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Spent the morning before Thanksgiving at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge while it snowed. I’ve always wanted to shoot during a snow to see what it was like.
The first subject I saw was a white-crowned sparrow sitting on a branch. The first set of deer photos was of a mule deer I had seen during my last visit, easily identified by its antlers. This set is followed by some other mule deer, and then a white-tailed deer who watched me with great interest.
All photos were taken with a Nikon Z8 and Z800PF. This was my second day shooting with the Z800PF and I decided to use it all day without changing to another lens to better understand its strengths and limitations. In these snowy conditions the Z8 and Z800PF performed well, but for large wildlife like this you need some distance from the subject to get a shot of the entire body of the animal. Focusing through snow was pretty challenging unless I was very close to my target. Some of these photos required me to manually focus and I liked the stiffness and precision of the Z800PF when this was needed.
All photos were taken at f/6.3. The shutter speeds and ISOs varied as described below. Feel free to be critical, I've never shot in these conditions before so any tips would be appreciated.
The sparrow was photographed at 1/1250, EV +1, ISO 1400. The sparrow photo was slightly cropped.
Photographed at 1/1250, EV +1, ISO 2000, photo not cropped.
Photographed at 1/1000, EV +1, ISO 2000, photo not cropped.
Photographed at 1/1000, EV +1, ISO 1100, photo cropped to 4x5. Deer's taste snow too.
Photographed at 1/1600, EV +1, ISO 1800, photo not cropped.
Photographed at 1/1250, EV +1.33, ISO 640, photo not cropped.
Photographed at 1/1000, EV +1, ISO 800, photo not cropped.
Photographed at 1/1000, EV +1, ISO 360, photo not cropped.
White-tailed deer photographed at 1/1600, EV +1, ISO 560. The portrait version is not cropped, the landscape version is slightly cropped.
The first subject I saw was a white-crowned sparrow sitting on a branch. The first set of deer photos was of a mule deer I had seen during my last visit, easily identified by its antlers. This set is followed by some other mule deer, and then a white-tailed deer who watched me with great interest.
All photos were taken with a Nikon Z8 and Z800PF. This was my second day shooting with the Z800PF and I decided to use it all day without changing to another lens to better understand its strengths and limitations. In these snowy conditions the Z8 and Z800PF performed well, but for large wildlife like this you need some distance from the subject to get a shot of the entire body of the animal. Focusing through snow was pretty challenging unless I was very close to my target. Some of these photos required me to manually focus and I liked the stiffness and precision of the Z800PF when this was needed.
All photos were taken at f/6.3. The shutter speeds and ISOs varied as described below. Feel free to be critical, I've never shot in these conditions before so any tips would be appreciated.
The sparrow was photographed at 1/1250, EV +1, ISO 1400. The sparrow photo was slightly cropped.
Photographed at 1/1250, EV +1, ISO 2000, photo not cropped.
Photographed at 1/1000, EV +1, ISO 2000, photo not cropped.
Photographed at 1/1000, EV +1, ISO 1100, photo cropped to 4x5. Deer's taste snow too.
Photographed at 1/1600, EV +1, ISO 1800, photo not cropped.
Photographed at 1/1250, EV +1.33, ISO 640, photo not cropped.
Photographed at 1/1000, EV +1, ISO 800, photo not cropped.
Photographed at 1/1000, EV +1, ISO 360, photo not cropped.
White-tailed deer photographed at 1/1600, EV +1, ISO 560. The portrait version is not cropped, the landscape version is slightly cropped.
