Thanks Click!Very nice series, ISv.
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Thanks Click!Very nice series, ISv.
Love the shot of the Kingfisher!Back from Safari in Tanzania - missed some good postings here while I was away without internet access. Have taken so many photos it will take a month to process them. Here are a few from day 1, Nov 4, Arusha National Park: whinchat; fiscal shrike;small beeeater and bee; steppe buzzard; and brownhooded kingfisher.
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dpc, you gave me interesting puzzle (and nice photo, but the puzzle is what wake me up in the Thanksgiving evening: I see an American Wigeon, an Eurasian Wigeon ? (3th bird from left to right) and I have a problem with the second bird from left to right: just that white spot on the chick... whithout it it could be a Malard (?) or kind of hybrid?! If you have more photos, in different angles - I would be happy to see them!A bird has a cardiovascular system specialized to protect its feet in the cold, but these boys and girls look pretty chilly standing on a frozen pond in February.View attachment 181677
THIS is nice Alan! Very good!!! (BTW Adonis has nothing to do in this case - I don't think he has been THAT hungry anytime(?).Blackwinged stilt doing an Adonis.
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dpc, you gave me interesting puzzle (and nice photo, but the puzzle is what wake me up in the Thanksgiving evening: I see an American Wigeon, an Eurasian Wigeon ? (3th bird from left to right) and I have a problem with the second bird from left to right: just that white spot on the chick... whithout it it could be a Malard (?) or kind of hybrid?! If you have more photos, in different angles - I would be happy to see them!
No, there is no way this is a female mallard (you probably misspell it for a "male"?). And the exposure has nothing to do with this (your exposure is very good!): the highlights are not blown away, there is some color there.Sorry, I don't have another photo to illuminate the question. I hadn't thought about that bird. My guess is that it's a female mallard, although I can't explain the white spot. Perhaps a quirk in the exposure?
No, there is no way this is a female mallard (you probably misspell it for a "male"?). And the exposure has nothing to do with this (your exposure is very good!): the highlights are not blown away, there is some color there.
Very interesting...
We had 4 cameras between us, 5DSR + 100-400mm II and an Olympus TG5 for my wife and the 5DIV + 400mm DO II and Sony RX10 IV for me, plus extenders. The safari travel was in a Toyota Landcruiser with a pop-up roof. Anything larger than our lenses would have been difficult to manage. For much of the time, we were focal length limited and also had to pick out small birds hiding in foliage or on the ground. With extenders, the 5DIV at 800mm with the DO and the 5DSR at 560mm with the zoom performed brilliantly. In terms of IQ and resolution, there were insignificant differences between them. Ideally, I would have preferred to use the 5DSR + 400mm DO II + 1.4xTC. On other occasions, birds were so close or large animals were near and my wife could zoom out and I grabbed the Sony 24-600mm equivalent (or she the Olympus). I did some BIF at 800mm but the 5DIV at 400mm f/4 is much better.Alan, I'd be interested in some commentary on what pieces of gear got used and when and what you might have perceived were things you lacked in this regard. I never bought my replacement for the 6D I sold and am biding my time for now since something interesting might be around the corner.
Jack