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Archive 2011 · Non Bird 500 mm photos

Jeff Nolten
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p.1 #1 · Non Bird 500 mm photos

Greetings. Several recent threads, including a 7D noise thread that most of you probably wisely avoided, featured a lot of great bird captures using the 500 f4 lens. Enough so that its given me serious hots for this lens. While I love bird and other small critter pictures, I'm sure there are a lot of other creative uses for long focal length lenses. Wildlife is certainly Ok, its just that we could easily fill this thread with 6 pages of great eagle and song bird imagery. So if you would care to share lets see what you use lenses >= to 500mm for. Thanks for contributing. Oh and please include the EXIF data if you can.

Dec 15, 2011 at 06:50 PM

Geert Koning
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50D +500+1.4II all f 5.6 ISO 200

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Dec 15, 2011 at 07:00 PM

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p.1 #3 · Non Bird 500 mm photos

I don't use this lens enough. I need to get out and use it more. Great IQ!

2013 © Richard Nye

Dec 15, 2011 at 07:02 PM

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p.1 #4 · Non Bird 500 mm photos

Geert Koning wrote:

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Awesome!

Dec 15, 2011 at 07:03 PM

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p.1 #5 · Non Bird 500 mm photos

If I had the Canon 500 f/4L, I would use it at Road Atlanta a good 90% of the time. Light enough to hand hold (maybe not for extended periods), but I've seen it done enough to know that it is not uncommon.

However: My setup for reach at the moment is a 30D + 300 f/4L IS. 480mm @ f/4.

Not the same thing

Now if PetKal wants to donate....

Jefferson

Dec 15, 2011 at 07:03 PM

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p.1 #6 · Non Bird 500 mm photos

Jeff, great idea for a thread. Geert, terrific shot to get it started!
The closest to this sort of gear that I have (and only for the past 3 months) is the 300/2.8 + 2x. I think I posted some foliage shots with that combo in PetKal's autumn thread.
I hope some of the landscape shooters will show us narrow angles in that genre. I've seen quite a few 300 and 400 mm mountain views, but not many 500 mm other than rising/setting moon/sun. Bring 'em on!

Dec 15, 2011 at 07:19 PM

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p.1 #7 · Non Bird 500 mm photos

1DmkII + 500/4

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Dec 15, 2011 at 07:27 PM

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p.1 #8 · Non Bird 500 mm photos

I can't post images, but here's a link to some non-bird 500mm shots

500mm - no birds

500mm - no birds II

Dec 15, 2011 at 07:37 PM

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p.1 #9 · Non Bird 500 mm photos

Not a bird, but related...

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ISO 800, f/4, 1/500

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ISO 800, f/4, 1/200

Dec 15, 2011 at 07:39 PM

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p.1 #10 · Non Bird 500 mm photos

It's nice to give them space and to get separation from the background.
Eric

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Dec 15, 2011 at 07:47 PM

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p.1 #11 · Non Bird 500 mm photos

The 500f4L IS is a fabulous lens!

2013 © Don Clary

5D, 500mm, 1/400, f11, ISO400

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1DII, 500mm, 1/1600, f8, ISO400

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5DII, 500mm, 1/80, f14, ISO400

Dec 15, 2011 at 08:01 PM

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p.1 #12 · Non Bird 500 mm photos

2 more:

5D, 500mm, 1/200, f10, ISO400

Dec 15, 2011 at 08:05 PM

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p.1 #13 · Non Bird 500 mm photos

Non bird ? No problem.

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Dec 15, 2011 at 08:19 PM

Jeff Nolten
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p.1 #14 · Non Bird 500 mm photos

Excellent images. I'd imagined getting tight wildlife head shots like Don's or Geerts. Don, every time I've seen big horn though, its just white rumps heading over the hill. I'd completely forgotten the sports applications, but then what'd I think all those white lenses in the press box were for?

Maybe we'll get some big island surf shots.

How do you fly or hike with such a lens? Great shots, thank you for sharing!

Dec 15, 2011 at 08:39 PM

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p.1 #15 · Non Bird 500 mm photos

Thanks PetKal, on my death bed I'm going to say two things, "I wish I'd spent more time at the office" and "I wish I'd taken more pictures of spray cans"!

Dec 15, 2011 at 08:42 PM

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p.1 #16 · Non Bird 500 mm photos

Canon 500 F4 IS w/ 1.4x = 720mm FL.

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Dec 15, 2011 at 08:45 PM

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p.1 #17 · Non Bird 500 mm photos

Jeff Nolten wrote:
Thanks PetKal, on my death bed I'm going to say two things, "I wish I'd spent more time at the office" and "I wish I'd taken more pictures of spray cans"!

Jeff, that's my standard AF calibration test setup.

Not easy for me to find any semi-decent non-bird shots.

Dec 15, 2011 at 08:56 PM

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p.1 #18 · Non Bird 500 mm photos

Jeffrey wrote:
Canon 500 F4 IS w/ 1.4x = 720mm FL.

Yes, that kind of image happens when a landscape photographer does wildlife.

I think it is great in an all-embracing photographic way.

Dec 15, 2011 at 08:59 PM

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p.1 #19 · Non Bird 500 mm photos

Yes this thread is going to be very expensive, a honkin' lens and an African safari

Dec 15, 2011 at 09:27 PM

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p.1 #20 · Non Bird 500 mm photos

It does people pretty well too.

1DsII+500/4

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Dec 15, 2011 at 09:41 PM

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