Stunts, Extreme Sports, Crazy Stuff
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Shot from about 70 yardsaway. 400mm full out lens plus stacked extenders 1.4x plus a 2x
effective lens length just under 1400mm
Great shot!
Does your camera have a shake stabilizer?
With that much magnification on a fast moving object, even a tripod wouldn't be enough to get the resolution you're getting on these IMHO.
I'm speaking from the limited perspective of a wildlife and special events photographer, so my knowledge of your advanced equipment is only an educated guess.
The stabilizer is inside the lens. Pushung the shutter halfway down activates it. Downside is that stabilizer pulls energy from the battery - not really a big deal as I carried extra batteries.
I carried a monopod as a tripod was way to bulky to drag around the infield. I also used a homemade thing to hold steady. A 6 foot dog leash. I screwed a 3/8 in eye bolt into the camera body tripod mount. Also cut the leash and sewed in an adjuster like the ones on a back pack so I could adjust the length to my eye level height. The eye bolt hooked to the snap on the leash. This allowed much camera movement of the camera with hand shake not much of a problem. I put my right foot in the hand hold on the leash and used gentle upward pressure under the camera body also.
oh yeah - a rubber washer contacts the camera body to avoid scratching same. And a metal washer contacting the rubber. Both washer were held in place with a wind bolt.
I went from about 40% keepers without this contraption to around 75% keepers with it.
When I found that I could not even break even financially doing this I sold most of my better equipment.
The aderalin addication carried over after I stopped covering the races so I started hunting venomous snakes. state parks.
That really took a lot of creativity and knowledge!
Thanks, I appreciate those details so I can get a little more perspective from your perspective during the process. That would be more than a challenge for me and most photographers.
Snake hunter too?
I'm probably less than.001% of the population who can identify.
It's been too many years since I've gone snake hunting so sometimes I help advise a couple of young YouTuber hunters who started Wildlife shows of their own.
What kind do/did you catch in your area?
water moccasian, coral, copperhead and 3 types of rattlers. eastern diamondback, canebreak, and pymgy are the only available venomous types. I found pymgy rattlers 3 or 4 times but never tried to pick them up as I only wanted their photos. Around the house we rarely see them but they're here - black, southern black, garter and corn.
It's sad but most folks think that the only good snake is a dead snake. I do what I can to educate them.
thank for helping the youtubers. hope you keep going with that.
It's sad but most folks think that the only good snake is a dead snake. I do what I can to educate them.
thank for helping the youtubers. hope you keep going with that.
There should be more people doing that. They all serve a purpose.
Friend, you gotta LOT more kinds of venomous snakes than we do in West Virginia!
We just have Copperheads and Timber Rattlers.
I worked at Cooper's Rock State Forest as Assistant to the Head Ranger. During that time I surprisingly didn't see any Rattlers at work. Since then I led groups for cave exploration, hiking, sight seeing, etc. Surprisingly not one in those situations.
Then one evening about dusk I was cleaning up a pavilion and the Ranger's Assistant approached me. We talked Rattlers and then he left.
On the way through the parking lot, I finally found a pretty Timber Rattler stretched across the road. I scooped under her with a branch to lay on. With the other hand got pictures. I wish I had those pictures today, pretty Yellow phase with a strong contrast. That was no coincidence.
That was a blessing from the Lord.
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I used to own a Leucistic Monocled Cobra like #7.
It was brilliant white with dark eyes. That was the only pigment.
It hooded up very easily and when it raised enough to expose it's belly, you could see the outline of it's organs because the scales were translucent. I wish I could find pictures of it. That was a long time ago.
@oldman ,
Oops, I must've forgotten to pasted the link before posting.
I can't find that video so I looked up a couple others.
This next one is the most foolish I've seen in a long time.
He displays them starting at the first minute mark. The translucence is what I wanted to show from the guys babies.
Mine was almost a yard long, translucent but bright white.
Oops, I must've forgotten to pasted the link before posting.
I can't find that video so I looked up a couple others.
This next one is the most foolish I've seen in a long time.
He displays them starting at the first minute mark. The translucence is what I wanted to show from the guys babies.
Mine was almost a yard long, translucent but bright white.
I like the color of the babies. I agree that this is a foolish thing to do. How many beginners will view this and try to do as he has done?