No great change in my photo equipment in 2010. The purchase of true macro lenses has been postponed to 2011.
I have also started to build an infrared barrier system to take pictures of nocturnal mammals. I am hoping to get the first results in 2011.
My wildlife watching activities seem to indicate that I am rather naturalist-oriented than photography-oriented. I am wondering whether this is a personal orientation or whether this is because I am a little disappointed by my shot pictures.
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Canon EOS 40D, EF300mm f/4 L IS USM lens. F/4.6, 1/125 s, 200 ASA. Focus distance: about 1,5m. This picture is cropped. I have taken several pictures with different focus settings. I can confirm that the best picture is the one where the exact focus is on the lizard's eye. |
Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus(Linnaeus, 1758)) - Guadeloupe, France - March 3rd 2010
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Canon EOS 40D, EF300mm f/4 L IS USM lens. F/5.6, 1/500 s, 200 ASA. Focus distance: about 6m. This picture is slightly cropped. I am very happy of this picture. The Hummingbird's eye is very sharp and the wings' moving blur shows the high wing beat frequency. I only regret the dark area in the background behind the bird's head. |
Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn (Agapanthia villosoviridescens(De Geer, 1775)) - Yvelines, France - April 29th 2010
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Canon EOS 40D, EF300mm f/4 L IS USM lens. F/10, 1/250 s, 200 ASA. Focus distance: about 1.5m. No difficulties to shoot this picture with a totally immobile insect on a morning without any wind. |
Western Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus(Linnaeus, 1758)) - Yvelines, France - May 27th2010
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Canon EOS 40D, EF300mm f/4 L IS USM lens. F/4, 1/160 s, 200 ASA. Focus distance: about 10m. Despite a grey and rainy weather I have been able to shoot a few pictures of this female Western Roe Deer playing hide-and-seek in a wheat field next to a woodland edge. |
Western Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus(Linnaeus, 1758)) - Yvelines, France - June 13th 2010
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Canon EOS 40D, EF300mm f/4 L IS USM lens. F/4, 1/40 s, 400 ASA. Focus distance: about 8m. This Western Roe Deer, lying on the ground in the forest, stood up as soon as I have approached. It just looked at me quietly. Thanks to optical stabilization, I have been able to shoot very sharp pictures with my camera handheld and at a shutter speed of 1/40 second. |
(Evarcha arcuata(Clerck, 1757)) - Saône-et-Loire, France - September 5th 2010
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Canon EOS 40D, EF 28-135 F3,5-5,6 IS USM lens at 135 mm, extender tubes. F/16, 1/250 s, 200 ASA, flash. Focus distance: about 25cm. Here is the best I have done before purchasing true macro lenses. |
