Pied Bushchat (500 f4 IS + 2 - 1.4x)

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p.1 #1 · Pied Bushchat (500 f4 IS + 2 - 1.4x)

Here's sharing a female Saxicola caprata from Candaba wetlands, Philippines - 40D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x II + cheapo Tamron 1.4x, 1000 mm, f/11, ISO 250, 1/200 sec, manual exposure, AF using a non-central point then recomposed, bean bag, resized full frame:

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Regards,

Romy

Dec 27, 2007 at 02:48 AM

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p.1 #2 · Pied Bushchat (500 f4 IS + 2 - 1.4x)

Hello Romy
That is a lot of glass combined! And wow, I am happy to say the result is excellent for sharpness, maybe a bit bright on my monitor. Congratulations on steadying that rig for this shot.

I assume these birds are quite shy thus requiring all that reach? Very nice BG.

Karl

Dec 27, 2007 at 03:26 AM

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p.1 #3 · Pied Bushchat (500 f4 IS + 2 - 1.4x)

Amazing shot Romy. Good thing you used the cheapo tamron or I could've poked my eye out with the sharpness on this one!

Dec 27, 2007 at 02:49 PM

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p.1 #4 · Pied Bushchat (500 f4 IS + 2 - 1.4x)

Mark without knowing which converter is which were you able to tell which is the sharper one? (http://www.pbase.com/liquidstone/image/59316199)

I like the shot Romy. Once again the detail you capture is amazing.

Dec 27, 2007 at 04:48 PM

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p.1 #5 · Pied Bushchat (500 f4 IS + 2 - 1.4x)

Thanks for looking, folks..

Karl,

The bird is shy when approached on foot, but one can get near it by using a vehicle as blind (like I did). That shot was from about 25 feet, but since the bird is just 5" total length, I needed 1000 mm to fill the frame in portrait format.

Romy

Karl Witt wrote:
I assume these birds are quite shy thus requiring all that reach? Very nice BG.

Karl

Dec 27, 2007 at 11:41 PM

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p.1 #6 · Pied Bushchat (500 f4 IS + 2 - 1.4x)

Beautiful shot Romy!

Doug

Dec 27, 2007 at 11:48 PM

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p.1 #7 · Pied Bushchat (500 f4 IS + 2 - 1.4x)

Wow, a female Saxicola caprata!

Nice detail and background. Steve W

Dec 30, 2007 at 03:45 AM

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p.1 #8 · Pied Bushchat (500 f4 IS + 2 - 1.4x)

beautiful Romy

with that shallow DOF and at that range, do you focus on the eye?

Dec 30, 2007 at 03:53 AM

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p.1 #9 · Pied Bushchat (500 f4 IS + 2 - 1.4x)

Thanks again, folks...

Dave In La wrote:
beautiful Romy

with that shallow DOF and at that range, do you focus on the eye?

Dave, I think I tried to focus on the neck area for this one, to get the eye and the breast feathers sharp.

Romy

Dec 30, 2007 at 09:25 AM

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p.1 #10 · Pied Bushchat (500 f4 IS + 2 - 1.4x)

fine shot Sir Romy., awesome job with the hardware.

Dec 31, 2007 at 05:19 AM


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