Daily Archives: July 9, 2023

India! Sambar Deer

Sambar Deer: Rathambore Tiger Reserve, Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan, India, March 2023 — Again, Rathambore National Park is home to a wide variety of wildlife besides the tigers. These are the large forest deer of India and southeast Asia…the Sambar. We came on this small group late in the afternoon at the end of our third unsuccessful tiger drive. They almost made up for it 🙂 Sony Rx10iv at 469 and 390mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Pro and Apple Photos. ISO 100 @ f4 @ 1/640th to 1/800th.

Maine! Cedar Waxwing

Cedar Waxwing: York County, Maine, USA, July 2023 — It has been one of the strangest springs and early summers that I can remember. I had begun to think I was not going to see a Cedar Waxwing. Places where I always see them, are barren of them this year. And then, of course, I saw two in a place I was not looking for them 🙂 Still, I am not seeing the numbers I expect. This bird was perched higher in the tree than I would have liked, but I will take what I can get. Cedar Waxwings are among my favorite birds…simply elegant. OM Systems OM-1 with 100-400mm zoom at 800mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom bird modifications. ISO 200 @ f6.3 @ 1/800th.