Older photographs of Black Kites

Black Kite [24 September 2022: Nikon D850, AF-S Nikkor 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR, AF-S Teleconverter TC-14E III @ 700mm 1/2500s f/8 ISO640]
Black Kite [30 April 2023: Nikon Z 9, Nikkor Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S @ 1/800s f/6.3 ISO160]

As I am a bit incapacitated at the moment, due to a cold followed by a defective foot, I am not able to go out for photography. I thought I go into my archive and post a couple of photographs from the not too distant past.

These photographs are both taken at different times at the Western Treatment Plant with different gear. The first photograph was my first successful bird-in-flight photograph. As the bird is gliding, it has a large horizontal span which makes the subject look smaller and further away but, if you look closer, the details of the bird are all there.

The second photograph is another rather Black Kite. This curious bird came to have a closer look at me. It is one of my first bird-in-flight photographs using the 800mm lens and the Nikon Z9. The shutter speed is a bit slow, so its not perfectly sharp but its good enough.

These photographs have also been re-processed using Affinity Photo 2.

Profile of a Honey Bee

Honey Bee

An oldie but a goodie. This is a macro photograph of a Honey Bee in our backyard taken on 10 December 2022. I should do more macro photography as I enjoy the details it can reproduce of tiny creatures that the naked eye could not see.

Nikon D850, AF Micro-Nikkor 200mm f/4D IF-ED, Nikon SU-800 + 2 x Nikon SB-R200 (R1C1), Wimberley F-2 Macro Bracket, Crafty Bells bonnet diffuser @ 1/250s f/22 ISO400

Macro photograph of a Housefly

Housefly

This is an older photograph of a Housefly from 15 October 2022. It was taken in our backyard. I really like this photograph because of the details that the naked eye could not possible see.

Nikon D850, AF Micro-Nikkor 200mm f/4D IF-ED, Nikon SU-800 + 2 x Nikon SB-R200 (R1C1), Wimberley F-2 Macro Bracket, Crafty Bells bonnet diffuser @ 1/250s f/22 ISO400

Grasshopper on Kangaroo Paw

Common Bandwing Grasshopper on Kangaroo Paw

Soon after planting our Kangaroo Paw in our backyard, we discovered this Common Bandwing on 8 May 2023. It stayed for a couple of days and disappeared. It looked like it took a bite of the Kangaroo Paw but didn’t like it very much.

Nikon D850, AF Micro-Nikkor 200mm f/4D IF-ED, Nikon SU-800 + 3 x Nikon SB-R200 (R1C1), Wimberley F-2 Macro Bracket, Crafty Bells bonnet diffuser @ 1/250s f/18 ISO400