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Got a lucky shot on a whale watching boat. I only had a lowly 60D/135L, but having a lens on the wide side was actually nice for catching shots of the whales breaching, since there's no warning when or where they pop up. Some kid had a 5d3/200-400f/4L, and his kit was so bulky and heavy that he had trouble aiming it in time when a breach happened. My shots turned out a lot better than his. 
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Wish there were more DOF on the frog and the slugs, but they look great!
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Nice fox pics! They look a little underexposed though.
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Not really wildlife, but pigs are a rarer sight for me than deer. 5B4A9091 by Jason the Hutt, on Flickr
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It looks like a tree to me. They're all great shots, and I'm jealous of you guys who have gone to Africa.
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You guys with your moose and caribou shots are making me jealous. I was looking at birds that all vanished when I picked up my telephoto. But there were some bees flying around. Would've been sharper if I'd taken off my 2x extender, but I was still pleasantly surprised.  bee by Jason the Hutt, on Flickr
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Deer are kinda boring, but it's still cool to run into them in a forest. Deer by Jason the Hutt, on Flickr Gray whale by Jason the Hutt, on Flickr
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Great shot! But, uh, bears at 200mm? Isn't that a range where you start to worry about getting mauled?
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Did you set up a blind to get that close?
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^^ Where did you go? Did you get any good shots? Here's a cool example of non-gimmicky usage of light painting: http://thesmallermajority.com/2012/07/08/improvising-with-light/
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Verman posted:I convinced her to let me purchase a new lens (Canon 70-200 2.8) and a Sony RX100m2 for the trip. I don't know how I would have done it without a telephoto. I wish I had some more reach (200mm on a canon 50d body) but the 70-200 2.8 is more practical for my uses than a slower 300mm or any huge 400mm lenses. I also shoot weddings so it was important to me to buy something that I could use after the safari. drat, you did great with 200mm! If you go on another wildlife trip, it'd probably be worth renting an extender for your telephoto.
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William T. Hornaday posted:If there's anything that my job has taught me, it's that Americans are complete morons when it comes to understanding animals. This guy used to be my friend's teacher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIFBOXHHXOA
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Is there going to be a followup shot in the food photography thread?
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I like the comments from crazy people.quote:Sorry to say, this is not a picture I would have picked of a pretty animal being killed. Disappointed in judges decision!!!! Giving a life is nothing to win a prize over even if an animal!!!!!! Made me sick first time I saw it. Pick something more beautiful and pleasant next time!!!!
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I bet they got like 6 entries for the plant category. Apparently there are middle school kids who have taken shots that blow the poo poo out of anything in my portfolio.
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I guess there are worse things you could drag your kids along for, but what's weird for me is seeing kids with glitzy websites with prints for sale and poo poo. Like they're already trotting out a 12 year old as a brand. I think I had a website at that age, but it a ship guide to Wing Commander 3 or something.
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800peepee51doodoo posted:
Giving a life is nothing to win a prize over even if an animal!!!!!! Made me sick first time I saw it. Pick something more beautiful and pleasant next time!!!!
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Herrrrrrrrrrrrrrrps! Sceloporus olivaceus by Jason the Hutt, on Flickr Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus by Jason the Hutt, on Flickr
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ExecuDork posted:Squirrels are rats with furry tails. No mammal is truly vegetarian (mother's milk pedantry aside), anything furry will happily have blood running down its face given the opportunity. Chipmunks apparently are important predators of Warblers, and high-grade by eating the brains first when they raid a nest with hatchlings. Cute and Fuzzy is highly compatible with Bloodthirsty. Apparently large slugs can also eat baby birds. I never knew that. edit: Also deer. http://io9.gizmodo.com/field-cameras-catch-deer-eating-birds-wait-why-do-deer-1689440870 Bubbacub fucked around with this message at 01:18 on Aug 29, 2016 |
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Pablo Bluth posted:WPY 2016 winner announced. The youth winner is a killer shot too, especially for being a photo of a crow with some inexpensive gear.
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I almost never photograph mammals. It feels weird to photograph animals that are kind of big, and also aren't afraid to approach you. I was too lazy to take the extender off my bird telephoto, so I ended up having to run away from foxes to get them to mostly fit within the frame.  Common dolphin by Jason the Hutt, on Flickr Island fox by Jason the Hutt, on Flickr Island fox by Jason the Hutt, on Flickr Island fox by Jason the Hutt, on Flickr
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If anyone visits DC, be sure to check out the wildlife photography exhibit in the Smithsonian. It's pretty  Also some of the shots were taken with pretty old gear. There's one shot with a Rebel, and one with a 20D.
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DJExile posted:This seems as good a place as any to dump a bunch of poo poo I learned spending a week on safari in Tanzania between Arusha, Tarangiere National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, and Serengeti National Park. Here's some dumb gay advice from a bad photographer. Take it or leave it. Good info, thanks. I'm making my first trip to Africa next month.  Spotted salamander by Jason the Hutt, on Flickr Four-toed salamander by Jason the Hutt, on Flickr
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DJExile posted:You're welcome! 10 days each in Mozambique and Madagascar 
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BetterLekNextTime posted:Are these from the wild? Whoa! The lemurs were wild, but the wild dog was part of a pack that's getting reintroduced into a country where they've gone extinct. They had them in a pen to acclimatize to the new environment before releasing them. Most of the lemur pics I got were on the side of the road. Lemurs can move insanely fast through the trees, so they don't give a poo poo about humans on the ground.
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The color temperature seems a little off in the bison photo, like it's too blue. Being able to tweak that is one of the most useful features about shooting raw.
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BetterLekNextTime posted:These are great. There's something almost unnerving about the elephant that makes me want to keep looking at it. I think my eye is using the branches and bush in the foreground to try to make sense of the scale, which makes the elephant look smaller than it should, or something. It's a fantastic animal-in-landscape (as the others are too). Thanks! Our driver got way closer to the elephant than I expected. My best lens for it turned out to be a 100mm macro. 
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DorianGravy posted:Loads of great stuff in the past couple pages, but I especially like this one: Thanks! The softness is because I was shooting into a sunset with a shitload of light bouncing off the water
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BetterLekNextTime posted:
Yeah I went twice in one day the last time I was there Apparently they have special days geared towards photographers where you can just hang out on the beach for a few hours
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Shooting caiman from a boat at night was an interesting experience. They submerge if they see too much light, so you only have time to bang away for a moment before they disappear. Paleosuchus trigonatus by Jason the Hutt, on Flickr Caiman crocodilus? by Jason the Hutt, on Flickr
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Does anyone shoot from a kayak or packraft? I see so many birds when I'm paddling, the views are usually much better than I'd get on land. I ordered an R5 and I think the 800mm f/11 lens is next on my list so I'd have a relatively compact bird setup. What would a good drybag look like? Something that's big enough to fit the equipment but still easy to open quickly...something like this maybe? https://www.drybags.com/product/aleutian-deck-bag/
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Yeah, I won't risk a big white telephoto on a boat, but I've gotten decent results with a 70-300 and want a bit more reach. The combination of reach and portability of the RF lenses is just too irresistible if I happen to come across a kingfisher or something in broad daylight.
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