Posts Tagged ‘Canon 500mm f4 lens’
Continuing with the Midway Atoll shots and a Laysan Albatross sweeps low over the water making for an interesting pan and blur image. There are a couple of locations on the main island of the Midway group, Sand Island, which have intriguing names dating back to the time when the US Navy was in occupation. Names like [...]
In recent blog posts I’ve displayed images of Laysan Albatrosses which I observed and photographed on the island of Kaua’i and also Midway. The Laysans were the only albatross species I sighted on Kaua’i and were the most numerous species on Midway. However there were other species on Midway, including the Black Footed Albatross. These [...]
Trying to finish up some of my India photos from 2010 with some of the assorted birdlife of Assam and Aranachal Pradesh. The first two shots were both taken handheld from a canoe, no easy task with the long telephoto lens in use. Notice the shallow depth of field when using such long focal lengths, [...]
In this post we go in search of wild gibbons. During my travels through Assam, India in 2010, I visited a small wildlife reserve where a troop of hoolock gibbons were known to live in the tree tops. After a bit of searching, we sighted about 6 or 8 gibbons as they swung through the foliage high [...]
Well I hope that following my last post readers had the opportunity to click through on the link I provided to iDC Photography. Recapping, iDC’s creator/host Bruce Dorn posted a series of my pictures from our recent Tanzania trip and has also been displaying some pictures from some other members of the group, so check [...]
Photographed late afternoon, Tarangire National Park, Tanzania. Zebras were a common sight in all the parks and reserves that I visited in Tanzania. This shot was taken on the same date and near the same location as the current banner image. Canon 5D, 500mm lens at F8.0, shutter speed 1/1000 second at ISO 400. The [...]
I made a comment some time ago about the potential for using long lenses for landscape shots, here’s another example. Even if I’d stopped the lens right down, there was no way the overhanging branch was ever going to be sharp in the image, just not enough depth of field, so I was happy to [...]
Hi Folks, really quick posting today as I’m up to my ears in work and personal commitments at the moment. The bird is a red billed hornbill which was polite enough to pose for me during my Tanzania trip, love it when wildlife co-operates! I won’t go digging out the data on this one, I’ll [...]
This shot was taken in Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania at the edge of the same lake as in my previous post. There was a steady stream of animals walking along the shoreline of the lake. Hyenas and jackals on the lookout for any dead or weak flamingoes to feed on, and then some wildebeest strolled by. [...]
A male impala shown in its environment in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. The tall reeds and grasses are both blessing and curse, plenty to feed on but also good concealment for predators. Whilst I like to get close up shots of wildlife, sometimes it’s good to get a broader view and show the animal in [...]
As the title suggests, sunset over the flood plains of the Okavango Delta near Kwetsani camp. This is the same area as for the kingfisher and jacana shots posted last week. When reviewing and rating my shots in Lightroom, this was a shot that I initially didn’t rate all that highly. On second viewing however, [...]
Once again from the channels, pools and lagoons of Kwetsani in the Okavango Delta of Botswana. Taken on the same afternoon as the Malachite Kingfisher shot (see previous entry) this African Jacana was one of numerous species we saw whilst exploring the waterways in small boats. Notice the long toes which are an adaption for [...]
Going through some of my pictures taken recently in Botswana, I thought I’d start with the Malachite Kingfisher. Before I go into any detail about this shot however, perhaps it’s best if I give a brief outline about my trip and what it actually entailed. Flying from my home city of Melbourne via [...]
Another shot from my boat trip on the St Lucia Wetlands, South Africa, this Fish Eagle had just caught itself a huge mullet and flown to a nearby tree branch with it. Unfortunately I didn’t get to see the bird actually catching its prey, that could have been a really nice picture! I won’t pretend [...]
Today’s picture, a Cape Glossy Starling photographed in Hluhluwe Game Reserve, South Africa. The image is very much as nature presented it, the only post processing on this shot was a slight cropping and digital sharpening. I took several images of this bird but like this one most, the breeze just ruffled up a few [...]
Hippos and religion. Photographed on the waterways of the St Lucia Wetland Park on the east coast of South Africa, these were two of several hippopotamus that I saw whilst undertaking a boat trip together with about 30 or 40 other tourists. The hippos were unconcerned by the presence of the boat (they probably get [...]
During my travels through South Africa, I visited Hluhluwe (pronounced; Shesh shlewee) Game Reserve in the Kwazulu-Natal region. This game reserve and the adjoining Imfolozi Reserve are said to have the highest density of wildlife of any of the reserves in South Africa. Whilst that may be true, it’s also true that parts of the [...]
Photographed in Serengeti National Park, this was one of the few Goshawks I saw during my Tanzanian travels. Fortunately this one perched nicely at the top of a cactus plant long enough for me to get a couple of shots. Canon 5D with 500mm lens plus 1.4x tele extender at F6.3, shutter speed 1/1250 second [...]
Taken shortly after sunrise in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. I’ve written before about the use of telephoto lenses for landscapes, well I guess you might call this a “skyscape” but the previous comments hold true here as well. The colours depicted are true to the original scene, they haven’t been “souped up”. I’m not a [...]
Taken in Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, two flamingoes fly over their flock which is feeding in the shallows of an alkaline lake. There were thousands of birds in the lake itself and there were continual fly pasts made by pairs or small groups of birds. It was impossible to approach closely as the water’s edge was [...]
Continuing the story from my last post where a cheetah popped up from the long grass to observe wildebeest as they ran by….having lost interest in the passing herd, this cat decided to use a nearby ant hill as a vantage point. This is quite common behaviour for cheetahs who have excellent eyesight and can [...]
We were in Serengeti National Park, watching a herd of wildebeest running past and experimenting with pan and blur shots (see earlier post), when I saw some movement in the long grass. Moments later a pair of ears popped up and I realised that we were not the only interested spectators! This cheetah watched intently, [...]
I showed some zebra shots to someone recently and was asked (I think in jest!) “is a zebra white with black stripes, or black with white stripes?” Huh? It’s got to be right up there with… the glass half full or half empty…. …when a tree falls in the forest…. and other philosophical conundrums. Too [...]
(Alternate title; how to photograph a moving fly at 30 metres) A recent comment on one of my images prompted me in turn, to comment on the quality of image possible with a digital SLR at higher ISO settings. I made the point that with modern DSLR’s we could confidently use ISO ratings of 800, [...]