Using the Sony A1 and FE 400mm F2 8 GM OSS , I set out to photograph elk with the help of friends. Also known as the Wapiti, elk are a part of the deer family.
This morning in Ponka, AR I imaged my first ever Elks. I am new to photography and I have only taken my Nikon D500and Sigma 170-600mm lens out 24 times so far. Lots to learn but now I want to save for a Sony A9ii or A1 and a 600mm zoom lens LOL. I am disabled Veteran learning wildlife photography to ease PTSD.
First of all thank you for your service! Great to hear you were able to get your first Elk shot. I have owned the D500 and it is a great camera. And the Sigma lens is good too. I have 4 Sigma lenses and I love them. The kit you have is very capable of making great images. I love my Sony gear but the most important thing in photography is the photographer, not the gear. So keep practicing and go online and study good photographers images and simply try to take better images with the gear you have. If you ever have any questions please contact me and I will be glad to help. Have a great day Edward!!
@@stevecookphotography Sofar my D500 is set up from tips on Matt Smiths RUclips Videos, And I also follow Steve Perry and have all of his ebooks and courses, even those for mirrorless cameras as I know my first full frame camera will either be a Nikon or Sony mirrorless. I started out using Aperture priority but 80% of my images were soft or slightly out of focus, switched to Shutter priority and got a lot more keepers. The Elk are my first attempts at Manual and auto ISO.
@@edwardhenry144 I follow Matt Smith and Steve Perry as well. They are really good. I have learned a lot from them and used Matt's guide to set up my A9II and A1. I don't prefer aperture priority because the shutter speed can be too slow and cause soft images. By using auto ISO you can control your shutter speed and aperture. Most people shoot wide open (smallest # f stop such as F4) anyway. Let me know how it works out for you. You can't go wrong with Nikon or Sony. (Or Canon either) The only reason I switched is I do a lot of birds in flight, video, and also some dog action photography so the Sony autofocus for both is excellent. When doing videos with my Nikon D850, it struggled keeping animals in focus during video when they were moving. Good luck!
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Impressive animals! Couple of those guys had quite the spread on their antlers.
Just starting the Deer rut in the UK so great to see these beasts perform awesome !👍😍
Thanks so much!! Our Deer rut peaks here in the first week of November.
Fantastic thank you!
Thanks very much!!!
I saw you out there. Recognized you from your videos but there were too many people in between us. Beautiful video.
That would have been great to say hi! Yeah, lots of people, kinda crazy. But it is a cool thing to see. Thanks very much John!
Nice day out.
Yes, thank you!
🌲🦅🏆thank you for sharing your video stay safe and healthy out there 🙏✝⛪
This morning in Ponka, AR I imaged my first ever Elks. I am new to photography and I have only taken my Nikon D500and Sigma 170-600mm lens out 24 times so far. Lots to learn but now I want to save for a Sony A9ii or A1 and a 600mm zoom lens LOL. I am disabled Veteran learning wildlife photography to ease PTSD.
First of all thank you for your service! Great to hear you were able to get your first Elk shot. I have owned the D500 and it is a great camera. And the Sigma lens is good too. I have 4 Sigma lenses and I love them. The kit you have is very capable of making great images. I love my Sony gear but the most important thing in photography is the photographer, not the gear. So keep practicing and go online and study good photographers images and simply try to take better images with the gear you have. If you ever have any questions please contact me and I will be glad to help. Have a great day Edward!!
@@stevecookphotography Sofar my D500 is set up from tips on Matt Smiths RUclips Videos, And I also follow Steve Perry and have all of his ebooks and courses, even those for mirrorless cameras as I know my first full frame camera will either be a Nikon or Sony mirrorless. I started out using Aperture priority but 80% of my images were soft or slightly out of focus, switched to Shutter priority and got a lot more keepers. The Elk are my first attempts at Manual and auto ISO.
@@edwardhenry144 I follow Matt Smith and Steve Perry as well. They are really good. I have learned a lot from them and used Matt's guide to set up my A9II and A1. I don't prefer aperture priority because the shutter speed can be too slow and cause soft images. By using auto ISO you can control your shutter speed and aperture. Most people shoot wide open (smallest # f stop such as F4) anyway. Let me know how it works out for you. You can't go wrong with Nikon or Sony. (Or Canon either) The only reason I switched is I do a lot of birds in flight, video, and also some dog action photography so the Sony autofocus for both is excellent. When doing videos with my Nikon D850, it struggled keeping animals in focus during video when they were moving. Good luck!