white faced capuchin (monkey) lounging on a piece of bamboo just outside my door...

[Gato Moteado]

I normally post a series, sometimes a large series, of photos and I wonder if it overwhelms people. maybe more posts with only one or two photos per post is better. what do you all think?

this shot isn't bad....the challenge was that I had a 500mm prime lens (IOW fixed focal length, not a zoom) and the monkeys were close enough that I had to move back to try to get them in the frame. this one stretched out and I cropped the toes on his right leg. I'm normally too focused on getting my subjects' eyes in focus and my framing and composition suffers....this time I was consciously trying to get the framing perfect but he stretched his leg too far down and I would have had to move back farther and miss the shot.

[NJCher]

1. You lucky person

I would love to have this adorable creature outside my door!

[HAB911]

2. this is the only thing holding me back

from the Nikon z 800. easier on old knees to zoom, lol

[Gato Moteado]

3. if you're a serious bird photographer, the 800mm would be what you would want.....

...but, if you're shooting a wider variety of things and don't need that much reach most of the time, then, yeah, it's overkill.

I forgot which lens you're using.....was it the 180-600?

[HAB911]

5. yeah 180-600

with a TC2 @ 1200mm. I have been doing a great deal of aircraft at 40,000 ft, so I could use the 1600mm

[Gato Moteado]

6. wow! those are sweet, man!

[HAB911]

8. A couple of slide shows

https://jamesdevore.smugmug.com/SLIDESHOW-Cruising-in-a-Special-Light
https://jamesdevore.smugmug.com/SPECIAL-SLIDESHOW-MOON-PLANESPOTTING

[Gato Moteado]

11. amazing work...

...I imagine the moon shots are composites, no?

[HAB911]

12. oh absolutely NOT

a lot of time and effort with my laptop and adsbexchange, sitting, watching......for each one of those there are 10 where the moon and plane are no where close. They are one of the most difficult photos I've ever attempted. I know where the flight paths are, sitting in my back yard, when and where the moon is, and there is a quick window when the two are even near each other. The earth is turning, the plane is moving and it rarely comes together. There is no way to plan when the two will coincide.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Your monkeys like to come close to humans. My Howlers don't get very near.

[Gato Moteado]

7. same here with the howlers.....

....they tend to keep their distance.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. This is a wonderful photo, my dear Gato!

I like the fact that he's off-center so that you see his arms and legs as he hangs from the bamboo.

A masterful shot!

[Gato Moteado]

10. thanks, peg! as you know....

....I get a lucky shot every now and then.