Finally.
Many years ago Monty Python did a ‘Good news News’ sketch where the announcer listed non-tragedies masquearading as news. “No wombats killed on freeway”, “No gerbils killed on freeway” and so on.
Well, here’s a joyous addition to that list:
Snaps from my favorite American city.
Variously snapped on a Pentax ME Super, Leica M2, Nikon D700 and D3x and an iPhone.
First pictures of Pig’s new home!
In Alcatraz. Nikon D700, 16-35mm AF-S NIkkor.
Woof!
At the Apple Store having the battery health in my iPad checked, I spotted this:
How do you improve on this with your megabuck DSLR?
iPhone Pro Max, Apple Pro RAW, Focos used to blur the background.
1,000mm? Hand held? No prob.
Cattail fields are a favorite perching palace for male redwinged blackbirds. (The blah-looking females keep a far lower profile).
The birds are fairly shy and while it’s a joy to listen to their trilling sounds, getting close enough for a good picture is something of a challenge.
The long end of 300mm on my 28-300mm AF-S VR Nikkor is really not enough for the job, but it’s not like I’m going to lug around 8.4lbs and $12,000 of 600 f/4 AF-S Nikkor bottle, so I make do with what I have:
How best to do that? Simply crop like crazy, taking benefit of the massive pixel count of the Nikon D800, and handhold with VR for a perfectly sharp result, using center spot AF:
