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INTJ Mastermind posted:Going whale watching tomorrow!  If you're lucky enough to be around when they're jumping out of the water you probably won't need the TC.
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Elendil004 posted:I've got a chance to go on a 4ish day safari in South Africa. My only big lens that I own is a 70-200 2.8 IS II. I'd like to rent something bigger but I'd like some advice. The safari will include both day and night trips into the wilds so I want a low f/. I'm thinking either a 400 or a 600, IS is probably a must. I just don't want to miss my one shot for an awesome shot of a South African animal and miss it with my 70-200. Renting an extender is probably your best option if you do need more reach. I've seen some great pictures taken with a 70-200 with a 1.4 or 2x extender. A 600mm lens would be a significant burden if you're doing lots of traveling and the safari is just a side trip. It isn't something you can just toss in an existing camera bag, plus there is a technique to using it that takes some time to develop.
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Elendil004 posted:I assume the extender goes between the lens and camera, right? So taking it off in a 'hurry' or putting it on in one is not happening?
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Elendil004 posted:edit: so if I rented Canon 2.0x III Extender, which is about a hundred bucks for the timeframe I need it, that will work with my 7d body and 70-200 IS L lens, and the only real downside is only main autofocus point, right?
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Went for a cold walk yesterday, and as I was stalking a robin my camera's AF zoomed way past the bird onto this brown blob in the background: I managed to sneak pretty close while he was eating until he finally got fed up with me and held this old dracula pose for about 30 seconds before swimming away: 
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neckbeard posted:Those teeth are weirding me out, were you making some post adjustments that caused that?
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Kayaking + nature photography is just awesome. Here's how close my wife could get before the animal finally spooked: Another shot: 
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On a recent trip to the mountains I decided to get up at 5am and drive all the remote roads I could for a (very slim) chance to try and capture a cougar or grizzly bear. After 4 hours of driving and nothing but deer and elk I gave up. Then on the way home later in the day I see a young grizzly hanging out eating weeds:   These two were also happily hanging out on the road on my way home:  
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These past few months have been completely poo poo for me photography-wise as I injured my rotator cuff badly enough that I couldn't lift a camera or kayak all summer.  I still can't use any long lenses but I was able to manage a Calgary Zoo visit at least:      
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What better subject to test my new 70-200 on than the near-extinct squirrel and vole!  I'm so jealous of you guys who can go outside and find lizards and snakes.
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Time for a ridiculous deer pose: Horrible shooting conditions unfortunately.
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This was a first for me today: Ermine / Short-tailed Weasel:  doodle_duck_dandy posted:Early morning deer run Ghost Cactus posted:Handsome Goat is here to crash the deer party. ExecuDork posted:Bah! Eutherian mammals? Bah I say! I really envy the stuff you've been able to shoot over there. I'd be thrilled just being some place not covered in 2 feet of snow right now, never mind a variety of wildlife you can't see here at all. I hope you're not done with the pictures from over there yet.
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Two moose in a snow-filled field with beautiful red bushes during golden hour and I can't get my camera out the car window because I have a monopod attached.  If this ever happens to any of you take my advice and get out of the car rather than trying to shoot out the window anyway and getting a whole bunch of shots like this:  This came out semi-decent at least 
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I always love to open this thread when I see you post because you create some amazing images, but this is over the top. You couldn't get better body language out of a human model. Thirding the request for a tutorial.
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Got ridiculously lucky yesterday when my wife noticed this badger running in the ditch beside the car. I'm outdoors a lot and this is the first badger I've ever seen in the wild. Through the excitement there was a bit of chaos resulting in some less-than-ideal pictures but thankfully he did turn to face us one last time before disappearing across a field.
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Atticus_1354 posted:Has anyone mounted their dslr to a spotting scope? Specifically I have a D5100 and am going to be buying a spotting scope soon and want to use it to get long range video of some wildlife. Any suggestions ideas or examples of setups with any camera or scope?
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Yesterday I watched a coyote hunting voles in nice early morning light. This guy was successful every time he leapt and offered several opportunities to capture him hunting. I'm kicking myself because I was shooting him with a paved road between us and the heat waves from the road killed all my other shots of the coyote mid-air. This is the only one that turned out at all.  Jadeilyn posted:Finally out shooting again. This was in Catalina State Park outside of Tucson. I was trying out my new 100mm 2.8 macro. InternetJunky fucked around with this message at 14:21 on Oct 20, 2013 |
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I'm supremely jealous of your work Execudork. Keep the stories and pictures coming!
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Graniteman posted:I have a chance to take a 3-4 week vacation later this year and I'm interested in a wildlife photography focused trip. I am limited to mid-July until late September, but I can go anywhere in that time frame. Does anyone have recommendations for trips? I'm game for a guided tour / safari thing, or a self guided hiking (only moderate difficulty hiking though, I'm not a hardcore hiker). Anywhere in the world is fine. I'm thinking about something like madagascar, or the galapagos, or maybe an African safari thing. I don't really have a budget in mind, but several thousand bucks is fine. I guess if you aren't planning on lugging big lenses around the sardine aspect of a normal safari (where they can seat 9 per vehicle) probably isn't such a big deal, but with an outfit like Cheesemans they make sure you're out at the animals for morning light and don't come back until the sun goes down. I would hate to travel to Africa and be stuck with a group of old people who, once they get their ipad shot of a Cheetah, want to move on so they can make afternoon tea.
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Went to Jasper for the day and saw a good cross-section of wildlife:    
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William T. Hornaday posted:Awesome stuff
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Just back from an awesome 14-day safari in Kenya. I had plans to edit a bunch of shots today but I can barely keep my eyes open, so for now here's a fun shot:
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Shamelessly pimping my video of a crazy Wildebeest migration I got to see in Kenya: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tbbfGxunF0BetterLekNextTime posted:
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I apologise in advance for spamming all my safari photos. If I don't process them now I know from experience they will sit collecting (digital) dust. I converted this one to B&W to try and counteract the brutal light and heat distortion.  Beautiful.
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I've slowly been working through a few more safari photos.   ExecuDork posted:When the little bastards steal your boots you can get pretty tired of them.
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ExecuDork posted:EDIT: I don't remember if I've posted this picture from last summer before. Here's a shot of an Arctic Fox stealing a cookie. Completely unrelated and far less cute -- here's a sequence of shots my wife and I took of a zebra/crocodile river encounter. Photo conditions weren't exactly ideal, but you can't really plan for this stuff. I'm going to spoiler the graphic shots. Time to cross the river  Uh oh  Oh whew, they got away in time  "Hey guys, those two made it across, it must be safe."  Uh oh    He escaped!  ...but probably not a happy ending 
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I know I'm just shamelessly spamming Kenya photos but I've still got so many to go through and if I don't post them now I'm likely to forget about it. Here's a sequence from the dramatic river crossing we saw. There's also a video I made of the crossing that I posted earlier but I'll put another link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tbbfGxunF0  Not sure if this works that well, but a slower shutter version of above       Other dangers apart from just jumping or drowning  The aftermath, on the other side of the river  Kenshin posted:I don't know why I seem to mostly post dragonflies in here but this one was too drat pretty not to post: Fart Amplifier posted:Did not zoom with feet, did not get mauled Moon Potato posted:Some more otters and elk from Humboldt County
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Some more big cats from Kenya      Beautiful photo, and holy poo poo look at the size of those front paws!
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ExecuDork posted:Goddam. Never, ever stop. Go on another trip, as soon as you can.  )
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Here's some more lion shots. I had a hard time with the processing on these as the light changes so rapidly in the morning in Africa. Let me know if there's anything that stands out as particularly garish.      This is a big crop, and it shows, but how often do get get a lion hug    Some great recent squirrel shots... Holy poo poo Alpenglow posted:Gonna have to go look for some elk this week! Rad shots of antlered things all around. Moon Potato posted:Good. Keep posting
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Trying to motivate myself to process more of my Kenya photos. 
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Rhino with lots of friends This is from a page or two ago but just wanted to say I really love this shot.
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This is gorgeous. quote:quote:Keep them coming!
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William T. Hornaday posted:I'm not entirely convinced the processing doesn't come across looking like some lovely hack job, but I'm don't feel like spending any more time on it. So, yeah.
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Some more from Kenya    800peepee51doodoo posted:Why is everybody dogging on that bear shot? Its dope as gently caress. Who gives a poo poo about a watermark.
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More Kenya spam   Hyenas got the tip of this poor elephant's trunk She seemed to be doing ok without it thankfully.
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