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p.1 #1 · The long and the short of it

First the long ones: Handheld 1DsMkII + 800L + 1.4xTC MkIII.

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Feb 14, 2013 at 03:32 AM

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p.1 #2 · The long and the short of it

Bucketlist bird for me Peter! Nice ones!

Feb 14, 2013 at 03:35 AM

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p.1 #3 · The long and the short of it

Now for the short ones.

Conrad, try this sorta thing, swimming ducks are extremely easy in comparison: 7D + 8-15mm f/4 Fish Eye, shot at 8mm FL.

Bad light, bad high ISO camera.......so IQ at ISO 3200 is not very good.

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p.1 #4 · The long and the short of it

Great set Peter. Long-tailed shots are superb. Ontario Dove images are neat. Lots of potential in that short lens.

Feb 14, 2013 at 03:45 AM

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p.1 #5 · The long and the short of it

KCollett wrote:
Great set Peter. Long-tailed shots are superb. Ontario Dove images are neat. Lots of potential in that short lens.

Thank you, Ken, I am only sorry I didn't get 8-15L sooner. When I finally get to the Raptor Conservancy, 8-15L lens is the one which will see some action, this was just a feasibility study. Even if I was into it, which I am definitely not, baiting wild (or semi-wild

) raptors doesn't cut it.....in order to get a viable shot at 8mm, a bird has to practically land on your lens.

So we are talking captive birds only.

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p.1 #6 · The long and the short of it

Beautiful bird, Peter. Great pose in #1 and I love the feather detail in #2. Awesome series.

- Tam

Feb 14, 2013 at 04:32 AM

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p.1 #7 · The long and the short of it

TeleMeisterPijunShooter Extraordinaire.
More beautiful images Peter, great set, the last with the wing positing is just stunning

Feb 14, 2013 at 04:55 AM

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p.1 #8 · The long and the short of it

Fantastic images Peter !!! Inflight with fisheye , who would have thought

Great shots.

Birdie

Feb 14, 2013 at 05:52 AM

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p.1 #9 · The long and the short of it

very nice, looks as if hes going to land on your lens

Feb 14, 2013 at 06:23 AM

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p.1 #10 · The long and the short of it

Great set!!

The LTD shots are superb!! THe pigeon shots are awesome, great work - you can see the noise but still great images.

Feb 14, 2013 at 08:37 AM

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p.1 #11 · The long and the short of it

great IFs Peter

Feb 14, 2013 at 08:41 AM

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p.1 #12 · The long and the short of it

Very nice again Peter. 2 is my pick for the great detail ~ Ron

Feb 14, 2013 at 12:11 PM

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p.1 #13 · The long and the short of it

canon.eos30d wrote:
Beautiful bird, Peter. Great pose in #1 and I love the feather detail in #2. Awesome series.

- Tam

Thank you, Tam.....the 800L + 1.4xTC III combo has a decent ability of resolving feather detail.

Feb 14, 2013 at 12:44 PM

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p.1 #14 · The long and the short of it

StillFingerz wrote:
TeleMeisterPijunShooter Extraordinaire.
More beautiful images Peter, great set, the last with the wing positing is just stunning

Thank you Jerry, ole bean, good gears make a difference. In fact, if you can attract birds to alight on your hand with offering of seeds, you should be able to get their picture in flight with a very wide angle lens. When your plan/gears are ready, I'll share a few little tips with you.

Feb 14, 2013 at 12:48 PM

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birdied wrote:
Fantastic images Peter !!! Inflight with fisheye , who would have thought

Great shots.

Birdie

Thank you kindly, Roberta.

Feb 14, 2013 at 12:48 PM

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p.1 #16 · The long and the short of it

K mueller wrote:
very nice, looks as if hes going to land on your lens

Actually, it came very close to that a few times, and one of them tried to get a grip on the front objective of the lens.......for a moment I thought that the glass coating was marred permanently

....thankfully, those were just smudges that I could clean off.

Feb 14, 2013 at 12:54 PM

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p.1 #17 · The long and the short of it

ashley138 wrote:
Great set!!

The LTD shots are superb!! THe pigeon shots are awesome, great work - you can see the noise but still great images.

Thank you much Ashley.
Some time ago I did a similar BIF test with 15mm Fish Eye (the old prime), and then last year did it with 16-35L @ 16mm. Now with 8mm FL it's the and of this sorta experimenting.....Canon makes nothing wider than that.

Feb 14, 2013 at 12:58 PM

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p.1 #18 · The long and the short of it

kmunroe wrote:
great IFs Peter

Your input is always appreciated, Kenny.

Feb 14, 2013 at 12:58 PM

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p.1 #19 · The long and the short of it

surfnron wrote:
Very nice again Peter. 2 is my pick for the great detail ~ Ron

Ron, thank you kindly.......1120mm FL pulls the detail in pretty good, particularly on (still) superb IQ camera such as 1DsMkII, as long as ISO is no more than 400-800, depending on the degree of cropping, scene luminance and such.

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p.1 #20 · The long and the short of it

Those are wonderful images Peter

Beautiful detail.

Randy

Feb 14, 2013 at 01:02 PM

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