That shot is really beautiful, Joel!! Very nicely done!
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That shot is really beautiful, Joel!! Very nicely done!
Thanks Denise, I have been following your thread on the opportunity to make and sell some prints at a craft fair....I have been considering doing the same and I really hope you take your friend up on his offer, you have some really nice work and I think you will be successful. The regular posters here have given you great advice.Quote:
Originally Posted by ddt0725
These are a couple more shots with the 300m + 2X Version III with a more diffused light but I had to use ISO 1600 to get enough shutter speed
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Your backyard setup is really getting sophisticated. :p Beautiful shot! Great detail in the whites!Quote:
Originally Posted by Joel Eade
Thanks Jayson.....I really ran up a big water bill this month :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jayson
Still fiddling with the 300mm f/2.8L + Version III 2X TC.
ISO 3200 (very cloudy here today)
f/5.6
1/200
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Using the 1D MKIV this combo focuses very fast, almost as if a teleconverter is not on the lens. The images are not quite as sharp straight out of the camera and they are a little noisier compared with the Version II 1.4 TC but they seem to sharpen easily enough and the noise isn't too objectionable. Also keep in mind I have done no AF microadjustment.
The overall performance in my opinion so far is excellent and certainly a viable alternative for bird photography. I will continue trying it and hope to get better conditions so I can use a lower ISO. I will also do some test shots with the 70-200 mm f/2.8L IS USM soon.
Downy Woodpecker
1DMKIV
700mm
iso 3200
f/5.6
1/160
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I've had quite a treat the past few days as the White-Crowned Sparrow has come through my yard on their migration back north. I took some pictures yesterday and these are 2 of my favorites. Both are taken with 60D, 135L, 1.4x TC II. The first at f/5 and the second at f/8. I like the expression in the second one.
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2012_05_02_4534_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr
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2012_05_02_4531_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr
Migratory bird day banding was fun. Temperatures here in Missouri are out of control, so it was pretty much the worst showing in terms of total numbers ever. Here's a few pics from the event. The one Goldfinch picture isn't very good, but I only post it b/c I liked his crazy damaged and regrown beak.
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Nice shots! What's that old saying about a bird in the hand?Quote:
Originally Posted by dsiegel5151
Good work:)
Female Bluebird
1D MKIV
500mm + 2X TC III
ISO 1600
f/8
1/250
This is a full frame shot at 1000mm. The original before resizing is about 24 inches wide!
I performed an AF microadjustment by trial and error on this lens with the 2X converter and it seems very good
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