rick2906 wrote:
Wow 4mpx!! I don't think your chubby need af fine tune adjustment!! Tack sharp!! I really like the bird shot with nice colors!
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Love it
After months of reviewing this thread and suffering from a severe case of "chub envy"...I finally jumped on an opportunity to pick up this highly talked about piece of glass. I wound up picking up a VRI, and hopefully I will have it by the end of the week. While I am very excited, I am also conscientious of the fact that it will take some time and practice to get the results I want from this lens.
I want to thank everyone who has posted in this thread...it has been a pleasure view the shots, but I really learned quite a bit from reading the various comments on this lens.
The Owls were not very cooperative to get close enough today, but I did capture one looking my way at least with a 200VR + 1.4TC (280) Cropped heavily, D3X/200VR + 1.4TC/ISO 250/f2.8/1/320th sec -1/3EV
Thanks Rick. It was pretty cool being so close to him, and he was very tolerant of me being there. He's seen a lot of people before, of course, and has become somewhat desensitized to us. As long as I didn't interfere with his grass eating, he didn't mind my being there.
This shot gives a good idea of his location. I stayed on the other side of the fence from him, but he was much closer at times though... like in the second one below...
I don't know my birds well, so I'll just post this one and observer...
I loved the way the light hit this one, and the landscape isn't bad either, with the bird standing out so well. Shot with 1.4 TC on 200VR/D3X combo, same for shot prior to this.
rick2906 wrote:
Happy new year Trench Monkey. I hope you'll have the chance to teach me in 2014!
Thanks, Eric...back at ya! School's always in session, eh?!
I also had to go so far back to take these.
