In September 2020 I moved from downtown Tucson to a condo in the Tucson Mountains. The parking lot fronts a wash and the area is in a low density development that connects to the undeveloped complex of Tucson Mountain Park and Saguaro National Park (west). Wildlife is abundant (javelinas, or collared peccaries, are seen daily and sometimes with babies).
I recently started a thread of widlife photos from my condo complex. It's on another site that I am a top contributor to called ZooChat (which deals not only with zoos and aquariums but also general wildlife conservation). All photos are taken with Nikon F Mount, mostly D850 and 70-200 2.8E or 300 4PF, but sometimes D500 and 500PF.
It will be updated regularly. If you are interested in photos of the abundant wildlife of the Arizona desert, you can find the link here:
https://www.zoochat.com/community/threads/todays-backyard-wildlife.480892/
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Thanks for sharing!
I am using the Nikon SB700 flash and the built-in white card that pulls out (with the head pointed straight up). For closeups this is fine but at any distance it is too weak and I have to crank up the flash exposure compensation. So I ordered a Gary Fong diffuser that arrives in a few days and should improve my night photography. Once again here's the link to my wildlife journal (skip to the last page to see the latest entries): https://www.zoochat.com/community/threads/todays-backyard-wildlife.480892/
Carrying two setups became cumbersome and if I only took one there are times I wish I had the other. About a month ago (after all the posts in my link) I bought a Sony A74 (with grip) and Sony 200-600 lens as a one camera wildlife solution. (I rented it first and was blown away by the sharpness of the lens). I put my D500 and 500PF and 300PF up for consignment at a local shop. I still have two D850's and the trinity of 2.8 lenses for landscape and architecture, but when I go out specifically for wildlife I just carry the new Sony setup.