p.59 #1 · Official Nikon 400/2.8S image thread + some discussions
Wow Bruce!!
OwlsEyes wrote:
Well this thread almost dipped onto page three, so I thought I'd bring it back to the top.
I was out photographing hummingbirds in the rain a few days ago... The soft light and a touch of fall color made this a great subject for the 400 f2.8TC.
p.59 #5 · Official Nikon 400/2.8S image thread + some discussions
George DeCamp wrote:
Awesome shots Bruce, I love the 400TC for hummingbirds, that MFD sure is nice when they come close!
Thanks George...
I couldn't agree with you more. Between the minimum focus, internal TC, and very useable DX crop, it is possible to really control the composition of your images.
I happen to live near an arboretum where the hummingbirds stick around. With the abundance of flowers there, I have the opportunity to see and photograph them regularly. The capacity to shoot and re-shoot is so useful when it comes to predicting behaviors and patterns.
p.59 #6 · Official Nikon 400/2.8S image thread + some discussions
FiReBReTHaV2 wrote:
love The hummingbirds, but the butterflies were something else. I had never seen them group like that and love the "color palette" of the shot.
Thank you very much.
It has been a lot of fun to see the clusters of butterflies this year. In the past... before I lived in the Monterey Bay... the monarchs would accumulate in clusters of ten-thousand or more. This year has been better than last, but I fear that the opportunity to photograph them again is diminishing for 2025. We have had some gale force winds and heavy rain this week. When this occured last year, the butterflies dispersed.
p.59 #7 · Official Nikon 400/2.8S image thread + some discussions
I was given a tip about a burrowing owl living fairly close to my home (about 20 miles north), and visited the location with a good friend. This was a such a unique (to me) place to see this species and it speaks to their capacity to adapt to various habitats. All of my prior observations and photographs were taken in prairies or Florida's coraline substrate. In contrast, this owl was living in and around boulders that serve as a levy to preven ocean surges and beach erosion.
p.59 #8 · Official Nikon 400/2.8S image thread + some discussions
OwlsEyes wrote:
I was given a tip about a burrowing owl living fairly close to my home (about 20 miles north), and visited the location with a good friend. This was a such a unique (to me) place to see this species and it speaks to their capacity to adapt to various habitats. All of my prior observations and photographs were taken in prairies or Florida's coraline substrate. In contrast, this owl was living in and around boulders that serve as a levy to preven ocean surges and beach erosion.
cheers,
bruce
I really like the rendering in the second image!
Nice background info, Bruce.
p.59 #9 · Official Nikon 400/2.8S image thread + some discussions
ChrisMak wrote:
I really like the rendering in the second image!
Nice background info, Bruce.
Thanks Chris...
I have a few others that I like where the owl is smaller in the frame. They are more of a habitat shot and I'll post those a bit later.
p.59 #10 · Official Nikon 400/2.8S image thread + some discussions
It's been raining for nearly 5 days straight, but I try to get out between downpours.
I found this cool tree near one of my wildlife hotspots. I was thinking that it would be a great landscape subject, but then this happened
p.59 #17 · Official Nikon 400/2.8S image thread + some discussions
The rain finally stopped... for a day, hopefully longer. I hauled myself out of bed to shoot the slough at sunrise. I was all over the place with landscapes and wildlife.
I've been wanting to photograph stilts for a while, and they have been hard to approach. Today I found some tolerance ones as well as a few other thngs to point the 400mm lens at.
