Second try with the Nikkor 500f4, this time using the D7200. Was lucky to get some close Oystercatchers as they are normally quite shy. The lens does not perform as great as with the D4, but that’s not a surprise. Some quality trade-off is because of the smaller pixel-pitch of the D7200 but some is […]
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Author: Ralf Karpa
Cuxhaven – Sandpipers
Desperately waiting to get a chance to try out the recently bought AF-S 500f4 lens. The weather today morning was nice and 2 hours left before high tide, so I went to Kugelbake and looking for some Sandpipers there. Fortunately not too many people were around and I was lucky to get some good shots. […]
Cuxhaven – Sandpipers
The owls are gone so having at least lot of seafowl left here. Was shortly looking at Kugelbake area and found 2 sandpiper species.
Short-eared Owls – Thirteenth round
Another short late afternoon stay – before it started to rain. Mainly focussing on bird-in-flight pictures.
Short-eared Owls – Still there!
I was thinking that they might have moved as none was be seen yesterday all day and I didn’t find one today in the morning. However, later afternoon there were still 2 at the meadow.
Short-eared Owls – Twelfth round
Some evening activity at the meadow. Not really comparable to what was going on in the last weeks. But some nice sunset shots were possible.
Sunrise at the harbor
Early morning hours to visit the spot where the Short-eared Owls are. I was trying to grab a nice picture having one of the owls in the sunrise light. While being there I also took some nice sunrise shots of the harbor area.
Short-eared Owls – Combination of two
Short-eared Owls – Another short one
Friday and Saturday the place was very crowded and I didn’t take good pictures. Only real activity was in the area closer to the street and that does not really look nice. Very windy and cold today and therefore no activity. Seems that only 2 owls are still there. Looks like the older ones have […]
Short-eared Owls – Eleventh round
Earlier there was real bad weather here. Later the day the sky cleared and it became a nice late afternoon. Around 10 photographers were at the site (this time also 2 people from Switzerland). Was able to do some nice shots using the D4 and Sigma 150-600 S. However, still need to grab some better in-flight, […]