Post your best bird shots!

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


http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ab_NE46pN8...7_19_05424.jpg

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


http://a.imageshack.us/img46/7458/dpp00020.jpg


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.