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Excellent shots of the pigeons Peter, Ron

Feb 09, 2010 at 01:38 PM

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kazman442 wrote:
Excellent shots of the pigeons Peter, Ron

Thank you, Ron.
In "Macro BIF II" I'll show you some birds other than pijuns.

Feb 09, 2010 at 03:45 PM

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p.2 #3 · Macro BIF

Peter, thank you for another excellent demonstration of the point that the "gray matter" makes a bigger difference than the "white matter" (aka, the red striped white matter).

These are really nice shots. When you take into consideration the instrument used to take them, they are even more interesting. I have seen some of your other BIF macro images, and I continue to be impressed with both the ability of the macros to AF fast enough for a BIF shot and with your talent.

Great job on these.

BTW - once you go RAW you may never go back!

Dave

Feb 09, 2010 at 06:37 PM

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David Israel wrote:
Peter, thank you for another excellent demonstration of the point that the "gray matter" makes a bigger difference than the "white matter" (aka, the red striped white matter).

These are really nice shots. When you take into consideration the instrument used to take them, they are even more interesting. I have seen some of your other BIF macro images, and I continue to be impressed with both the ability of the macros to AF fast enough for a BIF shot and with your talent.

Great job on these.

BTW - once you go RAW you may never go back!

Dave

Thank you so much, David, you are too kind and charitable a gentleman.

I get my share of lucky shots.

However, normally my 100mm captures are like those three below.
As far as RAW is concerned, perhaps some day I might see the light.

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Feb 09, 2010 at 07:19 PM

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p.2 #5 · Macro BIF

These are nice shots with the 100. You deserve the title of- Macro Pigeon Master!
Gary

Feb 09, 2010 at 08:17 PM

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p.2 #6 · Macro BIF

WOW is right PetKalamazoo

Feb 09, 2010 at 11:42 PM

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Gary Lee 44 wrote:
These are nice shots with the 100. You deserve the title of- Macro Pigeon Master!
Gary

Thank you, Gary, glad you like it.......pijuns and ducks in flight are my "signature"
shots, but please no "pijun master" otherwise Zoomer's (Mr. Zoom's) feelings might get hurt.

Feb 10, 2010 at 12:16 AM

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72chevelle454 wrote:
WOW is right PetKalamazoo

Thank you, Chad, the big block man.

Feb 10, 2010 at 12:18 AM

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p.2 #9 · Macro BIF

Hmm. Now I have to try that on the wood ducks next fall!!

Thanks for sharing.

Feb 10, 2010 at 12:27 AM

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martines34 wrote:
Hmm. Now I have to try that on the wood ducks next fall!!

Thanks for sharing.

Happy to share, Martines.

Now, I don't know how close you can get to them Wood Ducks, but I'd suggest the 180L lens for starters......then work your way down to EF-S 60mm f/2.8 macro.

Feb 10, 2010 at 12:41 AM

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p.2 #11 · Macro BIF

nice shooting. i'm picking #3 for the wing position. dang those eyes are sharp!

- hung

Feb 10, 2010 at 06:31 AM

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p.2 #12 · Macro BIF

Love your 100mm images .... so neat to see all your long tails. I was happy to see just one and you have so many

Feb 10, 2010 at 10:46 PM

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Hungtran10 wrote:
nice shooting. i'm picking #3 for the wing position. dang those eyes are sharp!

- hung

Thank you for the feedback, Hung.

Feb 10, 2010 at 11:09 PM

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noelle wrote:
Love your 100mm images .... so neat to see all your long tails. I was happy to see just one and you have so many

Thank you, Noelle....had a numerous flock of those the other day within the range of a 400mm lens, let alone a 500. However, I am waiting for some good light to go at them. Yet, the pickings have been rather slim this winter. It's turning out not to be a very good ducking season. A few shy Goldeneyes and Common Mergansers, and little flocks of friendlier Scaups and Buffalos. That's about it.
To hopefully get a flight of a diving duck I'd have to sit by the frozen lake for an hour or longer.....not really up to it.

Feb 10, 2010 at 11:16 PM

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p.2 #15 · Macro BIF

Peter, my friend, you have my gears turning. I may have to try this sometime. Very beautiful shots indeed. I particularly like the positions of these pigeons in flight. This can't be easy to capture with a macro lens. Great job!

Feb 10, 2010 at 11:26 PM

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p.2 #16 · Macro BIF

Great work. I was expecting smaller creatures.

Morris

Feb 10, 2010 at 11:39 PM

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p.2 #17 · Macro BIF

Pretty impressive. My Tamron 90mm macro AF is slooow, I would have only gotten these with a lot of luck.

Wes N.

Feb 11, 2010 at 01:18 AM

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larrytowell wrote:
Peter, my friend, you have my gears turning. I may have to try this sometime. Very beautiful shots indeed. I particularly like the positions of these pigeons in flight. This can't be easy to capture with a macro lens. Great job!

Thank you, Larry, with my stunt pijuns and ducks, that is not as hard as it seems.

Feb 11, 2010 at 01:31 AM

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morris wrote:
Great work. I was expecting smaller creatures.

Morris

Thank you, Morris, I'll keep that in mind.....gotta go after some smaller birds.

Feb 11, 2010 at 01:33 AM

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WesN wrote:
Pretty impressive. My Tamron 90mm macro AF is slooow, I would have only gotten these with a lot of luck.

Wes N.

Wes, these Canon macro lenses are not very fast either, however, the key is to prefocus to the anticipated distance of first contact. Then the lens response is practically instantaneous. After that, what's important is to keep that center AF point on the bird's head. Once AF is lost, it's gone.....the recovery is practically impossible.

Feb 11, 2010 at 01:37 AM

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p.2 #21 · Macro BIF

Nice Petkal what you did with a macro! I need to try it also! 3 is my pick!

Phil

Feb 11, 2010 at 03:21 AM


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