p.94 #9 · Official Nikon DSLR images, videos and discussion thread
My shadow in the snow
D850, af-s 24-120 f/4 @ 24mm, f/4, 1/30, iso 5600
Brick outbuilding at night in the snow
D850, af-s 24-120 f/4 @ 38mm f/4, 1/30, iso 51200
Snow on a hedge sprout
D850, 24-120 f/4 @ 120mm f/4, 1/1000, iso 64
Footprints in the snow
D500, af-s 70-300 f/4.5-5.6 @ 70mm, f/9, 1/500, iso 100
p.94 #11 · Official Nikon DSLR images, videos and discussion thread
I spend most of my shooting with a tele trying to isolate a bug or a bird that today I decided to mount my 16-35 f/4 on the D850 and go the other way.
D850, af-s 16-35 f/4 @ f/11, 1/30, iso 10,000, LrC Ai noise reduction.
I must admit Fred, I ventured a guess on this and got it wrong. The dance was either a courtship ritual or a couple of males competing for a female. I guessed it was two males competing. Turns out it is courtship. For me, the appearance and behavior of these Western Grebes are peculiar enough to hold my interest like Common Loons and Monarchs do in Maine summers. Some range maps show them sometimes getting into AZ/NM. That’s exciting to me.
p.94 #19 · Official Nikon DSLR images, videos and discussion thread
bs kite wrote:
I must admit Fred, I ventured a guess on this and got it wrong. The dance was either a courtship ritual or a couple of males competing for a female. I guessed it was two males competing. Turns out it is courtship. For me, the appearance and behavior of these Western Grebes are peculiar enough to hold my interest like Common Loons and Monarchs do in Maine summers. Some range maps show them sometimes getting into AZ/NM. That’s exciting to me.
Well, if it makes you feel any better Robert, I initially thought the same as you. I now know better, but do chuckle every once and awhile when I think back about how many initial impressions of various birds I had that were wrong.
- D500 with 300f4 plus 1.4 TC, f6.3, 1/1600, ISO 400
