Daniel

Taken manually from about 20 yards with an old West German Emmelyt 240mm prime lens fixed to my D80 with an optic correction  M42 adaptor , lens fully open at 4.5 @ 125th sec, hand held.Cropped about 50%.

 

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Perfect timing with the two birds. 

The Snowy Owl 

Nikon D800E  &  Nikkor 80-400

1/5000sec   f/9   ISO 640   400mm   And photo is cropped. 

A happy Duck plowing through the water

Nikon D800E                                        

Nikon 80-400mm

1/2000sec  ISO 3200  f/9 400mm

Dandelions are tasty

Black Bear

Squirrel 

Here are some sample shots from this lens over the last week. I got to say I love this lens. (More Samples to come soon) Keep in mind that these photo file sizes have been significantly lowered to post online.  

Monument Valley in B/W: 

Nikon D7100  Sigma 18-35mm

28mm  f/9   1/250sec   ISO100

Flag: 

35mm  f/5/6  1/800  ISO100

I usually never post in black and white but I thought the monument valley would look cool in this format. I thought the flag was cool so I had to get a shot. 

I would say about 60% of my shots are from the car as well, But I am too tall to mount a bean bag in the window. I rest my elbow on the bottom half of the window and hold the lens, I guess I could rest my elbow on the bean bag?  I like the Nikon 80-400 and Sigma 150-600 because they are in expensive compared to other telephoto lenses. 

Post your best wildlife shots, this can include wild and captive zoo animals.

Hawk Shot this last summer using the new Tamron 150-600mm 

Nikon D800E  Tamron 150-600mm

600mm  f/9  1/4000  ISO 2500

I saw hawks all day across Nebraska, and try as I may, I could never get close enough. At one point, I parked on an off ramp and followed one pair probably 5 miles round trip trying to get a shot. I finally saw these two and stopped on the interstate shoulder, big no no by the way, and this was the best I could get. I'm really feeling the limitations of the D3200 here. Can't wait to get my hands on a real camera. A close crop has a ton of noise in it. Perhaps it's something I'm doing wrong?

 

 

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D3200, Tameron 70-300 @250mm (second bird flew in and out quick, snapped at the length I was at). f5.6 @ 1/1250

I find it that when the lighting is not good then the photo gets noisy. How I approach Hawks is that when I see them I will not stop right away but just keep going past and then turn around a little ways away and approach slow, then gradually slow down and gently stop. Also will either get a shot out the window or get out of the vehicle slowly without banging or shutting the door. Hawks don't like it when you stop fast or make loud sudden noises.

Wow , great shot funny peculiar 

SPIDER - I took this off a trail today at near Lake Mead, Nevada. Anyone know what type of spider it is? 

Nikon D800E   Nikon 80-400

400mm  f/10  1/3200sec  ISO 2000

Do these have to have been taken this week? Or could they have been taken months ago?

They could be from any time Alden 

Excellent question Nikonian.  My sea gull, above, was taken a few years ago.  What should be the time parameters be Daniel?

I think no time restrictions 

MEAN PIGEON - Sorry for the late entry but this all I can get and will have to be my submission of the week unless I see something different today. Pigeon in one of the mall parking lots in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Note: There is no time restrictions for photos being submitted. You can go as far back as you like from when the photo was taken and submit. 

NIkon D800E with Nikkor 80-400mm 

400mm  f/10  1/4000  ISO 2500

I call this one: ALONE   

Shot taken in Las Vegas 

Nikon D7100 and Sigma Lens 18-35 1.8 

24mm  f/13  ISO 320  1/6sec 

Fall shot of the BIG HORN

NIKON D800E  Nikon 80-400mm VR2 Lens

f/9  1/1000  ISO 2000  400mm

Nice shot, and thanks for sharing, nice to see wildlife from New Zealand.