david_simon

Anyone have any experience with travel and nature photography in Uganda? I came across some interesting tours through the various parks 

The tour guide told me what type of monkey this was but I don't  remember.  

It is short eared owl time in the fields near me.  Nikon D500, Nikon Af-I 600mm f4 with a 1.4tc

On 10/29/2022 at 11:35 AM, mike_halliwell said:

Gosh! What are the other EXIF details, they seem to have dropped off!

for the first one. ISO 4000 , 1/320 f.5.6, 400 mm on my 200-400mm Nikon f4 zoom, EV 1.33  and in ON1 software, exposure 1.45, contrast 34, highlights 66, midtones -57, shadows 28, whites 0, black 10 , structure 83, haze -15. 

 

for the second , same lens,  380 mm, ISO 1100, 1/250, f5.6 EV 0,  and in On1, exposure -.9, contrast -21, highlights -65, midtones -37, shadows 33, whites 26, clacks 16, structuree 84, haze 8

Normally I wouldn't shoot at dawn let alone ISO25600 but it was a once in a life time photo.

Here are a couple more taken in the late afternoon.  for 5449 I added 1.33 EV and then about 1.5 stops in post processing . 

Mike_Halliwell was asking for the rest of the EXIF info on my vulture shot . It was 1/640, f5.6 + .3 EV taken at 200mm on my Nikon f4 200-400mm zoom

At  6 AM, dawn in the Pantanal,  we saw this black vulture on a floating caiman carcass trying to figure out how to pierce its skin to get a meal. Shot at  ISO 25600 (the max on my D500) and denoised in ON1 software. 

         capybara family

When I try to log on to this website my Kapersky antivirus software says it is  insecure because some certificate is not up to date.  That was never an issue before the update to this site. 

Wood Stork - more from the Pantanal. An amazing place. In 10 days I photographed about 110 different birds I had never seen before plus 5 types I had seen in other places  And there were about 50 other species that were too fast or to far to photograph

more from the Pantanal. These 2 species always seem to hang out together. 

BENRO model FIF28C carbon fibre tripod and head. excellent condition. One of the legs can be detached to be a monopod.   Comes  with carrying case and metal tripod leg spikes.  I am in Canada but can ship to the US. Price includes shipping to US. 

No, not another Pantanal photo. A curlew in Vancouver, BC

 

Another of the 100+ different birds i photographed in the Pantanal with my D500 and Nikon 200-400mm F4

 

I am back and the trip was great . I brought only my 200-400mm and used it on a monopod. I am glad I left the 600 at home . At times with the jaguars, even 200mm was too much. These were taken at 200mm from about 40 ft away.

 

Some of the birds were far and even 400mm was too little but others were pretty close

 

 

Black collar black collared hawk from the Pantanal

Whistling Heron - Pantanal Brazil - A few minutes later it swallowed the frog whole

 

A Great Egret from the Pantanal

Another from my Pantanal trip

 

A Cocoi Heron from the Pantanal. Add 3 hours to the time clock if you are looking at that.

Ilkka , Once you put the flash on the camera the compensation is controlled by the camera

I have a D500 and an SB800. I want to use mild fill flash, eg 1/16 or 1/32 on the combo for bird photography. The SB800 manual says I have to set the compensation on the camera but I can only find EV settings on the camera of minus 1 to 3 EV. Am I missing something?

Osprey coming and going

 

 

Cedar Waxwing