Re: 600 f/4 first fruits
I don't know what kind of egret it is, but it looks like what turns up if you search Flickr for "Snowy Egret". I just call all the little ones Cattle Egrets because I mostly see them out in fields where there are cows, or steers or something of the bovine persuasion. There were a couple of Great Egrets out there, but they were really too far away (over on the other side of the lake) to get a good image. There are frequently Great Blue Herons as well, but not yesterday. I really went down there because there are are almost always cormorants perched on the stumps left when an old pier was removed. But they were conspicuously AWOL yesterday. If you enter the coordinates 35.859698, -78.662993 in Google Maps and zoom all the way in, you cansee the shadows of the old pier posts. Measuring the distance, gives me about 76 feet from where I had my tripod set up, so if I ever catch them there when I've got The Beast with me, I should be able to get a GOOD image. But mainly, I'm looking forward to February or March to see if the eagles are going to come back to nest at Shelley Lake for a third year. https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/32561063017 This is one I got with a 300mm f/2.8. I really want to see how the 600mm f/4 is going to do. I make the nest location as 35.865347, -78.657226 and the best spot to set my tripod up (where I set up this year) is about 150 - 200 feet away (35.864922, -78.657431), with the greenway elevated about 10' above the base of the tree, so you don't get such a crick in your neck looking up to see the nest. The nest got destroyed by a storm, but the two chicks had already fledged & were out of the nest. I'm hoping the parents will come back in 2020 & build a new nest. Does anyone know what eagles might do if someone built a kind of support platform or structure up there this fall to provide a foundation for a new nest? It would want doing in the fall so no one would have to get up near the nest if the eagles do come back and it might be a good chance to install a nest cam. The geometry of the trail & the trees would allow them to get in there with a bucket truck and get the job done in only a few hours. On 9/17/2019 20:32:41, l...@red4est.com wrote: Nice shots. Although work that lens even I could probably get good shots. I think the egret it's a snowy, black beak and yellow feet. Sometimes they put a little Crest up On September 17, 2019 2:16:55 PM PDT, John wrote: I was finally able to get out with the 600 f/4 to take a few photos. I've still got a lot to do before it will be fully usable. I've got to find a better folding cart with bigger wheels than the one I have now ... or maybe a wagon. Anyway: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/48751160586 https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/48751351652 Taken from the bridge on the Shelley Lake greenway. 35.859698, -78.662993 -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 600 f/4 first fruits
Nice shots. Although work that lens even I could probably get good shots. I think the egret it's a snowy, black beak and yellow feet. Sometimes they put a little Crest up On September 17, 2019 2:16:55 PM PDT, John wrote: >I was finally able to get out with the 600 f/4 to take a few photos. >I've still >got a lot to do before it will be fully usable. I've got to find a >better >folding cart with bigger wheels than the one I have now ... or maybe a >wagon. > >Anyway: > >https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/48751160586 > >https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/48751351652 > > >Taken from the bridge on the Shelley Lake greenway. > >35.859698, -78.662993 > > >-- >Science - Questions we may never find answers for. >Religion - Answers we must never question. > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 600 f/4 first fruits
Nicely done. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 5:17 PM John wrote: > I was finally able to get out with the 600 f/4 to take a few photos. I've > still > got a lot to do before it will be fully usable. I've got to find a better > folding cart with bigger wheels than the one I have now ... or maybe a > wagon. > > Anyway: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/48751160586 > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/48751351652 > > > Taken from the bridge on the Shelley Lake greenway. > > 35.859698, -78.662993 > > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 600 f/4 first fruits
> On Sep 17, 2019, at 5:16 PM, John wrote: > > I was finally able to get out with the 600 f/4 to take a few photos. I've > still got a lot to do before it will be fully usable. I've got to find a > better folding cart with bigger wheels than the one I have now ... or maybe a > wagon. > > Anyway: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/48751160586 > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/48751351652 Nice, John. Especially the kingfisher. I don’t envy you lugging a lens like that around. ——— Eric Weir Atlanta, GA USA “It has all been combustion.” - W.G. Sebald -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
600 f/4 first fruits
I was finally able to get out with the 600 f/4 to take a few photos. I've still got a lot to do before it will be fully usable. I've got to find a better folding cart with bigger wheels than the one I have now ... or maybe a wagon. Anyway: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/48751160586 https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/48751351652 Taken from the bridge on the Shelley Lake greenway. 35.859698, -78.662993 -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
