New body & new glass.... and the Alligator photo bomb

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New body & new glass.... and the Alligator photo bomb

#1 Post by RC45 » Wed May 31, 2017 2:19 am

So I decided to splurge on some new glass for the D3300 that we normally use with a Nikon 18 - 300

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Decided on the Tamron 150-600 as it was on sale. First day we went out to Brazos Bend State Park and
learned that the 930mm equivalent zoom on the DX D3300 was just too much for general work lugging around.

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We needed a second body - and rumor is Nikon is possibly going to drop some new bodies
on the market this year, so thats why the D750 keeps going on sale and being discounted. D750 it is then.
That way the 150 - 600 can be enjoyed in its Full Frame glory.

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All that was left was for us to head out someplace and test the setup out.
Here are a sample of the results from a day out in Brazos Bend State Park.

Did a variety of fauna and flora shots and then towards the end of the day
a National Geographic scene played out! :)

This body/lens combo is really nice to use.

All the shots where taken with the D750 and the Tamron 150-600

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Re: New body & new glass.... and the Alligator photo bomb

#2 Post by RuZty » Wed May 31, 2017 8:53 am

Wow, good day out. I must have spent 30 seconds on the 3rd one from the end before I figured out what I was looking at.

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#3 Post by RC45 » Wed May 31, 2017 12:57 pm

Thanks - it was great fun.

And it was only after we got home and studied some of pictures we took (my daughter was piloting the D3300 rig) that we saw all sorts of hidden creatures.

The swamp is an interesting environment. We missed a snake - it was gone before we could snap a picture. Not sure if I want the snakes to be easier to find LOL - the park has a number of very venomous residents.
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#4 Post by podman » Wed May 31, 2017 1:11 pm

Dont understand much about photography and your set up but great pictures, the first few could have been from the UK but defo not the last few, cant imagine seeing a gator that close! Very cool..

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#5 Post by two-stroke-brit » Wed May 31, 2017 2:22 pm

podman wrote:Dont understand much about photography and your set up but great pictures, the first few could have been from the UK but defo not the last few, cant imagine seeing a gator that close! Very cool..
there is a state park close to me (Brazos state park. Texas)might be where these pics were taken.
and the gators bask by the paths .
some are huge.
and allegedly they will hiss and rattle if you are pissing them off by getting too close.

cheers mark
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#6 Post by RC45 » Wed May 31, 2017 2:59 pm

two-stroke-brit wrote:
podman wrote:Dont understand much about photography and your set up but great pictures, the first few could have been from the UK but defo not the last few, cant imagine seeing a gator that close! Very cool..
there is a state park close to me (Brazos state park. Texas)might be where these pics were taken.
and the gators bask by the paths .
some are huge.
and allegedly they will hiss and rattle if you are pissing them off by getting too close.

cheers mark
Yep, I took the photos in Brazos Bend State Park this weekend. Most of the time you won't even know the gators are watching. If you look around you can see them just hanging around - we did not even see the gator that is leaping out of the water in the last picture until he erupted out the water to grab something.

I went back and looked through other pictures and there he is - silently gliding into frame.
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Re: New body & new glass.... and the Alligator photo bomb

#7 Post by Ade SYM » Thu Jun 01, 2017 11:01 am

How about some quality pictures of your Bikes with that Camera!!!

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