[Leica] Dolphin Dance

[Jim Nichols]

You did well with those energetic critters.  Thanks for sharing.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 8/11/2017 10:01 AM, 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/Canada-20170729-3366.jpg.html
>
> Explosion:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/dolphin/Canada-20170729-3585.jpg.html
>
> Leap:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/dolphin/Canada-20170729-3382.jpg.html
>
> Arch:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/dolphin/Canada-20170729-3374.jpg.html
>
> Re-entry:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/dolphin/Canada-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/Canada-20170729-3086.jpg.html
>
> Synchronized Swimming 2:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/dolphin/Canada-20170729-3087.jpg.html
>
> Dolphin Dance:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/dolphin/Canada-20170729-3579.jpg.html
>
> Please see LARGE.
>
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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