Bridge Camera Photography Showcase (7 Viewers)

[MelospizaMelodiaFan]

Long-eared owl, Juvenile cuckoo and Badger (all species are wild, photographed in public locations). NIkon P1000
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I would love to hear the story behind the badger shot. It's grrrrrrrrrreat!

 

[Gzoladz74]

I would love to hear the story behind the badger shot. It's grrrrrrrrrreat!

Thanks!
This is a sett I have followed for a number of years, so I know their movements quite well. I decided to place my headlamp between myself and where I knew the badgers would be foraging.
The light source was located at ground level with some branches in front of it so it did not illuminate the ground. The tricky part was alignment as I had to get at some stage the subject exactly in the middle between myself and the light source, what required a bit of luck too.
Any q let me know.

 

[JRP01]

Panasonic fz82, almost all photos are at full 1200mm. Also if anybody gets in my profile all the phtos are taken with this camera.

 

[MelospizaMelodiaFan]

Panasonic fz82, almost all photos are at full 1200mm. Also if anybody gets in my profile all the phtos are taken with this camera.View attachment 1545519View attachment 1545524View attachment 1545523View attachment 1545522View attachment 1545521View attachment 1545520View attachment 1545526

Nice photos; the camera is quite capable.

 

[Gzoladz74]

Nikon P1000 - Pine Marten (self found, truly wild).

 

[Ruff-Leg]

Sandhill Crane. Sony RX-10iv

 

[Missy_MT_AK]

I have a used 2014 Fujifilm FinePix 9400 16MP with 50x optical zoom
Photos take at 50x optical:

Great Blue Heron in Montana about 30 meters away
I liked the frost on the heron's back and moving water background.
Herons are neat birds..here in Montana I see them "mousing" in the meadows (actually feeding on voles) when the ponds are frozen.


Mallards on the feed about 200 meters away. I like the soft light and that all 3 were simultaneously feeding at sunrise.

Common Merganser pair, Montana about 80 meters away. Once again from Montana.
I like the mixture of ice and open water in the background and the gentle waves in the foreground.

 

[Missy_MT_AK]

A couple more from my 2014 Fujifilm 9400 with 50x optical.
Hen Goldeneye from about 75 meters. Goldeneyes winter here in Montana.
I like the rushing water background.

American Coots. I hike a National Wildlife Refuge in Montana every other morning.
Coots were packed tightly together in a raft for about a week.
Shots at 50x and 10x optical zoom...the raft was about 200 meters away.

 

[Missy_MT_AK]

Spring migration is past it's peak here in Montana.
Mallards are mostly paired up and looking to nest.
This pair was about 50 meters away preening.

 

[Missy_MT_AK]

We had a mountain lion kill a deer in our Montana pasture.
The following photos were from about 200 meters.
This wild turkey gobbler was missing tail feathers the same day.

Here is a wild gobbler with normal tail feathers.

 

[Missy_MT_AK]

This Ruffed Grouse was eating aspen buds early one spring.

 

[Missy_MT_AK]

More bridge camera photos from this morning's hike.
50x optical, cropped.
Ducks were 100-200 meters away.
Preening Canvasback

Ringnecked Ducks

Greater Scaup

Buffleheads

 

[Missy_MT_AK]

A lone Ruddy Duck among many American Coots.
First Ruddy Duck I've seen this spring on my daily hike here in Montana.

 

[Missy_MT_AK]

Mountain Bluebird, Drake Canvasback, Common Loon from my Montana hike this morning.

 

[PaulCountyDurham]

Mountain Bluebird, Drake Canvasback, Common Loon from my Montana hike this morning.
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I like your Bluebird, Missy. Bonny little bird!

 

[Missy_MT_AK]

From this morning's Montana hike. Pair of Ring-necked Ducks (divers).
They were about 150 meters away.

 

[Missy_MT_AK]

From this morning's hike.
Common Loon.

 

[ArchStanton]

From this morning's hike.
Common Loon.
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Your Fujifilm camera takes some nice photos. I have a Fujifilm Finepix D700 10x 7.1 megapixel camera and after seeing your photos, I’m thinking about getting another Finepix with a more powerful zoom lens. Thanks for posting your photos!

 

[Missy_MT_AK]

Your Fujifilm camera takes some nice photos. I have a Fujifilm Finepix D700 10x 7.1 megapixel camera and after seeing your photos, I’m thinking about getting another Finepix with a more powerful zoom lens. Thanks for posting your photos!

Thank you. The Fujifilm Finepix 9400 is over ten years old and I purchased it used for $200. One major limitation is the fastest shutter speed is 1/1700 second. I just purchased a newer used Nikon P900 for $400. It has 83x optical so I am hoping for crisper photos at 50x optical zoon.
I like photos of waterfowl, and they are wild and flush typically if I am within 100 meters hiking hence the 50x optical zoom.
Both the Finepix 9400 and the Nikon P900 are 16MP sensors, and both shoot only jpg, not raw format files.
Eventually I will upgrade to a "real camera" as my friends who are professional wildlife photographers say.

Montana Wild Turkey mug shot from yesterday's hike:

 

[Missy_MT_AK]

From this morning's hike, right place at the right time.
The Cinnamon Teal have been hanging out in the uplands, so lots of willow in the way.
Got lucky with this one.