Daily Archives: February 15, 2025

Pairs competition

On February 15, 2025 by lightshedder With 0 Comments - action, birds, flight, Florida, Merritt Island NWR, nature, Sony A6700 with Tamron 50-400Di iii, wildlife

Black Skimmer: Black Point Wildlife Drive, Merritt Island NWR, Titusville, Florida, USA, January 2025 — I love watching Black Skimmers skim! And I love trying to catch them with a camera. Love might not be the word actually as there is quite a bit of frustration involved…but I do enjoy the attempt. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my birds-in-flight and action modifications. 1/2000th Processed in Photomator. (Sad to think that this and other National Wildlife Refuges are under threat…I, personally, would not want to see our Wildlife Refuges abandoned or, worse, tuned into commercial theme parks. Just saying.)

Smoky no more

On February 15, 2025 by lightshedder With 0 Comments - animals, Costa Rica, frog, nature, rain-forest, Sarapiqui, Sony A6700 with Tamron 50-400Di iii, wildlife

Savage’s Thin-toed Frog: Frog Heaven, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica, December 2024 — This used to the Smoky Jungle Frog…just way better than Savage’s Thin-toed Frog. Way better! Therefore I will continue to call it the Smoky Jungle Frog, thank you just the same! Fascinating creature by any name. We found this one right beside the trail at Frog Heaven, not at all bothered by our flashlights. I love the natural look of the light from my Ulanzi Photo Flashlight! Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 327mm equivalent. My macro modifications to Aperture preferred mode. f16 at 25600 ISO. Processed in Photomator. (Gotta love the colors at this high ISO on the a6700.)