MattW
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My first post here:
I've been shooting with a non-phone camera for about 1 year.
It's a Lumix G9, and 100-300 mk.II that I picked up used.
I've mostly been shooting local Pacific Northwest animals, but had the chance to visit Yellowstone.
My first trip there since I became interested in photography, so of course I was very excited by the photo opportunities.
I got to see lots of creatures great and small: wolves, grizzlies, black bears, coyotes, etc.
Mostly through spotting scopes or at too great of distances to get decent pictures - but I still tried.
What I think turned out to be the "hero" photo opportunity of the trip was this Golden Eagle perched right above the road in the Lamar Valley area.
The close-ups were taken in bursts out the window of a moving car - we tried to do the right thing and not stop. Of course, the car right behind us stopped anyway and created a jam.
We pulled over and I jogged back, in time to see him take off and get some BIF pictures.
Of course I'm not 100% sure this is a Golden, so feel free to burst my bubble. But I will have egg on my face if I'm wrong...
I did get some BIF pictures a few minutes later of an eagle way off on the distance, that is much more clearly a Golden - round white markings on the wing undersides and a banded tail.
Enjoying everyone's photos here, as well as tips from Steve and other users.
I'm pretty happy with my first "photo trip" but I feel like maybe I'd like to invest in a more serious setup at this point, either a Lumix/Leica 100-400 for additional reach, or a Sony or Nikon body with 180/200-600, as I feel I can perceive a pretty noticeable increase in image quality based on other peoples's photos.
The first photo was processed with Lightroom Denoise, the other two were not.
Thanks for looking!
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