Wild Ponies at Assateaque Island

Spent some time testerday on Assateaque Island looking for wild ponies. It was in the hi ninties, and the ponies were all staying near water. There was a heavy haze that made photography difficult. Here are a few. Comments welcome, as always.  

The first three were taken, handheld, with my Nikon 80-400 VR Kenko 1.4 TC and my D100.









This group was taken with my Colpix 5200

 

Wild Ponies

Thanks for your comments. I was at the north end of the Island in a part that is a Maryland State park. The best way to describe the ponies is to point you to the following link.  

http://www.atbeach.com/mdstpark/horses.html

 

Haze

Hi Gale,
Right now we are facing the 3 H's. Hazy Hot and Humid. Today it got to 100 on my deck. Thanks for your comments.  

 

Great Place

Hi Dave,

Thanks, it really is. We used to camp near there eery year.

 

Wild Horses

Hi Dennis,

Tahnks for your nice comments. Yes it is a very nice place to visit. I like the north end of the island because the population of ponies is more natural. The ponies in the south are more controlled, and part of an annual festival.

 

Cool

Hi Kevin,

Thank you so much for your nice comments. I have always been fascinated with the wild ponies.  

 

Haze

Hi Janet,

The heat and haze were pretty oppressive. I had the 300 f2.8 with me, but it was too hotto take the time t set it up. The ole 80-400 VR came in handy.  

 

Kenko

Hi Gale,

I am sure that you will enjoy the Kenko Pro 300 TC 1.4. It works with the 80-400 VR. You may find that you get more focus hunting in low light, but that is only because of the loss of 1 f-stop. Enjoy  

 

Haze

Hi Frank,

Thank you for the nice comments. It was a very hot and humid day. In fact I didn't even try to get the 300 f2.8 out of it's case. I am sure that it would have given me better results.  

 

Settings

Hi Gale,

I don't have any specific settings when using the Kenko. Usually I start in P mode, and go from there. That gives me a baseline on the current lighting. The first thing I try is increasing the ISO trying not to go much above ISO 400. I am not too steady, so I also use auto ISO and shutter priority to get the shutter speed up over 1/120. If I can use a tripod, I do. Obviously the histogram is very important in any of my decisions. Most of my problems have been soft pictures due to camera shake, when trying to take pictures at lower than 1/ 120 second. Janet is very steady, and can get much sharper results. I am just getting too shaky in my old age. I hope that this helps.