
Yep - Mr. eastern screech owl is still around...and still intensely watching anyone who passes by his territory. He was partially hidden up in a palm tree, but the 300mm zoom was enough to get in there tighter and get his angry little face (15 feet)
A great egret, wings full-spread, flying over in the very clear skies that day (60-80 feet)
A very tiny and very cute baby turtle, sitting on a partially submerged root, with the blue-sky reflections in the waters (20-25 feet)
Rough distance of each subject noted in the description. Weather - stupid-hot, 90-ish degrees F, 80-85% humidity.
All shots of non-flying animals were taken using my usual MR1 bank of settings: Flex Spot - Med, AF-S, Center-weight metering, 3fps burst mode, Stabilization on, Auto ISO 100-6400. JPG Extra fine.
All BIF shots taken using my usual MR2 bank of settings: wide focus area, AF-C, Center weight metering, 6fps burst mode, Stabilization off, Auto ISO 100-6400. JPG Extra fine, S Priority defaulted to 1/1000 shutter, adjusted as needed.
Comments, questions, and critique welcomed as always!
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Justin
galleries: www.pbase.com/zackiedawg
All shots posted at 1400 pixels on the long side if you click the original size - some good detail in there and worth looking at the originals.
Sorry for the gap in posts, after confirming that more wildlife posts were OK and then disappearing for a week and not posting any!
A lovely green heron, wading through the shallow waters on the hunt for an unwary fish (20 feet)
A roseate spoonbill, doing the ol' one-legged stand on a tree limb. When you're standing around for long periods of time, it's nice to stand on alternating legs so the other can rest up a bit! (40 feet)
Not the world's greatest shot, but it's a rarity so well worth the effort. I've only spotted this type of bird twice, and only photographed (very badly) once before - so it was a treat to get a clean ID of him - a black-whiskered vireo (50-60 feet)
This pretty and inquisitive duck is a black-bellied whistling duck...walking through the tall grasses and stopping to see what I was up to (15-20 feet)
A partner came along, and I was no longer interesting. I liked their browns and orange colors standing out against all the green foliage
Nothing like a showoff...this brown anole was flexing his dewlap on his neck, flashing that colorful patch of red - either to attract a mate, or to intimidate me as a competitor for his ladies (3-4 feet)
Yep - I think it was for me. He looked my way, started doing push-ups, and flexing that dewlap even more
A baby green heron, growing a bit larger and learning to flex those wings to prepare for flight. The peach-fuzz white feathers were not all gone yet - still a few sticking up around the head and back. (20 feet)
Yep - Mr. eastern screech owl is still around...and still intensely watching anyone who passes by his territory. He was partially hidden up in a palm tree, but the 300mm zoom was enough to get in there tighter and get his angry little face (15 feet)
A great egret, wings full-spread, flying over in the very clear skies that day (60-80 feet)
A very tiny and very cute baby turtle, sitting on a partially submerged root, with the blue-sky reflections in the waters (20-25 feet)
Rough distance of each subject noted in the description. Weather - stupid-hot, 90-ish degrees F, 80-85% humidity.
All shots of non-flying animals were taken using my usual MR1 bank of settings: Flex Spot - Med, AF-S, Center-weight metering, 3fps burst mode, Stabilization on, Auto ISO 100-6400. JPG Extra fine.
All BIF shots taken using my usual MR2 bank of settings: wide focus area, AF-C, Center weight metering, 6fps burst mode, Stabilization off, Auto ISO 100-6400. JPG Extra fine, S Priority defaulted to 1/1000 shutter, adjusted as needed.
Comments, questions, and critique welcomed as always!
--
Justin
galleries: www.pbase.com/zackiedawg
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