Vacation Shots of the NC outer Banks

[Steve U]

Great shots Bob, really like the in flight shots and that last eyeballin

[Richard Lane]

Hey Bob,


Great shots! I really like #4 and #5 the best, but they

[bob williams]

@Richard, Thanks for the comments and compliments.

I'm wondering if #4 would look a little better with a small portion of the bottom of the nest cropped out, since the nest is competing a little bit for my attention? Just curious!

I think your right on that, I had over 1500 to sort through and only made some minor edits and crops---I was rushing to get some of these posted. I think I'll play with the crop a little to see if I can improve--Thanks

How did you like the 500mm f/4? The images look nice and sharp. Did you you use the 1.4X much or was the naked 500mm enough focal length? I'm asking because eventually I will probably be deciding between the 500mm or 600mm.

So your going to force me to "fess up"--ok, if I must. I did not use my extender for these shots, I was lucky enough to find a game ranger that pointed me in the right direction and I was able to get as close as 20 feet to the nest---actually it was too close for many of the shots, so most of the shots had only a little cropping for comp purposes---I still have a bad habit of shooting everything center frame and cropping to taste afterwords. So this may explain why many of the images are so sharp---they are very close to full frame.


As far as the performance of the lens---lets just say it is far better than I am ---This lens rocks when it comes to sharpness, contrast and color---I still have disappointing moments when I depend on autofocus so I think I need to tweak the AF micro adjust a little. In manual focus and live view x10 the sharpness of this lens is nothing less than impressive. However, If i would have had the money, I would have gone for the 600, It's more expensive, bigger and harder to handle, but it does what you buy these lenses for, ----TO GET CLOSE----, how close you get depends on your pocket book.


I can tell you that even with a 1.4 extender IQ is only slightly diminished and not perceptable to the average viewer if you have a well exposed well focused shot.





Hope this helps,





Bob

[Richard Lane]

Yes, that helps a lot thanks! Yeah they looked like full frame shots, that

[bob williams]

@Richard---Going to post more on the bird string in a little while.

[bouwy]

Bob...... You are awesome... So are your pixs. []


Keep posting your shots, as I love looking at them. [Y]


Wally

[bob williams]

Thanks Wally, more on the bird string.


Bob