Roy C
Occasional bird snapper
Yes you are right Jeff, probably down to my hand holding technique (or maybe dirty windows) lol
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Roy C
Occasional bird snapper
I really got greedy with the 'C' this morning - shot with a 1.4x tc (canon MkII) hand held at the full 840mm. Nothing special of course but not so bad considering. I have included the shooting data for those that may be interested.
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Roy C
Occasional bird snapper
Yes they were taken with the 5D3 Chris. Because I wanted a decent shutter speed I needed the better high ISO noise performance.
the black fox
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you can't knock those roy .
hosesbroadbill
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A fledgling Northern Mockingbird from a walk in the park with my boys.
Nothing hard about this shot. Bright skies, 9:45 in the morning. Bird sitting still. I guess it was a bit windy.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/120553232@N02/17976524831/in/dateposted-public/
Nothing hard about this shot. Bright skies, 9:45 in the morning. Bird sitting still. I guess it was a bit windy.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/120553232@N02/17976524831/in/dateposted-public/
Roy C
Occasional bird snapper
Well as bird images they are aesthetically extremely poor Jeff with the main problems being that the birds are too large in the frame and the backgrounds are uninspiring but what it does hopefully show is that it is not impossible to capture reasonable detail when using a converter with the lens.
the mac 13
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Hello guys, anyone using an after market lens case? The one that came with the lens is too bulky for me
Roy C
Occasional bird snapper
A few more Stonchats taken with the Siggy. Stonechats are great posers and reasonably approachable but the main challenge is not 'blowing' the white collar, this often means exposing for the white collar and then lifting the darker areas in processing.
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Paul Jarvis
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Nice shots Roy.
Roy C
Occasional bird snapper
Thanks Paul - I quite like what looks to be a cobweb in the beak of the middle shot.
Paul - Herts
Paul Herts
That's quite impressive Roy; with or without the tc?
Roy C
Occasional bird snapper
That was with the bare lens Paul, I also used the 5D3 as the light was fairly poor and I needed a very fast shutter speed to freeze the action (it was 1/6400 sec).
Paul - Herts
Paul Herts
I've always puzzled over how people achieve these shots. I assume that you have to pre-focus and shoot multiple shots, so how many would you get that are sharp? Tried it once when I had feeders and got just one shot that I was genuinely thrilled with but it had a lot of feeder in the image too and was soft.
Roy C
Occasional bird snapper
I get quite a lot sharp shots Paul but often there is clipped wings or very ungainly poses. You can do this with All AF points active on the 7D2 as long as you have a fast AF point switching set. Its mostly about studying the birds as to when and where you are likely to snap them.
Paul - Herts
Paul Herts
So you are using AF - I assumed that it was prefocus and hope to get one right. Hence the sky background. I did try head-on shots too - fun but unsuccessful!
Roy C
Occasional bird snapper
I have used pre-focus for this type of shot but like I said the 7D2 all point active seems very good and worth a try. I do semi pre focus in as much as the lens is pre focused at roughly the right distance, (I also use back button focusing which helps because firing the shutter does not effect the focus).
Here are a few earlier shots taken with the pre-focus method but these were more predictable as to where the bird would be, I also used manual metering for these. (Note taken with the 400/5.6 and 5D3 and not the Siggy)
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hosesbroadbill
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Roy, many of your shots have a very soft look to them. Note that I do not mean soft like your shot is out of focus. I really do not know how to describe it very well. Perhaps it is the lighting they are taken in, or something you do in post. I think they look very nice, but it is not a look that I have ever gotten on any of my pics. As noted previously I generally try and shoot in full sun. My guess is that these are shots in diffuse light?
the black fox
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as has been said many many times isaac ,you simply cannot compare the light you get over there to what we get here ,this year in particular has been diabolical ,and even worse on the western and northern parts of the u.k .i.e i was out today and around midday it was literally cold enough for a wooly hat and gloves ,and its june on monday
i have seen pictures posted on another forum from someone that has just come back from your side of the states and his photos show the clarity we are lacking here .honestly you would have to experience it to know
i have seen pictures posted on another forum from someone that has just come back from your side of the states and his photos show the clarity we are lacking here .honestly you would have to experience it to know
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