Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Sat, May 28, 2022 at 11:11 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Wonderful, Jayanand. Hard to pick favourites, but if I had to, it would be > the tiger drinking from the pond and the hawk at the end. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > photo at frozenlight.eu > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > YNWA > > > > > > On 3 May 2022, at 07:49, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > > > I had gone to the National Parks, and prime tiger reserves, of > Bandhavgarh > > and Kanha last month as my first outstation trip post covid. The weather > > was extremely hot, with the mercury touching 42/43C, and the full day > > safaris that we undertook, on open top vehicles, were tiring. However > > thanks to constant hydration with water, chaas and lemon juice, I seemed > > to have sailed through with no after effects. I was quite surprised at my > > own resilience. I have not posted for a long time, but this seemed a > > fitting occasion to resume! > > > > I was testing a lot of new equipment on this trip - the Nikon Z9, the > > Nikkor Z100-400mm f4.5-5.6S and the Nikkor Z24-70 f2.8S. As it was they > > performed flawlessly, and the AF eye tracking mode on the Z9 was nothing > > short of magical. As an example, a male tiger walking behind grass, part > of > > a burst of 6 shots: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Kanha-20220426-067.jpg.html > > > > The Z24-70 f2.8S is, without a doubt, the best normal zoom I have ever > > owned, so let us start with two photographs taken with that lens, mounted > > on a Nikon Z7: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Kanha-20220427-067-Editb.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Kanha-20220426-045-Edit.jpg.html > > > > Because of the intense heat, all animals were looking for cool places to > > rest in: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Bandhavgarh-20220422-351-Edit.jpg.html > > > > Of course, waterholes were popular places in late afternoon: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Kanha-20220425-1765-Edit.jpg.html > > > > The Z9 has exceptional high ISO performance if the frame is exposed > > correctly. As you will notice, none of my photographs in this set taken > > with the Z9 are at low ISOs. However, here are two examples at ISO12800 - > > the first one from late in the evening after sunset, and the second being > > early in the morning as the sun was coming up: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Kanha-20220425-1565-Edit.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Kanha-20220426-359-Edit.jpg.html > > > > Two shots of a male that came out of a thicket: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Kanha-20220426-1545-Edit.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Kanha-20220426-1533-Edit.jpg.html > > > > This same dominant male, a huge fellow, was following the scent of a > > tigress, when he came upon our vehicle! These shots were at under 200mm: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Kanha-20220426-1463-Edit.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Kanha-20220426-1731-Edit.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Kanha-20220426-557-Edit.jpg.html > > > > A vigorous shake of the head when on patrol: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Kanha-20220426-470-Edit.jpg.html > > > > To round things off, some raptors. The first two are of two different > > Crested Serpent Eagles with its prey: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Kanha-20220427-1056-Edit.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Bandhavgarh-20220422-289-Edit.jpg.html > > > > The last one is a portrait of a Changeable Hawk Eagle: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Bandhavgarh-20220423-940-Edit.jpg.html > > > > Please see LARGE, I have posted in a reasonably big size. > > > > Comments and criticism, as ever, are 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 >