I ran into an older pair of fawns this afternoon, hauling the 500 f/4 home from one of my local bird refuge lakes; I'm pretty sure these are a couple born in mid-May who appeared on my road a couple weeks later, and are about 50% larger than yesterday's twins (page 53 )...
I just noticed (from the spot pattern) that the two fawns in my previous post are actually the same deer ( ); so here's the other twin, for sure this time...
Jerry
PetKal wrote:
Some easy opportunistic shooting from a stroll in a local park.
1DX + 300 f/2.8 IS MkI.
Nice pijun action shots!
So Peter, are you warming up to the 1Dx?
Interesting post over on Artie Morris' blog...apparently he successfully used the Kenko 1.4x TC on his 800L and the 1Dx focused just fine. Preliminary report, to be sure, but it's got me thinking a little harder abut the 1Dx.
p.54 #11 · Summer photography with Canon equipment
Thanx, Gary.
While I do believe 1DX is the best all around camera Canon has ever made, I also think that 5DMkIII is probably a more cost effective tool. I continue to miss some subtle quality ingredient in the 1DX files, but I just can not put my finger on it.
I'll take a look at that topic on 3rd party TCs on f/5.6 lenses, however, something like that Joshua has demonstrated a while back on his 5D MkIII, and he also got 5DMkIII to AF on an f/8 combo. I can not remember whether that was by taping the TC pins or by using the Kenko 1.4xTC.
Frankly, considering how infrequently I end up with an f/8 combo, such as once every two years , might as well focus manually in those extremely rare occasions or take an older 1D camera with me.
p.54 #12 · Summer photography with Canon equipment
Doctorbird wrote:
Perfect again Peter. Is that banding in the background of the first image - or the result of smooth panning.
Db
Thank you, Db........I believe those lines is the water reflection of a tall retaining wall at the edge of the pond which is made of 4x4 timbers stacked up.
p.54 #14 · Summer photography with Canon equipment
Never heard of Coot cheese?
Actually what I found remarkable was that the SLBf was moving at quite a clip while ducking up and down to snatch grass, and the 5D3 AI Servo AF never missed a beat.
p.54 #15 · Summer photography with Canon equipment
Looks like that 61 Pt. rectum-circular AF servo system works OK, eh ?
You've got plenty of nice feather detail all over the bird, which shows that focus was good and the lens was held nice and steady.
p.54 #16 · Summer photography with Canon equipment
PetKal wrote:
Looks like that 61 Pt. rectum-circular AF servo system works OK, eh ?
You've got plenty of nice feather detail all over the bird, which shows that focus was good and the lens was held nice and steady.
Ahhh, but the plot thickens. I have always been fascinated by the size of Coot's feet, relative to body size they are gigantic. So I was attempting to catch one foot while he was walking, and here again the AF did not disappoint. .
p.54 #17 · Summer photography with Canon equipment
Those feet are kinda grotesque ....hey, John, is that coot your personal pet ? You sure seem able to get very close to it.
Here's my pet. Unfortunatelly, he doesn't take flight directions well, and every so often he leaves me no choice but to shoot him against a vacant sky background.
p.54 #18 · Summer photography with Canon equipment
We've got jillions of coots, on every lake, pond or puddle and generally they are reasonably tolerant of purple. Gooses, on the other hand, aren't so many and the wild ones tend to keep their distance.
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); so here's the other twin, for sure this time...
