Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim N, Douglas B Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 9:16 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Cracking shots, Jayanand, and it's Arch and Front On for me. > > Douglas > > > > On 11/08/2017 16:01, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >> Wildlife wise, the best encounter of our Canada trip was with a large pod >> of playful feeding Pacific White-sided Dolphin at the waters around >> Campbell River in British Columbia. They were great to see, and I spent a >> lot of time taking a break from photography, just looking at them >> frolicking. This trip I had decided to borrow Howard Cummer's Fuji >> 100-400, >> and stick with a Fuji X-T2 for the whole trip, not taking my Nikon >> equipment at all, so that I could evaluate the mirrorless kit for action >> sequences. It was a decision I came to regret quite early on - I was >> getting around 10% of focused images, on High Speed tracking mode, >> compared >> to my normal hit rate of around 80% with the Nikon kit. In other words, a >> no contest for action sequences, though as you would expect, it was >> perfectly fine for static shots. Mirrorless still has some way to go, on >> both focus acquisition and tracking in high speed mode, and I am not going >> to repeat the experiment anytime soon! Here are some dolphin captures, >> then, and they are all different ones! >> >> Front On: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/dolphin/Can >> ada-20170729-3366.jpg.html >> >> Explosion: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/dolphin/Can >> ada-20170729-3585.jpg.html >> >> Leap: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/dolphin/Can >> ada-20170729-3382.jpg.html >> >> Arch: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/dolphin/Can >> ada-20170729-3374.jpg.html >> >> Re-entry: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/dolphin/Can >> ada-20170729-3376.jpg.html >> >> I posted two of these, because I cannot make up my mind which is better! >> >> Synchronized Swimming 1: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/dolphin/Can >> ada-20170729-3086.jpg.html >> >> Synchronized Swimming 2: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/dolphin/Can >> ada-20170729-3087.jpg.html >> >> Dolphin Dance: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/dolphin/Can >> ada-20170729-3579.jpg.html >> >> Please see LARGE. >> >> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >