Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 12:05 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Beautiful, despite the equipment issues you mention. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 11 Aug 2017, at 17:01, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >