Dieter Schaefer Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 This is the additional weekly image thread for the Nature Forum. While images posted to this thread should still be nature in theme, it may contain a small amount of human-made objects and therefore less restricted than the Monday in Nature threads. Please see this discussion for more details: Alternative weekly thread in Nature forum Each participant please post no more than just one image per weekly thread. Many members will appreciate any information you are willing or able to provide regarding location, shooting process, exposure settings, equipment, and information on the subject(s), including scientific and/or common names. Osprey - again. Most of my bird photography this year at a new-to-me location was centered around an osprey nest located at a marina in South Portland. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User_10939992 Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill J Boyd Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 Snowy Egret 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian_niemi1 Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 Black Bellied Whistling Duck 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnelson Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Red Shouldered Hawk from this morning 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgelfand Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 2 hours ago, ShunCheung said: Talk about sharp eye focus and subject separation! The eyes are so sharp one may easily examine the vein structure; the nose is very slightly less sharp. Yet the feet and the rest of the body, as well as the plant, are in a very. very soft focus, due to a narrow DOF. Great shot! What camera (I assume the Z9) and what lens? What were the settings and the range, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 17 hours ago, bgelfand said: Talk about sharp eye focus and subject separation! The eyes are so sharp one may easily examine the vein structure; the nose is very slightly less sharp. Yet the feet and the rest of the body, as well as the plant, are in a very. very soft focus, due to a narrow DOF. Great shot! What camera (I assume the Z9) and what lens? What were the settings and the range, please? The equipment is Z9 with 100-400mm S zoom @ 400mm, f8, and 0.5 second exposure on a tripod. I used a flashlight, not electronic flash, to lit the frog. I used the 100-400 because it can focus quite close, but this is a pretty serious crop, to about 10% of the original frame area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjoseph7 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 Taken with my iPhone... Actually I had to really hit the saturation dial in Photoshop more than I'm accustomed to with this image. The original image was totally washed out.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgelfand Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 (edited) 22 hours ago, ShunCheung said: The equipment is Z9 with 100-400mm S zoom @ 400mm, f8, and 0.5 second exposure on a tripod. Wow, 0.5 seconds exposure for an exposure of a living creature. That was one patient frog! (And one patient photographer) Great capture. At a 10% crop, I can see where the 45+ megapixel sensor comes in handy. BTW what ISO were you using? Thank you for the reply and data. Edited December 3, 2023 by bgelfand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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