Assorted Images
/Seven photos. The only theme is that all were taken with the Nikon D4 camera with a 500mm f/4 lens and 2x teleconverter attached. Teleconverters are notorious for degrading image quality, but this combination of camera, lens and teleconverters works for me.
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Fulvous Whistling Duck - Oct. 2014
Fulvous Whistling Duck, Anahuac NWR (TX) - October 2014
Nikon D4 with 500mm f/4 lens and 2x teleconverter
1/1600 sec at f/9, ISO 800
Pied-billed Grebes - Oct. 2014
Pied-billed Grebes, Anahuac NWR (TX) - October 2014
Nikon D4 with 500mm f/4 lens and 2x teleconverter
1/1600 sec at f/9, ISO 1000
Marbled Godwit, Bolivar Peninsula (TX) - Oct. 2014
Marbled Godwit, Bolivar Peninsula (TX) - Oct. 2014
Nikon D4 with 500mm f/4 lens and 2x teleconverter
1/2000 sec at f/8, ISO 640
European Starling, Bolivar Peninsula (TX) - Oct. 2014
European Starling, Bolivar Peninsula (TX) - Oct. 2014
Nikon D4 with 500mm f/4 lens and 2x teleconverter
1/3200 sec at f/8, ISO 2000
Black-bellied Whistling Duck - Nov. 2015
Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Anahuac NWR - Nov. 2015
Nikon D4 with 500mm f/4 lens and 2x teleconverter
1/1600 sec at f/10, ISO 1000
Mourning Dove, Anahuac NWR (TX) - Feb. 2016
Mourning Dove, Anahuac NWR (TX) - Feb. 2016
Nikon D4 with 500mm f/4 lens and 2x teleconverter
1/1600 sec at f/11, ISO 1600
Hooded Merganser, Merritt Island NWR (FL) - Jan. 2016