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Butterflies & Birds
Cheryl and I went looking for unique birds and butterflies this day. I captured the brown monarch, spicebush swallowtail, butterfly using a Nikon D7100 with a Nikon 80-400 lens at 290mm (35mm equiv.=435mm). 1/3200th, f6.3, ISO 1800, Manual Mode. I also photographed the yellow, eastern tiger swallowtail, butterfly using a Nikon D7100 with a Nikon 80-400 lens at 400mm (35mm equiv .= 600mm.) 1/1000th, f6.3, ISO 1250, Manual Mode. Chery photographed the yellow bird, an American Goldfinch, using a Nikon D7100 with a Nikon 80-400 lens a 400mm (35mm equiv. = 600mm.) 1/1600th, f7.1, ISO 1600, Manual Mode.
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Hawk in my yard.
I looked out my window and saw this massive bird walking around on the ground. It was so large I actually thought it was a turkey (from a distance). It then flew up into this tree. What you’re looking at is his backside. When he spotted me in my window he turned his head around a complete 180 degrees. What cannot be appreciated in this image is just how large this bird is. It had to be the largest hawk I’ve ever seen. I quickly grabbed my Nikon D7100 and put an 80-400 mm Nikon lens on it and quickly took the picture from my window.
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Bird in Flight Photography – Hubbard Park
[wzslider autoplay=”true” height=”800″ lightbox=”true”] This was my first attempt at bird in flight photography or what is known amongst photographers as “birding”. My current systems didn’t have fast enough autofocus to handle birds in flight. However, I purchased the new Nikon D7100 which shoots 6fps, has 51 point AF and autofocuses with lenses F8 or faster. This feature is normally only found on hi-end pro camera’s whereas most camera’s in this price range only AF at 5.6 or faster. This allows more lens choices or perhaps a multiplier. I coupled this with the also new Nikon 80-400, AFS-VR, 4.0-5.6 lens. I took about 400 photo’s this afternoon and surprisingly had…
