I spent the morning of Martin Luther King Day at Viera Wetlands in Viera Florida, one of my very most favorite places to photograph wildlife. Though the weather could have been better, Viera certainly did not disappoint. I came back with about 1200 exposures, which processed down to around 300 keepers…shooting both with the Canon SX50HS and with the Sony Rx100 behind the 15-56x Vario eyepiece on the ZEISS DiaScope 65FL spotting scope. I have a new adapter about ready to come to market that I am doing final testing on, and it worked very well.

This is also my very most favorite duck of all time…the Hooded Merganser. Such attitude! And it is always a challenge to photograph because of the extreme high contrast. This is the Sony Rx100 digiscoped…and it did pretty well. I love the feather detail provided by the all ZEISS optics and the Sony’s 1 inch sensor.

Program. Equivalent field of view: 2000mm. 1/500th @ ISO 125. f11 effective. Processed in Lightroom for intensity, clarity, and sharpness.