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Near Wahgunyah, Victoria, 2 July 2024.

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This was the first evening of our Kangaroo Island trip.  We had travelled to Wahgunyah, on the Murray River near Wodonga.  I had two new cameras, a Fuji X-T5 and a Nikon Z6iii.  Since we were travelling by car I decided to take all the photo gear I might conceivably use and took four cameras (one IR) and fifteen lenses.  Among them were four long telephotos (300mm full frame equivalent or more) so I could test out what worked best in different circumstances.

I was hoping to find some bird-in-flight opportunities to see how well the Fuji X-T5 performed. I had previously been to a bird sanctuary near Albury but that was a twenty minute drive and it was too late in the afternoon for that.  So I went to nearby Lake Moodemere with a 200mm f2 and 1.4x teleconverter, for a 420mm full-frame equivalent range.

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On arrival, I found an unexpected subject in a sculler rowing on the lake.

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There were birds on the lake as well, but at some distance.  Here we can see Pelicans, Great Cormorants, Little Black Cormorants and a Pied Cormorant.

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Two Pied Cormorants.

These are birds in flight but too far away to really test the capacity of the camera and lens for that.  Notwithstanding the long lens, this is an 80% crop, which at least demonstrates the sharpness of the camera and lens combination.

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There was a group of pelicans on the other side of the lake.

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… and then the sculler glided past.

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The pelicans then joined another group at the far end of the lake.

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A bit closer, two Little Black Cormorants and a Pied Cormorant.

(There are also a couple of ducks near the pied cormorant but they are barely visible).

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The two cormorants.

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And the sculler gliding past again.

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