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Wildlife Photography on Brownsea Island with a Sony a7R III and Up to 800mm of Glass

06 September 2019

Wildlife Photography on Brownsea Island with a Sony a7R III and Up to 800mm of Glass

 

Our attention was drawn to Daphne Wuenn’s vibrant and beautiful imagery when she tagged us on Instagram, having hired the Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS along with Sony 1.4x and 2x teleconverters – giving her up to 800mm of reach! Daphne hired the extra glass in anticipation of a wildlife photography workshop she was attending in July, over to Daphne…

The workshop I attended is run by the Dorset Wildlife Trust with Paul Williams Photography. It is a course/workshop for all ability levels and you are photographing seabirds – such as terns, gulls and waders, also red squirrels (resident on the island) and other wildlife as available. As well as this we did a macro session – bugs, bees and dragonflies on Sunday; I used the Sony FE 100-400mm GM for it and got fantastic results! Also, as it was a 2 day course, we were able to be on the island when it was quiet and there were no day visitors around.

Brownsea Island Wildlife Photography

Brownsea Island Wildlife Photography

Brownsea Island Wildlife Photography

I recently swapped systems from Canon to Sony, and I needed a long lens for my wildlife photography on the island. As it is with a new lens, you need to get used to it and find its sweet spot and the best settings for the kind of shots you do. It took a couple of hours to get used to it and then I had the whole weekend to use it. It is indeed a very fine lens and I am considering actually buying one next year.

Brownsea Island Wildlife Photography

Brownsea Island Wildlife Photography

Brownsea Island Wildlife Photography

I researched different companies where I could hire a lens for my Sony camera and Hireacamera was the best and easiest option. I created an account, provided the paperwork and ordered the lens with the two converters. A member of staff phoned me, did all the checks and it went through without a problem.

Brownsea Island Wildlife Photography

Sony wildlife photography

Sony wildlife photography

Sony wildlife photography

Sony wildlife photography

Thank you, Daphne, for sharing your wonderful images with us. The detail you’ve captured is phenomenal and we’ say they’re worthy of gracing the pages of National Geographic!

If you’d like to see more of Daphne’s images, including some truly breath-taking landscapes, then be sure to follow her via the links below:

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As always, if you have some images or video you’re particularly proud of, having hired our equipment then please do share it with us! You can do so via via enquiries@hireacamera.com, or tag us on InstagramTwitter or Facebook.

Hire links:

Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS

Sony 1.4x Teleconverter for GM lenses

Sony 2x Teleconverter for GM lenses