The return of everybody’s favorite giant rodents. These guys are very common along riverbanks throughout South America. In this case, I was in the Pantanal of Brazil. Typically capybaras weigh roughly 160 pounds, but there have been a few recorded cases of individuals hitting the scales in excess of 230 pounds.
Thanks. This one was taken with my Nikon D300 with the 200-400mm lens attached (shot at 240mm) handheld from a boat (ISO was 1600, shutter was 1/160th of a second at f/4). The VR on that lens (and all VR from what I can tell) works amazingly well and I very rarely use a tripod anymore for the kind of shooting that I do (hiking through forests in search of creatures, from vehicles or from boats). I only carry a small tripod these days for long exposure landscape shots. Also, I always leave the EXIF info on my posted shots so you can right click and then open up the shot to check the info.
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The return of everybody’s favorite giant rodents. These guys are very common along riverbanks throughout South America. In this case, I was in the Pantanal of Brazil. Typically capybaras weigh roughly 160 pounds, but there have been a few recorded cases of individuals hitting the scales in excess of 230 pounds.
They look so small, like Guinea pigs. These can’t be more than 30 pds?
OoOOOooo a family shot! You know what that means Crane! Stay tuned.
So, this is pretty fantastic.
Are you going to use this for your holiday postcard? “Greetings from the Cranes.” ;-))
Please name your equipment (beyond tripod). How do you get such wonderful sharpness?
Hi Michael,
Thanks. This one was taken with my Nikon D300 with the 200-400mm lens attached (shot at 240mm) handheld from a boat (ISO was 1600, shutter was 1/160th of a second at f/4). The VR on that lens (and all VR from what I can tell) works amazingly well and I very rarely use a tripod anymore for the kind of shooting that I do (hiking through forests in search of creatures, from vehicles or from boats). I only carry a small tripod these days for long exposure landscape shots. Also, I always leave the EXIF info on my posted shots so you can right click and then open up the shot to check the info.