Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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/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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >