Having fun with wildlife

Sony A7r

FE70-200 (133mm) f/8 1/250 ISO 50

Phase One DF/IQ 160

240mm f/8 1/400 ISO 50

Phase One DF/IQ 160

240mm f/9 1/160 ISO 50

 

We took a day off from shooting landscape and capturing lightning and visited Out of Africa located near Sedona AZ.  Sandy used her new Sony A7r with the new FE 70-200 while Don used his Phase One DF/IQ160 medium format camera and a Schneider 240 LS lens.  While both of us had our Really Right Stuff Monopods Sandy ended up shooting almost exclusively handheld while Don averaged about 50% handheld and monopod.  Don also used the new RRS long lens support for the 240 LS and found it easy to shoot handheld while adding a great deal of balance to the monopod.

24-hours old and weighs 70 pounds

Sony A7r FE 70-200 (200mm)

f/8 1/250 ISO 50

Phase One DF/IQ160

240mm f/8 1/400 ISO 50

Phase One DF/IQ160

240mm f/8 1/400 ISO 50

Sony A7r FE 70-200 (95mm)

f/8 1/250 ISO 50

 

All images were opened in Capture One Pro where they were evaluated for clarity and sharpness before being saved in a Photoshop fie for processing.  Once in Photoshop CC the files were all treated to "Shake Reduction" found under the filter section (some needed the attention while others didn't). 

Sony A7r FE 70-200 (123mm)

f/8 1/250 ISO 50

Sony A7r FE 70-200 (70mm)

f/8 1/250 ISO 50

Phase One DF/IQ160

240mm f/8 1/250 ISO 50

Phase One DF/IQ160

240mm f/8 1/250 ISO 50

 

We were fortunate to see and capture a small herd of Zebras, Giraffe, as well as a Rhino, a White Tiger, Masai Cattle and other critters.

Sony A7r FE 70-200 (200mm)

f/8 1/250 ISO 50

Sony A7r FE 70-200 (200mm)

f/8 1/250 ISO 50

Sony A7r FE 70-200 (200mm)

f/8 1/250 ISO 50

Sony A7r FE 70-200 (200mm)

f/6.3 1/250 ISO 50

Sony A7r FE 70-200 (139mm)

f/8 1/250 ISO 50

 

A quick note on using medium format to capture wildlife.  We've stated previously that wildlife do not pose.  The Phase One DF sometimes gets a bad rap for being notoriously difficult to autofocus in a quick environment.  Don will admit that it did "hunt" at times however the subject was also coming quickly towards him; in the end it all worked out.

 

Sony A7r FE 70-200 (97mm)

f/8 1/250 ISO 50

Phase One DF/IQ 160

240mm f/8 1/200 ISO 50

Phase One DF/IQ 160

240mm f/7.1 1/200 ISO 50

Sony A7r FE 70-200 (200mm)

f/8 1/250 ISO 50

 

The images shared here are a combination of cropped and actual full frame; and we aren't going to share which this time as we'd like to see if you can figure it out; of course it helps shooting with 36-megapixel 35mm full frame and 60-megapixel full frame medium format cameras.

Photobomb

 

Sandy & Don