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The Art of Photographing Fauna

 
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Topic starter April 30, 2024 1:56 pm  
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Nikon D810, AFP Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6E VR @ 175mm, 1/10sec, f/5.6, ISO 64, VR On (Prince Street, Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, June 2023)


   
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Topic starter June 1, 2024 5:29 pm  
Staring In The Rain

Nikon 1 J5, 1 Nikkor VR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 168mm (453mm equiv.), 1/400 sec, f/5.6, ISO 800 (Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Vienna, Virginia, May 2016)


   
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Topic starter July 27, 2024 7:21 am  
Green Life

Nikon 1 J5, 1 Nikkor VR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 141mm (381mm equiv.), 1/400 sec, f/5.3, ISO 200 (Mason Neck State Park, Virginia, October 2018)


   
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Topic starter July 30, 2024 3:30 am  
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Nikon 1 V1, 1 Nikkor VR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 300mm (810mm equiv.), 1/500 sec, f/5.6, ISO 100 (Smithsonian's National Zoo, Washington, D.C., November 2015)


   
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Topic starter September 2, 2024 4:15 pm  
A Long Shot

Nikon Z50, Z TC-2.0x + Nikkor Z 70-200mm f/2.8 S @ 400mm (600mm equiv.), 1/200 sec, f/5.6, ISO 400, -1.0 EC, VR On (Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, Virginia, November 2020)


   
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September 12, 2024 12:47 pm  

I like it !


   
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September 13, 2024 12:58 pm  

Thjis little guy was pretty busy judging by the pollen sacs! Shot with a Canon T3i and Tokina 100mm F2.8 macro lens. Taken around 2012 but still a fave!

busybee

   
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Topic starter September 14, 2024 2:19 am  

@povster Nice capture!


   
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Topic starter October 4, 2024 11:55 am  
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Nikon 1 J5, 1 Nikkor VR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 300mm (810mm equiv.), 1/320 sec, f/5.6, ISO 160 (Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Vienna, Virginia, August 2020)


   
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Topic starter November 1, 2024 1:24 pm  
Slippery When Cold

Nikon Z50, Z TC-2.0x + Nikkor Z 70-200mm f/2.8 S @ 180mm (270mm equiv.), 1/500 sec, f/5.6, ISO 100 (Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, Virginia, December 2022)


   
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Topic starter December 7, 2024 11:54 am  
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Nikon Z6, Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S, 1/3200 sec, f/2.8, ISO 100 (Alexandria, Virginia, December 2022)


   
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June 10, 2025 8:13 am  

Even though my setup is not ready yet for photographing fauna (Nikon Z6_2, Nikkor Z 24-200 mm F4-6.3 VR) I could not wait to get my favorite future fauna lens (Nikkor Z 180-600 F/5.6-6.3 VR) and bug lens (Nikkor Z MC 105 mm f/2.8 VR S Macro) to shoot the following tryouts:

IMG 0358

ISO 100, 300 mm, f6.3, 1/1250 s

composition of two seagulls flying around Island of Ré, France

 

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ISO 100, 300 mm, f6.3, 1/500 s

Solo seagull flying low, Island of Ré, France

 

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ISO 450, 200 mm, f11, 1/200 s

Eristalis nemorum foraging black chokeberry (aronia melanocarpa) flowers, Drukpa Plouray, France

 

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ISO 640, 300 mm, F6.3, 1/320 s

Bumblebee foraging rhododendron flowers, Saint-Éloy de Gy, France

 

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ISO 110, 200 mm, f6.3, 1/500 s

Common brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni), Drukpa Plouray, France

 

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ISO 2500, 200 mm, f6.3, 1/500 s

Male house sparrow, Drukpa Plouray, France

 

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ISO 3200, 300 mm, f6.3, 1/500 s

Speckled yellow (pseudopanthera macularia), Drukpa Plouray, France

 

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ISO 2200, 300 mm, f6.3, 1/500 s

Early bumblebee (bombus pratorum) foraging à Comfrey (symphytum officinale) flower, Drukpa Plouray, France

 

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ISO 180, 300 mm, f6.3, 1/500 s

Large red damselfly (pyrrhosoma nymphula)

 

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ISO 160, 300 mm, f6.3, 1/500 s

Map (Araschnia levana)


   
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Topic starter June 10, 2025 9:25 am  

Nice captures, @fdantzer56 !


   
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Frederic Dantzer - Facebook
June 10, 2025 1:47 pm  

@darin-marcus, thank you very much Darin. 


   
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Topic starter June 16, 2025 4:02 pm  
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Nikon Z50, Nikkor Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S @ 400mm (600mm equiv.), 1/160 sec, f/5.6, ISO 100, VR On, cropped (Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, Virginia, June 2025)


   
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