Did you know that the scientific name for the Western Lowland gorilla is gorilla gorilla gorilla?
Action photography is hard! That dog was in full gallop. This is my first serious effort at tracking a fast moving subject with an unpredictable trajectory, with mixed results. Thank you @markgaler for having already set up my A7R III in advance for this impromptu moment while visiting Austin, TX, based on his tutorials.
You know how sometimes when you take a shot, you know you nailed it even before you download it to your computer? This was the case. Remarkably, this photo at ISO 6400 required very little post processing. What you see is almost the same as the original RAW shot.
I thought meerkats were cute cuddly animals until I watched a few YouTube videos. These carnivores live in the southern deserts of Africa and hunt in mobs. But I can’t help it. They are super cute.
I was very excited to try out my new Sony FE 100-400mm super telephoto zoom and I am frankly blown away by the results. So please indulge me for a whole bunch of zoo photos for the next few weeks.
Focusing with a super telephoto lens in wildlife can be challenging. Here I was in subfreezing temperatures, snow flurries abound, with 5 layers of clothing and double gloves, in a horse drawn sleigh, handholding a rather large (humongous?) lens, trying to focus primarily on the eyes of these magnificent elk who of course refused to cooperate and kept moving around. As the elk were foraging for plants, occasionally some shrubbery about a foot in front would get in the way of the focus spot, resulting in tack sharp vegetation and not as sharp face or antlers. Using Flexible Spot Small turned out to be the best solution. I can’t wait for the announced release of the Sony Animal Eye AF.
Some editing went into this final photo. There was a distracting elk in the background, which I removed with Photoshop. The falling snow must have momentarily slowed down in this shot so I did manually overlay some snowflakes.
The detail in this photo is remarkable. I hope you get a chance to see it on a big screen.
Another one from the National Elk Refuge in Jackson, WY. Wonderful experience.
On my recent skiing trip to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, I opted to travel with my photo gear instead of the usual skis and boots and boy, am I glad I did. After skiing couple of hours in miserable weather one morning, I headed out to the National Elk Refuge with the temperatures in the mid teens (about -10C) and got a chance to capture some great shots of these magnificent creatures in this protected habitat.
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