Saturday, 1 August 2015
Deer Crossing RV Park — San Patricio, New Mexico
Temps: Hi 86F (30C) / Lo 64F (18C)
As most of you know, I am a mixed-subject photographer … landscape, cityscape, art, museum exhibits, wildlife, and more. I’ve petty much decided I like the results the Fuji X-T10 gave me for museum photos, so I have moved on to more testing in other fields.
Wildlife photography usually requires a long lens. Equally important — or perhaps even more so — is the speed of the camera/lens combo. A DSLR is perfect for wildlife photography — especially when animals are in motion. How will the X-T10 perform was the question on my mind?
Today I attached the 55-200mm lens and went out to find out … my models were the black-chinned hummingbirds that visit our neighbors’ site and some horses on the other side of the fence at Deer Crossing. The sky clouded over with storm clouds by the time I got around to the horses, but I wasn’t testing color, so it didn’t matter that the light wasn’t great for today’s testing purposes.
Photobombed!
Overall, I am pleased with the results — especially considering this was a first-effort to photograph animals. The hummers were buzzing about, and the horses were a-twitching, trying to get some relief from the swarming black flies. I have a sense now of what kind of results I can get with the X-T10 when I’m around wildlife … and even improve upon them as I become more familiar with this new camera system.
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