qundoy Posted February 3, 2012 Report Posted February 3, 2012 Just returned from the Caymans and was snorkling with this turtle several mornings. the remoras are about 2 foot long.
mguerra Posted February 3, 2012 Report Posted February 3, 2012 Re: tortuga Beautiful background color! Anybody here a digiscoper? I shot a Lewis Woodpecker the other day with my 400mm lens and I discovered it was nowhere near long enough for birding! A Canon 800mm is $14,000. Ouch. So I thought I might try digiscoping. If anyone here has some tips or pitfalls to avoid, please advise. BTW, the Lewis Woodpecker does not belong around here! This guy is causing a frenzy amongst the local birders. And he's been hanging around for quite a while. I'm not a birder, but might be sliding that way. I drove an hour just to get some pics of this little bugger.
qundoy Posted February 4, 2012 Author Report Posted February 4, 2012 Re: tortuga Doc, wow your talking photography over my head and pocketbook, this was taken from about 5-6 ft away with a olympus 850 sw, 8 megapixel, I just felt fortunate to have the opportunity to enjoy the morning with one of gods beautiful creatures, the water there is the best i have ever seen
mguerra Posted February 4, 2012 Report Posted February 4, 2012 Re: tortuga Digiscoping is a much cheaper way of shooting super telephoto shots using a spotting scope instead of an insanely expensive super telephoto camera lens. People get startling, phenomenal photos using a cheap point and shoot camera and a relatively affordable spotting scope. Plus the spotting scope can give you photos equal to a 9,000 mm lens!!! The biggest lens most photographers would have would be an 800. And they can cost $ 8,000 to $14,000. A spotting scope can be had for $1,000 to $2,000. I wondered if anyone here has tried Digiscoping.
mguerra Posted April 12, 2012 Report Posted April 12, 2012 Re: tortuga I entered a flower photo contest, if you like my photos you can vote for them. You can vote for ALL of them! If you like... https://www.wizehive.com/voting/search/ ... aebe%253Ap
qundoy Posted April 12, 2012 Author Report Posted April 12, 2012 Re: tortuga nice pics doc, the cacti in bloom are always a favorite of mine. i did enter a vote for you, good luck in the contest
