Jan, I always remember your compliment when I first started to shoot bird pictures, as a newbie I really needed some encouragement.
thank you very much for your nice words for my shots!
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Jan, I always remember your compliment when I first started to shoot bird pictures, as a newbie I really needed some encouragement.
thank you very much for your nice words for my shots!
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4121/...8674ef27ea.jpg
Do these count? 70-200/2.8 mk1 @ 70mm. f/4, 1/2000s, iso 800
Wow! So many beautiful photos while I was away! :)
I especially like your, JJphoto, picture. Great light, moment, difference between bird sizes!
Fantastic shot JJphoto! A+ from me.[Y]
John.
Tadas and John, thank you guys, I really appreciate your compliments.
Finally got these processed somewhat. Not sure the name, but I think Yellow Breasted Chat. Taken with 7D, 70-200 f4IS with Kenko 1.4 TC.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ab_NE46pN8...7_19_05431.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ab_NE46pN8...7_19_05427.jpg
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not a very exciting shot, just want to show how the 2X TC work with the 300mm 2.8, I think the IQ is still not too bad, but the AF is pretty slower, I couldn't track the turns in flight with it. Maybe it will fairly catch the bigger slower moving birds like egrets, but havn't tried it yet. thinking the version II super telephoto+TCs III will do the better job, but how better can it go?
7D ,600mm ,f5.6,1/800,-2/3 expo. comp., ISO 200
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thanks for viewing
I think your photo has been much inproved by using the 2X teleconverter. The longer focal length compresses the picture and creates a painting like look that cannot be achieved with a shorter focal length.
John.
I think your photo has been much inproved by using the 2X teleconverter. The longer focal length compresses the picture and creates a painting like look that cannot be achieved with a shorter focal length.
John.
thank you John.
the 2X TC maybe more useful for getting the effect of compressing than to getting more reach, cause I found that if you shoot distant subject, the keep rate reduced a lot due to compromised sharpness, I'm not sure though, since I have never tried a real 600mm lens, I guess the longer focal length plays a important role in reducing the sharpness too.
here is 1 i took the other night .....rod
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A social heron I recently came across.
100-400 @ near 400, no crop.
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I've found that the 2x TC does do more "damage" to the image than is inherent in the lens being multiplied, but I've also found that (to my eye) it's worse for far-off objects than close ones; e.g. it is better for increasing magnification of close things than for increasing reach. Its negative impact can be lessened (and sometimes removed) at diffraction-inducing apertures, at which point you're fighting other sharpness loss than the lens system anyway. And at least the contrast and saturation loss from it are easily remediable on the computer.
Hey all... been working on applying to residency. Not had much time to shoot. From a trip to the waterfowl park last week.
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Canon 50D+70-200 f4 L @ 200mm f4.5 1/1000 ISO-100
Cheerios,
Dave.
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Originally Posted by JJphoto
JJ,
Both, Version II and Version III extenders will reduce AF Drive Speed in order to improve AF Performance. The 1.4X extenders reduce AF Drive Speed by 50% and the 2X extenders reduce AF Drive Speed by 75%. That's a pretty big hit for the 2x. I had no idea that it was that much myself.
Source (towards the bottom of the page): http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=3508
Here is a comparison of Image Sharpness: 300mm f/2.8L IS with 2X converter @600mm f/5.6 vs. 600mm f/4L IS @ f/5.6
http://www.The-Digital-Picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx?Lens=249&Camera=453&Sample=0&am p;FLI=2&API=2&LensComp=336&CameraComp= 453&SampleComp=0&FLIComp=0&APIComp=2
Rich
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Originally Posted by czeano
thank you czeano for pointing that out, never think about that before.
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Originally Posted by Richard Lane
thanks Rich for the information. 75% sounds really bad, but Canon claims that the performance of the TC III in real world won't be that bad if using with their version II lenses and 1D or 1Ds body, so we will see soon.
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Originally Posted by JJphoto
I think Canon is not being very clear on this. It seems their saying, that AF Tracking and AF Precision will be better with the New Super-Telephoto Lenses and New Version III Extenders, therefore AF Performance will be better, however it still sounds like the AF Drive Speed will be just as slow as it was before with the Version II Extenders. It sounds like the increased performance, is accomplished at the expense of speed. But, maybe your interpretation is better. Anyone else have a different interpretation?
Here is the link (bottom of page) : http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=3508
Rich
Tricolred Heron
EOS 1D MKIII + 500mm f/4 + 1.4 TC , hand held, from my recent excursion to Florida
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California Least Tern
40D and 400 f/5.6L, f/7.1, 1/1250, 250, manual exposure and handheldhttp://www.pscvn.org/members/308/9-7...9-52-24_AM.jpg
Thanks for viewing and commenting
Nate,
hi nate,
nice pict i see you have a lot of very good bird picts ......... rod
Nate,
Nice shot of the Tern & chick,
the only thing I see is perhaps a loss of detail in the blacks (hard to expose for blacks and whites at the same time though!)
Also I would evict the stone in the left lower corner
Joel
thanks for the comments guys,
JOel, you are right, I lost it big time, that's the thing about this shot, that's why I haven't postedit in a year.
Royal Tern, Alafia River Florida
EOS 1D MKIII
500 f/4L IS USM
Tripod with gimbal head
1/2000 sec
f/8
iso 400
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Nice flying and action shot, Joel, with f 8.0, the whole bird , tip to tip is in focus, that's very nice. I'v never used f8 for my Bif shots, will give it a try, next time.
yeah, 1D body and 500mm is tempting.[:P]
JJphoto
I rented the 500 from Lensrentals.com and really hated to ship it back.....it's a VERY NICE piece of gear, I would love toone of my ownbut I'll have to wait awhile. (I'm hopeful the new 600 will weigh in like the current 500)
BTW....you might know this already....those camera settings were derived by using the Sunny 16 Rule... a neat little trickto help us expose the whites on a sunny day :
Start with f/16 ISO 200 1/200 sec then any combination that gives the same amount of exposure will work fora sunny day.
for example : if you drop the f stop to f/11 that will let in twice as much light so you have to change the shutter to 1/400 or reduce the iso one stop,
you can calculate any permutation needed to get the settings necessary for the shots you are making. You have to keep checking the histogram as the light changes just to verify that the whites aren't being blown out.
if you suddenly see a dark colored bird or an all whte bird a little quick exposure compensation may be needed but those basic rules work very well.
Joel
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Originally Posted by Joel Eade
yes, I hope that too, when I saw your tri-colored heron picture, I could feel the power of longer focal length, IS and steady hands but for me 500mm is better if they can reduce it to about 6lbs.
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Originally Posted by Joel Eade
yes, I'v read about that, but I usually go with the fastest or one stop slower f number, so most of the time, the wing tips were blurred especially shooting bigger birds. thanks for emphasizing that.
BTW, do you use Av mode or M mode?, also, what kind of metering system you usually use? thanks, Joel.
I use manual mode 99% of the time and I have my cameraset toevaluative metering mode all the time.
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Originally Posted by Joel Eade
thanks Joel!
Where I live, seeing a blue heron is rare so I was very happy to get these shots today! [:)] There not great but I'll keep them for now ...until the next time I see one!
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Denise, those shots are not too bad, having a great shot of GBH is not that easy if you don't see them very often. GBH is one of my favorite bird to shoot, but they are very shy at least in my area, and compare to the egrets, they don't show up very often.
here is one of my egret shot taken recently
7D, 300mm 2.8, AV mode, f2.8, 1/125, spot metering -1/3, ISO 400, 30' after sunset, tripod.http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/345/dpp00023.jpg
thanks for viewing!
Me too, but I see them quite often. At least one or twice a week. Sometimes daily.
John.
here is one i got the other day of a bald eagle by my home...
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.. rod
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Originally Posted by banman1
Rod,That picture should be on aUS postage stamp or something.....great picture. [:D]
Brant
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Originally Posted by Joel Eade
I really love this picture as well.
JJ,
Nice Contrast and creamy bokeh! I also like that the bird is looking into the frame.
Rich
Joel,
Nice DOF of the bird, very sharp, with a nice clean background. I also like the contrast and the fact that the bird has something in it's mouth.
Nice Capture!
Rich
Rod,
Nice composition and angle of the bird. That Bald Eagle looks fierce. There's only a mild softening, perhaps from cropping.
What was your EXIF Data? Where do you Live?
I'm proud that, this is our National Bird in the U.S.A.
Rich
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Went up toPack Monadnock in southern NH over the weekend. Hoping to catch some of the thousands of migrating hawks, but most of them decided to hang out up north at least until the next cold front passes. Only a few sharp-shins, some red-tails, and a couple of turkey vultures flew by - all too far in the distance for a good view. Still, there was one nice photo op when they released this rehabilitated juvenile broad-winged hawk:
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hi brant,thanks for the complament ive got a few more from the same day ill post later.....thanks again rod
My first attempt at capturing a bird in flight.
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Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D
Image Date: 2010-09-09 14:23:46 -0500
Focal Length: 105.0mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 0.0005 s (1/2000)
ISO equiv: 400
Exposure Bias: none
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No
Color Space: sRGB v1.31 (Canon)