Whiskeyman's March 2021 Wildlife Photo Chase

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Whiskeyman said:
Thanks, Cindy! I now realize that the images I'm processing in LR on my iMac aren't including EXIF data, while the photos I posted with my laptop do. I've got some settings to change somewhere in LR on my iMac!


How's this?

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Whiskeyman said:
A couple of shots of Great Blue Herons (maybe the same one) hunting from behind cover and from shore.

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That's strange. The first quote displays fine with the EXIF. But on my end, the second quote only states Attachment 353800 and Attachment 353801 without displaying any image. Yet when I preview what I'm writing here, those two attachments show the images. Not sure what's going on with that.

EDIT: Yet when I submitted my post, your quotes are back to just listing them as attachments.
 
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Wood Duck-1.jpg
 
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hark said:
That's strange. The first quote displays fine with the EXIF. But on my end, the second quote only states Attachment 353800 and Attachment 353801 without displaying any image. Yet when I preview what I'm writing here, those two attachments show the images. Not sure what's going on with that.

EDIT: Yet when I submitted my post, your quotes are back to just listing them as attachments.
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They are doing the same for me. Reposting together did not remedy the issue, either. When I opened the post to edit it, it did display the image, only to return to text when saved.

So I've just posted each image on its own in a single post. Let's see how that works.

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hark said:
Your EXIF isn't displaying, Wayne, so no way for us tell which body you used. Looks like you had some fun out there! :)
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And by the way, I did have fun out there! There was some frustration, too, but overall it was a very positive experience. I learned a lot about myself and about got some shooting location information updates, as I've mentioned early in this thread. I do need to raise my photography game so that when I can retire from my day job, I can fill in for the guide I went out with. He spent at least 18 days straight out on the water, along with another business, and he needs to not work at that pace. I think he has someone else in mind to help him out in the future, but I want to put myself into position to be "that guy" when the time arrives.

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I never realized that ducks would eat acorns, but watched two Hooded Mergansers dive for and eat many of them at Tuscawilla Park in Ocala, Florida.

Hooded Merganser with Acorn-1.jpg

This shot is heavily cropped!

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And now, friends, I pull a rabbit out of a hat!!

Yep, I got to work on time the first day back after a week of vacation and also the first work day of Daylight Savings Time!

Vacation couldn't last forever....:p

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hark said:
This is amazing! :encouragement: So how is the weight of that lens while hiking?
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Thank you, Cindy!

It was a bit heavy, especially as it was attached to my tripod when I walked around. However, this was taken at the St Augustine Alligator Farm where I didn't have to walk very far. I just walked out to the rookery, about 30-40 yards, set up on the board walk, surveyed the location and chose where I wanted to start shooting, and then did so. After I started, I never moved more than 25-30 feet at a time. It was really easy, actually, but standing as much as I did got bothersome, especially since I'm overweight.

On the day I visited the Circle-B-Bar Reserve, I had the 500mm f/4 (much heavier) on the D500 attached to the same tripod. For that day, I had a modified baby stroller holding my gear whenever I had to move more than about five yards. The stroller held all of my gear quite nicely and securely, but I remained very careful all day. Without the stoller, I could not have carried as much as I did (tripod, 2 cameras, 500mm f/4, 300mm f/2.8 and 70-200mm f/2.8 lenses), nor could I have walked as much as I did. I also carried a folding camp chair out on the trail with me, and that was very nice to have.

When I was out on the boat, it was a non-issue, other than figuring where to put a camera and lens when I wasn't using it.

Wayne
 
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I'm going through files from my trip, again. This Tricolor Heron photo is from Alligator Alley at Circle-B. Or is it a Little Blue Heron?

Little Blue Heron-1.jpg

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